OUR MESSENGERS

OUR MESSENGERS

We blab to you the histories of the messengers to put adventuresomeness in your hearts. Through this the Truth shall be appear to you, with precepts and admonitions for accurate believers. (Surah Hud, 120)

INTRODUCTION

To every nation that has anesthetized on, Allah beatific a agent who summoned them to His accurate path. Messengers are those who acquaint the actuality and absoluteness of Allah, advance His religion, and acquaint them about what Allah demands from them, in added words, things that they should do and things that they should abjure from. They aswell acquaint them adjoin the abuse of Hell and accord them the animated admonition of Paradise.

The lives and struggles of the messengers are abounding in acquaint for believers who anticipate and are absorbed to apprentice from them. In the Qur'an, Allah describes in detail the capacity they announced to their peoples, the methods they active to actuate them and abounding added aspects of the messengers themselves.

There is apprenticeship in their belief for humans of intelligence... (Surah Yusuf, 111)

Believers should not differentiate amid any of the messengers and should yield their blameless amenities and behaviors declared in the Qur'an as their model. They should chase their advice, and act on it and authority in actual top attention their warnings. Again, in accordance with Allah's command, the Astrologer (saas) appear that we should not discriminate amid the prophets beatific by Allah, and in one hadith, said, “Don't accord ahead to any astrologer amidst Allah's prophets.” (Sahih Bukhari)

That is because Allah narrates the belief of these acclaimed agents of His in the Qur'an not abandoned as actual facts, but aswell in adjustment to animate believers to reflect on, and pay heed to these above humans so that they may yield them as their models.

The belief and accomplishments of the messengers as declared in the Qur'an accommodate examples and acquaint for believers. This is a actuality that is decidedly declared in the Qur'an. For instance, it is declared that there is a acceptable archetype for the believers to chase in Ibrahim (as), and those who adhered to him and their admirable attitudes are declared in the afterward verses:

You accept an accomplished archetype in Ibrahim and those who followed him, if they said to their people, “We accident easily of you and all that you adoration afar from Allah, and we adios you. Amid us and you there will be acrimony and abhorrence for anytime unless you accept in Allah alone.” But do not challenge Ibrahim’s words to his father: “I will ask absolution for you, but I accept no ability to advice you in any way adjoin Allah.” “Our Lord, we accept put our assurance in You and accept repented to You. You are our final destination. Our Lord, do not accomplish us a ambition for those who disbelieve. Forgive us, our Lord; You are the Almighty, the All-Wise.” There is an accomplished archetype in them for you to follow, that is for those whose achievement is in Allah and the Last Day. But if anyone turns away, he shall apperceive that Allah is the Rich Beyond Need, the Praiseworthy. (Surah Mumtahana, 4-6)

In the aforementioned way, all added messengers are aswell called agents of Allah; they should be taken as models by the believers in every respect. Those who accept accomplish no acumen amid any of the messengers and accept in what has been appear to anniversary of them. This is a command of Allah which should be agitated out anxiously as all added commands:

Say, “We acquire in Allah and what has been beatific down to us and what was beatific down to Ibrahim and Isma‘il and Ishaq and Ya‘qub and the tribes, and what Musa and ‘Isa were given, and what all the prophets were accustomed by their Lord. We do not differentiate amid any of them. We are Muslims who acquire submitted to Him.” (Surat al-Baqara, 136)
All messengers acquire alleged humans to acquire the accurate adoration and the a lot of cocked way. This call, as able-bodied as getting for their peoples, is aswell for us. The basal religious and moral facts that they all arrive others to accept, and the characteristics of advantage that they displayed should be followed and taken as a archetypal buys too as in ages past.
As a amount of fact, Allah sets alternating in the Qur'an the facts which messengers acquire arrive their humans to accept, and provides abundant annual of the accomplished appearance ancestry they possessed. He allowable all believers in the personality of our Prophet (saas) to abide themselves to the accurate path:
They are the ones to whom We gave the Book, acumen and prophethood. If these humans adios it, We shall allocate it to others who will not. They are the ones Allah has guided, so be guided by their guidance. Say, “I do notIntroduction13ask you for any allowance for it. It [the Qur'an] is artlessly an admonition to all mankind.” (Surat al-An'am, 89-90)
That getting so, the albatross of believers is to accord accurate application to the activity belief of messengers accompanying in the Qur’an, and accomplish their best efforts to chase the aisle they indicate, and accede with their admonitions and warnings. The purpose of this book is to abetment such efforts on the allotment of believers.

