"INVITE PEOPLE TO THE WAY OF YOUR LORD WITH WISDOM AND GOOD COUNSEL. AND ARGUE WITH THEM IN THE BEST OF MANNERS...."(Translation: Surah Al-Nahl:125)
An instruction of the Holy Quran given to Sayyidna Musa and Haroon AS in Surah Taha illustrates the principle observed by the prophets when they call someone to Allah's path. (Translation: "Speak to him in gentle words, may be he takes to the advice, or fears. 20:44) Everyone who wishes to convey Allah's message to others should always keep this in mind that when Allah Ta'alah sent his Prophet to a non-believer as great as Pharaoh, who claimed to be God himself, even then he advised Hazrat Musa AS to speak softly. The people we try to convey Islam's message to today are not greater Kafirs than Pharaoh, and we are not better preachers than Hazrat Musa and Hazrat Haroon AS, so how did we get the right to speak harshly to, or disrespect, people we are trying to preach to, when Allah Ta'alah didn't give this right to even his own prophets.
From Ma'ariful Quran, Interpretation of Surah Al-Nahl, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi RE
An instruction of the Holy Quran given to Sayyidna Musa and Haroon AS in Surah Taha illustrates the principle observed by the prophets when they call someone to Allah's path. (Translation: "Speak to him in gentle words, may be he takes to the advice, or fears. 20:44) Everyone who wishes to convey Allah's message to others should always keep this in mind that when Allah Ta'alah sent his Prophet to a non-believer as great as Pharaoh, who claimed to be God himself, even then he advised Hazrat Musa AS to speak softly. The people we try to convey Islam's message to today are not greater Kafirs than Pharaoh, and we are not better preachers than Hazrat Musa and Hazrat Haroon AS, so how did we get the right to speak harshly to, or disrespect, people we are trying to preach to, when Allah Ta'alah didn't give this right to even his own prophets.
From Ma'ariful Quran, Interpretation of Surah Al-Nahl, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi RE
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