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There Are Many Lessons To Be Learned From The Stories Of The Messengers

manner in which they live their lives, or how impeccable are their
characters, as examples to follow. When considering the examples
of the prophets, they do not recognize the vigilant effort they made
to inform the world of the morality of the Qur’an, dedicating their
whole lives to promote it, and fail to take a lesson from their un-

shakeable faith and devotion to Allah. However, for Muslims, from
whatever era, many lessons are to be learned from the lives of the
prophets.
For instance, Muslims can educate themselves by reading about
Prophet Muhammad’s (saas) struggle against the unbelievers, pa-
gans and hypocrites of his nation; Prophet Ibrahim’s (as) struggle
against his people committed to idolatry, and the manner in which

he reasoned with them, to convince them not to worship idols;
Prophet Musa’s (as) courageous fight against the oppressive and
tyrannical Pharaoh, and even against the ignorance of his own na-
tion; Prophet Ayyub’s (as) patience and submission to Allah, Who
tried him with illness and distress; and, Prophet Yusuf’s (as) faith in
Allah, despite every stratagem conspired against him, from the time
of his youth, and on into his later years.
A sincere believer can learn much about good conduct from the
prophets’ accounts presented in the Qur’an. For instance, despite

being among those who believe, being of sincere, honest, and good
character, and of those who invite others to the morality of the
Qur’an, he will be faced with other people’s hostility and slander.
But, he will never be taken off guard when subjected to such injus-
tice, because of his genuine efforts in the cause of Allah, and will not
feel despondent. Because, as he has learned from the Qur’an,
throughout history, sincere people, who lived according to the

morality of the Qur’an, and invited others to the same, have been

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