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Why Allah sent Prophets and Messengers


Allah sent Prophets and Messengers to every generation to guide
mannkind astraight, away from polytheistic and pagan disbelief,
returning back to the straight path, that of worshipping God alone and
establishing the laws of the Creator and his Prophets and Messengers,
in order to bring about an upright and moral society 'divinely guided'
by the Perfect One.

And to worship Allah means to obey Him and to do all that He has
ordained, - and to fear Him by abstaining from all that He has
forbidden.

Ever since people innovated the dogma of joining others in worship
along with Allah, Allah had been sending Prophets and Messengers to
His devotees in order to invite them to the worship of Allah and Allah
Alone, to order them not to ascribe partners unto Him and bring them
out of the darkness of polytheism and into the light of Monotheism.
All the Prophets preached the belief in the Oneness of Allah. The
following verses from the Noble Qur'an illustrate this fact:

"Indeed, We sent Nooh (Noah) to his people and he said: 'O my people!
Worship Allah! You have no other Ilaah (God) but him. (Laa ilaaha ill
Allaah, none has the right to be worshipped but Allah). Certainly, I
fear for you the torment of a great Day!'" (Al-A'araaf, The Heights
7:59)

"And to 'Aad (people, We sent) their brother Hood. He said: 'O my
people! Worship Allah! You have no other Ilaah (God) but Him. (Laa
ilaaha ill Allaah, none has the right to be worshipped but Allah).
Will you not fear (Allah)?'" (Al-A'araaf, The Heights 7:65)

"And to (the people of) Madyaan (Midian), (We sent) their brother
Shu'ayb. He said: 'O my People! Worship Allah! You have no other Ilaah
(God) but Him. (Laa ilaaha ill Allaah, none has the right to be
worshipped but Allah). Verily, a clear proof (sign) from your Lord has
come unto you, so give full measure and full weight and wrong not men
in their things, and do not make mischief on the earth after it has
been set in order, that will be better for you, if you are
believers.'" (Al-A'araaf, The Heights 7:85)

"And to Thamood (people, We sent) their brother Saalih. He said: 'O my
people! Worship Allah! You have no other Ilaah (God) but Him. (Laa
ilaaha ill Allaah, none has the right to be worshipped but
Allah).'" (Al-A'araaf, The Heights 7:73)

"And verily, We have sent among every Ummah (community, nation) a
Messenger (proclaiming): Worship Allah (Alone) and avoid (or keep away
from) Taaghoot (all false deities etc. do not worship Taaghoots
besides Allah)." (An-Nahl, The Bee 16:36)

Every Prophet was sent unto his own nation for their guidance, but the
Message of Prophet Muhammad (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam - peace be
upon him) for all mankind and jinn (a being created from smokeless
flames).

"Say [O Muhammad (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam)]: 'O mankind! Verily,
I am sent to you all as the Messenger of Allah.'" (Al-A'araaf, The
Heights 7:158)

So the aim of sending these Prophets and Messengers to mankind and
jinn was only that they should worship Allah Alone, as Allah said:

"And I (Allah) created not the jinn and men except they should worship
Me (Alone)" (Adh-Dhaariyaat, The Winds that Scatter 51:56)

And to worship Allah means to obey Him and to do all that He has
ordained, - and to fear Him by abstaining from all that He has
forbidden. Then those who will obey Allaah will be rewarded in
Paradise, and those who will disobey Him will be punished in the Hell-
fire.