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Bigotry:
The Dark Danger
The Idolaters and Hypocrites Tried to
Harass Our Prophet (pbuh)
When prophets communicated the message of the
Divine religions, their first opponents were the so-called
scholars of their times, those who considered themselves
entitled to dictate religious commandments and those who
benefitted from society's erroneous customs and traditions.
Similarly, when our Prophet (pbuh) communicated the mes-
sage of the Qur'an, idolaters, or radicals of his time were the
ones that opposed him most and even tried to martyr him.
These people could not accept the religion of God, because
God's religion was easy, because it was the source of joy and
removed burdens that bothered people. They opposed this
religion because it saved people from being choked by
made-up rules and customs, because it encouraged people
to contemplate and research, and introduced compassion,
love and kindness, because this religion taught people that
they were all equal, and valued and respected women. They
tried to pressure our Prophet (pbuh) into amending the
Qur'an –may God forbid– and wanted to introduce their
system, brimming with countless meaningless rules and
superstitions they inherited from their forefathers. The pres-
sure of hypocrites, idolaters and the radicals of the time on
our Prophet (pbuh) is related in the following verse:
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