this is a test for Islam?

Question

why when i ask "who was the first Muslim?" everone gives a different answer. some say Adam, some say Muhammed. which one is it.

the Koran states that Moses, Muhammed and Adam were all the first to become Muslim.

how is that possible. if it is from Allah then there would be no contradictions right?

Answer 1

I think in the effort to make peace, they are all right.
For me, I am not offended as a result of someone having different beliefs.

Answer 2

I'm not a Muslim, but I have an idea.

I think that Islam teaches that God sent prophets to the world at various times to restore the teaching of Islam. Each time, the people stopped following it and God had to send another prophet. So Adam would be the very first, since he was the first human.
Moses may have been the first among his people.

And Muhammad was the first among his people.

Since Muslim means one who submits, you could say that technically nature is "Muslim" in that it submits to the will of God. In this technical sense, Adam was a Muslim. But he did not necessarily have the same religion as Muhammad later taught. Because each time some Prophet came to restore religion for God, there were slight differences based on cultural understandings of the people. Not contradictions, just cultural differences in the way to follow the religion of God.

Muhammad was obviously the first in the sense of the latest version of that religion, where one prays 5 times a day, goes to Mecca for pilgrimage, and fasts during Ramadan, and so on.

So it can depend on whether you're using the word "Muslim" in its general or specific meaning.

You have to look at the context.

Answer 3

jewish...muslim...christian

they're titles. but what do they mean? what is a muslim? what is the message of all the bible, torah, quran?
Basically dont they all say to believe in one God? Jesus was Jewish but the ones who believe him to be their savior today are called christians.
It doesn't matter what you call a people the God is the same and the prophets are of the same God. Islam is just a title for the set of beliefs. We just believe that the Quran represents God's final words from the final Prophet.
Muhammad (pbuh) was the sealed the line of prophets and Adam (pbuh) started it. there are no contradictions there are just different perceptions.
I said that the first muslim was Adam because he was the first man to believe in God. and that makes him a muslim by definition

i love the answer of 'developing love' thats exactly what i was trying to say

Answer 4

the answer to this question is simple, the Koran is based on the Jewish Torah and the christian scriptures, so in truth Islam like Christianity is nothing more than a Jewish sect, so with this in mind the first person to become Muslim would be Abraham(Ibrahim) the first JEW

Answer 5

It all depends on how many words you permit islam to redefine and use as it pleases. There's NOTHING as confusing and confounding as two people speaking the same words...but each person having different definitions.

The true "test" for islam is to try to stand erect and to attempt to be truthful (use the same definitions as everyone else).

Answer 6

Peace Upon You

I advise you to vist this site http://www.sultan.org/ and you will find the answers of all your questions.

Answer 7

Like i said before.

Answer 8

coz the peole who are answering are not muslims simple one

Answer 9

Good and interesting question! (I'm not Muslim).

Answer 10

it is men who make the contradictions.

what is in a word?