Page 38 - Slanders on Muslims in History

36 SLANDERS ON MUSLIMS IN HISTORY

O sister of Aaron, your father was not an evil man, nor
was your mother an unchaste woman!” (Surah Maryam,
27-28)
However, despite her people's slanders, accusations,
and resentful behavior, she never compromised her reliance
upon Allah and so remained patient and acted in the knowl-
edge that Allah was with her at all times. As commanded by
Allah, she did not talk with them. Instead, her son the Prophet
Jesus (as) miraculously spoke from the cradle with Allah's
permission.
In reality, Mary's (as) people knew that she was a chaste
woman, but they disliked her for not being a follower of their
false beliefs. The Prophet Jesus (as) revealed that he was a
prophet while still in the cradle, and, as his mother, she was
exposed to the people's unwise mockery, gossip, and slan-
der. All of those who had wronged her with their tongues have
received the just return that their actions merited, both on
Earth as well as in the Hereafter. Their slanderous accusations
came to nothing, and they could not harm either her or her
son. Allah cleared their names before the people and honored
her in the Qur'an. Today, people of all religious denominations
regard Mary (as) highly. For example:
And Mary, the daughter of ‘Imran, who guarded her
chastity—We breathed Our Spirit into her and she con-
firmed the Words of her Lord and His Book and was one
of the obedient. (Surat at-Tahrim, 12)
However, it is important to know the fate waiting for
those who have slandered Mary (as). Many irreligious people
since her time have spoken wrongly, on the basis of their own