Hassan Shibly

He looks at your actions.

He looks at your sincerity.

He looks at your humility.

He looks at the good you do for others.

And that these idols of wood and stone are not your God.

God is unimaginable.

He is beyond time and space.

He's not some idol that you carve with your own hands.

Worship God alone.

We came from God.

We're going to return to God and be good to your fellow man.

they hated that message because it was disrupting the social order.

In that social order, it's the wealthier you were, the more powerful you were, the more beloved to God they believed you were.

So when he's preaching a message of equality, that it's not your wealth that sets you apart, but your actions and your character, they were afraid it would disrupt the social order.

So they literally went to him and they said, listen, if you're after wealth, we will all chip in from our wealth and make you the wealthiest amongst us.

If you're after woman, we'll give you the most beautiful woman from our daughters to marry.

If you are after power, we will make you our leader.

But just stop preaching this message of monotheism and oneness and equality.

We'll make you the wealthiest, the most powerful amongst us.

but give up this message.