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and desires debar you from it, or you will be destroyed."
(Surah Ta Ha, 9-16)
In short, a Messenger is a most virtuous and holy individual
whom Allah has selected, one who is different from his
compatriots, and one who has reached an understanding and true

appreciation on his own of Allah's existence and that of the
hereafter. But this is only the first stage of his mission. After this, it
becomes his responsibility to teach his compatriots about this
great truth he has come to understand and to invite them to follow
Allah's way. This great task of preaching of the Messenger's is
revealed thus in the Qur'an:
O Messenger, transmit what has been sent down to you from
your Lord. If you do not do it, you will not have transmitted
His Message... (Surat al-Ma'ida, 67)
However, as Allah reveals in the Qur'an, often just a few
people come to believe in the Messenger; the rest foolishly become
hostile to this holy individual.

Those Who Believe in the Messenger

When we look at the Qur'an's accounts of the Messengers, we
see that very few people in a society that does not know Allah
listen to the Messenger and accept what he says. This is because he
calls people who live by the values of ignorance to renounce many

of their superstitious values, reject their false deities and serve
only Allah. Most people in such a society lack the intelligence and
awareness to comprehend this. In addition, the great majority of
those who could understand see that this excellent and
conscientious system clashes with their own interests and so they