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It has been
predetermined by God
“It
has been predetermined by God that He will send
messengers to the people to deliver His message - that
there is no god but God. He has sent messengers in the
past and each messenger has brought with him
irrefutable signs from the Lord as a proof that he is
indeed a messenger from God. There are three very
important criteria that should be fulfilled to
determine if someone is a messenger. These are (1) he
should preach God Alone, (2) he should not ask for any
wage, as his wage comes from the Lord of the Universe,
and (3) he should bring a clear sign that cannot be
fabricated by another human being. Moreover, the new
messenger from God must confirm the Quran, past
messengers, miracles, and messages. This should
reinforce the truth and should establish the criteria
in the mind of a submitter that the messenger is
indeed from God.
44:5 It is a predetermined command from us that we
send messengers.
We learn more about messengers and proofs in the
following verses:
3:184 If they reject you, messengers before you have
been rejected, even though they brought proofs, the
Psalms, and the enlightening scripture.
7:101 We narrate to you the history of those
communities: their messengers went to them with clear
proofs, but they were not to believe in what they had
rejected before. God thus seals the hearts of the
disbelievers.
10:74 Then we sent after him messengers to their
people, and they showed them clear proofs. But they
were not to believe in what they had rejected in the
past. We thus seal the hearts of the transgressors.
14:9 Have you not heard about those before you - the
people of Noah, 'Ad, Thamoud, and others who came
after them and known only to God? Their messengers
went to them with clear proofs, but they treated them
with contempt and said, "We disbelieve in what
you are sent with. We are skeptical about your
message; full of doubt."
30:9 Have they not roamed the earth and noted the
consequences for those who preceded them? They used to
be more powerful, more prosperous, and more productive
on earth. Their messengers went to them with clear
signs. Consequently, God was not the One who wronged
them, they are the ones who wronged their own souls.
40:78 We have sent messengers before you - some of
them we mentioned to you, and some we did not mention
to you. No messenger can produce any miracle without
God's authorization. Once God's judgment is issued,
the truth dominates, and the falsifiers are exposed
and humiliated.
64:6 This is because their messengers went to them
with clear proofs, but they said, "Shall we
follow humans like us?" They disbelieved and
turned away. God does not need them; God is in no
need, Praiseworthy.”
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