The Message of Muhammad (sws)
It has always been Allah's Way to send His messengers when the world is in need of them, and
when people have strayed from the correct path that will connect them to Allah. Allah sends
messengers when people have become corrupt, when they differ in opinion and quarrel, and
when they are in need of a law to reform their beliefs and connect people with one another in
harmonic and intimate unity. Only at that point would people be properly able to thank their
God for the blessings He granted them, for sending them a prophet with pure beliefs, noble
morals and a straight-forward system of legislation, based on truth, virtue and justice.
Allah says:
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّ إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَٰكَ شَٰهِدٗا وَمُبَشِّرٗا وَنَذِيرٗا وَدَاعِيًا إِلَى ٱللَّهِ بِإِذۡنِهِۦ وَسِرَاجٗا مُّنِيرٗا
It means,
{O Prophet! Lo! We have sent thee as a witness and a bringer of good tidings and a Warner, and as one who invites to Allah (grace) by His leave, and as a lamp spreading light.}
[Al-Ahzab 33: 45-46]
And He says:
يَأۡمُرُهُم بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَيَنۡهَىٰهُمۡ عَنِ ٱلۡمُنكَرِ وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡخَبَـٰٓئِثَ وَيَضَعُ عَنۡهُمۡ إِصۡرَهُمۡ وَٱلۡأَغۡلَٰلَ ٱلَّتِي كَانَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمۡۚ
It means,
{He will enjoin on them that which is right and forbid them that which is wrong. He will make lawful for them all good things and prohibit for them only the foul; and he will relieve them of their burden and the fetters that they used to wear.}
[Al-A`raf 7: 157]