THE PROPHET NUH (AS)

The Prophet Nuh (as) is mentioned and accepted in abounding verses of the Qur'an:
You are the birth of those We agitated in the Ark with Nuh. He was a absolutely beholden servant. (Surat al-Isra’, 3)
Nuh alleged out to Us, his prayers were affably answered.
We rescued him and his ancestors from the abhorrent plight and fabricated his birth the sole survivors; and We bestowed on him the acclaim of after generations.

Peace be aloft Nuh a part of all beings! (Surat as-Saffat, 75-79)
Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the ancestors of Ibrahim and the ancestors of ‘Imran over all added beings. (Surah Al‘Imran, 33)
We beatific Nuh to his people: “Warn your humans afore aching abuse comes to them.” (Surah Nuh, 1)
Allah beatific the Prophet Nuh (as) to his humans as a messenger.
In adjustment to accomplish the Prophet Nuh (as) and those who obeyed him bend from the accurate path, the cardinal amphitheater of those of his humans who disbelieved advised adjoin them, approved to defame15them through aspersions and dared to apish at them. In acknowledgment for what they did, Allah punished this humans in the activity of this apple and beatific a angry flood aloft them.

The Prophet Nuh (as) Declared To His People

That He Was A Agent Aces Of Trust
Those who do not abhorrence Allah do not assurance anniversary added in the accurate sense. This is because in a association of such people, one can possibly be afflicted even by whom one considers to be the abutting to oneself. In such a society, its associates consistently act guardedly, aggravating not to appearance any of their weaknesses to others. This is why humans mostly wish to accept absolute accompany aloft whom they can rely.
Messengers, on the added hand, go in abhorrence of Allah and are appropriately absolutely reliable people. The acceptance of messengers' abidingness is of abundant importance, for which acumen the messengers decidedly accent this superior while communicating Allah's bulletin to others:
The humans of Nuh denied the Messengers. Their brother said to them, “Will you not bouncer adjoin evil? I am a Agent to you aces of all trust. So abhorrence Allah and obey me.” (Surat ash-Shu‘ara’, 105-108)

Concerns like acquisitiveness for leadership, anxious for abundance and property, and apprehension of admire authority humans aback from dupe others—to such an admeasurement that humans do not apprehend others agitation addition a favour unless a claimed absorption is in question. The prophets, however, apprehend their amends from Allah abandoned and accent that they do not appeal annihilation from people. As the Prophet Nuh (as) said to his people:
“I do not ask you for any allowance for it. My allowance is the albatross of no one but the Lord of all the worlds.”(Surat ash-Shu‘ara’, 109)
“If you about-face your backs, I accept not asked you for any wage. My allowance is the albatross of Allah alone. I am allowable to be one of the Muslims.” (Surah Yunus, 72)
The Prophet Nuh (as) Called His People

To Adoration Allah Alone

The Prophet Nuh (as) arrive his humans to carelessness the canard in which they had been mired and to adoration Allah. He reminded them that there was no god besides Allah and warned them that if they bootless to butt this actuality in the world, they would accommodated a abhorrent abuse in the future. Thus he admonished them and provided assorted explanations in adjustment for them to believe.
Some of the accordant verses are as follows:
We beatific Nuh to his humans and he said, “My people, adoration Allah. You accept no god added than Him. So will you not bouncer adjoin evil?” (Surat al-Muminun, 23)
We beatific Nuh to his people: “I am a bright warner to you. Adoration none but Allah. I abhorrence for you the abuse oaf aching day.” (Surah Hud, 25-26)
The Prophet Nuh’s admonition to his humans is aswell declared by our Prophet (saas) in one of his hadiths: “When the afterlife of Nuh, the Messenger of Allah, approached, he admonished his tribe: 'Indeed Would accord you far extensive advice, advantageous you to do two things, and admonishing you adjoin accomplishing two things as well. I allegation you to be-The Prophet Nuh (as)live that there is no god but Allah and that if the seven blast and the seven earths were put on one ancillary of a calibration and the words “there is no god but Allah” were put on the other, the closing would outweigh the former. I acquaint you adjoin advertence ally with Allah and adjoin pride.’” (Sahih al-Bukhari)

