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The Chiefs of the Nations

What really disturbed the chiefs of the people is the fact
that, despite their power, esteem and authority, a person,
who was not one of them, and more, who denounced their
system, had been accepted by the rest of society, by spreading
the message of the religion. They took this entirely as a
personal attack and could never, therefore, accept the
prophets' superiority. This they adopted as a personal cause
and persisted in their hostility towards the Prophet (saas),
and wished instead for a member of theirs to have been the
prophet. They said:

"Why was this Qur' an not sent down to one of the great
men of the two cities?" (Surat az-Zukhruf: 31)
In reply to this wish of the chiefs of the nation, Allah
stated the following:
Is it, then, they who allocate the mercy of your Lord?...
(Surat az-Zukhruf: 32)

Through Various Methods, They Strive to
Cause Harm to Messengers

The chiefs of Pharaoh' s people said, "This is certainly a
skilled magician." (Surat al-A' raf: 109)

The chiefs of Pharaoh' s people said, "Are you going to
leave Musa and his people to cause corruption in the
earth and abandon you and your gods?" He (Pharaoh)
said, "We will kill their sons and let their women live.
We have absolute power over them!" (Surat al-A' raf:
127)
As the verses clearly imply, as was Pharaoh, the chiefs of
his people was also insolent. In fact, they were the ones who