3. The fact that the polytheists had deposited items for safekeeping

with the Messenger of Allah (g), even though they were fighting him and were determined to kill him, is a clear indication of the strange contradiction into which they bad fallen. At the same time that they disbelieved him and claimed that he was a sorcerer, madman or liar, they could not find anyone among the people around them who was better than him

'Ali ibn Abi Trilib in terms of honesty and trustworthiness. Therefore, they did not deposit their property or wealth that they feared for with anyone else but him for safekeeping. This indicates that their disbelief was not due to any doubt on their part concerning his sincerity; rather the reason was that they were too proud and arrogant to accept the truth that he brought, out of fear for their leadership and tyranny.'04 Allah the Almighty indeed spoke the truth: (We h o w indeed the grief which their words cause you [0 Muhammad]: it is not you that they deny, but it is the Verses [the Quran] of Allah that the Q&ilimoon [polytheists and wrongdoers] deny.)) (Quran 6: 33). 4. The Messenger (g) commanded 'Ali (&) to return these trusts to their owners in Makkah. Normally, in such extreme circumstances, one might focus all thoughts on nothing but making the plan of migration succeed. Yet the Messenger (gJ did not forget and was not distracted from returning the trusts to their owners, even in these most difficult of circumstances, in which any person might forget himself, let alone anyone else.'" He refused to betray those who had trusted him, even if they were enemies who were inciting people against him and harming him, because betraying the trust is one of the attributes of the hypocrites, and the believers are above that.'"