Saturday, April 23, 2016

VICEGERENTS OF THE PROPHETS IN HISTORY

In the history of humanity, every prophet appointed his deputy or vicegerent to assist him during his life time and protect and safeguard his mission of guidance. Following is a list of such vicegerents:
                                                Adam                                                    Shees
                                                Shees                                                    Anosh
                                                Anosh                                                   Qainan
                                                Qainan                                                  Mahlayal
                                                Mahlayal                                              Yarad
                                                Yarad                                                     Khunu
                                                Khunu                                                   Idrees
                                                Idrees                                                   Matushalaq
                                                Matushalaq                                        Lamak
                                                Lamak                                                   Noah
                                                Noah                                                     Saam
                                                Saam                                                     Unknown
                                                Ibrahim                                                                Is’haque
                                                Is’haque                                              Yaqoob
                                                Yaqoob                                                 Yousuf
                                                Yousuf                                                  Yhuda
                                                Yahuda                                                 Unknown
                                                Ayyub                                                   Humal
                                                Musa                                                     Haroon
                                                Haroon                                                 Yush’a
                                                Yush’a                                                   Kalib bin Yuqna
                                                Kalib bin Yuqna                                 Yusaqus
                                                Ilya’s                                                      Alyasa’
                                                Alyasa                                                   Zulkifl
                                                Sh’aya                                                   Saita bin almus
                                                Dau’d                                                    Sulayman
                                                I’sa                                                         Sham’un
                                                Muhammad                                       Ali ibne Abi Talib
The Noble Messenger (s.a.w.a.s.) was the last Prophet of Allah (s.w.t.). But as Allah (s.w.t.) had promised to the mankind that they will not be left un-guided, hence the task of guidance was entrusted to the “Golden Chain” of Twelve Imams who were the descendants of the Noble Messenger through the Pure Lineage of the Infallible Lady of Paradise Sayyida Fatima Zahra (s.a.) as detailed below:
                                                Ali ibne Abi Talib                             Hasan
                                                Hasan                                                   Husayn
                                                Husayn                                                 Ali, Zainal Abidin
                                                Ali, Zainal Abidin                             Muhammad Baqir
                                                Muhammad Baqir                           Ja’far as-Sadiq
                                                J’afar as-Sadiq                                   Musa al-Kazim
                                                Musa al-Kazim                                  Ali al-Reza
                                                Ali al-Reza                                          Muhammad al-Taqi
                                                Muhammad al-Taqi                        Ali al-Naqi
                                                Ali al-Naqi                                          Hasan al-Askari
                                                Hasan al-Askari                           Muhammad Mahdi (Living Imam)


                Extracted from: Twenty five years of the Commander of Faithful in Madina by Manzar                                                 Husayn Kazmi

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