Were any Prophets sent to the people of Africa and Europe?
Question

                Why did all the Prophets appear in one part of the world, and no Prophet appeared in any other regions such as Europe?.
Praise be to Allah.
	Firstly: 

	One of the basic 
	facts that are affirmed in our religion is that Allah, may He be exalted, 
	has established proof against His slaves by sending the Messengers and 
	sending down the Books. They were not sent to one nation to the exclusion of 
	others, or to one continent to the exclusion of others. Rather they were 
	sent to all nations, in different places and at different times, as Allah 
	says (interpretation of the meaning):

	“Verily! We have 
	sent you with the truth, a bearer of glad tidings, and a warner. And there 
	never was a nation but a warner had passed among them.”

	[Faatir 3524]

	“And verily, We 
	have sent among every Ummah (community, nation) a Messenger (proclaiming): 
	Worship Allah (Alone), and avoid (or keep away from) Taghoot (all false 
	deities, etc. i.e. do not worship Taghoot besides Allah)”

	[an-Nahl 16:36]. 

	Hence it is part 
	of the justice of Allah that He has decreed that He will not punish anyone 
	whom the call of the Prophets and Messengers did not reach, as He says 
	(interpretation of the meaning):

	“And We never 
	punish until We have sent a Messenger (to give warning)”

	[al-Isra’ 17:15]

	“This is because 
	your Lord would not destroy the (populations of) towns for their wrongdoing 
	(i.e. associating others in worship along with Allah) while their people 
	were unaware (so the Messengers were sent)”

	[al-An ‘am 6:131]. 

	But Allah has not 
	told us the stories of all the Messengers; rather He has only told us the 
	stories of some of them. He has not told us the stories of most of them, as 
	He says (interpretation of the meaning):

	“And Messengers We 
	have mentioned to you before, and Messengers We have not mentioned to you”

	[an-Nisa’ 4:164]. 

	Based on that, the 
	idea that the Prophets were only sent to one region of the world is not 
	correct; rather Allah sent Messengers to all the nations of the earth. 

	See the answer to 
	question no. 95747 for 
	important details about the hadeeths that speak of the number of Prophets 
	and Messengers, and comments of the scholars on this issue. 

	Secondly: 

	It is well known 
	that most of the civilisations that were established throughout history were 
	in this area, which is known as the Mediterranean basin, and nearby, in 
	Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Arabia. Hence the most populated areas were mostly in 
	these lands. So it is very appropriate that most of the Messengers should 
	have been sent to the people of these lands. 

	As for the wisdom 
	behind Allah telling us the stories of the Prophets and Messengers of these 
	regions and not others, we may note the following: 

	1-
	The lessons and 
	exhortations to be found in the stories of those Prophets and Messengers are 
	greater than others. 

	At-Taahir ibn 
	‘Ashoor (may Allah have mercy on him) said: 

	Allah did not tell 
	the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) the names of many of 
	the Messengers, and only told him the names of a few, because those who are 
	mentioned are the greatest of the Messengers and Prophets and greater 
	lessons may be learned from their stories. End quote. 

	At-Tahreer 
	wa’t-Tanweer, 
	6/35 

	2-
	Because those 
	Messengers had lived in the region inhabited by the Arabs and thereabouts, 
	their stories were known to the Arabs and to the People of the Book who 
	lived in those regions. This was more effective in establishing proof 
	against them and the lessons of what befell those people has a greater 
	impact. 

	And Allah knows best.