Importance of Hadith / Hadeeth

Hadith : Article #1

Some Qur'anic Ayaat Translations 

Hadith ... Pronounced as something like Hadeesth: (commonly written as hadith, and also as hadeeth, may also have been written as hadees, hadis etc...)

The authentic Hadith are a very important source in Islam.

Note: (24:56) means translation of the Qur'an for Surah number 24: Ayat number 56. Similar is the case for all the other quotations followed by such format i.e. (##:##)

Many Ayaat can be presented on this issue, but for the honest reader these will Insha'ALLAH ! be enough to convince the reader about this issue.   

In the following Ayaat Translations, "The Messenger" refers to Prophet Muhammad (ALLAH's Mercy, Blessings and Peace be upon him ) and (human) Rasul (here translated as Messenger is a special Messenger sent by ALLAH to convey the Message of ALLAH in a convincing way (And ALLAH Knows The Exact Truth)).

Note1:  SAW  = Sall Allahu 'alaihi wassalam 

Note2:  Don't forget to say "Sall Allahu 'alaihi wasallam whenever you see SAW written or any reference to Prophet Muhammad Sall Allahu 'alaihi wasallam!

1. Obedience to Prophet Muhammad (SAW)

Whoever obeys the Messenger has obeyed Allah. If anyone turns away, we did not send you to them as their keeper. (4:80)

You who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in command among you. If you have a dispute about something, refer it back to Allah and the Messenger, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is the best thing to do and gives the best result. (4:59)

( Note : the dispute resolving solution is provided here. We Muslims have disputes about different issues. Here is the answer ".....If you have a dispute about something, refer it back to Allah and the Messenger (SAW), if you believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is the best thing to do and gives the best result. (4:59)"  Referring it back to ALLAH and The Messenger (ALLAH's Mercy, Blessings and peace be upon him):

1.  is a requirement of belief as clearly indicated by the "IF" 

2.  is the best thing to do

3.  gives the best result )

Whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger will be with those whom Allah has blessed: the Prophets, the steadfast affirmers of truth, the martyrs and the righteous. What excellent company such people are! (4:69)

He will put your actions right for you and forgive you your wrong deeds. All who obey Allah and His Messenger have won a mighty victory. (33:71)

These are Allah�s limits. As for those who obey Allah and His Messenger, We will admit them into Gardens with rivers flowing under them, remaining in them timelessly, for ever. That is the Great Victory. (4:13)

The reply of the believers when they are summoned to Allah and His Messenger so that he can judge between them, is to say, �We hear and we obey.� They are ones who are successful. (24:51)

All who obey Allah and His Messenger and have awe of Allah and fear of Him, they are the ones who are victorious. (24:52)

Say: �Obey Allah and obey the Messenger. Then if they turn away he is only responsible for what he is charged with and you are responsible for what you are charged with. If you obey him, you will be guided.� The Messenger is only responsible for clear transmission. (24:54)

There is no constraint on the blind, nor on the lame, nor on the sick. We will admit all who obey Allah and His Messenger into Gardens with rivers flowing under them. But We will punish with a painful punishment anyone who turns his back. (48:17)

You who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger. Do not make your actions of no worth. (47:33)

Obey Allah and obey the Messenger. But if you turn your backs, the Messenger is only responsible for clear transmission. (64:12)

Perform prayer and give the alms and obey the Messenger so that hopefully mercy will be shown to you. (24:56)

But those of you who are obedient to Allah and His Messenger and act rightly will be given their reward twice over; and We have prepared generous provision for them. (33:31)

The desert Arabs say, �We believe.� Say: �You do not believe. Say rather, "We have become Muslim," for faith has not yet entered into your hearts. If you obey Allah and His Messenger, He will not undervalue your actions in any way. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.� (49:14)

The men and women of the believers are friends of one another. They command what is right and forbid what is wrong, and perform prayer and give the alms, and obey Allah and His Messenger. They are the people on whom Allah will have mercy. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. (9:71)

Remain in your houses and do not display your beauty as it was previously displayed in the Time of Ignorance. Perform prayer and give the alms and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah desires to remove all impurity from you, People of the House, and to purify you completely. (33:33)

