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44 The Struggle of the Messengers

The accusation that messengers are magicians

We are also informed in the Qur'an that these leaders of
unbelievers cannot understand how anyone obeys the Messenger.
Even though the majority of people are opposed to the Messenger,
there are still some people – believers – who understand the truths
imparted by him and are sincerely devoted to him. Believers
know that he is Allah's Messenger and guides them according to
His ordinances. As a result, they are loyal to him and feel great
love and respect for him.
This is difficult for the leading unbelievers to understand, for
according to their distorted logic, the Messenger's message is

nothing "but the myths of previous peoples" (Surat al-Muminun,
83). However, believers are deeply attached to these truths, which
the unbelievers call "myths." The unbelievers try to dismiss, in
their own eyes at least, the wisdom and striking ability to
communicate of the Messenger, which he possesses as a blessing
from Allah, as sorcery, brainwashing, and casting spells.
According to this lie they so frequently resort to, the Messenger is
brainwashing the people around him and supposedly casting a
spell over them. The fact is, however, that Messengers are
responsible for much that is valuable and worthy, that the
unbelievers can never understand, by cleansing believers' brains
of every last vestige of immorality and unpleasantness left over
from the society of ignorance.
These slanders of the unbelievers are again described in the

Qur'an:
Do people find it so surprising that We should reveal to a man
among them: "Warn humanity and give good news to those
who believe that they are on a sure footing with their Lord?"