That is, those special servants of God who,
in the service of the religion of God, were
witness to the deeds of the nations of the
world. Some accepted their call, while
others rejected it. These preachers of the
divine message have been mentioned in the
Quran in many different terms such as
‘warner’, ‘bearer of glad tidings’, ‘the
caller’, etc. This group, originally formed
of the prophets, was later made up of those
special servants of God who followed the
example of the prophets and performed
dawah
for the people of their times.
The Final Judgement on human beings,
which is going to take place in the hereafter,
will be based on the task performed by the
witnesses (
shahadah
) for the people of the
world. This task of witness divides the
people of the world into two groups: one
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