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hardship is to put his trust in Allah and find the ease that is with it. Allah's
promise being so, we see that giving up hope or being stricken with panic
in moments of difficulty is a sign of a weakness in our faith. After reading
this verse and reflecting upon it, our conduct will agree with the verse
throughout our lives.
In the Qur'an, Allah relates stories from the lives of the prophets and
messengers who lived in the past, so that people can learn the ideal con-
duct, conversation and lives of a person with whom Allah is pleased, and
take them as examples. Allah states in some of His verses that people must
think over the stories of the messengers and draw lessons from them:
There is an instruction in their stories for people of intelli-
gence. (Surah Yusuf: 111)
And (We left a Sign) also in Musa when We sent him to Pharaoh
with clear authority. (Surat adh-Dhariyat: 38)
We rescued him (Nuh) and the occupants of the Ark and made
that into a Sign for all the worlds. (Surat al-‘Ankabut: 15)

In the Qur'an, some of the attributes of past nations, their manners
and the disasters that befell them are mentioned. It would be a great mis-
conception to read these verses merely as a narration of historical events
which simply relate the incidents that befell past nations. This is because,
just as in all other verses, Allah has revealed the verses about past nations
for us to think over, and for us to amend our conduct by deriving lessons
from the events that came to pass on these nations:
We destroyed those of your kind in the past. But is there any
rememberer there? (Surat al-Qamar: 51)
We bore him on a planked and well-caulked ship, which ran
before Our eyes – a reward for him who had been rejected. We
left it as a Sign. But is there any rememberer there? How terri-
ble were My punishment and warnings! We have made the
Qur'an easy to remember. But is there any rememberer there?
(Surat al-Qamar: 13-17)

Allah has revealed the Qur'an as a guide to all people. Therefore,
reflecting upon every verse of the Qur'an, and living according to it by