16.1 Similar message given to all Prophets
For We certainly sent amongst every people a
messenger, (with the Command) “Serve Allah, and
stay away from Evil”. Of the people were some whom
Allah guided, and some received the misguidance they
deserved…Ch 16: V36
16.2 Prophets and lessons of warning
16.2.1 Nuh - Message delivered but ungratefully
rejected
“(Nuh said) And every time I have called to them, that
You might forgive them, They have (only) put their
fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their
garments, grown stubborn, and given themselves up
to arrogance. “So I have called to them aloud;”Further I
have spoken to them in public and in private ...
Ch 71: V7-9
But they rejected him (Nuh), and We delivered him, and
those with him, in the Ark: but We drowned in the flood
those who rejected Our signs. They were indeed a blind
people!Ch 7: V64
16.2.2 Hud and the Ad - Arrogant community
destroyed
Now the ‘Ad (people) behaved arrogantly through the
land, against (all) truth and reason, and said: “Who can
be more powerful than us?” What! Did they not see that
Allah, who created them, is more powerful than them?
But they continued to reject Our Signs!Ch 41: V15
And the ‘Ad, They were destroyed by a furious wind,
exceedingly violent.Ch 69: V6
16.2.3 Salih and the Thamud - Materialism
(Remember also) the ‘Ad and the Thamud (people):
whose condition is clear to you from (the ruins) of their
buildings: Satan made their actions seem good to them,
and kept them back from the path, though they were
gifted with intelligence and skill.
Ch 29: V38
He said: “Here is a she-camel: she has a right of
watering, and you have a right of watering, (severally)
on a Day appointed. “Touch her not with harm, lest the
penalty of a great Day seize you.”
But they ham-strung her: then did they become full of
regrets.
Ch 26: V155-157
But the Thamud, they were destroyed by a terrible
storm of thunder and lightning!Ch 69: V5
16.2.4 Lut & the people of Sodom & Gomorah -
Immorality
We also (sent) Lut: He said to his people: “Do you
commit obscenity (homosexuality) such as no people in
creation (ever) committed before you?
“For you practise your lusts on men in preference to
women: you are indeed a people transgressing.”Ch 7: V80-81
We sent against them a violent tornado with showers of
stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut’s household:
them We saved by early Dawn, as a Grace from Us ...Ch 54: V34-35
16.2.5 Shuaib & the people of Madyan - Economic
exploitation
To the Madyan people We sent their brother Shu’aib, he
said: “O my people! Worship Allah; you have no other
god but Him. Now has come unto you a clear (Sign)
from your Lord! Give full measure and full weight, nor
withhold from the people the things that are their due;
and do no mischief on the earth after it has been set in
order: that will be best for you, if you have Faith.
Ch 7: V85
But the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay
prostrate in their homes before the morning!Ch 7: V91
16.2.6 Moses & the Pharaoh - Political & Economic
oppression
Truly Pharaoh glorified himself in the earth and broke
up its people into groups, weakening a small group
among them: their sons he slew, but he kept alive their
females: for he was indeed a maker of mischief.
Ch 28: V4
Then He (Pharaoh) collected (his men) and made an
announcement, saying, “I am your Lord, Most High” but
Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, in
the Hereafter, as in this life.
Ch 79: V23-25
Like the ways of the people of Pharaoh and those
before them: They treated as false the Signs of their
Lord: so We destroyed them for their crimes, and We
drowned the people of Pharaoh: for they were all
oppressors and wrong-doers.Ch 8: V54
16.3 Prophets and other lessons
16.3.1 Yunus - Benefits of accepting the message
Why was there not a single township (among those
We warned), which believed, so its faith should have
profited it,- except the people of Jonah? When they
believed, We turned away from them the punishment of
disgrace in this worldly life, and allowed them to enjoy
(their life) for a while.Ch 10: V98
16.3.2 Abraham - The use of reason
Have you not thought of him who argued with
Abraham about his Lord, because Allah had granted
him power? Abraham said: “My Lord is He Who gives
life and death.” He said: “I give life and death”. Said
Abraham: “But it is Allah that causes the sun to rise from
the east: do you then cause it to rise from the west?”
Thus was he silenced who (in arrogance) rejected faith.
Nor does Allah give guidance to a people unjust.
Ch 2: V 258
When Abraham said: “Show me, Lord, how You will
raise the dead, “ He replied: “Have you no faith?” He
said “Yes, but just to satisfy my heart.”…Ch 2: V 260
16.3.3 David & Solomon - Just and wise leadership
To Solomon We revealed the (right) understanding of
the matter: to each (of them) We gave Judgment and
Knowledge; it was Our power that made the hills and
the birds celebrate Our praises, with David: it was We
Who did (all these things).
It was We Who taught him the making of coats of
mail for your benefit, to guard you from each other’s
violence: will you then be grateful?Ch 21: V79 - 80
16.3.4 Isa - Restored original teachings
And in their footsteps We sent Jesus the son of Mary,
confirming the Law that had come before him: We sent
him the Gospel: therein was guidance and light, and
confirmation of the Law that had come before him: a
guidance and a warning to those who fear Allah.
Ch 5: V49
When Jesus came with Clear Signs, he said: “Now have I
come to you with Wisdom, and in order to make clear to
you some of the (points) on which you differ: therefore
fear Allah and obey me.
Ch 43: V63
And behold! Allah will say: “O Jesus the son of Mary!
Did you say unto men, worship me and my mother as
gods instead of Allah’?” He will say: “Glory to You! Never
could I say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such
a thing, You would indeed have known it. You know
what is in my heart; I know not what is in Yours. For You
know in full all that is hidden.Ch 5: V119