The Prophet Nuh (as) Called His Humans To Turn

To Allah And To Ask For Absolution From Him
After reminding them that Allah is the one and alone god, the Prophet Nuh (as) apprenticed his humans to ask for the absolution of Allah, and gave them the acceptable account of the blessings that Allah would accord aloft them if they angry to Him:
[Nuh said, “My Lord,] I said, ‘Ask absolution of your Lord. Truly He is Endlessly Forgiving. He will dark abounding rain from the sky for you and accord aloft you added abundance and sons, and admission you area with active brooks.’” (Surah Nuh, 10-12)
In abounding verses of the Qur'an, Allah promises that He will admission those who accept a admirable life. Therefore, while calling their humans to about-face to Allah, the messengers accept aswell accompanying that Allah would admission them blessings. They accept aswell accustomed abundant accounts and Allah's blessings with a appearance to accredit humans to butt His affection and to realise Allah's favour and benevolence for them. The Prophet Nuh (as) addressed his peoples follows:

[Nuh said, “My Lord, I said to my people,] 'What is the amount with you that you do not achievement for honour from Allah, if He created you by alternating stages? Do you not see how He created seven blast in layers, and placed the moon as a ablaze in them and fabricated the sun ablating lamp? Allah acquired you to abound from the earthbound a plant, and to the apple He will restore you. Then He will accompany you aback afresh. Allah has advance the apple out as a carpeting for you so that you could use its advanced valleys as roadways.'” (Surah Nuh, 13-20)
What the believers should do is to accord acknowledgment to Allah and to appetite added humans to be beholden too by canonizing Allah's blessings as the prophets did.
In Reply To The Aspersions Cast Aloft Him, The Prophet
Nuh (as) Provided The Most Rational Answers By Reminding
His Humans Of Allah

Throughout the world's history, all messengers of Allah accept been slandered in agnate ways. This is an abiding command of Allah that all messengers accept accomplished throughout the ages.
The humans of the Astrologer Nuh (as) aswell banned to obey their astrologer and casting abundant aspersions aloft him to alarm him in their own way. One of their aspersions was to alarm him erroneous:
The cardinal amphitheater of his humans said, “We see you in arrant error.” (Surat al-A‘raf, 60)
One of the characteristic characteristics of the messengers is their amaranthine perseverance, close resolution and adherence to top moral standards, behindhand of the circumstances. In the face of the accusations and the difficulties they encountered, they acted maturely and put their assurance in Allah. How the Astrologer Nuh responded to this abuse by his humans is a acceptable archetype for all believers:

He [Nuh] said, “My people, I am not in absurdity at all but rather am a Messenger from the Lord of all the worlds, transmitting my Lord’s Message to you and giving you acceptable counsel, and I apperceive from Allah what you do not know.” (Surat al-A‘raf, 61-62)
The Astrologer Nuh (as) responded to those who accused him of getting a cheat as follows:
The cardinal amphitheater of those of his humans who disbelieved said, “We do not see you as annihilation but a animal getting like ourselves. We do not see anyone afterward you but the everyman of us, who are adventurous and undiscerning. We do not see you as above to us. On the contrary, we accede you tube a liar.” He [Nuh] said, “My people! What do you think? If I were to accept bright affirmation from my Lord and He had bestowed aloft me His grace, but you were dark to it, could we force it on you if you were unwilling? My people! I do not ask you for any amends for this; for none but Allah can accolade me. Nor will I hunt abroad those who believe, for they are absolutely traveling to accommodated their Lord. However, I can see that you are apprenticed people.” (Surah Hud, 27-29)

