Page 9 - General Knowledge from the Qur'an

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION: WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE
QUR'AN? ............................................................................................32

STORIES OF THE PROPHETS IN THE QUR'AN ......................35
A MESSENGER HAS BEEN SENT TO EVERY COMMUNITY .............36
EVERY COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SENT A MESSENGER ....................36
SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE OF ITS PEOPLE .....................................36
THE PURPOSE OF SENDING PROPHETS ..............................................36
OBEDIENCE TO PROPHETS AND ITS REWARD ..................................36
OBEDIENCE TO THE PROPHET IS OBEDIENCE TO ALLAH ............37
THE PROPHETS DID NOT ASK PEOPLE
FOR ANY RECOMPENSE ...........................................................................37
VERSES ADVISING THE PROPHETS TO BE STEADFAST
IN THE FACE OF THE DIFFICULTIES THEY ENCOUNTER ............... 38
DISOBEDIENCE TO THE PROPHETS AND ITS PENALTY ................. 40
PROPHETS ALLAH CITED IN THE QUR'AN......................................... 40
THE STORY OF THE PROPHET ADAM (AS) .......................................... 41
Creation of Prophet Adam (as).................................................... 41
Allah taught the Prophet Adam (as) the Names of Things ..... 41
The Obedience of Angels to Allah............................................... 41
The Disobedience of Iblis (Diabolis)........................................... 42
The Insistence of Satan on Disobedience ................................... 42
Satan's Oath.................................................................................... 42
The Influence of Satan .................................................................. 43
Satan is Driven Out....................................................................... 43
The Testing of the Prophet Adam (as) ........................................ 43
Following Satan and Its Reward ................................................. 44
THE STORY OF THE PROPHET NUH (AS) ............................................. 44
Prophet Nuh (as) was Sent to His People as a Messenger....... 44
The Prophet Nuh (as) Calls His People to Religion ................. 44
The Attitude of Unbelievers towards the Prophet Nuh (as) ... 45
The Prophet Nuh's (as) Perseverance
in Communicating Religion ........................................................45
The Prophet Nuh's (as) Attitude Towards His People ............46
The Destruction of the People of Nuh: Building the Ark ........ 47