Then Muhammad (saw) came forth,
God extracted the souls and attached with him.
Those souls that were attached with him, they are predestined Ummatis.
It is them that shall become Ummati of Muhammad (s) once they are born into the world.
There is a limit to the number [of the Ummah].
How Were the Prophets and Their Nations Formed?
In the Primordial Times, God had granted prophethood, sainthood and messengerhood.
Now, God created souls in two episodes.
The first episode can be known as the one that God has titled the 'Sabiqoon' in the Qur’an.
The first set of souls consists of the souls of the very elite personalities that God created.
In this first episode, God created these souls in three types:
1) Proximity [of God], 2) Manifestations [of God] and 3) Love [of God].
From amongst these three types - Proximity, Manifestations, and Love
God anointed the Messengers, Prophets and Pious and Righteous.
Then after a lengthy period of time had passed, God then used the Command ‘Be’ and created the souls of common human beings.
Common people such as Muslims, Hindus, etc.
[He said] 'Kun faya Kun' (Be, and they become).
Following this, God assembled them all.
How did he assemble them all?
So, let’s imagine this is Allah.
This is the scene of the Primordial Times, and this is God Almighty.
And before God are three rows of souls.
These are the souls that are of the proximity, manifestation and love of God and they are with God.
Then, God said, 'Be’ and created the common souls,
and this is where they line up from...
Then, what did God do following this?
God anointed the messengers, i.e. this is Adam, this is Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad (s).
Then at the same time, in the Primordial Time, God created the nations [of the messengers].
For example, Adam. Let’s say this is Adam the Eminent One.
God extracted the souls from here and made a group for Adam;
they thus became the Ummah (nation) of Adam.
Then comes forth Abraham;
God extracted the souls and attached them to him.
Then comes forth Moses; God attached souls with him and they became his Ummah.
Then Jesus and then Muhammad (saw). Then Muhammad (saw) came forth, God extracted the souls and attached with him.
Those souls that were attached with him, they are predestined Ummatis.
It is them that shall become Ummati of Muhammad (s) once they are born into the world.
There is a limit to the number [of the Ummah].
For example, the souls in the Ummah of Adam the Eminent One - let’s say God specifies half a million souls for the Ummah of Adam.
So, half a million souls were attached to Adam. What does that mean?
It means that when Adam comes into the world, he will only have 500,000 Ummatis.
And what shall happen of those that shall exceed the 500,000?
Those extra [souls in his Ummah] shall be hypocrites and apostates.
For instance, when the quantity set for the Prophet (s)’s nation was met, they became Sunnis, Shias, Wahhabis, etc.
The quantity of the Ummati in any nation does not exceed the number set by God in the higher realms.
So once that limit is met, all the extra souls would only be bad apples.
So now, there are two types of souls.
The first set of souls, the Qur'an refers to them as the 'Sabiqoon'.
And the Prophet Muhammad (s) said, 'I was a prophet even before coming into the world'.
Therefore, the rank of prophethood isn't granted to one when they come into the world,
it is decided even before they had come into this world. They have the rank of prophethood/messengerhood from the Primordial Times.
So, they are not common people.
It may seem as if Moses went to look for fire, but found prophethood instead, however, this was predestined.
Examine for yourself, every messenger’s book foretold of the coming prophet.
If a prophet was made at random, how would the previous messenger's book foretell the coming of the next messenger?
We believe that in the Bible - the Word of God descended upon Jesus Christ
there is foretelling of a prophet to come after Jesus, whose name shall be Ahmed.
Prophet Muhammad (s)’s era began 600 years after Jesus’s.
So, God had said it 600 years prior that Ahmed, a prophet, shall be sent.
Which means, all messengers and prophets are predestined.
Nobody becomes a prophet coincidentally in this world.