Page 81 - Faith: The Way to Happiness

THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE:

THE PROPHETS

The prophets were blessed people sent by Allah to transmit the
good news of His religion and invite others to follow His true path.
Allah sent the prophets to tell people about the faith, set them the
finest example of good character and warn them by pointing out to
them the existence of the Hereafter. For a human being, representing
Allah on earth is a great and important re s p o n s i b i l i t y. That the
p rophets were entrusted by Allah with special duties diff e re n t i a t e s
them from other people.
The prophets were people who lived out the faith they carried
in their hearts in a very intense manner. This can be clearly seen
from the fact that for the cause of Allah they demonstrated superior
and exemplary behavior. The prophets were sent to a number of
peoples and rulers whose backwardness, immorality and social de-
generation knew no bounds. While explaining Allah's religion they
warned the peoples they lived amongst to abandon their ugly be-
havior and immorality and invited them to have faith in Allah. In
order to perform this duty, they remained patient and were not de-
feated by any force directed at them or by any diff i c u l t y, tro u b l e ,
t h reats or slanders. In this way the behavior, moral standards and
reasoning they exhibited provided the finest possible example to be-

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