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Self-Sacrifice in the Qur'an's Moral Teachings

them off with accusations and attacks. But Allah reveals in the Qur'an
that He will bless all believers with success and disprove all of the ac-
cusations made against them. For example, people slandered the
Prophet Moses (as), but Allah exonerated him:

O you who believe. Do not be like those who abused Moses.
Allah absolved him of what they said, and he was highly hon-
ored with Allah. (Surat al-Ahzab: 69)
Historically, all accusations made against prophets and believers
have been pretty much the same. Whenever they called upon their un-
believing societies to practice true religion and high morality, the peo-
ple accused them of sorcery and of being crazy poets:
Do people find it so surprising that We should reveal to a man
among them: "Warn humanity and give good news to those who
believe that they are on a sure footing with their Lord?" The un-
believers say: "This is downright magic." (Surah Yunus: 2)
They say: "You, to whom the Reminder has been sent down,
are clearly crazy." (Surat al-Hijr: 6)

Furthermore they say: "A muddled jumble of dreams!" "He has
invented it!" "He is a poet!" and "Let him bring us a sign like
those sent to previous peoples." (Surat al-Anbiya': 5)

[They said:] "Out of all of us, has the Reminder been given to
him? No indeed! He is an impudent liar." (Surat al-Qamar: 25)
The ruling circle of his people who did not believe said: "He is
nothing but a human being, like yourselves, who simply wants
to gain ascendancy over you. If Allah had wanted, He would
have sent down angels. We never heard of anything like this
among our ancestors, the earlier peoples." (Surat al-Mu'minun:
24)

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