Thus, offering prayers and giving alms for the just cause,...

Thus, offering prayers and giving alms for the just cause, will never be of any help, without accepting ‘Guidance [58] ’. Allah -azwj does not take into account the excuses of the masses after revealing His -azwj ‘Symbols’ and sending down His -azwj Prophets -as , so they cannot put forward any justification for their actions to Him -azwj , after listening to His Prophets -as .

However, this earth has never been or ever will, be without the Divine teachers -asws and on them -asws ; people are dependent for the knowledge but these ‘Teachers’ -asws are always very few in number. Allah -azwj has mentioned about them -asws to the previous nations, to whom His Prophets -as were sent and has, therefore, exemplified them -asws for all the people to come later on.

An example of this, is the nation of Noah -as , where with the exception of a few, most of his -as people did not accept ‘Eman’. And Allah -azwj also Says about those who embraced ‘Eman’ from the nation of Moses -as , ‘ And among the companions of Moses there have been people who would guide [others] to the ‘Just Path’ and act justly in its light. [59] Allah -azwj Says: When one of the companions of Isa told the nation of Israel, Who is Allah’s devotee?

Then only the (true followers) replied, we are the devotees of Allah, we firmly believe in Him and give evidence that we are Muslim! [60] Meaning, we believe in the Divine blessings, transmitted to us by His -azwj ‘Wali’ and we do not turn away from the ‘Amr-e-Rab’ [61] but again all of them rejected it with the exception of a very few of the devout companions.

Allah -azwj has created only a few with the (Divine) knowledge, whereas the masses have been asked to follow them -as , therefore Allah -azwj Says: Obey Allah, obey His Prophet and ‘Ulul-Amir from among you. [62] And Allah -azwj Says: If they would turn to Allah, His Prophet, and Ulul-Amir, who was within them, then people would recognise him and learn from him . [63] And Allah -azwj Says: Fear Allah and follow the ‘Sadaqeen’ (Divine messengers) .

[64] And Says: No one knows its real interpretation except Allah and those who are given its Divine knowledge. [65] And enter houses through doors. [66] (In this Verse), the houses are the houses of knowledge which are protected by the Prophet -saww and his successors -asws are the ‘doors’.