Playing God

"All rights of this book are reserved for the publisher and the author. This copy is for reading purpose only. This copy cannot be uploaded on any website except those of the publisher and the author." Playing God: Misreading a Divine Practice 26 Many of the people of the Book wish that if they could turn you away as disbelievers after you have believed out of envy from their own selves even after the truth has become manifest to them. (2:109) = @ - 2 U- +2I ƒR - VX ? 6 w 2! ‘3X jB C N 01 w 2! - O P3H1 +,a8 9- Z‰ )|: y' ( How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their belief a nd after they bore witness that the Messenger [ Muham mad (sws)] is true and after clear proofs had come unto them? And Allah guides not the people who are wrong-doers. (3:86) Initially, Muhammad (sws) could muster very little support from his tribe in favour of his message. Most people of Makkah rejected his call and only a few youth of the city accepted it. The hostility shown by the chiefs of Makkah was so severe that most people reckoned that it would only be a matter of days before this newly founded faith would reach a disastrous end. Muhammad (sws) and his Companions (rta) were put through severe physical torture and mental affliction. Such was the extent of the persecution suffered by the Prophet (sws) that for many years he had to confine his endeavour to his near relatives. However, after many years of persistent struggle, when it became evident that the people of Makkah were denying the Prophet (sws) due to sheer obstinacy, the Almighty asked him to dissociate himself from these people. www.javedahmadghamidi.com www.al-mawrid.org