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over you. If Allah had wanted He would have sent an-
gels down. We never heard of anything like this
among our ancestors, the earlier peoples. He is noth-
ing but a man possessed so wait a while and see what
happens to him." (Surat al-Muminun: 24-25)

What is he [i.e., Nuh] but a man who has invented a lie
against Allah? We do not believe in him. (Surat al-
Muminun: 38)
... But they said [for Musa], "A lying magician." (Surah
Ghafir: 24)

Allah relates in one verse that such aspersions have almost
been a tradition among unbelievers:
Equally, no Messenger came to those before them
without their saying, "A magician or a madman!" Did
they bequeathe this to each other? Indeed they are an
unbridled people. (Surat adh-Dhariyat: 52-53)

73. Will the efforts of the unbelievers result in
anything?

The verbal or physical opposition that unbelievers put up
against the messengers of Allah and believers never results in
anything positive. This is because Allah has declared that it is
only His followers who will be the uppermost both in this
world and in the Hereafter, stating "... you shall be uppermost
if you are believers" (Surah Al 'Imran: 139).
We see that unbelievers have carried on their struggle
against believers all throughout world history. Yet all these
struggles have always come out in favour of the believers. This
is what Allah has promised. Allah has mentioned this in the
Qur'an as follows:

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