[benderkoz]

Assalamu alaikum,

I didn't go through htis thread properly but I saw one question which was why is this final religion so Arab centric.

This is not a good question to begin with in my opinion. The final prophet had to be sent somewhere. Prophets were sent in every region but the final one had to be in one of those regions. If he was sent in China then we would be saying how come the final reliiogn is so Chinese centric.

Since he was sent in Arabia the blessed and sacred things of this religion is also Arabic centric. Since Allah knew where the last prophet would come and what His plan is, He established those blessed places from before.

We do not know if Allah blessed certain things in other regions where prophets also definitely came. It could very well be. But if it is then we do not know of it now.

Think logically. It had to be somewhere. If it is was in England we would be saying why England and not anywhere else.

Moreover what is your definition of "Arabia"? Jerusalem was under the Romans when Islam came. The middle east areas of Syria, Palestine, Jordan and Iraq were not Arab lands. They were Arabized after the Muslims conqured those lands.

Iraq was under Persia and Syria, Palestine and Jordan were under the Romans. In those lands there are blessed places like Jerusalem, etc. The land of Sham (which is now Arab due to conquest but was not always Arab) hosted many prophets who came to the Jews.

Also the Torah was revealed in Mount Sinai. Again not initially Arab. None of the Jews are Arab and yet they had so many prophets.

How about the seven sleepers. Most guesses put them in somewhere in Turkey. It is not even Arab to this day.

I will reiterate again. God commanded Ibrahim alaihi salaam to build two places of worship - one in Mecca and one in Jerusalem. He was not an Arab and Jerusalem was not in Arab lands. Allah sent many prophets to Jerusalem and surrounding areas and the last prophet to Arabia. Allah also sent other prophets to other regions but their religions were corrupted and no records exist now and no traces. Maybe Allah also blessed certain things in those lands. It is possible.

But I cannot emphasize enough the answer to your question: The last religion had to come somewhere.