Page 90 - Communication and Argument in the Qur'an

ALLAH SAVES

BELIEVERS FROM

UNBELIEVERS’ STRATAGEMS

Without exception, those who have reacted with hostil-
ity to the communication of religion have been unbelievers.
They have always outnumbered the believers and incited
other people against them. This is one of Allah’s laws and,
as the Qur’an tells us, Allah’s laws cannot be altered. Thus,
thinking on the Qur’anic verses, we can learn the stages of
this ongoing struggle and how Allah ends it.
In earlier chapters, we saw the unbelievers’ violent reac-
tions against the believers who sought to communicate
religion and learned that the basic reason for this was their
close relationship with satan. We saw that ruling circles
have made many threats, often consisting of intimidation
and attempted murder, against believers. Now we will see
how believers bring their attempts to communicate religion
to an end.
When believers realize that the person or society they
are calling to Islam will not become Muslim, they stop their
efforts. In such a situation, the only thing that can be done
is to end their relationship with that society. At that point,