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THE ARROGANCE OF SATAN

the hereafter. In the Qur' an, Allah informs us about the
punishment they will receive, in return for their perverse
behaviour that led them into such serious blasphemy:

What an evil thing they have sold themselves for in
rejecting what Allah has sent down, outraged that Allah
should send down His favour on whichever of His
servants He wills. They have brought down anger upon
anger on themselves. The disbelievers will have a
humiliating punishment. (Surat al-Baqara: 90)
As the verses make clear, the sole reason underlying their
rebelliousness was their arrogance. Out of jealousy, they
begrudged the prophets, and were reluctant to acknowledge
their authority. In brief, the reason of their obstinacy,
resistance and irreverence was their arrogance. Thus, they
will be remembered in history as that nation which
persistently defied and molested their prophets. Surely, this
behaviour of theirs did not remain unanswered; because they
deviated from the straight path, they earned eternal
punishment:
Remember when Musa said to his people, "My people,
why do you mistreat me when you know that I am the
Messenger of Allah to you?" So when they deviated,
Allah made their hearts deviate. Allah does not guide
people who are deviators. (Surat as-Saff: 5)
The Children of Israel did not become arrogant only
against the Prophet Musa, but to all messengers Allah had
sent to them. As a matter of fact, there were times when their
arrogance led them even to kill their messengers:

...Why then, whenever a Messenger came to you with