"Muhammad is but a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) have passed away before him. Will it be that, when he dieth or is slain, ye will turn back on your heels? He who turneth back on his heels doth no hurt to Allah, and Allah will reward the thankful." Quraan 3:144
وَمَا مُحَمَّدٌ إِلاَّ رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُ أَفَإِن مَّاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ انقَلَبْتُمْ عَلَى أَعْقَابِكُمْ وَمَن يَنقَلِبْ عَلَىَ عَقِبَيْهِ فَلَن يَضُرَّ اللَّهَ شَيْئًا وَسَيَجْزِي اللَّهُ الشَّاكِرِينَ
آل عمران - الآية ١٤٤
آل عمران - الآية ١٤٤
During the battle of Ohod (625 A.D./3 A.H.) it was rumoured that the Messenger was killed and large number of Muslims retreated as a result of that! That verse was revealed after that occasion to rebuke those who retreated just because they thought Mohammad was killed!
In other words, Allah is telling people that even if the Messenger was really killed the Message itself was not! Why would you retreat?! Again, the verse is affirming the fact that Mohammad was a human being just like us that was selected by the Creator of the universe to deliver a message to mankind. He was not God, he was a messenger like previous messengers such as: Adam, Enoch, Noah, Eber, Shaloh, Abraham, Lot, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Job, Jethro, Moses, Aaron, Ezekiel, David, Solomon, Elijah, Elisha, Jonah, Zechariah, John the Baptist, Jesus, etc....
In other words, Allah is telling people that even if the Messenger was really killed the Message itself was not! Why would you retreat?! Again, the verse is affirming the fact that Mohammad was a human being just like us that was selected by the Creator of the universe to deliver a message to mankind. He was not God, he was a messenger like previous messengers such as: Adam, Enoch, Noah, Eber, Shaloh, Abraham, Lot, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Job, Jethro, Moses, Aaron, Ezekiel, David, Solomon, Elijah, Elisha, Jonah, Zechariah, John the Baptist, Jesus, etc....
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