Page 64 - The Struggle of the Messengers

62 The Struggle of the Messengers

contrary, the Messengers are always able to foil the traps set for
them and to defeat the unbelievers by turning their traps against
them in the most intelligent and finest manner. Allah's
Messengers are very intelligent, provident, resourceful,
knowledgeable, and able to make effective plans of their own to
achieve victory. They have always emerged victorious from their

struggles against the unbelievers. In the following pages, we will
deal with their wise and auspicious plans and courses of action
against denial, as revealed in the Qur'an.

How the Messengers Struggle against the
Unbelievers
Allah assists the Messengers and their followers by giving

them strength and support. A Messenger especially receives
support from Allah; in the Qur'an it is revealed that He gives them
knowledge, wisdom, clarity of expression, maturity, and the
ability to make right decisions. Besides this, Allah gives them
great possessions (e.g., material wealth, power, and
magnificence).
For example, Hazrat Saul (as), the chosen leader of the
Israelites, was given knowledge, physical strength, and kingship:

Their Prophet said to them: "Allah has appointed Saul to be
your king." They replied: "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 has 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)