text: Are All Prophets sent by God (Allah) and Why? » Seekers Elite
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  Why are there more than one religion in the world
  Also, all the Founders of these religions have been people highly honored and well valued for the purity and transparency of their lives even by those who later became their enemies on the announcement of their claims. It is beyond belief that those who did not lie about men began suddenly to lie about God. The absolute acknowledgment of the purity of their lives before the announcement of their claims is a clear proof of the truth of these claims. The Quran clearly stresses this point:
  All the Prophets we are told were raised from amongst their own people. The conditions under which each Prophet was brought up and the reactions of each Prophet to these conditions were well known to each people. Each people, therefore, were a witness of the piety and purity of its Prophet.
  Furthermore, the Founders of religions did not possess those powers and accomplishments which ordinarily make them successful leaders. They knew little or nothing of the arts or culture of their time. Yet, what each of them taught turned out to be something in advance of his time, something pertinent and reasonable.
  By adopting this teaching, people attained to a great height in civilization and culture and retained the glory for many centuries. A true religious Teacher makes this possible. Yet it is inconceivable that a person innocent of ordinary accomplishments, as soon as he begins to lie about God, should come to have such tremendous powers that his teaching dominates all other teachings current in his time. Such a development is impossible without the help of a powerful God.
  In addition, when we consider what these Founders of religions taught, we find that it has always been contrary to all contemporary trends. If this teaching had been in line with the practices of their times, it could be said that these Teachers only gave expression to those tendencies. Instead, what they preached was very different from anything they found current. Terrible contradictions and controversy ensued and it seemed as though the country had been set ablaze. Yet those who chose to deny and oppose the teaching were finally compelled to submit to it themselves.
  This also proves that these Teachers were not a product of their times, but were Teachers, Reformers, and Prophets in the sense in which they claimed to be.
  Why were their prophecies and their promises fulfilled? No doubt there have been others, generals, and dictators, who have attained to apparently a similar success. But it is not success which is in point. It is success which is foretold, which is attributed to God from the beginning, success on which is staked the Prophet's whole moral reputation and which is achieved in spite of the worst opposition.
  Napoleon, Hitler, and Chingiz Khan rose high from humble positions. But they did not set themselves against any thought-current of their time. Nor did they declare that God had promised them victory in spite of opposition. Nor did they have to confront any wide-spread opposition. The ends they set out to achieve were adored by most of their contemporaries, who perhaps proposed different methods but not different ends. If they suffered defeat, they lost nothing. They still stood high in their people's esteem and feared nothing.
  But it was different with Moses, Jesus, Krishna, Zoroaster and the Prophet of Islam. True, they did not fail. But if they had, they would have lost everything. They would not have been proclaimed as heroes but would have been condemned as pretenders and intriguers. History would have taken scant notice of them and lasting disrepute would have been their reward.