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48 SLANDERS ON MUSLIMS IN HISTORY
produce a sign if you are telling the truth.” (Surat ash-
Shu‘ara’, 153-154)
The wrongdoers say: “You are merely following a man
who is bewitched.” (Surat al-Furqan, 8)
Allah's response to such people is related as follows:
Look how they make likenesses of you and go astray.
They are unable to find their way. (Surat al-Isra’, 48)
See how they make comparative judgments about you.
They are misguided and cannot find the way. (Surat al-
Furqan, 9)
Words Full of Rage and Mockery
As many instances have shown throughout the course of
history, the majority of unbelievers, who bitterly resented
Allah's messengers and their followers and envied the mater-
ial and spiritual wealth and beauty given to them by Allah,
uttered the most hurtful and insulting words to believers.
Some of these are revealed in the Qur’an:
The ruling circle of those of his people who were unbe-
lievers said: “We do not see you as anything but a
human being like ourselves. We do not see anyone fol-
lowing you but the lowest of us, unthinkingly. We do not
see you as superior to us. On the contrary, we consider
you to be liars.” (Surah Hud, 27)
The aggressive style of Pharaoh's speech to the Prophet
Moses (as), a sign of his own base mentality, expresses the
unbelievers' rage toward Muslims. It is revealed as follows in
verses:
