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CH. 21 AL-ANBIYA' PT. 17 and knowledge. "And We saved وَلُوطًا أَتَيْنَهُ حُكْمًا وَ عِلْمًا وَ نَجَّيْنَهُ And to Lot We gave wisdom. 75 dkéjjel duglúj مِنَ الْقَرْيَةِ الَّتِى كَانَتْ تَعْمَلُ الْخَبيثَ the city which jzakyjiäpäis him from practised abominations. They were indeed a wicked and rebellious people. 2406A 76. And We admitted him to Our mercy; surely he was one of the righteous. إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوْا قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فَسِقِينَ b وَادْخَلْنَهُ فِي رَحْمَتِنَا إِنَّهُ مِنَ الصُّلِحِينَ 0000 R. 6. وَنُوحًا إِذْ نَادَى مِنْ قَبْلُ فَاسْتَجَبْنَا And remember Noah when. 77 لَهُ فَنَجَّيْنَهُ وَ أَهْلَهُ مِنَ الْكَرْبِ his prayer and الْعَظِيمِ he cried to Us aforetime, and We heard his prayer delivered him and his family from the great distress. 2407 a7:84; 27:58; 29:34. 26:118-120; 37:76-77; 54:11. among his followers was made to the Holy Prophet (Abū Dāwūd). This promise is also implicit in the famous prayer, i. e. Darūd, viz. "O Lord bestow thy blessings upon Muḥammad as Thou didst bestow Thy blessings upon Abraham. " Divine Reformers continued to appear among the progeny of Abraham till, with the rejection of Jesus by the Jews, they were deprived of this boon for all times and prophethood was transferred to the House of Ishmael in fulfilment of the above-said prayer. Divine teachers are now raised from among the followers of the Holy Prophet in every century to regenerate Islam and they will continue to do so till the end of time. The fulfilment of the prayer implicit in Darūd establishes the superiority of the Holy Prophet over Abraham because whereas Divine teachers ceased to appear among the progeny of Abraham after Jesus, they will continue to appear among his followers as long as this world lasts. 2406A. Commentary: 2102 The most important and prominent of the signs that God gives to His prophets in support of their claim is that they are vouchsafed spiritual knowledge and Divine wisdom in a very large measure. This sign was given to all the Prophets Lot, Joseph, David, Solomon, Moses and last of all it was granted to the greatest of all the Divine Prophets― form of the Quran which is now the the Holy Prophet Muḥammad, in the only guide for all mankind till the end of time and which is his greatest and standing miracle. 2407. Commentary: It is worthy of note that this Surah