The Koran claims that every prophet from the past has been rejected and persecuted. Moses, Elijah, John the Baptist, Jesus, and the apostles all faced opposition. This is true and the Bible supports that claim. People all throughout history have opposed any sort of thinking that challenges their belief. Nobody likes to hear something opposite to what they believed before.
There are two types of rejection:
- Rejecting what is true
- Rejecting what is false
There were four types of people that rejected the Koran:
- Pagans – who worshipped idols
- Christians – who worshipped Jesus
- Jews – who worshipped the God of the Torah
- The stubborn – who worshipped nothing but themselves
Surah 6 talks about those that rejected the message that Muhammad presented to them. Muhammad said that even if an angel appeared to them, or a book descended from heaven, or a miracle occurred before them, they would want no part of it. The Koran says they denied the revelations and, thus, they will meet a cruel fate. Throughout the chapter, they are called evildoers.
That’s not true. Jews and Christians came from a religion where God came to them in a miraculous way, sometimes through angels, with writings handed down from generations. That’s the standard they know and believe. Muhammad expected less from his belief. He expected his followers to trust in less revelation.
Those that reject the Koran’s message are called scoffers, stubborn, evil doers. That’s unfair and a biased assessment. Many in the Bible were scoffers and evil doers, but that doesn’t mean Christian believers fall into that category just because they reject Muhammad.
Let’s look at who rejected the previous message from former prophets:
- Moses - Egyptians, stubborn Israelites
- Elijah - King Ahab, Queen Jezebel and false prophets
- John the Baptist - Pharisees, King Herod and religious leaders
- Jesus Christ - Pharisees, religious leaders and political leaders
- Apostles - Pharisees, religious leaders and poltical leaders
- Muhammad - Jews & Christians and anyone who his military threatened
Many rejected Muhammad’s message because they perceived it as false and, instead, followed what they believed to be true. Many of them were poor, simple people, threatened by Muhammad’s army.