What is meant by "lowness of spirit and meanness of character," and are they specific to the delivery of revelation? Does not understanding this statement imply a lack of faith in the Messengers and Books? What is the meaning of the previous Books containing legislation commensurate with the people to whom they were sent down, and that the Qur’an abrogated all of them? What is the meaning of the Messenger being sent as a bearer of glad tidings of good things, and what are these good things? Are there specific matters that, if a person does not believe in them, he is considered a non-believer?

Minor ignoble acts are small sins that indicate baseness of character, such as stealing a morsel, or cheating in weight by a single grain, or urinating and eating in the street, or kissing a woman in the marketplace. As for baseness of resolve, it means a lack of determination in acquiring noble morals and high aspirations. The prophets are infallible from such acts.

The fact that the legislation of previous scriptures was commensurate with the people to whom they were sent means that it suited their circumstances and conditions. Allah permitted for them what benefited them and forbade for them what harmed them.

The abrogation of previous laws by the Qur’an means that the legislation brought by Islam, which contradicts previous laws, nullifies the ruling of those laws, so Allah is not worshipped through them.

Messengers were sent by Allah as bearers of good tidings to those who obey, promising happiness in this world and the Hereafter, and as warners to those who disobey, threatening misery in both realms.