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happened. Do you forbid us to worship what our fathers
worshipped? We have grave doubts about what you are
calling us to.” (Surah Hud, 62)
Those who did evil used to laugh at those who believed.
When they passed by them, they would wink at one
another. When they returned to their families, they
would make a joke of them. When they saw them, they
would say: “Those people are misguided.” (Surat al-
Mutaffifin, 29-32)
Surely, only those who turn on Allah’s messengers, deny
His existence and the Hereafter, and wrong pure, faithful,
honest, and sincere people by slandering them are perverting
religion. Allah reveals that they do so because they immerse
themselves completely in the worldly life, forget about the
Hereafter, and refuse to hear what they are told:

Those who are blind in the world will be blind in the
Hereafter and even further off the Path. (Surat al-Isra’,
72)

Accused of Sorcery

One of the most frequent false allegations made against
the messengers, regardless of when or where they lived, was
sorcery. Allah reveals in one verse that unbelievers made a
habit of slandering believers with this lie:
Equally, no messenger came to those before them with-
out their saying: “A magician or a madman!” Did they
bequeath this to each other? Indeed, they are an unbri-
dled people. (Surat adh-Dhariyat, 52-53)