Page 54 - Slanders on Muslims in History

UNBELIEVERS ARE STILL

SLANDERING BELIEVERS

As we have seen, whenever Allah’s messengers were
sent to their people, they were received with animosity and
hate by the unbelievers. Apart from Allah’s messengers, these
unbelievers also verbally and physically abused all Muslims
known for their dedication to Allah’s religion, devotion to the
righteous path, sincerity, and faithfulness. Allah reveals this
animosity in the following verse:

We have placed covers on their hearts, preventing them
from understanding it, and heaviness in their ears. When
you mention your Lord alone in the Qur’an, they turn
their backs and run away. (Surat al-Isra’, 46)
Allah reveals in the verse that the unbelievers' true
source of hate and rage is not the believers themselves, but
rather the good manners and superior morality that they rep-
resent. They do not want to acknowledge their accountability
to our Lord, Who has created them and whatever they pos-
sess. They cannot even bear to be reminded of His name. To
prevent this, they adopt an aggressive stance against those
who invite them to acknowledge Allah as the sole Divinity and
to accept the true religion. Therefore, for as long as the true