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suffering on them both in this world and in the hereafter. In the
Qur'an this way of thinking is revealed in the account of Saul:
Their Prophet said to them: "Allah has appointed Saul to be
your king." They asked: "How can he have kingship over us
when we have much more right to kingship than he does? He
does not even have much wealth!" He said: "Allah has chosen
him over you and favored him greatly in knowledge and
physical strength. Allah gives kingship to anyone He wills.
Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing." (Surat al-Baqara,
247)

This superficial and flawed way of thinking is quite
widespread among leading unbelievers. This explains why the
Makkan elite rejected the Prophet Muhammad's (saas) mission.
As revealed in the Qur'an, they turned their faces and asked: "Has
the Reminder been sent down to him out of all of us?" (Surah
Sâd, 8). This is an explicit example of unbelievers' lack of
rationality, and their psychology is described in other verses as
follows:
But when the truth came to them, they said: "This is magic and
we reject it." They ask: "Why was this Qur'an not sent down to
one of the great men of the two cities?" (Surat az-Zukhruf, 30-
31)

Allah answers this question in the next verse:
Is it, then, they who allocate the mercy of your Lord?... (Surat
az-Zukhruf, 32)
According to the unbelievers' twisted way of thinking, the fact
that the Messenger is chosen by Allah is not enough. Their only
criterion in their distorted logic is material wealth, and they
therefore evaluate the Messenger in its light. According to their