Are you afraid to give gifts of charity before your private consultation? If you do not and Allah turns to you, at least perform prayer and give the alms, and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah is aware of what you do. (58:13)

Obey Allah and His Messenger and do not quarrel among yourselves lest you lose heart and your momentum disappear. And be steadfast. Allah is with the steadfast. (8:46)

They will ask you about booty. Say: �Booty belongs to Allah and the Messenger. So have fear of Allah and put things right between you. Obey Allah and His Messenger if you are believers.� (8:1)

When Allah and His Messenger have decided something it is not for any man or woman of the believers to have a choice about it. Anyone who disobeys Allah and His Messenger is clearly misguided. (33:36)

You who believe! When you confer together secretly, do not do so in wrongdoing and enmity and disobedience to the Messenger; rather confer together in goodness and fear of Allah. Have fear of Allah�Him to Whom you will be gathered. (58:9)

Say, �Obey Allah and the Messenger.� Then if they turn away, Allah does not love the kafirun. (3:32)

(I have replaced the translated word with the Arabic word kafirun in the above translation)

Obey Allah and the Messenger so that hopefully you will gain mercy. ( 3:132)

As for those who disobey Allah and His Messenger and overstep His limits, We will admit them into a Fire, remaining in it timelessly, for ever. They will have a humiliating punishment. (4:14)

Do you not see those who were forbidden to confer together secretly returning to the very thing they were forbidden to do, and conferring together secretly in wrongdoing and enmity and disobedience to the Messenger? And when they come to you they greet you with words Allah has never used in greeting you, and say to themselves �Why does Allah not punish us for what we say?� Hell will be enough for them! They will roast in it. What an evil destination! (58:8)

They will say on the Day their faces are rolled over in the Fire, �If only we had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger!� (33:66)

Say: �No one can protect me from Allah and I will never find any refuge apart from Him�only in transmitting from Allah and His Messages. As for him who disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he will have the Fire of Hell, remaining in it timelessly, for ever and ever.� (72:22-23)

Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and beware! If you turn your backs, know that Our Messenger is only responsible for clear transmission. (5:92)

You who believe! Obey Allah and His Messenger. And do not turn away from him when you are able to hear. (8:20)

As for him who disobeys ALLAH and HIS Messenger, he will have the fire of Hell, remaining in it timelessly for ever and ever. (72:23)

On that day those who were kafir and disobeyed the Messenger will wish that they were one with the level earth. They will not be able to hide a single circumstance from ALLAH. (4:42)

They have the word, �Obedience!� on their tongues but when they leave your presence, a group of them spend the night plotting to do other than what you say. Allah is recording their nocturnal plotting. So let them be and put your trust in Allah. Allah suffices as a Guardian. (4:81)

They have sworn by Allah with their most earnest oaths that if you give them the command, they will go out. Say: �Do not swear. Honorable obedience is enough. Allah is aware of what you do.� (24:53)

We sent no Messenger except to be obeyed by Allah�s permission. If only when they wronged themselves they had come to you and asked Allah�s forgiveness and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them they would have found Allah Ever-Returning, Most Merciful. (4:64)

We sent no Messenger except to be obeyed by Allah�s permission........(4:64)

(I have replaced the translated word with the Arabic word taqwa* in the following translations)

(�Isa  said,) �.....Therefore have taqwa of Allah and obey me.� (43:63)

(Nuh said,) �So have taqwa of Allah and obey me.� (26:108, 26:110)

(Hud said,) �So have taqwa of Allah and obey me.� (26:126, 26:131)

(Salih said,) �So have taqwa of Allah and obey me.� (26:144)

(Salih said,) �So have taqwa of Allah and obey me. Do not obey the orders of the profligate.� (26:150-151)

(Lut said,) �So have taqwa of Allah and obey me.� (26:163)

(Shu�ayb said,) �So have taqwa of Allah and obey me.� (26:179)

That was �Ad. They denied the Signs of their Lord and disobeyed His Messengers and followed the command of every obdurate tyrant. (11:59)

Nuh said, �My Lord, they have disobeyed me and followed those whose wealth and children have only increased them in loss.� (71:21)...

