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that if Abu Sufyan were the father of all people
all people
would have been wise."(40)
Sa-sa-ah Ibn Souhan belied him
saying: "Adam was
better than Abu Sufyan. God created him by His own hand
breathed in him from His spirit and ordered the angels to
bow to him. He was the father of mankind. Yet we see
among them the good and the weak
the foolish and the
wise.".
The logic of Muaweyah was full of distortion of facts.
Re said that his father Abu Sufyan was the best man after
the Messenger (including Abu Bakr and Omar)
He forgot that the Divine protection to the Qureshite
was not for the sake of Abu Sufyan
his children and their
likes from the Qureshites. It was rather for the sake of the
Sacred House and for the sake of the Messenger
the best of
the descendants of Abraham. It was also in response to the
prayer of Abraham
the Prophet of God
of which the Holy
Qur'an informs us:
"And when Abraham said: 'My Lord
make this a safe
town and give its settlers of fruits
to those of them who
believe in God and the Hereafter.' The Almighty said:
'And whoever of them disbelieves
I will give them a
respite. Then I will drive them to the chastisement of
Fire; terrible is the fate.' " ( 41)
Muaweyah did not know that the caliphate in the offspring of Abraham
including the Qureshites
was made by
appointment from God. That appointment did not reach the
unjust among them. We read in the Book of God:
"And remember when God tested Abraham by commandments
and he fulfilled them. The Almighty said:
'I am making you Imam of the people.' Abraham said:
'And make imams from my offsprings.' The Almighty
said: 'My covenant will not include the unjust.' "(42)
History tells us that Muaweyah freed the exiles and
( 40 ) Ibn Al-Atheer Vol.3 p. 71.
( 41 ) Chapter 2 verse 127.
( 42 ) Chapter 2 verse 125.
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