I know that Islam is a religion for all humanity. Why then does the Qur'an and narrations only mention Prophets from Middle Eastern origin? Are there any narrations of other Prophets from Europe, India, China, Native Americans, and so on?
I know that Islam is a religion for all humanity. Why then does the Qur'an and narrations only mention Prophets from Middle Eastern origin? Are there any narrations of other Prophets from Europe, India, China, Native Americans, and so on?
Rebecca Masterton, Dr Rebecca Masterton graduated with a BA in Japanese Language and Literature; an MA in Comparative East Asian and African Literature and a PhD in Islamic literature of West Africa. She has been... Answered 3 years ago
This video explains from a linguistic perspective why the Qur'an does not name non-Middle Eastern prophets.
The Shi'i hadith collections do, however, include some narrations on the Buddha.
See below for a paper on it by Dr George Warner:
https://www.academia.edu/34124284/Buddha_or_Y%C5%ABdh%C4%81saf_Images_of...
“Buddha or Yūdhāsaf? Images of the Hidden Imām in al-Ṣadūq's Kamāl al-dīn” on Academia.edu