Question 421.
Can it be said that the Hindu deities like Krishna and Ram Chandra were also the prophets of ALLAH? ?

Answer 421.
No. They cannot be said to be His Prophets. It is because prophethood was a special favour which ALLAH bestowed upon his chosen servants. We cannot, therefore, call any one a Prophet of ALLAH until and unless we know it from the Shariah that ALLAH invested a particular person with such a distinction. If, in the absence of any authority from Shariah, we presume a non-prophet to be a Prophet of ALLAH simply because it suits our whims, we shall have to render account before ALLAH for such a wrong belief.
Let us understand like this: Suppose we, in our misconception, begin to presume that a certain person is the Viceroy of a King or his Governor General, although he is not, we shall be adjudged guilty by the empire concerned for having wrongfully invested a person with powers that did not belong to him and for attributing wrong things to the King and his government.
So, from amongst the ancient people, we can believe only those personages as prophets of ALLAH whose prophethood is affirmed by the Shariah and who have been mentioned as such by the Holy Qur-an or the Hadith.
As regards religious divines of Hindus and others we can only say tat if they were upright in their beliefs and conduct, if their teachings did not go against the divine teachings and if they had also been instruments of guidance to people, there are chances that they were chosen true prophets of ALLAH is to assert things that have no substance and is mere speculation.