Now, in this holy verse, the Qur'an, referring to them,...

Now, in this holy verse, the Qur'an, referring to them, says: " Those were some of the prophets on whom Allah showed favour of the seed of Adam …" This group of prophets are the same ones whose way we ask in our prayers ten times everyday from Allah to pave, not the way of those inflicted with the wrath of Allah and astray, when we say: "Guide us (O' Lord) on the Straight Path", "The path of those upon whom You have bestowed Your bounties, nor (the path) of those inflicted with Your wrath, nor (of those) gone astray." The purpose of the phrase 'the seed of Adam' is Idris (Enoch); and the purpose of the phrase: 'of those We carried (in the Ark) with Noah' is Hadrat 'Ibrahim (Abraham) (a.s.) who is Noah's grandson, and the purpose of the phrase 'of the seed of Abraham' is Isaac, Ishmael and Jacob; and the purpose of the progeny of 'Israel' is Moses, Aaron, Zechariah, John, and Jesus (a.s.).(1) The verse continues saying: "…Adam, and of those We carried (in the Ark) with Noah, and of the seed of Abraham and Israel, and of those We guided and chose.

…" Some Islamic traditions indicate that, at the time of the recitation of the Qur'an, believers ought to be in the state of grief and cry, or treat as if they are crying.(2) The holy verse…