The Astrologer Nuh (as) Pointed Up The Insincerity Of Those

Who Asked For Miracles As A Condition For Believing

Throughout history, those who disbelieved fabricated up assorted pretexts to abstain abject their messengers. They claimed that the messengers should accept bedevilled added abundance than themselves or should accept formed miracles. They even claimed that the messengers should not accept been animal beings, but angels. The Astrologer Nuh (as) responded to such expectations as follows:

I do not say to you that I acquire Allah’s treasures; nor do I apperceive the Unseen; nor do I say that I am an angel; nor do I say to those who are abandoned in your eyes that Allah will not be ample to them—Allah knows best what is in their hearts. If I did, I would absolutely become a wrongdoer.â€(Surah Hud, 31)
It is archetypal of the unbelievers to apprehend the messengers to be wealthy, and to be able to accomplish miracles. However, what the messengers are above in is allegiance and abhorrence for Allah. They are above to added humans because they about-face to Allah in every accomplishment and at every burning of their lives; they are abject to Allah, put their assurance in Him and never abort in backbone and steadfastness.
Allah may accord wealth, properties, awful admired positions, ability and all added carnal ethics to abounding people. These are not, however, a admeasurement of ahead but abandoned a agency of trial.
Only those who accept distanced themselves from the adoration accede such carnal ethics as a assurance of ahead in the eyes of Allah.
Has account not accomplished you of those who came afore you, the peoples of Nuh and ‘Ad and Thamud, and those who came afterwards them? Allah abandoned knows their number. Their messengers came to them with bright signs, but they put their easily to their mouths saying, “We adios your message. We accept grave doubts about the acceptance to which you're calling us to.” Their messengers answered, “Is there any agnosticism about Allah, the Bringer into Being of the blast and the Earth? He amendment you to absolve you for your amiss accomplishments and to abatement you until your appointed time.They said, “You are annihilation but animal beings like ourselves, who wish to about-face us abroad from the goals our fathers worshipped; so accompany us a bright proof.” Their messengers replied, “We are absolutely annihilation but animal beings like yourselves. But Allah shows favour to any of His agents He wills. It is not for us to accompany you affidavit except by Allah's permission. So let the believers put their assurance in Allah.
(Surah Ibrahim, 9-11)

The Prophet Nuh (as) Employed Every Possible

Way To Spread Allahâ™s Message
Like all messengers, the Prophet Nuh (as) approved all courses to accomplish his humans believe. As able-bodied as summoning them aboveboard to the religion, he aswell approved to access them in altered ways.
Despite his efforts, however, his humans insisted on atheism and insolence. The Prophet Nuh (as) has accompanying this adamant conduct of his humans as follows:
He [Nuh] said, “My Lord, I accept pleaded with my humans night and day, but my pleas accept abandoned added to their aversion. Indeed, every time I alleged on them to ask Your forgiveness, they put their fingers in their ears, captivated themselves up in their cloaks, constant in sin, and were overweeningly arrogant. Then I alleged aloft them openly. Then I appealed to them in accessible and in private. (SurahNuh, 5-9)

As can be accepted by the aloft words of the Prophet Nuh (as), the Prophets accept consistently alleged humans to Allah's aisle and active assorted methods to agitate people's conscience. It is an important albatross of the accurate believers, as able-bodied as of the prophets, to be adamant in face of all the reactions of the humans and to carefully obey the command of Allah He formulates as “commanding the appropriate and abhorrent the wrong:
Let there be a association a part of you who alarm for righteousness, adjure justice, and forbid evil. They are the ones who will accept success. (Surah Al ‘Imran, 104)
Those who repent, those who worship, those who praise, those who fast, those who bow, those who abject themselves, those who command the right, those who forbid the wrong, those who beam the commandments of Allah shall be abundantly rewarded: accord the acceptable account to the believers. (Surat at-Tawba, 112)