2. Following Prophet Muhammad (SAW)

Say, �If you love Allah, then follow me (i.e. Muhammad (pbuh)) and Allah will love you and forgive you for your wrong actions. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.� (3:31)

Say: �Mankind! I am the Messenger of Allah to you all, of Him to Whom the kingdom of the heavens and earth belongs. There is no god but Him. He gives life and causes to die.� So believe in Allah and His Messenger, the Ummi, who believes in Allah and His words, and follow him so that hopefully you will be guided.' (7:158)

In this way We have made you a middlemost community, so that you may act as witnesses against mankind and the Messenger as a witness against you. We only appointed the direction you used to face in order to know those who follow the Messenger from those who turn round on their heels. Though in truth it is a very hard thing�except for those Allah has guided. Allah would never let your faith go to waste. Allah is All-Gentle, Most Merciful to mankind. (2:143)

(translation)...He (i.e. ALLAH) said, �As for My punishment, I strike with it anyone I will. My mercy extends to all things but I will prescribe it for those who guard against evil and give the alms, and those who believe in Our Signs.� (7:156)�Those who follow the Messenger, the Ummi, whom they find written down with them in the Torah and the Gospel, commanding them to do right and forbidding them to do wrong, making good things lawful for them and bad things forbidden for them, relieving them of their heavy loads and the chains which were around them. Those who believe in him and honour him and help him, and follow the Light that has been sent down with him, they are the ones who are successful.� (7:157)

Allah has turned towards the Prophet, and the Migrants (Muhajirun) and the Supporters (Ansar), those who followed him at the �time of difficulty�, after the hearts of a group of them had almost deviated. Then He turned towards them�He is All-Gentle, Most Merciful to them. (9:117)

O Prophet! (Muhammad (SAW)) Allah is enough for you, and for the believers who follow you. (8:64)

Say: �This is my way. I call to Allah with inner sight, I and all who follow me. Glory be to Allah! I am not one of the idolaters!� (12:108)

If they argue with you, say, �I have submitted myself completely to Allah, and so have all who follow me.� Say to those given the Book and those who have no Book, �Have you become Muslim?� If they become Muslim, they have been guided. If they turn away, you are only responsible for transmission. Allah sees His servants. (3:20)

Warn your near relatives and take the believers who follow you under your wing. (26:214-215)

The people with the strongest claim to Ibrahim are those who followed him and this Prophet (i.e. Muhammad (SAW)) and those who believe. Allah is the Protector of the believers. (3:68)

General evidence for following the messengers i.e. the one sent to them in that particular time but now the last and final Messenger sent to all mankind for all time to come till the day of judgement is to be followed:

Warn mankind of the Day when the punishment will reach them. Those who did wrong will say, �Our Lord, reprieve us for a short time. We will respond to Your call and follow the Messengers.� �But did you not swear to Me before that you would never meet your downfall?� (14:44)

A man came running from the far side of the city, saying, �My people! Follow the Messengers!� (36:20)

(The disciples with 'Eesa (Jesus) (pbuh) said:)'...Our Lord, we have iman in what YOU have sent down and have followed the Messenger (here 'Eesa (pbuh)) , so write us down among the witnesses.' (3:53)

3. Our Role Model (Prophet Muhammad (SAW))

You have an excellent model in the Messenger of Allah, for all who put their hope in Allah and the Last Day and remember Allah much. (33:21)

4. Referring to Prophet Muhammad (SAW)

When they are told, �Come to what Allah has sent down and to the Messenger,� you see the hypocrites turning away from you completely. (4:61)

When they are told, �Come to what Allah has sent down and to the Messenger,� they say, �What we found our fathers doing is enough for us.� What! Even if their fathers did not know anything and were not guided! (5:104)

You who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in command among you. If you have a dispute about something, refer it back to Allah and the Messenger, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is the best thing to do and gives the best result. (4:59)

( Note : the dispute resolving solution is provided here. We Muslims have disputes about different issues. Here is the answer ".....If you have a dispute about something, refer it back to Allah and the Messenger (SAW), if you believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is the best thing to do and gives the best result. (4:59)"  Referring it back to ALLAH and The Messenger (ALLAH's Mercy, Blessings and peace be upon him):

1.  is a requirement of belief as clearly indicated by the "IF" 

