Analysis of If There is a Contradiction between Allah’s Promise to Help the Prophets and the Killings of Some Prophets Cover Image

Allah’ın Peygamberlere Yardım Etme Sözü Vermesi ile Bazı Peygamberlerin Öldürülmesi Arasında Çelişki Olup Olmadığının Analizi
Analysis of If There is a Contradiction between Allah’s Promise to Help the Prophets and the Killings of Some Prophets

Author(s): Selami Yalçın
Subject(s): Theology and Religion, Islam studies
Published by: Anadolu İlahiyat Akademisi
Keywords: Tafsīr; Qurʾān; Killings of Prophets; Divine Help; Israelites;

Summary/Abstract: While it is stated in the Qurʾān that Allah promised and helped the prophets in the fight against the unbelievers, it is also stated that the Israelites killed some prophets. This study was conducted to investigate this quasi-contradictory situation. In this article, the verses stating that Allah promised to help the prophets and the verses stating that the prophets were killed are examined and analyzed. In the analysis, it was seen that the names of the killed prophets were not mentioned in the Qurʾān and hadiths. Thereupon, Tanakh, Gospels, tafsir and history books were examined. In the research, it was determined that Zacharias the son of Jehoiada in the Tanakh, Prophet Zacharias and Prophet John in the Gospels and the prophets Yeşea and Yeremya in the tafsir and history books were reported to have been killed. Apart from this, the documents and contents of the narrations related to the number of the murdered prophets in some sources were analyzed. It has been seen that some of the narrations are weak, the source of some of them is unclear and they do not coincide with Allah’s sunnah of sending prophets. The essence of Allah’s promise to help the prophets and why and how these prophets were killed were examined. As a result, it has been understood that the promise of Allah to be victorious is aimed at making the cause brought by the prophet superior to unbelief and also includes protecting the prophet against unbelievers. For this reason, it has been determined that Allah has protected the prophets throughout history and did not give an opportunity to those who intend their lives. However, it has been seen that protecting the prophets does not cover personal and political issues, Zacharias the son of Jehoiada was killed for political reasons and Prophet John was killed for personal reasons. The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) evaluated that Allah's promise of help was not intended to protect his in person. It is understood that he sometimes appointed companions to provide his security in Medina until the verse “God will protect you from people.” In addition, the killed prophets were not killed because of a crime, it has been seen that they were killed unjustly on the charge of committing a crime, and as results Allah took revenge on those who committed the murder.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 49
  • Page Range: 455-477
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Turkish