Introduction

Alḥamdulillāh… All thanks andpraise are due to the Almighty Allah. I send blessings and peace upon Ḥabībī Muḥammad, his household, his companions and all those who follow his guided path, till the Day of Judgement.

This article aims to distinguish between Abū Lahab and Abū Jahl, the two men who lived their lives in the highest level of brutality, hostility and detestation against Islam. They did all it took to see the downfall of Islam, but Allāh’s plans have always been that, which can never be changed by any of His servants.

The importance of writing about these bullies is to re-present them, and by doing so, we revisit the struggles of the Prophet and his followers of the early days of Islam in their hands and the hands of other oppressors. We are also able to easily find wise approach in dealing with tyrants of our time.

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