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The Miracles of our Prophet (saas)





                 qui si tions. Due to their ar ro gance, they con tin ued to wor ship
                 their idols and re fused to com pro mise the su per sti tions in
                 which they be lieved. Instead, they met to geth er to dis cuss how
                 they could ei ther make our Prophet (saas) give up his re li gion
                 or kill him:
                     When the un be liv ers were plot ting to im pris on, kill, or ex -
                     pel you: they were plot ting and Allah was plan ning, but
                     Allah is the Best of Planners. (Surat an-Anfal: 30)

                     In oth er words, the Lord makes things work out for the
                 best and pro tect ed our Prophet (saas) from all harm: "…their
                 schem ing will not harm you in any way. Allah en com pass es
                 what they do" (Surah Al 'Imran: 120).
                     Allah al so prom ised that no one would do any phys i cal or

                 spir it u al harm to him:
                     Were it not for Allah's fa vor to you and His mer cy, a group
                     of them would al most have man aged to mis lead you. But
                     they mis lead no one but them selves and do not harm you in
                     any way. Allah has sent down the Book and Wisdom to you
                     and taught you what you did not know be fore. Allah's fa -
                     vor to you is in deed im mense. (Surat an-Nisa': 113)
                     They are peo ple who lis ten to lies and con sume ill-got ten
                     gains. If they come to you, ei ther judge be tween them or
                     turn away from them. If you turn away from them, they
                     can not harm you in any way. But if you do judge, judge be -
                     tween them just ly. Allah loves the just. (Surat al-Ma’ida: 42)
                     The had iths say that his op po nents did their best to per -

                 suade our Prophet (saas) to aban don pro claim ing his mor al
                 mes sage. They of fered him what they thought was most val u a -
                 ble: wealth and sta tus. Allah re lates the fol low ing in the
                   Qur'an:





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