2.  is the best thing to do

3.  gives the best result )

5. A necessary prerequisite of belief

No, by your Lord, they are not believers until they make you ( i.e. Muhammad (pbuh) their judge in the disputes that break out between them, and then find no resistance within themselves to what you decide and submit themselves completely. (4:65)

When they are summoned to Allah and His Messenger, so that he can judge between them, a group of them immediately turn away. (24:48)

6. The Messenger's (SAW) authority to make something forbidden

Fight those of the people who were given the Book who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day and who do not make forbidden what Allah and His Messenger have made forbidden and do not take as their religion the religion of Truth, until they pay the poll tax with their own hands in a state of complete abasement. (9:29)

(translation)...He (i.e. ALLAH) said, �As for My punishment, I strike with it anyone I will. My mercy extends to all things but I will prescribe it for those who guard against evil and give the alms, and those who believe in Our Signs.� (7:156)�Those who follow the Messenger, the Ummi, whom they find written down with them in the Torah and the Gospel, commanding them to do right and forbidding them to do wrong, making good things lawful for them and bad things forbidden for them, relieving them of their heavy loads and the chains which were around them. Those who believe in him and honour him and help him, and follow the Light that has been sent down with him, they are the ones who are successful.� (7:157)

7. If anyone opposes or betrays the Messenger (SAW) and follows something else:

But if anyone opposes the Messenger after the guidance has become clear to him, and follows other than the path of the believers, We will hand him over to whatever he has turned to, and We will roast him in Hell. What an evil destination! (4:115)

Do they not know that whoever opposes Allah and His Messenger, will have the Fire of Hell, remaining in it timelessly, for ever? That is the great disgrace. (9:63)

You who believe! Do not betray Allah and His Messenger, and do not knowingly betray your trusts. (8:27)

This was because they (the disbelievers) were hostile to Allah and His Messenger. If anyone is hostile to Allah and His Messenger, Allah is severe in retribution. (8:13)

8. Accepting whatever the Messenger (SAW) gives and forgoing whatever he forbids:

Whatever booty Allah gives to His Messenger from city dwellers belongs to Allah and to the Messenger and to near relatives and orphans and the very poor and travellers, so that it does not become something which merely revolves between the rich among you. Whatever the Messenger gives you you should accept and whatever he forbids you you should forgo. Have fear of Allah�Allah is severe in retribution. (59:7)

(The highlighted statement is a general statement i.e. whatever has been used and has not been confined to whatever booty or whatever portion of the booty and so can't be confined only to this particular situation in context and as it is a general statement so we can take it as a general statement and ALLAH knows the exact truth!)

9. Being true to and responding to ALLAH and HIS Messenger (SAW)

Nothing is held against the weak and sick nor against those who find nothing to spend, provided they are true to Allah and His Messenger�there is no way open against good-doers, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (9:91)

You who believe! Respond to Allah and to the Messenger when He calls you to what will bring you to life! Know that Allah intervenes between a man and his heart and that you will be gathered to Him. (8:24)

Is there a sickness in their hearts or do they have misgivings or do they fear that Allah and His Messenger will be unjust to them? No, it is simply that they are wrongdoers. (24:50)

10. The Last and Final Prophet and Messenger (SAW) 

Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but the Messenger of Allah and the Final Seal of the Prophets. Allah has knowledge of all things. (33:40)

(additional proofs of finality: Finality of Prophethood:  www.irshad.org/finality.php , www.ymsite.com/books/fop/index.htm   ,   www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/prophet/finalprophet.html )

11. Making things clear

People of the Book! Our Messenger has come to you, making things clear to you, after a period with no Messengers, lest you should say, �No one came to us bringing good news or warning.� Someone has come to you bringing good news and a warning. Allah has power over all things. (5:19)

12. Some more additional tasks in addition to reciting the Ayaat of ALLAH : including Purifying , teaching the Book, teaching the Wisdom and teaching them things they did not know before

(Ibrahim said,) �Our Lord, raise up among them a Messenger from them to recite Your Signs to them and teach them the Book and Wisdom and purify them. You are the Almighty, the All-Wise.� (2:129)

(Note: It is interesting to note the sequence of words below)

