Page 97 - General Knowledge from the Qur'an

Stories Of The Prophets In The Qur'an 95

appointed kings for you, and gave you what He had not given to any-
one else in all the worlds! 'My people! Enter the Holy Land which
Allah has ordained for you. Do not turn back in your tracks and so be-
come transformed into losers.' They said, 'There are tyrants in it, Musa.
We will not enter it until they leave. If they leave it, then we will go in.'
Two men among those who were afraid, but whom Allah had blessed,
said, 'Enter the gate against them! Once you have entered it, you will
be victorious. Put your trust in Allah if you are believers.' They said,
'We will never enter it, Musa, as long as they are there. So you and
your Lord go and fight. We will stay sitting here.' (Surat al-Ma'ida, 20-
24)
Allah's Gift to the Tribe of Israel and Their Ingratitude,
and Their Substituting for the Commands of Torah
Others Than Those They Had Been Given
And We divided them into nations in the earth. Some of them are
righteous and some are other than that. We tried them with good and
evil so that hopefully they would return. An evil generation has suc-
ceeded them, inheriting the Book, taking the goods of this lower
world, and saying, 'We will be forgiven.' But if similar goods come to
them again they still take them. Has not a covenant been made with
them in the Book, that they should only say the truth about Allah and
have they not studied what is in it? The Final Abode is better for those
who guard against evil. Will you not use your intellect? (Surat al-A'raf,
168-169)
Woe to those who write the Book with their own hands and then say
'This is from Allah' to sell it for a paltry price. Woe to them for what
their hands have written! Woe to them for what they earn! (Surat al-
Baqara, 79)
Remember when We made a covenant with you and lifted up the
Mount above your heads: 'Take hold vigorously of what We have
given you and listen.' They said, 'We hear and disobey.' They were
made to drink the Calf into their hearts because of their disbelief. Say,
'If you are believers, what an evil thing your faith has made you do.'
(Surat al-Baqara, 93)