QuoteThe reason I posted those verses is to draw Pazuzu's attention to the existence of these verses which negate the core of his theory regarding "The Patriarchs".
Peace, almarh0m..
The answer to your doubt is very simple:
The Quran tells us that sometime after Noah's age, Allah evetnually sent many messengers, in rapid succession to the generations / nations of Arabia:
{Then We sent Our messengers in succession. Every time there came to a nation their messenger, they denied him. So We made them follow one another, and We let them become narrations. So away with a people who do not believe!}...[23:44]If you look at the Children of Israel, for example, you will see how their messengers were sent one after the other, with hardly a pause between their generations. This process went on until around 600 BC, which coincides with the time of the Babylonian Exile.
Muhammad, on the other hand, came sometime in the early 6th Century A.D, after a very long "pause" - so to speak - in the messengers.
The following passage explains it all:
{O people of the Book, Our messenger has come to clarify for you after a long absense of messengers; so that you cannot say: "No bearer of good news or warner has come to us;" for a bearer of good news and a warner has come to you; and Allah is capable of all things}...[5:19]Please pay close attention to the above. Why are they being called "People of the Book" if no messenger had EVER come to them??
This explains why we read passages like the ones you pointed out, telling us that Muhammad (P) was sent to people whose fathers had not received any messengers. This is because many many centuries had passed between the last messengers sent to the Israelites (600 BC) and Muhammad (600 AD). We're talking 12 centuries here, and that's a very long time in terms of human years.
On the other hand, the Quran tells us that the homes of Aad, Thamuud, Lot, and Midyan
were all around Muhammad's people. So how can this fit with your theory?
If that doesn't convince you, then nothing will.
Peace...
