Page 45 - The Evil Called Mockery

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) 43

they do not want to accept that Allah has chosen and sent him to
guide them. Allah's selection of him, as well as the fact that he pos-
sesses the qualities of piety and superior morality, is of no impor-
tance to them due to their perverted mentality. Since they are
arrogant and incapable of noticing the prophet's finer points, they
find it very difficult to accept that he has been chosen. They regard
themselves as superior to him, and so instead of accepting the true
path to which he summons them, they prefer to act in a stubborn
and mocking manner. Allah reveals this in the Qur'an:
When they see you, they only mock you: "Is this the one
Allah has sent as a messenger?" (Surat al-Furqan, 41)
As it is revealed in the verse, these people evaluate and dislike
the prophet according to their corrupted value system. In addition:
When those who do not believe see you, they only mock you:
"Is this the one who mentions your deities?" Yet they disown
any mention of the All-Merciful. (Surat al-Anbiya', 36)
In the Qur'an Allah gives further examples. When The Prophet
Moses (as) was sent to Pharaoh, Pharaoh and his court chose to
mock him because they resented the fact that Allah chose him, who
was poorer than they were, to call them to the true religion. Their ar-
rogance made it very hard for them to change their own supersti-
tious religion. As a result, like all unbelievers throughout history,
they began to mock their prophet:
Pharaoh asked his people: "My people, doesn't the king-
dom of Egypt belong to me? Don't all these rivers flow
under my control? Don't you then see? Am I not better than
this man, who is contemptible and can scarcely make any-
thing clear? Why haven't gold bracelets been put upon his
arms, and why isn't there a train of angels accompanying
him?" (Surat az-Zukhruf, 51-53)