Page 66 - The Struggle of the Messengers

64 The Struggle of the Messengers

A messenger humiliates the unbelievers

The struggle between a Messenger and the unbelievers is
actually a taste of the pain of this world that Allah gives to the
latter. For those who are devoted to ostentation and seeking
others' approval, humiliation is a very severe punishment. This is
described as "disgrace in the life of this world" in the Qur'an:
Those before them also denied the truth, and the punishment
came upon them from where they did not expect. So Allah
made them taste disgrace in the life of this world. The
punishment of the hereafter is far worse, if they only knew.
(Surat az-Zumar, 25-26)

Allah manifests this attribute through the believers, and
especially by way of His Messengers. This is revealed as follows in
Surat at-Tawba:
Fight them! Allah will punish them at your hands and disgrace
them, and [will] help you against them and heal the hearts of
the believers. He will remove the rage from their hearts. Allah
turns to anyone He wills. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
(Surat at-Tawba, 14-15)
The Prophet Solomon (as), who was sent as a Messenger to the
Israelites, who denied His existence, also humiliated and belittled
these unbelievers:

... "We will come to them with troops that they cannot face, and
We will expel them from it abased and humiliated." (Surat an-
Naml, 37)
Therefore, humiliating the unbelievers is an important part of
this struggle. So how is that to be done? Most often, such
humiliation is enough to get the unbelievers to show their real