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Calling to Islam between Tolerance and Violence The Ninth Lie

Butrus says: In Makkah Allah's Messenger (PBUH) had raised theslogan of tolerance as he used to recite the verse: "Would you thencompel mankind until they are believers?” (Younos : 99). He, mayAllah disfigure him for his lies & deceit, asserts such meaning inanother location saying: "At the beginning the call for Allah foundno opposition due to the freedom of belief and the commercialinterests and due to his calling for "Al-Hanifiah" ( the call of Abraham) which was prevailing at that time". He reiterates suchnotion so much trying to convince the audience that Allah'sMessenger (PBUH) at first used the method of flattery &peacefulness and when his powers increased he started to apply

violence by fighting and by the "Jihad".

In reply to this I said: First the verse which he concludes "Would youthen compel mankind until they are believers?” ( Younos : 99). Suchverse is not Makkian as he claims, it was revealed in Madinah andthis is enough to nullify his view. In addition to this he is undecidedin the same matter and of course this is the way of all liars. Forexample in another location he says that Allah's Messenger (PBUH)used to call them unbelievers and used to mock their idols inMakkah and that due to this "hell was raised in Makkah" -as theannouncer who talks to him puts it in agreement to Butrus’ words. The total of his words refutes one another and such is the conditionof all liars.

In order to elucidate his lying in such matter I would like to point outtwo things:

First: In regards to the opposition of the Call

Second: In regards to Al-Hanifia (the unswervingly right religion)and those who follow it.

First : Zakaria Butrus in so many occasions reiterates that the Calloriginally was because Quraish was seeking for reign over theArabs, or Bani Hashem’s seeking reign over Quraish and the Arabs.Such talk is void of sense for whoever goes through the Prophet's(PBUH) biography finds out that the Call was faced with fierceopposition from Quraish and Bani Hashem the clan of Allah'sMessenger (PBUH).

Narrated by Al-Bukhari, Ibn Abbas said: When the Verse: “And warnyour tribe of near-kindred”, was revealed, the Prophet ascended theSafa (mountain) and started calling, "O Bani Fihr! O Bani 'Adi!"

addressing various tribes of Quraish till they were assembled. Thosewho could not come themselves, sent their messengers to see what

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was there. Abu Lahab and other people from Quraish came and theProphet then said, "Suppose I told you that there is an (enemy)cavalry in the valley intending to attack you, would you believeme?" They said, "Yes, for we have not found you telling anythingother than the truth." He then said, "I am a warner to you in face of 

a terrific punishment." Abu Lahab said (to the Prophet) "May yourhands perish all this day. Is it for this purpose you have gatheredus?" Then it was revealed: "Perish the hands of Abu Lahab (one of the Prophet's uncles and the son of Abdul Mutalib Ibn Hashem), andperish he! His wealth and his children will not profit him...."

Allah's Messenger (PBUH) had gathered his kinship and called themto embrace Islam but they mocked him and took his words in afunny way and left him behind their backs, and there manynarrations to prove this. Abu Al-Drada' reported that he heardAllah's Messenger (PBUH) saying: "the most ascetic of people arethe prophets and those who oppose them most are their relatives".

As Allah the Almighty revealed in the holy Quran :

And warn your tribe (O Muhammad ) of near kindred. And be kindand humble to the believers who follow you. Then if they disobeyyou, say: "I am innocent of what you do."( AS-Shu’araa' 214-216).

Quraish was acting just like bani Hashim warning the people of 

following Allah's Messenger (PBUH) and giving him their backsthemselves. They used to torture whoever followed Allah'sMessenger (PBUH), they even accused him of being a sorcerer andof being crazy. They besieged him and all his followers in one of Makkah's passes for three years until they were on the verge of death from hunger & thirst. They used different ways in order tosway him from spreading Islam; one time with money another withreign and authority. Allah's Messenger (PBUH) never did submit totheir alluring, but used to call them disbelievers. " Say, "O youdisbelievers, I do not worship what you worship, Nor are you

worshiping what I worship, Nor am I worshiping what you haveworshiped, Nor are you worshiping what I worship, To you is yourreligion, and to me is my religion!" (Al-Kafiroon 1-6)

 The call was mainly supported by two tribes other than Quraishnamely; Al-Aous & Al-Khazraj and not in Makkah but in Madinah.Quraish was the principal enemy in the war against Allah'sMessenger (PBUH) in: Badr, Uhud, Al-Ahzab, Al-Hudaibiah, and theconquest of Makkah. Is it possible after mentioning all these facts tosay that the call was Hashemite or Qurashian? Or that it started off with flattery & peacefulness?

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Second: Regarding Al-Hanifia (the unswervingly right religion) andthose who follow it.

Al-Hanifia was not a well established Call before Allah's Messenger(PBUH) was sent. Those who followed it were not spread here and

there, in fact it had one follower in Makkah or to be more precise inthe whole Arab peninsula in addition to very few Christians (countedless than five) and who had no effect whatsoever on the course of events there. Quraish and the Arabs in general were worshipingidols claiming that this was the Hanifia, they would not permitanyone to mock these idols or to call for their abandonment, justlike every regime in history. Never did it happen before Allah'sMessenger (PBUH) was sent that anyone, except for Zaid Ibn Nofail,challenged them. As for Zaid ibn Nofail they assigned him to hisuncle (Al-Khattab ibn Nofail) who sent him out of Makkah and he inturn assigned some young men to make sure he never gets in again,

to ensure that he will not instigate people to leave their religion and  join his. Zaid lived his life lonely and died lonely and he neverclaimed to be a prophet.

