In answer to their apprehensions the Holy Prophet^-SW must invite them to contemplate sincerely, purely for Allah^-SWT , keeping all emotions aside, individually or collectively, over the personality of the servant of Allah^-SWT who is addressing them. The tall claim he^-SW makes all by himself without any visible support, or any legions and wealth, is a challenge not only for the Makkans but also for the infidels across the globe. He^-SW is declaring their centuries old religions as ungodly.

The challenge put forth to the Arabs by the Holy Prophet^-SW that a single verse of the Book revealed to him^-SW could not be matched by the literary excellence of all the scholars in the world collectively, is by itself very peculiar. They must brood over his^-SW Message and decide honestly for themselves whether whatever he^-SW preaches is anything but virtue, preventing people from all forms of evil. Can such a task be performed by an insane or a spellbound person, while his^-SW insight, wisdom, honesty and veracity in his^-SW forty-years of life spent amidst them was in front of them? A man of such a stature certainly cannot be insane, which proves that he^-SW is Allah^-SWT’s Prophet^-SW. It is indeed His^-SWT favour that he^-SW is deputed to forewarn them over the tormenting doom lurking around because of their polytheistic rituals and oppressive deeds. And he^-SW also shows them a way out. As for their fear that the Holy Prophet^-SW was working with the intentions of assuming power, they might reflect whether he^-SW has demanded any wealth, power and authority for his^-SW endeavour. Indeed he^-SW seeks no recompense from them for his^-SW duty.

No Recompense For Renaissance Of Din

If there was any intention to establish his^-SW own authority or rule, the entire activity would lose sincerity for Allah^-SWT’s purposes. He^-SW was, of course, striving to seek Allah^-SWT’s Pleasure expecting his reward from Him^-SWT Alone. He^-SWT Who is well Aware of everything at all times. They must know that their pretexts and guiles would no longer work, as Allah^-SWT had revealed the Truth. He^-SWT is Aware of all secrets and they cannot manage to hide their plans from Him^-SWT . They must also be told that after the revelation of true Din, the ungodly religions have been invalidated. Neither can they win over the true Din in logic nor defeat it through conspiracy. However, if they still feel that he^-SW is wrong, they have nothing to fear as it would only bring him^-SW loss. But if he^-SW was on the right path as determined by the revelations of the All Hearing and the Nearest, then they were surely heading towards destruction for renouncing it.

A time is fast approaching be it death, generally termed as the minor doomsday, or the establishment of the actual Doomsday when they will be seen overwhelmed by anxiety. They will try to escape, but will not be able to run away and shall be easily overpowered. It is then that they will confess faith in Quran, Allah^-SWT , His^-SWT Prophet^-SW, and all the other realities. But that moment in time when they had been invited towards faith and had rejected it would have gone far beyond their access. When it was in their hands, they had indulged in baseless opposition with no logical evidence to support their denial, without a single pretext to persist on their infidelity. So today they have been driven far away from their most yearned things-salvation, honour and comfort-and a barrier has been placed before them. They shall now share the fate of the preceding infidels as all of them were in doubt about Akhirah.

The word Ashiya is the plural for Shi’a, which denote groups that conform to a peculiar cult or person. However, the Quran does not use this word for the righteous, but always for the ungodly groups.