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obey him. Saul (pbuh) and those around him fought against
Goliath, the unbelievers' leader. Sincere believers devoted

themselves to Saul (pbuh) and obeyed him, while the skep-
tics could neither understand that Saul (pbuh) had been
sent to them as a messenger nor the wisdom in complying
with his commands. The ignorant reaction of such people is
given in the Qur'an:
Their prophet said to them: "Allah has appointed Saul to
be your king." They replied: "How can he have kingship
over us when we have much more right to kingship than he
does? He does not even possess great wealth!" He said:
"Allah has chosen him over you and favored him greatly in
knowledge and physical strength. Allah gives kingship to
anyone He wills. Allah is All-Encompassing, All-
Knowing." (Surat al-Baqara:247)

Similarly, Dhu'l Qarnayn (pbuh) was sent as a messen-
ger to his society in order to rescue its members from the
difficulties into which they had fallen, and to enable reli-
gious moral values to prevail. Allah revealed in the Qur'an
that He made this man a sound ruler:
They will ask you about Dhu'l-Qarnayn. Say: "I will tell you
something about him." We gave him power and authority in

the land and granted him a way to everything. (Surat al-
Kahf:83-84)
In our own time, people are living in a world of moral
collapse, poverty, and cruelty in which injustice prevails.