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Unbelievers Fall into the

Error of Mocking the Believers

As we said earlier, all unbelievers at bottom feel a great sense of
guilt because they act contrary to Allah's instructions and do not
surrender themselves to Him. This is why they mock the believers.
The fact that they know they are on the wrong path and that the be-
lievers are on the right one causes them to hate the believers. In the
Qur'an Allah describes the rage they feel toward the believers:
O you who believe! Do not take any outside yourselves as
intimates, for they will do anything to harm you. They love
what causes you distress. Hatred has appeared out of their
mouths, but what their breasts hide is far worse. We have
made the signs clear to you, if you use your intellect. (Surah
Al ‘Imran, 118)
One of the major reasons why the unbelievers hate the believ-
ers is because they believe in Allah. Throughout history, the unbe-
lievers have always hated the believers who carry out Allah's
instructions and obey the Qur'an and Allah's prophets. All unbe-
lievers will feel uncomfortable and harbor this rage as long as any
believers exist on the face of the earth.
The unbelievers try to ignore Allah's existence and supremacy.
As we said at the outset, if they were to accept these facts, they