When a machine is produced it is accompanied by a
set of instructions for its use. An engineer is also commissioned to give a
practical demonstration of how the machine functions. Man is an even more
intricately designed but animate machine. When he is born, he suddenly find
himself in a world where no mountain bears an inscription answering questions
concerning the nature of the world, or explaining how he should live on earth.
No educational institution produces experts who know the secret of life or who
can provide man with practical guidance.
To satisfy this need felt by man. God sent His
prophets to the world, every one of whom brought with him the word of God. In the
scriptures revealed to them, God has explained the reality of life to man, and
has made it clear what man should and should not do. They showed man what sentiments
and ideas he should adopt; how he should remember his Lord; how he should live
with his fellows, what he should associate himself with and disassociate
himself from. The prophets’ lives are a practical demonstration of how a person
should live a God-fearing life.
God has given everyone the power to distinguish
between right and wrong. He has also placed countless signs in space and on
earth from which man can learn. Moreover, His revelations have been set down in
human language and several of His servants chosen from amongst mankind as
prophets, so that there should be no doubt as to the true path.
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