For this We sent a Messenger to you from among you to recite Our Signs to you and purify you and teach you the Book and Wisdom and teach you things you did not know before. (2:151)

Allah showed great kindness to the believers when He sent a Messenger to them from among themselves to recite His Signs to them and purify them and teach them the Book and Wisdom, even though before that they were clearly misguided. (3:164)

It is He Who raised up among the unlettered people a Messenger from them to recite His Signs to them and purify them and teach them the Book and Wisdom, even though before that they were clearly misguided. And others of them who have not yet joined them. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise. (62:2-3)

(For commentary and references to many other Ayaat on Hadith defense see book Authority of Sunnah (the first link in Authentic Hadith defense section))

13. The Prophet's (SAW) authority to make laws, and to make good things lawful and bad things unlawful:

(translation) (Allah said) �Those who follow the Messenger, the Ummi, whom they find written down with them in the Torah and the Gospel, commanding them to do right and forbidding them to do wrong, making good things lawful for them and bad things forbidden for them, relieving them of their heavy loads and the chains which were around them. Those who believe in him and honour him and help him, and follow the Light that has been sent down with him, they are the ones who are successful.� (7:157) 

(for commentary of many of the Ayaat I have quoted see the first link in the authentic Hadith defense section on the home page)

Fight those of the people who were given the Book who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day and who do not make forbidden what Allah and His Messenger have made forbidden and do not take as their religion the religion of Truth, until they pay the poll tax with their own hands in a state of complete abasement. (9:29)

When Allah and His Messenger have decided something it is not for any man or woman of the believers to have a choice about it. Anyone who disobeys Allah and His Messenger is clearly misguided. (33:36)

No, by your Lord, they are not believers until they make you ( i.e. Muhammad (pbuh) their judge in the disputes that break out between them, and then find no resistance within themselves to what you decide and submit themselves completely. (4:65)

They say, �We believe in Allah and in the Messenger and we obey.� Then after that a group of them turn away. Such people are not believers. (24:47) When they are summoned to Allah and His Messenger, so that he can judge between them, a group of them immediately turn away. (24:48) But if right is on their side, they come to him most submissively!(24:29) Is there a sickness in their hearts or do they have misgivings or do they fear that Allah and His Messenger will be unjust to them? No, it is simply that they are wrongdoers. (24:50) The reply of the believers(:) when they are summoned to Allah and His Messenger so that he can judge between them, is to say, �We hear and we obey.� They are ones who are successful. (24:51) All who obey Allah and His Messenger and have awe of Allah and fear of Him, they are the ones who are victorious. (24:52)

14. The Prophet's (SAW) authority to interpret the Holy Qur'an 

And We have sent down the Reminder to you (i.e. Prophet Muhammad (SAW)) so that you can make clear to mankind what has been sent down to them so that hopefully they will reflect. (16:44)

Examples include but are not at all limited to Salah, Zakah, Fasts, Hajj etc...

15. Universal Messenger (SAW):  A Messenger for all times and all mankind to come till the day of Judgment:

 Say: �Mankind! I am the Messenger of Allah to you all, of Him to Whom the kingdom of the heavens and earth belongs. There is no god but Him. He gives life and causes to die.� So believe in Allah and His Messenger, the Ummi, who believes in Allah and His words, and follow him so that hopefully you will be guided. (7:158)

We only sent you for the whole of mankind, bringing good news and giving warning. But most of mankind do not know it. (34:28)

We have only sent you as a mercy to all the worlds. (21:107)

Blessed be He Who has sent down the Furqan (Discrimination) to His slave (Muhammad (SAW)) so that he can be a warner to all beings. (25:1)  (I have replaced servant with slave in the above translation)

...We have sent you to mankind as a Messenger. Allah suffices as a Witness. (4:79)

Mankind! The Messenger has brought you the truth from your Lord, so it is better for you to believe. But if you disbelieve, everything in the heavens and the earth belongs to Allah. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (4:170)

16. Strange behaviour of some people towards ALLAH and HIS Messengers:

Those who reject ALLAH and HIS Messengers and desire to cause division between ALLAH and HIS Messengers, saying, 'We have iman in some and reject others,' wanting to take a pathway in between, such people are the true disbelievers. We have prepared a humiliating punishment for the disbelievers. (4:150-151)

