Page 49 - The Evil Called Mockery

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) 47

to be superior to the believers just who really possesses true dignity
and honor:
They say: "If we return to Madinah, the more honorable
will drive out the inferior." But all honor belongs to Allah,
His messenger, and the believers. However, the hypocrites
do not know this. (Surat al-Munafiqun, 8)
If anyone wants glory and power, all glory and power be-
longs to Allah. All good words rise to Him, and He raises
up all virtuous deeds. But people who plot evil deeds will
suffer a harsh punishment. Their plotting is profitless.
(Surah Fatir, 10)

Mocking the Prophets' Deeds

The unbelievers and the hypocrites, who lack the believers'
pure and virtuous mentality, cannot understand religious concepts
and spiritual matters. However, they think that they are extremely
intelligent because they can understand some worldly matters.
They do not want to admit that they cannot understand religious
concepts. Unaware of Allah's immutable law that people who are
alienated from religion cannot be intelligent since they are unaware
of the terrible state they are in, they consider themselves superior
and thus display the classic morality of unbelievers and mock
Allah's prophets. We find frequent examples of this in the Qur'an.
For instance, when the Prophet Shu`ayb (as) told his people to aban-
don their evil ways and selfish desires, they protested violently and
mocked him, even though they knew perfectly well that he was a
man of superior morality:
They said: "Shu‘ayb, do your prayers instruct you that we
should abandon what our ancestors worshipped or stop