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contains the verse ْ اَلْيَوْمَ‏ اَكمْ‏ ‏َلْتُ‏ لَكمُ‏ ْ دِيْنَكمُ‏ 314 so does the Torah contain
verses to the effect that the children of Israel have been given a
perfect and glorious Book. The Holy Qur’ān also describes the
Torah as such. Yet hundreds of prophets appeared among the
children of Israel after the Torah, who brought no new book and
whose function was to pull people who had departed from the
teachings of the Torah back to it and to purify the hearts of
those who had been afflicted with doubts, atheism and lack of
faith. God the Exalted has affirmed in the Holy Qur’ān:
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وَ‏ لَقَدْ‏ اٰتَيْنَا مُوْ‏ سىَ‏ الْكِتٰبَ‏ وَقَفَّيْنَا مِنْ‏ ۢ بَعْدِهٖ‏ ابِ‏ لرُّسُ‏ لِ‏
That is: ‘We bestowed the Torah upon Moses as and thereafter
sent many messengers in its support and to testify to its truth.’
ثمُ‏ َّ اَرْسَ‏ لْنَا رُسُ‏ لَنَا تَترْ‏ ‏َا 316ؕ
That is: ‘Then, We sent Our messengers one after the other.’
All these verses show that it is the way of Allāh that after
sending down His Book He sends prophets in support of it. In
support of the Torah sometimes as many as four hundred
prophets were sent at one and the same time; as testified by the
Bible.
The reason for sending so many prophets is that God
Almighty has warned emphatically that abiding hell is the
punishment for denial of His Book; as is said:
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ِٕ كَ‏ اَصحْ‏ ‏ٰبُ‏ النَّارِ‏ ۚ همُ‏ ْ فِيهْ‏ ‏َا خٰدلِ‏ ُ وْنَ‏
وَاذلَّ‏ ‏ِيْنَ‏ كَفَرُ‏ وْ‏ ا وَكَذَّبُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَآ‏ اُولٰ‏ ٓ ى
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Ibid.
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Sūrah Al-Baqarah, 2:88
316
Sūrah Al-Mu’minūn, 23:45