Prophethood is the word used to reference the institution

Institution

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 by which God

God

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 sends emissaries, or prophets

Prophets

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, to guide mankind. Use of the word is almost always theological.

Islam

The view of prophethood (Arabic: نبوة Transliteration

Transliteration

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: Nubuwwah

Nubuwwah

In Islam, Nubuwwah means "Prophethood" and denotes that God has appointed perfect Prophets and Messengers to teach mankind Gods religion. Nubuwwah is among the five Shi'a Roots of Religion....

) in Islam

Islam

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 is broadly seen as an institution by which God (Allah

Allah

Allah is a word for God used in the context of Islam. In Arabic, the word means simply "God". It is used primarily by Muslims and Bahá'ís, and often, albeit not exclusively, used by Arabic-speaking Eastern Catholic Christians, Maltese Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox Christians, Mizrahi Jews and...

) sends prophets

Prophets of Islam

Muslims identify the Prophets of Islam as those humans chosen by God and given revelation to deliver to mankind. Muslims believe that every prophet was given a belief to worship God and their respective followers believed it as well...

 to guide mankind and the jinn

Genie

Jinn or genies are supernatural creatures in Arab folklore and Islamic teachings that occupy a parallel world to that of mankind. Together, jinn, humans and angels make up the three sentient creations of Allah. Religious sources say barely anything about them; however, the Qur'an mentions that...

 to absolute peace and perfection, or complete submission to God. The overall definition varies according to each denomination

Islamic schools and branches

Muslims are basically divided in two major factions, Sunnis and Shias, that are further divided into various Schools of Jurisprudence and orders of Imamate. All other movements within such as Salafi, Modernists, the Mystical Sufi Orders, Deobandi and Barelvi are either Sunni or Shia or both...

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Denominations

• Ahmadiyya Islam:
  • Prophethood (Ahmadiyya)
    Prophethood (Ahmadiyya)
    The view on the Prophets of God in Ahmadiyya Islam differs with that of Christianity, Orthodox Islam, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and the Baha'i Faith. Unlike Orthodox Islam, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community considers the term Messenger and Prophet as being different aspects of the same office of a...
    
     - Prophethood according to Ahmadiyya Islam
    Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
    The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the larger of two communities that arose from the Ahmadiyya movement founded in 1889 in India by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian . The original movement split into two factions soon after the death of the founder...
    
    

• Shia Islam:
  • Prophethood (Twelver Shi`i Doctrine)
    Prophethood (Twelver Shi`i Doctrine)
    In Twelver Shi`ah Islam Prophethood is an institution by which God sends Prophets to guide mankind and the jinn to absolute peace and perfection, or complete submission to God....
    
     - The doctrine of Prophethood according to Twelver Shi`ah Islam
  • Prophethood (Ismaili Shi`i Doctrine) - The doctrine of Prophethood according to Ismaili Shi`ah Islam
  • Prophethood (Zaydi Shi`i Doctrine) - The doctrine of Prophethood according to Zaydi Shi`ah Islam
    Zaidiyyah
    Zaidiyya, or Zaidism is a Shi'a Muslim school of thought named after Zayd ibn ʻAlī, the grandson of Husayn ibn ʻAlī. Followers of the Zaydi Islamic jurisprudence are called Zaydi Shi'a...
    
    

• Sunni Islam: The doctrine of Prophethood according to Sunni Islam
  Sunni Islam
  Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam. Sunni Muslims are referred to in Arabic as ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah wa āl-Ǧamāʿah or ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah for short; in English, they are known as Sunni Muslims, Sunnis or Sunnites....
  
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