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THE ARROGANCE OF SATAN

The People of the Prophet Muhammad (saas)

The Prophet Muhammad (saas) also related to his people
that he was Allah' s messenger, and that they must obey him:

Say: "Mankind! I am the Messenger of Allah to you all,
of Him to Whom the kingdom of the heavens and earth
belongs. There is no god but Him. He gives life and
causes to die." So believe in Allah and His Messenger,
the Ummi, who believes in Allah and His words, and
follow him so that hopefully you will be guided. (Surat
al-A' raf: 158)
The Prophet Muhammad (saas) summoned his people to
the path of Allah. However, their response was as follows:
Furthermore they say, "A muddled jumble of dreams!'

and, "He has invented it!" and, "He is a poet!" and, "Let
him bring us a Sign like those sent to previous peoples."
(Surat al-Anbiya' : 5)
His people did not offer this reply because they were
unable to grasp the message brought by the Prophet. It was,
in actuality, a sign of their insolence. Just like the nations
before them, they denied the prophet because of their pride
and arrogance. Allah relates the comportment of the
disbelievers in the Qur' an as follows:

When they were told, "There is no god but Allah," they
were arrogant. They said, "Are we to forsake our gods
for a mad poet?" (Surat as-Saffat: 35-36)
Just like the nations of the past, the idolaters of Mecca
also did not accept Muhammad (saas) as a prophet, out of
their conceit and desire for fallacious superiority. They
maintained that the Prophet was a poet, although they did