Opposition of Quresh: Reasons

Q         Why did the Quraysh feel they needed to reject the Prophet’s message?                                                             [4-N-11]

The Quresh believed in Allah but they also thought that their stone idols were a way approach Allah. They were also the custodians of holy Kaaba and it was their responsibility to serve and care the pilgrims every year. Gradually, there were 365 major idols around the holy Kaaba which had become a major source of income for Makkans. This had increased their influence over Arabia. It means that it was their interest to maintain idol worshipping. When Mohammad (sw) gave the message of Islam to Makkah, they knew it very well that it would be the wnd of their political and economic domination.

This political domination over Makkah had given them many benefits. They had three hundred and sixty idols in Makkah which belonged to different families of Quresh. The pilgrims used to consult their problems to the families owing a certain idol. In this way the Quresh had a religious superiority over Arabs. This had benefited them in their trading. Their caravans were not touched during the whole year. It was a great financial benefit for them. They also enjoyed a political domination and influence over Arabia.

The first idol was brought to Kaaba around one thousand years after the death of Ismail (as) which is about one thousand five hundred years before the prophet (saw). It is long time and the Quresh had become habitual of idol-worshipping. For them, it was not easy to quit their traditional culture. They were also obstinate and hard-line people who were not ready to accept Islam for their selfish interests. For these reasons, they rejected the message of Islam which was going to stop all these interests.


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  1. Unknown27 November 2018 at 11:45

    Good but very long

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  2. Unknown5 January 2019 at 22:14

    Good . Very useful for my coming paper of islamiat

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  3. Unknown5 January 2019 at 22:16

    Do you belong to educational field I need help

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  4. Anonymous16 May 2019 at 05:11

    Thanks and good

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  5. Anonymous16 May 2019 at 05:13

    It was too long than that of our book

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  6. Unknown24 July 2019 at 18:31

    Very short

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  7. Unknown11 February 2020 at 10:39

    Jazakallah u khair

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  8. Unknown9 February 2021 at 09:56

    This is really helpful i am glad that there is someone who use to think about Islamic studies as well

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  9. Unknown9 July 2021 at 23:56

    the main answer that revolves around the question is in paragraph 1 which is a perfect of length. The other two paras are just backstory or history of those 365 idols.

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  10. Unknown14 August 2021 at 05:08

    thanks you very much for this answer helped me a lot

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