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The Humiliator
You may travel about in the land for four months and know
that you cannot thwart Allah, and that Allah will humiliate
the unbelievers. (Surat at-Tawba, 9:2)
Humiliation is one of the punishments that Allah sends to un-
believers in this world. For unbelievers who are devoted to ostenta-
tion and seeking others’ approval, humiliation is a very severe
punishment. In the Qur’an, Allah describes this punishment, as fol-
lows:
Those before them also denied the truth, and the punish-
ment came upon them from where they did not expect. So
Allah made them taste disgrace in the life of the world, and
the punishment of the Hereafter is far worse, if they only
knew. (Surat az-Zumar, 39:25-26)
Allah manifests this attribute through believers and especially
through those of His Messengers. The following verses call atten-
tion to this fact, as follows:
... Allah will punish them at your hands, disgrace them,
help you against them, and heal the hearts of those who be-
lieve. He will remove the rage from their hearts. Allah
turns to anyone He wills. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
(Surat at-Tawba, 9:14-15)
The message Prophet Sulayman (as) sent to the unbelievers
was as follows:
"Return to them. We will come to them with troops they
cannot face, and will expel them from it, abased and humil-

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