How was Muhammad to treat those who rejected his preaching?

How was Muhammad to treat those who rejected his preaching?

 

Muhammad never saw this dam
In modern day Saudi Arabia, near the dam at Wadi Najran  (Wikimedia Commons)

 

Here’s one instruction to Muhammad from the Qur’an (16:82), followed by my translation:

 

فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ الْبَلَاغُ الْمُبِينُ

 

“And if they turn away, your responsibility is only to have clearly conveyed the message.”

 

 


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