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Muhammad in the Eyes of his Contemporary Enemies
When the Prophet Muhammad was sent to the worlds, he presented what could prove to them that he was a prophet from God, some believed and some refused him, their refusal was groundless and they only refused him because they thought that the new religion would cause them to lose their social status and equate between them and their slaves. In fact most of those who refused to follow him believed in their hearts that he was a prophet because he lived among them for forty years before he was appointed a prophet, and it was known to them that he had never lied or indulged himself in any of their perverted morals, this explains why they chose him as an arbitrator among them over many troubles that would have caused endless wars. It is because of his immaculate character that his enemies had nicknamed him" the Truthful, the Trustworthy" long before he was appointed a prophet. There is not just a single report that he was refused by those who refused him for anything immoral, absurdities in what was revealed to him, inconsistencies in his words, the failure of his prophecies, the inability to do physical miracle or hankering after mundane life. They either declared the veracity concerning the holy Quran publicly or in secret. Their acts, when confronted with the prophet's supplications, also show that they truly knew he was a prophet. The following situations indicate that they didn't suspect his prophethood, though, they didn't follow him.(1) Abu Jahl himself, the great enemy of Islam, used repeatedly to say:
(2) It is narrated that three people of Quraish each separately and secretly listened to some verses of the Noble Qur'ân. Later, this secret was uncovered and one of them asked Abu Jahl (one of the three) what he thought of what he heard from Muhammad. He answered:
So Allâh said:
(3) One day, the disbelievers of Quraish leveled to him a cynical remark three times. He remained silent but for the third one he remarked,
(4) When they slung the entrails of a camel on him while prostrating himself in prayer, he invoked Allâh's wrath on them, and they immediately were caught in an inexpressible state of worry and were almost convinced that they would be destroyed.
(5) Ubai bin Khalaf used always to threaten he would kill Muhammad. One day the Prophet retorted that he would kill him by Allâh's Will. When Ubai received a scratch in his neck, on the day of Uhud, he, under the sense of horror, remembered the Prophet's words and remarked, "I am convinced he would be able to kill me even if he spat on me." Sa‘d bin Mu‘adh said to Omaiyah bin Khalaf in Makkah, "I heard the Messenger of Allâh one day say that the Muslims would surely kill you.
They feared his invocations because they were sure that it would certainly happen because he was a prophet whom God would surely accept his invocations.
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