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In principal, the history and the names of all men of Allah and those who pave the great path of the right, are eternal and it must be so, because they do not belong to a proper people or nation, but they belong to the whole world of humanity. Surah As-Saffat – Verses 120-122 سَلاَمٌ عَلَي مُوسَي وَهَارُونَ إِنَّا كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُـحْسِنِينَ إِنَّهُمَا مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِينَ 120. “Peace be on Moses and Aaron.” 121. “Verily thus do We reward the doers of good.” 122.

“Verily they were both of Our faithful servants,” The godly men are alive and receive Allah’s greetings. These verses refer to the greeting and peace of Allah to Moses and Aaron, a salutation from the side of Allah, the Exalted, the Merciful, a greeting which is the secret of health in religion and faith, in belief and religious school, and in the right line and doctrine. It is a greeting which denotes to the deliverance and security from the Divine punishment in this world and the next.

It says: “Peace be on Moses and Aaron.” Through the next verse, Allah refers to the recompense and to His great reward to them, and says: “Verily thus do We reward the doers of good.” If they obtained these honours, it is not undue. They were righteous. They were faithful, sincere, and benevolent, and such ones must be given all these rewards. Finally, in the third verse, the Qur’an points to the same proof that was formerly mentioned in the story of Abraham and Noah.

So, concerning Moses and Aaron, it says: “Verily they were both of Our faithful servants,” It is faith that makes man’s spirit so clear and strong that he goes after kindness, benevolence, purity and virtuousness, a kindness which opens the doors of Divine mercy to man, and brings kinds of blessings down to him. Surah As-Saffat – Verses 123-125 وَإِنَّ إِلْيَاسَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَلاَ تَتَّقُونَ أَتَدْعُونَ بَعْلاً وَتَذَرُونَ أَحْسَنَ الْخَالِقِينَ 123.

“And verily Elyas was of the apostles.” 124. “When he said to his people: ‘Will you not be in owe (of Allah)?’” 125. “Do you call on Ba‘l and abandon the best of the creators?” The fourth life story, which is mentioned in Surah, out of the life stories of the former prophets, is the short biography of Elyas. It says: “And verily Elyas was of the apostles.” There is no doubt that Elyas (as) is one of the prophets of Allah, and the verse under discussion has explicitly stated this matter.

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