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A moral story can help us learn empathy, sharing, compassion, and other important moral qualities that will make us a good human being.

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Moral and Spiritual short story

 

When making one’s way through the Qur’an, the reader is brought face to face with stories of nations and communities that lived thousands of years ago. Some may question the wisdom behind the narration of events that took place so far in the past and which seem to be entirely unconnected from our contemporary lives.

Indeed, there are numerous ‘stories’ mentioned in the Qur’an. However, we must appreciate that all of them reflect real-life incidents that have transpired over the course of the history of the world and have affected countless individuals. Far from being recounted simply as a passing account or narrative, the scholars of the Qur’an have gone to great lengths to analyse each and every single story and have enumerated at least fifteen benefits which these ‘stories’ hold, including the following:

Point 1: Bringing Tranquillity To The Heart

وَلَقَدْ كُذِّبَتْ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَصَبَرُوا عَلَىٰ مَا كُذِّبُوا وَأُوذُوا حَتَّىٰ أَتَاهُمْ نَصْرُنَا وَلَا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَكَ مِن نَّبَإِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

“And certainly, messengers before you were rejected, but they were patient on being rejected and persecuted until Our help came to them; and there is none to change the words of Allah, and certainly there has come to you some information about the messengers” (6:34).

Point 2: Consoling The Soul

فَلَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلَىٰ آثَارِهِمْ إِن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهَٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَسَفًا

“Then maybe you will kill yourself with grief, sorrowing after them, if they do not believe in this announcement” (18:6).

 

Point 3: Fulfilment Of The Divine Proofs

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَأَصْحَابُ الرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُ

“(Others) before them rejected (prophets): the people of Nuh and the dwellers of ar-Rass and Thamud” (50:12).

وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ وَإِخْوَانُ لُوطٍ

“And ‘Ad and Firawun and Lut’s brethren” (50:13).

وَأَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ وَقَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ كُلٌّ كَذَّبَ الرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ وَعِيدِ

“And the dwellers of the grove and the people of Tuba; all rejected the messengers, so My threat came to pass” (50:14).