single person with the purpose of arousing feelings of might and respect
in the listener. There is a similar case in English known as "The Royal
We." In the succeeding sections of this book, we will give you examples
of verses (of the Qur'an) and surahs (chapters of the Qur'an). They are the
most correct words because they are the words of Allah, the One Who
knows us better than we do ourselves.
In the Qur'an, Allah wants us to take lessons from the lives of the
prophets. One verse reads:
There is instruction in their [i.e., messengers'] stories for people
of intelligence... (Surah Yusuf: 111)
The type of person to whom Allah draws our attention in this verse
is a person who knows that the Qur'an is the Speech of Allah and thereby
thinks, exercises his reason and strives to learn the Qur'an and live by its
commands.
Allah holds the people to whom He sends His messengers
responsible for complying with His commands. Having received Allah's
revelations, people will have no right to put forward excuses on the Day
of Judgment. That is because the messengers of Allah convey to their
peoples the knowledge of the existence of Allah and of what He expects
from people. Once a person hears this message, he is responsible for it.
This is related in the Qur'an as follows:
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