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The Intricacies of the Evil's Alliance

When they are told, 'Believe in the way that the people
believe, 'they say, 'What! Are we to believe in the way
that fools believe?' No indeed! They are the fools, but
they do not know it. (Surat al-Baqara: 13)
The ruling circle of those of his people who were
disbelieving said, 'We do not see you as anything but a
human being like ourselves. We do not see anyone

following you but the lowest of us, unthinkingly. We do
not see you as superior to us. On the contrary, we
consider you to be liars.' (Surah Hud: 27)
They said, 'Shu'ayb, We do not understand much of
what you say and we see you are weak among us. Were
it not for your clan, we would have stoned you. We do
not hold you in high esteem!' (Surah Hud: 91)
Wicked people are innately prone to using derision and
sarcasm against the good. In this regard, both the good and
sincere themselves, and the values they advocate, become the
target of their derision. From the Qur'an, we learn that
derision was something all the messengers encountered. This
is the reason why a believer subjected to mockery knows it is
something to endure with patience, following the example of
the messengers of God, and hopes that it increases his reward
in the hereafter. He is sure of one thing; that the mockery will
ultimately overcome the one who ridicules, and that he will
some day greatly regret what he had done.

Messengers before you were also mocked, but those
who jeered were engulfed by what they mocked. (Surat
al-Anbiya': 41)