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42 SLANDERS ON MUSLIMS IN HISTORY

This attitude is caused by the conflict of interest that
exists between the unbelievers' worldly desires and interests
and the truth brought by the messengers. Although the mes-
sengers never expected anything in return for what they
brought to their people, many of their people nevertheless
tried, in their own eyes, to silence or even totally eliminate
them, as if they were putting the unbelievers under a great
debt. In reality, such undertakings will not alter the unbeliev-
ers' fate in the Hereafter. Allah reveals:
Are you asking them for payment? Your Lord’s payment
is better. He is the Best of Providers. You are calling
them to a straight path. But those who do not believe in
the Hereafter recoil from the path. (Surat al-Mu’minun,
72-74)
History records that unbelievers traditionally accuse
Allah’s messengers of madness. All prophets, and after them
those believers who conveyed His true message, faced simi-
lar accusations. However, in spite of every effort by the unbe-
lievers, Allah reveals in the Qur’an that devout believers have
remained on His righteous path. Some of the verses dealing
with this accusation are listed below:

Our Prophet Muhammad (saas)

They say: “You, to whom the Reminder has been sent
down, are clearly mad.” (Surat al-Hijr, 6)
Those who are unbelievers all but strike you down with
their evil looks when they hear the Reminder and say:
“He is quite mad.” (Surat al-Qalam, 51)