The Qur’an For All Humanity
The Book of Guidance
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to death, and the other is that man is not going to be
taken to task for his actions. It was to put an end to
this ignorance that God arranged for a series of
prophets to bring His revelations to mankind.
In every age and in every nation messengers of God
have continued to come, the Prophet Muhammad
being the last of the prophets in this chain. Now he
is the only source of divine guidance, since no other
prophet is going to come till Doomsday.
The message passed on by these prophets was that
in this present world man is not free to follow his
desires. In all moral issues he is bound to obey the
divine commandments given to man by God
through His messengers.
However, the presence of the Prophet in person is
not necessary for man’s guidance. What is
necessary is access to the book of God which was
brought by him to mankind. With God’s Book, the
Qur’an available in its preserved state in every
corner of the globe and also the sunnah (traditions)
of the Prophet enshrined in authentic collections,
man has now no excuse for wrongdoing. For it must
be remembered that God has not left man alone
