Was the Arrival Order of the Prophets Really Pre-Determined, On What Basis Was It Decided, and What Kind of Arrangement Was Made in the Realm of Elest?

             Was the Arrival Order of the Prophets Really Pre-                                    Determined, On What Basis Was It                                Decided, and What Kind of Arrangement Was Made in the                                         Realm of Elest?

(This text was written not to influence religious beliefs, but to generate a hypothesis regarding the basis on which the distribution of souls was made in the Realm of Elest. Please review it accordingly.)

Friends, it might have crossed your minds: during the time of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), when the Muslims migrated to Abyssinia, the Abyssinian king listened to Ja'far bin Abi Talib, the spokesperson of the caravan. The king became extremely happy and said, "By God, you are speaking of the exact person Jesus described. It is a joy to host you. Come in and accommodate yourselves however you wish," thus welcoming the caravan. The Abyssinian king was a Christian at that time, and after listening to Ja'far bin Abi Talib, he understood that the person mentioned was the final prophet spoken of in the narrations passed down from Prophet Jesus (PBUH). So, in this case, how did another prophet, Prophet Jesus (PBUH), describe the prophet who would come after him in such a recognizable way? Or, since prophets are also human beings, how could the personality traits of the final prophet be known beforehand? Does this not undermine human free will?

Or, for example, how did Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) accurately recount in the hadiths the situations people would fall into until the Day of Judgment, and how did he know most of the events we are experiencing right now?

My thought on this matter is that Allah (SWT) breathed more of His spirit into some people and less into others in the Realm of Elest (the Pre-Eternal Covenant). This enabled the adjustment of the arrival times of those created and simultaneously differentiated our personality traits. In other words, Allah (SWT) arranged the prophets and the order in which they were sent through this method. I believe that, in the same way, He determines the capacity of people who come after Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to attain and receive divine discourse based on this.

Therefore, people should do their absolute best, because they can only develop certain things regarding their own personality traits by using them to the best of their abilities. To give a biological example, the human brain also has a processing speed unique to each individual, but the more people exercise their brains, the more the brain develops.

Likewise, this is the mechanism of evolution. If a biological species experiences the lack of a certain trait and expends great effort to close that gap, its genetic structure will develop in this direction over time, appearing in its genetic makeup as recessive genes. I believe that these recessive genes are then passed down from generation to generation, eventually replacing the dominant genes over time as a result of this process.

Returning to the main topic, the more we try to develop our personalities under the guidance of the Quran, the more our personality evolves, and we can develop our souls in this way. Allah holds everyone accountable for the blessings He has bestowed; meaning, since Allah is the one who grants the soul and character traits, no one is burdened with a load greater than they can bear.

Written by: Emre Pelit