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But most people, for all your eagerness, are not believers. You do not
ask them for any wage for it. It is only a reminder to all beings. (Surah
Yusuf, 103-104)
A man came running from the far side of the city, saying, "My peo-
ple! Follow the Messengers! Follow those who do not ask you for any
wage and who have received guidance." (Surah Ya Sin, 20-21)
We sent you only to bring good news and to give warning. Say: 'I do
not ask you for any wage for it – only that anyone who wants to
should make his way towards his Lord.' (Surat al-Furqan, 56-57)
Say: "I exhort you to do one thing alone: to stand before Allah in
pairs and on your own and then reflect. Your companion is not pos-
sessed. He is only a warner come to you ahead of a terrible punish-
ment." Say: "Whatever reward I might have asked of you is yours. My
reward is the affair of Allah only. He is witness over all things." (Surah
Saba', 46-47)

VERSES ADVISING THE PROPHETS TO BE
STEADFAST IN THE FACE OF THE DIFFICULTIES
THEY ENCOUNTER
Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and fair admonition, and
argue with them in the kindest way. Your Lord knows best who is mis-
guided from His way. And He knows best who are guided. If you want
to retaliate, retaliate to the same degree as the injury done to you. But
if you are patient, it is better to be patient. Be patient. But your patience
is only by Allah. Do not be grieved by them and do not be constricted
by the plots they hatch. (Surat an-Nahl, 125-127)
Perhaps you may destroy yourself with grief, chasing after them, if
they do not believe in these words. (Surat al-Kahf, 6)
And were it not for a prior word from your Lord, and a specified
term, it would inevitably have already taken place. So be steadfast in
the face of what they say and glorify your Lord with praise before the
rising of the sun and before its setting. And glorify Him during part of
the night and at both ends of the day, so that hopefully you will be
pleased. (Surah Ta Ha, 129-130)