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LOYALTY DESCRIBED IN THE QUR'AN
they did not know, and to reform them and make them pure. What
makes prophets different from other human beings is that Allah has
given them a special mission, that is, He has chosen them. For this rea-
son, believers regard prophets as honored individuals. Because they

exercise sincere devotion to Allah, they also love and respect the
prophets that Allah has sent to them as a mercy, as well as being
deeply attached and faithful to them. They show profound respect and
love towards the prophets in both word and deed.
Moreover, believers know that Allah has commanded them to
have faith in and respect His messengers. Prophets are examples to
those believers who proclaim Allah's religion. This responsibility en-

trusted upon them shows that their faith is superior. Because of this,
believers obtain great benefit by remaining faithful to Allah's messen-
ger (saas), and accepting his advice. In the Qur'an, Allah explains that
those who obey His messengers will have a great reward in the world
to come:
Those who believe in Allah and His messengers—such peo-
ple are the truly sincere—and the martyrs who are with their
Lord will receive their wages and their light. But those who

disbelieve and deny Our Signs, will be Companions of the
Blazing Fire. (Surat al-Hadid, 19)
In another verse, Allah announces this good news to those who
show faithfulness to our Prophet (saas) and follow his path:
[Allah said, "Believers are] those who follow the Messenger,
the Ummi, whom they find written down with them in the
Torah and the Gospel, commanding them to do right and for-

bidding them to do wrong, making good things lawful for
them and bad things forbidden for them, relieving them of

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