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Disbelieving Nations

women live and slaughtered their sons." As a result of these
terrible difficulties, Allah sent this enslaved nation the
Prophet Musa, who showed them a great miracle by "parting
the sea," and rescued them from the cruel authority of
Pharaoh:
Tribe of Israel! Remember the blessing I conferred on
you and that I preferred you over all other beings.

Remember when We rescued you from the people of
Pharaoh. They were inflicting an evil punishment on you-
slaughtering your sons and letting your women live. In
that there was a terrible trial for you from your Lord.
And when We parted the sea for you and rescued you,
and drowned the people of Pharaoh while you watched.
(Surat al-Baqara: 47, 49, 50)
This miracle, for which anyone whose heart is not
hardened would lead him to glorify Allah, did not inspire the
fear of Allah into their hearts or make them humble. Instead
of accentuating their faith, they exceeded Allah' s limits when
Musa (as) had left them for a while. They even dared to
idolize a calf, and thereby, showed extraordinary perversity:

Musa brought you the Clear Signs; then, after he left,
you adopted the Calf and were wrongdoers. 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: 92-93)
The deviance and arrogance these people were guilty of,