People have always tended to reject a living contemporary messenger; Joseph was declared the last messenger, yet many messengers came after him.1
The killing of God's prophets and messengers is not new; the Quran teaches that several were killed by disbelievers who rejected their message to worship God alone.1, 2
Every community receives a warner, and each messenger asked no wage yet was ignored, taunted, or even killed by his people.1, 2
People reject, ridicule, or even kill God's messengers, not because they dislike them personally but because they cannot stand their message.1
Jesus passionately pursued his mission and was ridiculed, persecuted, and arrested simply for telling people to worship God alone, opposed by those whose authority his message undermined.1
Rejection of messengers, arrogance, and killing are products of the ego, as seen in those who rejected messengers and in Cain killing his brother.1, 2
God sends His messengers just ahead of retribution for the disbelievers, so sending a messenger to this generation marks that retribution as imminent.1, 2
The salvation of a whole country and of its ruler personally depends on a positive response to this message from God's messenger.1
Those who disbelieve in Rashad Khalifa's messengership have rejected the Quran and blasphemed against God, and have incurred the worst retribution now and forever.1, 2
Leaders and charismatic speakers persuade people to follow their opinions, and community leaders oppose God's message, possibly fearing loss of their revered position, even when shown clear proofs.1, 2, 3
According to 3:82 to 3:85, whoever rejects God's Messenger of the Covenant is evil, does not belong in God's religion, and is no longer a Muslim.1, 2, 3
Like the Jewish scholars who opposed Jesus and the Christian scholars who opposed Muhammad, Muslim scholars oppose the Quran because they fear the Messenger of the Covenant prophesied in 3:81 and 33:7.1
Saleh was popular in Thamoud until he told them to worship God alone, and after they killed the camel God told him they had only three days left.1, 2, 3
The Jews and Christians rejected Muhammad because they had idolized their own prophets and religious leaders.1
Communities that rejected warners blindly followed their parents' practices, with their leaders insisting on continuing in their parents' footsteps.1, 2
People who refuse to believe a messenger's proof ridicule, ignore, and reject it before examining it, and they disbelieve without disproving it.1
Rejecting one's own new proof while demanding a past miracle shows blind acceptance of the past, and whoever rejects the proof also loses the chance to witness the miracle.1, 2
People who deliver God's messages are often rejected, or even killed, by the people of their own time.1, 2
Believers should not take opposition personally, because it is God's revelations that disbelievers mock and reject, as they did with earlier messengers.1, 2, 3
Muhammad was popular until he asked his people to abandon their idols and worship their Creator alone, and then they wanted to kill him.1
Rashad Khalifa may be outside Muhammadanism but is not outside Islam, just as Muhammad was called crazy by idolaters who did not understand his message.1, 2
Insults and ridicule from disbelievers are always the lot of God's messengers, as when the people of Mecca mocked Muhammad.1, 2
Believers need to be steadfast when delivering God's message and facing continued rejection, as earlier messengers persevered until God's victory came.1, 2
God sends His message through a man like the people themselves, to alert them and make them righteous so they may attain mercy.1, 2
Messengers were never popular; every messenger was severely persecuted and many were killed.1
Forsaking worship of God alone and rebelling against His messengers deprives us of a perfect life here and forever and alienates the very idols we adore.1
The Arab nations rejected the miracle of the Quran once told to give up Hadith and Sunna, which proves they never truly believed in it, and they unjustly killed Rashad Khalifa.1, 2
The majority of the people of Noah, Moses, and Jesus placed conditions on their worship and went astray.1
Muhammad's contemporaries knew he could write, since disbelievers claimed tales were dictated to him, and one cannot dictate to an illiterate person.1, 2, 3
A messenger who clarifies and confirms God's laws is a great blessing, and rejecting God's Messenger of the Covenant exposes those who doubt God's wisdom despite the mathematical proof.1, 2, 3
Disbelievers in every generation have falsely claimed a last messenger, as when they claimed Joseph was the last, though Moses, Jesus, Muhammad and many others came after him.1
True believers rejoice when God sends a messenger, while idolaters are upset because they have idolized messengers and exalted them next to God.1
When disbelievers deny that he is a messenger, the messenger answers that God suffices as witness, along with those who know the scripture.1
All messengers of God delivered the same message to worship only God, never asked for a wage, and came with divine proof, yet none was readily accepted.1, 2
Rejecting Rashad Khalifa because he showed his miracle before claiming his mission is a mistaken use of history, like the arguments used against earlier messengers.1, 2
Quran 25:4 to 5, where opponents accuse Muhammad of writing down tales dictated to him, is clear Quranic evidence that he could read and write.1
Noah invited his people night and day, publicly and privately, urging them to seek God's forgiveness, yet his invitation only increased their aversion and arrogance.1, 2
The one who invites is only an instrument giving information and an example, and should not grieve over rejection, since people who turn away reject God's revelations rather than the messenger.1, 2
Some disbelievers listen to the messenger only to conspire and be judgmental.1, 2
Because Al-Azhar and the Muhammadan religious institutions rejected the word of God after the message was delivered, the Quran's inevitable consequence of utter destruction is imminent.1, 2
The Quran says a day will come when the sky brings a tremendous smoke that envelopes the people, who then claim to believe after disregarding a messenger.1, 2, 3, 4
Following our ego makes us arrogant to the point of rejecting and even killing God's messengers.1, 2
Noah's story is a clear example of peer pressure, as his people ridiculed him and his few believers, especially while he built the ark.1, 2