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qad naʿlamu ʾinnahū la-yaḥzunuka lladhī yaqūlūna fa-ʾinnahum lā yukadhdhibūnaka wa-lākinna ẓ-ẓālimīna bi-ʾāyāti llāhi yajḥadūna
We certainly know that what they say grieves you. Yet it is not you that they deny, but it is Allah’s signs that the wrongdoers impugn.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Al-‘An’am, Verse 33
33. "Indeed We know that what they say surely grieves you. Yet verily it is not you (that) they belie, but the unjust deny the Signs of Allah ."
It is cited in the occasion of revelation of this verse that the enemies of the Prophet (S) knew him as truthful and trustworthy person. But they said if they confirmed him, their tribe and their rank would be despised. Or, they said that Muhammad (S) was truthful, but he imagined that he was revealed to. They rejected the divine verses in such manner. Rejecting the Prophet (S) is the same as rejecting Allah (S.w.T.). It is similar to the allegiance with the Prophet (S) that is allegiance with Allah.
The opponents of the Prophet (S) are adversaries of Allah. Thus, we should not be sorry. The fruit of rejecting the Divine verses and the saints of Allah is being unjust both to themselves that they do not believe in the truth, and to the Messenger of Allah that they grieve him (S), and to Islam, and to generations. The verse says: