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The Chiefs of the Nations

certainly not their incapability to comprehend. Even if they
can grasp the existence of Allah and the hereafter, they
strongly resist the idea, being overcome by their pride. Allah
makes clear their situation in the Qur' an: "They repudiated
them wrongly and haughtily, in spite of their own certainty
about them..." (Surat an-Naml: 14) As said earlier, wealth
and power is the reason for their haughtiness:

We never sent a warner into any city without the
affluent people in it saying, "We reject what you have
been sent with." They also said, "We have more wealth
and children. We are not going to be punished." (Surah
Saba' : 34-35)
However, wealth, children or possessions bring no
benefits to a person unless one seeks the pleasure of Allah.
Only if a person puts these blessings into use for the cause of
Allah' s religion can he expect rewards in the hereafter:
It is not your wealth or your children that will bring you
near to Us-only in the case of people who believe and
act rightly; such people will have a double recompense
for what they did. They will be safe from all harm in the
High Halls of Paradise. (Surah Saba' : 37)

They Follow In the Footsteps of
Their Forefathers

Those who exult in their ostentation make an unjust claim
by maintaining that the messengers' mission is to divert them
from their forefathers' religion:
When Our Clear Signs are recited to them, they say,
"This is nothing but a man who wants to debar you from