A Treasury of The Qur’an
GOD’S PROPHETS
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GOD’S PROPHETS
Those who believe and have not obscured their
belief with wrong-doing are truly secure and they
are rightly guided. Such was the argument with
which We furnished Abraham against his people.
We raise whom We will to an exalted rank. Your
Lord is Wise, All-Knowing. And We gave to him
Isaac and Jacob; each one We guided as We had
guided Noah before them. And of his progeny
David and Solomon, Job and Joseph, Moses and
Aaron; thus We reward those who do good. And
Zachariah and John, Jesus and Elias; each was of
the Righteous. And Ishmael and Elisha, Jonah
and Lot, each one We preferred above all beings.
And of their fathers and of their offsprings and of
their brethren; We elected them and guided them
to a straight Path. Such is God’s guidance. He
bestows it on whom He pleases of His servants.
But if they had served other gods besides Him
their labours would have been in vain. On them
We bestowed the scriptures, wisdom and
prophethood. If these disbelieve therein, then We
shall entrust them to others who are not
disbelievers. These are the ones whom God
