Page 98 - General Knowledge from the Qur'an

96 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FROM THE QUR'AN

They do not measure Allah with His true measure when they say,
'Allah would not send down anything to a mere human being.' Say:
'Who, then, sent down the Book which Musa brought as a Light and
Guidance for the people?' You put it down on sheets of paper to dis-
play it while concealing much. You were taught things you did not
know, neither you nor your forefathers. Say: 'Allah!' Then leave them
engrossed in playing their games. (Surat al-An'am, 91)
If only the People of the Book had believed and guard against evil,
We would have erased their evil deeds from them and admitted them
into Gardens of Delight. If only they had implemented the Torah and
the Injil and what was sent down to them from their Lord, they would
have been fed from above their heads and beneath their feet. Among
them there is a moderate group but what most of them do is evil.
(Surat al-Ma'ida, 65-66)
We gave the Book and Judgement and Prophethood to the tribe of Is-
rael and provided them with good things and favoured them over all
other people. We made the Commandments very clear to them and
they only differed after knowledge came to them, tyrannising one
other. Your Lord will decide between them on the Day of Rising re-
garding the things they differed about. (Surat al-Jathiyya, 16-17)
The metaphor of those who were charged with the Torah but then
have not upheld it, is that of a donkey loaded with weighty tomes.
How evil is the metaphor of those who deny Allah's Signs! Allah does
not guide wrongdoing people. (Surat al-Jumu'a, 5)

Their Denial of the Prophet Musa (as)
We made a covenant with the tribe of Israel and We sent Messengers
to them. Each time a Messenger came to them with something their
lower selves did not desire, they denied some and they murdered oth-
ers. (Surat al-Ma'ida, 70)
We gave Musa the Book and sent a succession of Messengers after
him. We gave 'Isa, son of Maryam, the Clear Signs and reinforced him
with the Purest Spirit. Why then, whenever a Messenger came to you
with something your lower selves did not desire, did you grow arro-
gant, and deny some of them and murder others? (Surat al-Baqara, 87)
They thought there would be no testing. They were blind and deaf.