Page 48 - Answers from the Qur'an

ANSWERS FROM THE QUR'AN
When he is told to heed Allah, he is seized by pride that
drives him to wrongdoing. Hell will be enough for him!
What an evil resting-place! (Surat al-Baqara, 206)
Such a distorted view is defined in the Qur'an as "idolatry"
and it is revealed that these people feel rage and hatred when
summoned to Allah and living by the Qur'anic morality:
When they are told to prostrate to the All-Merciful, they
ask: "And what is the All-Merciful? Are we to prostrate to
something you command us to?" And it merely makes
them run away all the more. (Surat al-Furqan, 60)
The unbelievers' rage and hatred for Allah's verses, and
thereby for Islam and all believers, is revealed in many other
verses as well, such as the following:
Allah sent back those who were unbelievers in their rage
without their achieving any good at all. Allah saved the
believers from having to fight. Allah is Most Strong,
Almighty. (Surat al-Ahzab, 25)
When Allah is mentioned on His own, the hearts of those
who do not believe in the Hereafter shrink back shudder-
ing. But when others apart from Him are mentioned, they
jump for joy. (Surat az-Zumar, 45)
This rage and hatred stemming from the unbelievers' arro-
gance and pride appears in the form of a relentless opposition to-
ward believers. These people, who feel restless even in the
presence of a single true believer, strive in their foolishness to di-
vert believers from the right path and to impose upon them their
own ignorant system. They hope for the worst for believers and
wish that all adversities will befall them. Of course none of these
happen to the true belivers, as Allah creats the believers with tri-
umph and victory from the very beginning. The Qur'an tells
about these vain efforts of the unbelievers, as follows:

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