17. Examples of other knowledge received by the Prophet (SAW) from ALLAH in addition to the Qur'an:

Were it not for Allah�s favour to you and His mercy, a group of them would almost have managed to mislead you. But they mislead no one but themselves and do not harm you in any way. Allah has sent down the Book and Wisdom to you (i.e. Prophet Muhammad (SAW)) and taught you what you did not know before. Allah�s favour to you is indeed immense. (4:113)

( Note: revelation of Wisdom has been mentioned separately once again as a separate thing from the revelation of the Book. Book + Wisdom + also things taught by ALLAH to the Prophet (SAW) that he (SAW) did not know before.)

Do not move your tongue trying to hasten it. Its collection and recitation are Our affair. (75:16-17)So when We recite it, follow its recitation. (75:18) Then its explanation is Our concern. (75:19)

(its explanation also was taught to Prophet Muhammad (SAW) e.g. the method of salah etc... )

18. Some other evidences for other revelation in addition to the Qur'an

In this way We have made you a middlemost community, so that you may act as witnesses against mankind and the Messenger as a witness against you. We only appointed the direction (Qibla) you used to face in order to know those who follow the Messenger from those who turn round on their heels. Though in truth it is a very hard thing�except for those Allah has guided. Allah would never let your faith go to waste. Allah is All-Gentle, Most Merciful to mankind. (2:143)

(This appointment "appointed the direction (Qibla)" is referred to but not found in the Qur'an)  

When Allah promised you that one of the two parties would be yours.(8:7)

(this promise is mentioned but not found in the Qur'an and is only mentioned as a previous incident that happened in the past)

If you are afraid, then perform prayer (salat) on foot or mounted. But when you are safe, remember Allah in the way He taught you when previously you did not know. (2:239)

(the method of performing salat in the way ALLAH has taught Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and remembering ALLAH in the way HE has taught Prophet Muhammad (SAW) . How will a person perform salat on foot or mounted or in the normal way. Of course as taught by Prophet Muhammad (SAW).

(Other things like Salat, zakat etc... are mentioned but not defined but are rather referred to as if they have been taught already ) 

We have given you the Seven Oft-repeated and the Magnificent Qur�an. (15:87)

(can you point them out using the Qur'an only?)

...Nor does he (i.e Prophet Muhammad (SAW)) speak from whim. It is nothing but revelation revealed (to him)... (53:3)

More examples are mentioned in the book The authority of Sunnah by Taqi Usmani and is freely available online. See first link in authentic Hadith defense section.  

19. The Messenger (SAW) was sent with Guidance and the Religion of Truth:

It is He Who sent His Messenger with guidance and the Religion of Truth to exalt it over every other religion, even though the idolaters detest it. (9:33)

It is He Who sent His Messenger with guidance and the Religion of Truth to exalt it over every other religion, though the idolaters hate it. (61:9)

It is He Who sent His Messenger with the Guidance and the Religion of Truth to exalt it over every other religion and Allah suffices as a witness. (48:28)

20. Prophet Muhammad (SAW) as a witness

How will it be when We bring a witness from every nation and bring you (i.e Muhammad SAW) as a witness against them? (4:41) On that day those who were kafir and disobeyed the Messenger will wish that they were one with the level earth. They will not be able to hide a single circumstance from ALLAH. (4:42)

Strive for Allah with the striving due to Him. He has selected you and not placed any constraint upon you in the religion�the religion of your forefather Ibrahim. He named you Muslims before and also in this, so that the Messenger could be witness against you and you could be witnesses against all mankind. So perform prayer and give the alms and hold fast to Allah. He is your Protector�the Best Protector, the Best Helper. (22:78)

O Prophet! We have sent you as a witness, and a bringer of good news and a warner, (33:45)

We have sent you bearing witness, bringing good news and giving warning. (48:8)

In this way We have made you a middlemost community, so that you may act as witnesses against mankind and the Messenger as a witness against you. We only appointed the direction you used to face in order to know those who follow the Messenger from those who turn round on their heels. Though in truth it is a very hard thing�except for those Allah has guided. Allah would never let your faith go to waste. Allah is All-Gentle, Most Merciful to mankind. (2:143)

