Why Do We Believe in Things Not Mentioned in the Qur'an HOW IBHRAIM, ISHAQ, YAKOOB, DAOOD, SULEMAAN, AYYUB, YUSUF, ZAKRAIAH, ILYAS, ISMAIL YUNUS, LOOT GET GUIDANCE AND HOW WE KNOW BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT WITH BOOK. AND IS THERE 150000 PROPHET ARRIVE IF YES THAN IT IS NOT WRITTEN IN QURAN IT IS WRITTEN IN BIBLE. ALSO IF ADAM IS FIRST MAN THAN HOW HE READ KALIMAAT AND TOLD TO MALAYKAA. AND HAWWAA IS NOT MENTIONED IN QURAN IT IS IN BIBLE.AND GOD HAS MADE ADAM AND EVE IS ONLY FOR GENERATION PURPOSE. ALSO WHY WE PRAYER SALAAT THE WAY WE PERFORM IS NOT WRITTEN IN QURAN SO HOW PROPHET MUHAMMED KNOW OF IT DOES GOD TELL SOME THINGS IN PRIVACY AND WHY. Naveed Afzal, Pakistan Reply The Qur'an clearly says: "We have revealed to you [O, Muhammad] in the same way as We revealed our message to Noah and prophets after him. And We to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the group and Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron and Solomon and We gave David [a set of beautiful] Psalms." As should be clear from the above verse, prophets of God have always received the message from God through revelation. Some of these prophets have been named in the verse or in some other verse(s) in the Qur'an. However, there could be a number of other prophets, not named in the Qur'an, who also received revelations from God. The exact number of the prophets sent cannot be given with certainty, as this information is not available from any source that can be considered absolutely reliable. However, it really does not make much of a difference because we, as Muslims, are only required to positively believe in those prophets regarding whose prophethood we have been informed by adequately reliable sources. The Qur'an does not say that Adam (pbuh) 'read' any words (or kalimaat ). On the contrary, the Qur'an says that God taught Adam (pbuh) a comprehensive supplication of asking forgiveness. The same is the case of the names, which Adam (pbuh) was taught, which he later presented before the angels. I agree that the name Eve, or Hawwaa, is a Biblical name. However, this name is not a part of Islamic belief, which should be based on absolutely reliable sources of information. It is only an additional information about the first man and woman who were created by God. If you feel that this information is not correct, you should provide detailed arguments to support your point of view. Obviously, it would be quite unreasonable to imply that a name not mentioned in the Qur'an has to be false. Would you also reject that a scientist named Newton or Einstein lived on this earth, just because these names have not been mentioned in the Qur'an? We offer our regular sala'h (prayer) the way we do, because that is how the Prophet (pbuh) taught us (his followers to do so). The source of information of this sala'h is as authentic as that of the Qur'an. What makes the Qur'an as authentic as it is, is the fact that it has been transmitted to us through the Ijma` (consensus) of the companions ( sahaba ) of the Prophet (pbuh) and verbal perpetuation of all the Muslim generations subsequent to the companions. The same is the case of sala'h . Sala'h has been transmitted to us by the Ijma` of the companions of the Prophet (pbuh) and the practical perpetuation of all the Muslim generations subsequent to the companions. Thus, we have been delivered by the Sunnah of the Prophet (pbuh) - which includes the method of offering sala'h - by the same source, which has delivered us the Qur'an. If one is considered to be reliable, the other cannot be doubted. One may ask, why has the Qur'an not explained the method of offering sala'h in detail? The answer to this question is that the word " sala'h ", and the actions that it referred to, was not unknown to the Arabs during the times of the Prophet (pbuh). The Qur'an did not explain the word, because there was no need to do so. The Qur'an only gave those directives with reference to sala'h , which needed to be given for correcting the mistakes that had seeped into the Arab practice of sala'h . As a principle, it should be remembered that the Qur'an is not the first book of God's guidance to man. On the contrary, it is the last book. The Qur'an has not given any new religion to man. It is a continuation of the previous books (revelations) of God. Thus, the Qur'an has provided details only in those cases, where either the previous revelations had become adulterated with changes or where the previous teachings were meant to be for a temporary phase. In other cases, where the previous teachings were kept in tact there was no need for the Qur'an to give any details. This is the case why the Qur'an has not given extensive details for sala'h , zaka'h or hajj etc. I hope this helps. In case any aspect of my answer remains unclear, please feel free in writing back to me at your own convenience. May the Almighty guide us all to the path of His liking. Regards The Learner