Salman ibn Fahd al-'Awdah
THE ATTEMPS BY the polytheists to spread doubt among the masses of people were often reflected in their sayings: Verily, we see you in plain error. (Surah Al-Araf: 60) They said, A sorcerer or a madman! (Surah Al-Dhariyat: 52) Indeed, there are numerous examples of this kind, for even Shu’ayb people said to him: Does your prayer command that we leave off what our fathers used to worship, or that we leave off doing what we like with our property? (Surah Hud: 87) With this sarcasm and disdain they responded to Shuayb – because as they claimed – he spoke out of folly and error when he called them to Allah.
Thus the enemies of Allah’s Messengers always maintained before their people that the
Messengers had undertaken their missions because of naiveté and certain deficiencies in their minds. And that they could not carry out any reform with their deficient programs. Additionally they claimed that the Messengers were incapable of relating to the existing realities and complex problems in their societies; and that they were incapable of standing up to the great challenges of their times!
