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Since they always consider the benefits of the religion in
every action they take, it becomes very difficult to intimidate
them or lead them astray. These people, no matter what the
conditions are and no matter what they are offered in return,
do not hesitate to say what is right and just, and do not di-
verge from what they believe to be right.
This annoys unbelievers, because it endangers their per-
sonal worldly interests. For instance, whereas unbelievers
try to live and make others live according to their own ideas,
believers who adhere to the example of the prophet follow
only the commands of Allah. They teach people the inappro-
priateness of the ignorant system that unbelievers live in,
and the beauty of the religion which will bring peace and
happiness to people both in this world and in the Hereafter.
For these reasons, in every age, unbelievers have at-
tempted to hinder messengers by using various methods. Ex-
amples of this are related in the Qur'an. By means of
inconsistent and irrational arguments, unbelievers attempt to
deny what Allah's messengers convey. They try to stop them
with verbal threats. When verbal means fail, they try to make
believers revert from the right way by means of real physical
methods. However none of these methods works; they can
never bring forth convincing evidence against the truths that
messengers and sincere believers convey; nor can they put for-
ward ideas that successfully oppose ideas based upon truth.
In many verses Allah has given examples of the verbal
assaults of unbelievers, and of groundless allegations they
made against prophets:
The ruling circle of those of his [Nuh's] people who
disbelieved said, "This is nothing but a human being
like yourselves who simply wants to gain ascendancy

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