Page 47 - The Importance of Following the Good Word

warning as a reminder. We were never unjust. (Surat
al-Shuara, 208-209)

Those Who Do not Comply With the Good Word
Follow in the Way of Satan
As we mentioned in the previous sections, in every pe-
riod, Allah called people to the morality of the Qur'an, and
being mindful of His good pleasure, through His faithful ser-
vants. Yet, except those who sincerely believed, the great ma-
jority failed to heed this call, but responded with evil,
rebelliousness, denial and derision. We may discover several
such examples in the stories related about the prophets in the
Qur'an, and in the exchanges the believers had with those ig-
norant of the religion.
What has been related in the Qur'an are examples of the
negative reactions offered by the unbelievers of the time.
However, it would be wrong to assume that such behavior
was a thing only of the past. The same responses are discov-
ered in our day, as in the past. For this reason, when reading
of the accounts of past generations, all should learn a lesson
from the punishment afflicted upon them, so as not to repeat
their mistakes.
However, he who does not heed such warnings should
not maintain that he did not say what others of previous gen-
erations had already said, as mentioned in the Qur'an, and,
therefore, that he is not like them. Because, what really mat-
ters is the intention behind the words. Today, some may in-
tend to offer exactly the same responses, as those
communicated in the Qur'an, or harbor the same thoughts,
but disguised as different language. For, disbelief, which is

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