ALLAH PROMISES
NOT TO DESTROY ANY COMMUNITY WITHOUT FIRST SENDING THEM A
MESSENGER
Your Lord would never destroy any cities
without first sending to the chief of them a messenger to
recite Our Signs to them. We would never destroy any cities
unless their inhabitants were wrongdoers. (Surat al-Qasas:
59)
… We never punish until We have sent
a messenger. (Surat al-Isra: 15)
We have never destroyed a city without
giving it prior warning as a reminder. We were never unjust.
(Surat ash-Shu'ara’: 208-209)
These verses show that Allah sends messengers to
major cities to warn the people. These messengers announce
Allah’s commands, but the disbelievers from the societies
of every age have mocked them, accused them of being liars,
frauds or madmen, and subjected them to every kind of slander.
Allah destroys societies that continue to live in wickedness
and immorality through some great disaster, at a time when
they least expect it. The destruction of the people of Nuh,
Lut, Ad, Thamud and others mentioned in the Qur’an are
examples of this form of annihilation.
As it says in verse 40 of Surat al-Azhab, the Prophet
Muhammad (saas) is the last Prophet. Muhammad (saas) is “…the
Messenger of Allah and the Final Seal of the Prophets…”
(Surat al-Azhab: 40) In other words, through the mediation
of the Prophet Muhammad (saas), the series of Allah’s
revelations to humanity have been completed. In spite of this,
the responsibility for communicating and reminding people
of the Qur’an delivered by the Prophet (saas) lies with
every Muslim until the end of the world. |
