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Al [Imran 3: 79–81

(79) It does not befit a man that Allah should grant him His Book and sound judgement and prophethood, and there- after he should say to people: “Become servants to me apart from Allah.” He would rather say: “Become dedicated men of Allah, in accord with the dictates of the Book you have been teaching and studying.” (80) He will never enjoin you to take the angels or Prophets for your lords. Will he enjoin upon you unbelief when you have submitted yourselves to Allah?

(81) Recall when Allah took a covenant from the Prophets: “This is the Book and the Wisdom which I have granted you. But should a Prophet come to you confirming what you already possess, you shall believe in him and shall help him.”21 ▶

21 This means that all Prophets had been asked to pledge – and the pledge of a Prophet is automatically binding upon his followers – that they would support every Prophet that God sent to preach and establish His religion, for the cause for which they had been raised. It is useful to point out that the Prophets before Muhammad (peace be on him) had to take this pledge, and this is why every Prophet announced to his followers the coming of other Prophets in the future and directed them to support those Prophets whenever they appeared. It seems significant that there is no mention, either in the Qur’an or in the Hadith, that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be on him) was asked to take such a pledge. Moreover,

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