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from religious moral values with the same mentality and
words, because Allah promises: “ “You will not find any alter-
ation in Allah’s pattern” (Surat al-Ahzab, 62). That past events
recur in the particular believer’s own time confirms Allah’s
word and signals the sincerity of those Muslims who are thus
confronted. However, the important point here is that Muslims
show the same superior character as did the messengers and
other devout believers.
For these reasons, the coming pages will deal with the
slanders that earlier Muslims faced and their measured,
patient, trusting, and rational manner of dealing with these
personal attacks.

THE SLANDERS AGAINST THE PROPHET
MOSES (AS)

The Prophet Moses (as) was sent as a messenger to the
Israelites. Like all other prophets and sincere believers, he too
suffered many verbal and physical attacks from the unbeliev-
ers.
At the time of his birth, Pharaoh was oppressing the
majority of the population. In fact, his cruelty brought an entire
generation close to extinction. This tyranny is related in the
Qur’an in the following way:
Pharaoh exalted himself arrogantly in the land and divid-
ed its people into camps, oppressing one group of them
by slaughtering their sons and letting their women live.
He was one of the corrupters. (Surat al-Qasas, 4)
The Prophet Moses’ (as) mother was afraid that
Pharaoh’s soldiers would kill her baby too, and, inspired by