DAY 295: Anam 84-90

•  And We blessed him with Isaac and Jacob. We guided them all as We previously guided Noah and those among his descendants: David, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses, and Aaron. This is how We reward the good-doers. Likewise, ˹We guided˺ Zachariah, John, Jesus, and Elias, who were all of the righteous. ˹We also guided˺ Ishmael, Elisha, Jonah, and Lot, favouring each over other people ˹of their time˺. And ˹We favoured˺ some of their forefathers, their descendants, and their brothers. We chose them and guided them to the Straight Path. This is Allah’s guidance with which He guides whoever He wills of His servants. Had they associated others with Him ˹in worship˺, their ˹good˺ deeds would have been wasted. Those were the ones to whom We gave the Scripture, wisdom, and prophethood. But if these ˹pagans˺ disbelieve in this ˹message˺, then We have already entrusted it to a people who will never disbelieve in it.These ˹prophets˺ were ˹rightly˺ guided by Allah, so follow their guidance. Say, “I ask no reward of you for this ˹Quran˺—it is a reminder to the whole world.”
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      From Ibrahim to the Ummah: It connects the story of Ibrahim (AS)—the Hanif (pure monotheist) who founded the line—to the final Prophet, Muhammad (PBUH), who completes it.
      The Religion is One: By listing prophets from different times and communities, it argues that Islam (submission) is the one true, continuous religion of God throughout history.
      Legitimizing Muhammad's Mission: It answers the Meccan accusation that Muhammad was an innovator. Instead, it places him squarely within the prophetic tradition, as the inheritor of the Scripture, Authority, and Prophethood given to his predecessors.
      The Ultimate Authority: The Quran is positioned not as a contradictory book, but as the confirming, final, and universal "Reminder" that judges and fulfills all previous scriptures.
      
      This passage establishes Prophet Muhammad and the Quran as the direct heirs and culmination of a singular, universal chain of prophethood—from Abraham to Jesus—united by pure monotheism and divine guidance, thereby legitimizing his message as the final "reminder for the worlds" rather than a novel innovation. 
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