 The point here is that there was no religion called Al-Hanifia, to bemore specific Al-Hanifia was not a wide spread religion among theArabs before Allah's Messenger (PBUH) was sent. Quraish and theArabs were pagans and claimed that this was Al-Hanifia, everyoneclaimed to be a follower of Abraham (PBUH). Allah's Messenger(PBUH) called for Al-Haifia (religion of Abraham) which in otherwords is Islam, the religion of Allah and the reason of sending all the

prophets with the Message:

"And whoever desirously shirks from the creed of Ibrahîm(Abraham) except he who befools himself? And indeed We havealready elected him in the present (life), (Literally: the lowly, i.e., thelife of this world) and surely in the Hereafter he is indeed among therighteous."

( Al-Bakara : 130)

Allah the Almighty says:

” And they have said, "Be Judaic or Nasara, (Christian) (then) youshall be guided." Say, "No, indeed, (but) it is the creed of Ibrahîm,(Abraham) the unswervingly (upright, ) (i.e. veering away fromidolatry) and in no way was he one of the associators. (i.e. thosewho associate others with' Allah)".

(Al-Bakara : 135).

Allah also says:

" Say, Allah has (spoken) sincerely, so closely follow the creed of 

Ibrahîm, (Abraham) the unswervingly (upright) (i.e., veering away

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from idolatry) and in no way was he one of the associators." (i.e.,those who associate others with Allah)".

( Al Imaran : 95)

And Allah says:

" And who has a fairer religion than he who surrenders his face toAllah, and is a fair-doer, and closely follows the creed of Ibrahîm(Abraham) the unswervingly upright? And Allah took to Him Ibrahîmfor a (close) fellow".

(An Nisaa : 125)

We believe that all the prophets were followers of Islam, which isliterally surrendering totally to Allah the Almighty who has noassociates. This is Al-Tawhid (monotheism) which is indeed the

religion of Abraham. To us all the prophets are Muslims, to us thereis but one religion “Islam” but there are many legislations. Abraham(PBUH) was a Muslim:

" In no way was Ibrahîm a Jew, neither a Christian; (i.e. a follower of Isa "Jesus", Nasraniyyan) but he was an unswervingly (upright) (i.e.veering away from idolatry) Muslim; and in no way was he one of the associators (Those who associate others with Allah)".

( Al Imran : 67)

"As his Lord said to him, "Surrender, " (i.e., be Muslim) he said, "Ihave surrendered to The Lord of the worlds"

( Al-Bakara : 131)

He and his son Ismail used to ask Allah, as mentioned in the Quran:

" Our Lord, make us (both) Muslims (i.e. surrendered) to You, and of our offspring a nation Muslim to You, and show us our rituals andrelent towards us; surely You Ever You are The Superbly Relenting, The Ever-Merciful".

(Al-Bakara :128)

 Yousof (Joseph) (PBUH) was a Muslim:

"Lord! You have already brought me (my share) of kingship and Youhave taught me (my share) of the interpretation of discourses. OOriginator (Literally: Renderer; i.e., Creator) of the heavens and theearth, You are my Ever-Patronizing Patron in the present (life)(Literally: the lowly (life), the life of this world) and the Hereafter, Take me up to You as a Muslim (One who submits to you) and joinme with the righteous".

(Yousof : 101)

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Also was Moses (PBUH) and his people:

"And Mûsa said, "O my people, in case you have believed in Allah,then in Him put your trust, in case you are Muslims." (i.e., you havesurrendered to Allah)".

(Younos : 84 )

" And in no way do you take vengeance upon us except that wehave believed in the signs of our Lord as soon they came to us. OurLord, pour out upon us patience and take us to Yourself as Muslims”.

(Al-Araf : 126)

Noah (PBUH) was a Muslim:

"Yet in case you turn away, then in no way have I asked you for any

reward; decidedly my reward is not from anyone except Allah, and Ihave been commanded to be one of the Muslims." (Those whosurrender to Allah)".

(Younos : 72)

Solomon (PBUH) in the story of his writing to the queen of Saba':

"That you should not exalt yourselves against me, and come up tome as Muslims." (Or: in surrender)".

(An-Naml :31)

and "He said, "O you chiefs, whichever one of you will come up tome with (i.e., bring) her throne before they come up to me asMuslims?" (Or: in surrender)".

(An-Naml : 38)

"So, as soon as she came, it was said, "Is your throne just like this?"She said, " (It is) as though it were the (very) one." And (Sulayman)(Solomon) said, "We were brought the knowledge before her, andwe were Muslims." (i.e., we surrendered "to Allah")". (An-Naml :42)

In description of the home of Lot (PBUH) the angels said in the holyQuran:

"Yet, in no way did we find therein other than one house of Muslims;(i.e., those who surrender themselves to Allah)". (Az-Zariat : 36 )

And so were the apostles of Jesus (PBUH) as Allah says:

" And as I revealed to the Disciples (The followers of Isa "Jesus",also called the Apostles) (saying), "Believe in Me and in MyMessenger." They said, "We believe, and bear you witness that

surely we (ourselves) are Muslims." (Literally: we have surrenderedto Him)".

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( Al-Maeda : 111)

 To sum up, all the prophets were sent with the message of Al-Tawhid(monotheism)

" And in no way did We send (any) Messenger even before youexcept that We revealed to him, (saying), "There is no god except I;so worship Me".

(Al-Anbia : 25).

 The point is that the religion of Abraham (PBUH) of which the Quranand the purified Sunnah speak is not that which was spoken of byQuraish. Spontaneously this means that the words of Allah'sMessenger (PBUH) that he was a follower of Abraham' religion wasnot meant to flatter them. It is evident for you now that Allah'sMessenger (PBUH) used to contravene and antagonize Quraish since

day one and this is supported by the fact that most of the versesthat spoke of "Abraham Religion" were revealed in Madinah not inMakkah.