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Messengers

We have mentioned the unchanging laws that have been es-
tablished by Allah since the foundation of the world. One such
Divine law is that Allah will not punish a society for which He has
not sent a messenger. This promise is expressed in the following

verses:
Your Lord would never destroy any cities without first
sending to the chief of them a messenger to recite Our
Signs to them. We would never destroy any cities unless
their inhabitants were wrongdoers. (Surat al-Qasas: 59)

… We never punish until We have sent a messenger. (Surat
al-Isra: 15)
We have never destroyed a city without giving it prior

warning as a reminder. We were never unjust. (Surat ash-
Shu'ara: 208-209)
These verses show that Allah sends messengers to major
cities to warn the people. These messengers announce Allah’s

commands, but the unbelievers from the societies of every age
have mocked them, accused them of being liars, frauds or mad-
men, and subjected them to every kind of slander. Allah destroys
societies that continue to live in wickedness and immorality

through some great disaster, at a time when they least expect it.
The destruction of the people of the Prophets Noah (as) and Lot
(as), Ad, Thamud and others mentioned in the Qur’an are exam-
ples of this form of annihilation.

In the Qur’an, Allah reveals why He has sent prophets: to an-
nounce the good news to societies, to provide an important op-
portunity for their people to abandon their false beliefs, and live

their lives according to Allah’s religion and high morality, and to

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