Messengers bringing good news and giving warning, so that
people will have no argument against Allah after the coming of
the Messengers. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. (Surat an-Nisa:
165)
Allah created many groups of people on earth. Some of these
groups refused what their messengers brought to them and denied that
they were messengers at all. Because they did not listen to their words
and comply with Allah's commands, they were punished. Through His
messengers, Allah also warned these rebellious people of a terrible life in
this world. Despite this, they continued to oppose their messengers and
slander them. Furthermore, they became so violent as in some cases even
to murder them. Upon this, Allah gave them the punishment they
deserved, and, in time, new communities replaced them. In the Qur'an,
the situation of such communities is related as follows:
Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before
them which We had established on the earth far more firmly
than We have established you? We sent down heaven upon them
in abundant rain and made rivers flow under them. But We
destroyed them for their wrong actions and raised up further
generations after them. (Surat al-An'am: 6)
In coming chapters, we will dwell on the exemplary behaviour of
the prophets who struggled against these rebellious communities.
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