The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
The Prophet in the Qur’an
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were directed solely to achieving these objectives
enumerated above. After the Prophet those who rise
to the task of reforming the people have to work
along the same lines as were followed by the
Prophet on the basis of divine guidance.
COMMUNICATING GOD’S MESSAGE
The Prophet was thus addressed by God in the
Qur’an:
Apostle, proclaim what is revealed to you from
your Lord: if you do not, you will not have
conveyed His message. God will protect you from
all men. He does not guide the unbelievers.
(5:67)
This verse shows that, the actual basic task assigned
by God to the Prophet was communication of His
message. This task had two aspects: firstly, the duty
assigned to him as a Messenger of God entailed the
performance of the task of communication of the
divine message, and secondly, the same task served
to protect the Prophet.
Whenever a prophet calls for an uncompromising
acceptance of truth, he has to face a severe
