The Quran is a divine warning. Nowhere in
the divine revelations is it said that it should be
kept on the shelves as if it were any other
ordinary book. It is compulsory rather that it
should reach the maximum number of people
throughout the ages. If the Prophet had not
performed the task of conveying the message
of the Quran, his prophethood could have
become doubtful in the eyes of God.
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For this
reason, the Prophet carried out this task with
the utmost earnestness, so that the message
of the Quran could reach people everywhere.
Even at the end, addressing the Prophet, God
Himself said in the Quran: ‘You may destroy
yourself with grief because people do not
believe.’
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The responsibility which formerly fell to the
Prophet, has now to be discharged by his
adherents. The believers have to become the
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