We will drag out a witness from each nation and will say, �Produce your evidence!� They will know then that the truth is with Allah and that what they invented has forsaken them. (28:75)

We have sent you a Messenger to bear witness against you just as We sent Pharaoh a Messenger. (73:15) But Pharaoh disobeyed the Messenger, so We seized him with terrible severity. (73:16)

We will question those to whom the Messengers were sent, and We will question the Messengers. (7:6)

21. The way of The Messenger (SAW)

The Kingdom that Day will belong in truth to The All-Merciful. It will be a hard day for the kafirun, (25:26) the Day when a wrongdoer will bite his hands and say, �Alas for me! If only I had gone the way of the Messenger!� (25:27) �Alas for me! If only I had not taken so-and-so for a friend!� (25:28) �He (that friend) led me astray from the Reminder after it came to me.� Satan always leaves man in the lurch. (25:29)

22. After the coming of the Messenger (SAW)  

Every nation has a Messenger and when their Messenger comes everything is decided between them justly. They are not wronged. (10:47)

No burden-bearer can bear another�s burden. We never punish until We have sent a Messenger. (17:15)

Messengers bringing good news and giving warning, so that people will have no argument against Allah after the coming of the Messengers. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. (4:165)

On the Day when He summons them He will say, 'How did you respond to the messengers?'(28:65) 

On the Day Allah gathers the Messengers together and says, �What response did you receive?� they will say, �We do not know. You are the Knower of unseen things.� (5:109)

I let those people and their forefathers enjoy themselves until the truth came to them and a Messenger to make it clear. (43:29)

23. Thought provoking!   

We have not sent any Messenger except with the language of his people so he can make things clear to them. Allah misguides anyone He wills and guides anyone He wills. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise. (14:4)

(Note: Message alone even in the exact language of the ones to which it is sent is not enough. Just imagine those whose language is Arabic and who know Arabic well and don't need any translator, yet a Messenger (SAW) is sent to them making things clear to them in their language. What would have happened if things had not been made clear? Just imagine!)

24. Special instruction to The Mothers of the believers (i.e. The Noble Wives of the Prophet (SAW))

...And remember the Signs of Allah and the wise words which are recited in your rooms...(33:34)

(Note: The wise words in addition to the Signs of ALLAH)

25. Don't deny the remaining things sent to The Messenger (SAW) in addition to the Book 

Those who deny the Book and that with which We sent Our Messengers will certainly come to know when they have shackles and chains around their necks and are dragged along the ground into the boiling water and then are thrown into the Fire! (40:70-72)

26. The Balance sent with The Messengers

We sent Our Messengers with the Clear Signs and sent down the Book and the Balance with them so that mankind might establish justice. And We sent down iron in which there lies great force and which has many uses for mankind, so that Allah might know those who help Him and His Messengers in the Unseen. Allah is All-Strong, Almighty. (57:25)

27. The Right Judgement given to the Prophets:

(Musa said to Pharaoh,) �And so I fled from you when I was in fear of you but my Lord gave me right judgement and made me one of the Messengers.� (26:21)

And when he (Musa) reached his full strength and maturity, We gave him judgement and knowledge. That is how We recompense good-doers. (28:14)

(Ibrahim said,) �My Lord, give me right judgement and unite me with the righteous.� (26:83)

28. Pay attention to what Prophet Muhammad (SAW) has said:

Among them are those who listen to you and then, when they leave your presence, say to those who have been given knowledge, �What was that he just said?� They are those whose hearts Allah has sealed up and who follow their own desires. (47:16)

29. Those who pledge their allegiance to Prophet Muhammad (SAW):

Those who pledge you their allegiance pledge allegiance to Allah. Allah�s hand is over their hands. He who breaks his pledge only breaks it against himself. But as for him who fulfils the contract he has made with Allah, We will pay him an immense reward. (48:10)

30. Do not put yourselves forward in front of ALLAH and HIS Messenger (SAW)

You who have iman! (belief!) do not put yourselves forward in front of ALLAH and HIS Messenger; and have taqwa of ALLAH. ALLAH is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.(49:1) 

31. Respecting Prophet Muhammad (SAW):

You who have iman! do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet and do not be as loud when speaking to him as you are when speaking to one another, lest your actions should come to nothing without your realizing it. (49:2) 

Those who lower their voices when they are with the Messenger of ALLAH are people whose hearts ALLAH has tested for taqwa. They will have forgiveness and an immense reward. (49:3)  

32. The party of ALLAH:

You will not find people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having love for anyone who opposes Allah and His Messenger, though they be their fathers, their sons, their brothers or their clan. Allah has inscribed faith upon such people�s hearts and will reinforce them with a Spirit from Him and admit them into Gardens with rivers flowing under them, remaining in them timelessly, for ever. Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him. Such people are the party of Allah. Truly it is the party of Allah who are successful. (58:22)

33. Don't question the efforts of the Messengers in trying to guide:

Has the news not reached you of those who disbelieved before and tasted the evil consequences of what they did? They will have a painful punishment. (64:5)That is because their Messengers brought them the Clear Signs but they said, �Are human beings going to guide us?� So they disbelieved and turned away. But Allah is completely independent of them. Allah is Rich Beyond Need, Praiseworthy. (64:6)

34. The great mistake (blunder) of Pharaoh, those before him and the Overturned cities:

Pharaoh and those before him and the Overturned Cities made a great mistake. (69:9) They disobeyed the Messenger of their Lord so HE seized them in an ever-tightening grip.(69:10)

35. ALLAH and HIS Messengers will be victorious:

Those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, such people will be among the most abased. (58:20) Allah has written, �I will be victorious, I and My Messengers.� Allah is Most Strong, Almighty. (58:21)

Many more evidences can be provided. Historical evidence for preservation of authentic Hadith has been clearly presented in the links about Authentic Hadith defense I gave at my home page and in other books not currently available online for free access and many other books not currently translated into English.

Now let's ask a logical question and seek to answer it

36. Is the Qur'an preserved as a decoration piece? NO... it has been preserved to be followed: So how will you follow it?: (a) according to the understanding and implementation of the one to whom it was sent and who implemented it i.e. Prophet Muhammad (SAW) OR (b) according to your whims and desires? Choose wisely as you only get 1 chance and there is no 2nd chance!    

Alif Lam Ra. This is a Book We have sent down to you (i.e. Prophet Muhammad (SAW))so that you (i.e. Prophet Muhammad (SAW) can bring mankind from the darkness to the light, by the permission of their Lord, to the Path of the Almighty, the Praiseworthy. (14:1)

We have only ever sent before you men who were given Revelation�ask the People of the Reminder if you do not know�who brought Clear Signs and Revealed Books. And We have sent down the Reminder to you so that you (i.e. Prophet Muhammad (SAW)) can make clear to mankind what has been sent down to them so that hopefully they will reflect. (16:43-44)

(Who will make clear and explain the Qur'an? Who did ALLAH appoint to clarify and explain and implement the Qur'an? Of course Prophet Muhammad (SAW))

You can only warn those who act on the Reminder and fear the All-Merciful in the Unseen. Give them the good news of forgiveness and a generous reward. (36:11)

What is the matter with them that they run from the Reminder like panicked donkeys, fleeing from a lion? (74:49-51)

(Almost all translations have been taken from "An Index to the Qur'an" freely available for download and free access at www.harunyahya.com)

The Qur'an is preserved and so is the ability to obey the Orders given in The Qur'an till the Day of Judgement and so the orders to obey, follow, refer back to Prophet Muhammad (ALLAH's Mercy, Blessings and Peace be upon him ) and many more as you have seen in this article are preserved and as a part and parcel of that preservation we still have the ability to Obey, follow, refer back to Prophet Muhammad (ALLAH's Mercy, Blessings and Peace be upon him ) . In addition the other roles of him like purifying, teaching the Book and Wisdom  and many more... as discussed above can still be followed as he is a Universal Messenger and is the last and final Messenger and Prophet (SAW) sent to all mankind.  

The authentic Hadith are very important ! and those who reject them actually reject all the clear commands described above. 

Say: �Truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Falsehood is always bound to vanish.� (17:81)

Rather We hurl the truth against falsehood and it cuts right through it and it vanishes clean away!... (21:18)