Baqarah 87
87- AND WE GAVE MOSES THE BOOK AND SEND MESSENGERS AFTER HIM, AND SENT JESUS THE SON OF MARY THE CLEAR SIGNS AND SUPPORTED HIM WITH THE HOLLY SPIRIT. WOULD EVERY TIME A MESSENGER COMES TO YOU WITH CLEAR SIGNS, YOU SHOW ARROGANCE, SOME YOU REJECT AND SOME YOU SLAY.
The Children of Israel claim to have been and still to be God’s chosen people.
Allah the Highest told us before about the many sins of the supposedly chosen nation. However, Allah the Highest did not leave them to go astray. He sent Moses, peace upon him, the Torah which Allah the Highest described in the Quran as “GUIDANCE AND LIGHT”, and then He sent many prophets and messengers after him. The last of them before Mohamed, prayer and peace upon him, was Jesus the son of Mary, peace upon him.
Jesus, peace upon him, was sent with many signs and miracles. His own virgin birth which the Jews deny is in itself a clear sign. Jesus, peace upon him, was given many miracles, like bringing the dead back to life, feeding thousands of people with little food, healing the sick, making the shape of birds from clay then blowing into them and they became real birds. The Jews were often shown miracles to believe, and Allah the Highest supported Jesus, peace upon him, with many miracles as well as with the Holy Spirit. This did not lead the Jews to believe in Jesus.
The Jews throughout their history, rejected many prophets. They conspired to kill many of them, as they conspired to kill Mohamed, prayer and peace upon him, many times, and as they conspired to kill Jesus, peace upon him. They managed to kill others like Yahia (John the Baptist). This has been their way throughout their history.
Change is difficult and the most important objectives for the prophets and messengers are to call people to believe in God and to induce changes in the people they are sent to. If they are sent to believing people, we might think that their job would be easier, as they are only trying to put right the ways of people who have faith, but this was not the case with the Jews.
Although change is difficult and can be painful to many people, yet if Faith exists, obeying Allah the Highest should be a very strong motive. One has to question the faith, of people who consider them to have faith in God, then disobey Him and kill His prophets and messengers.
What is more, they still claim to be God’s chosen people.
Baqarah 88-91
88- AND THEY SAID: “OUR HEARTS ARE SEALED IN WRAPPINGS”, BUT ALLAH CURSED THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR DISBELIEF, THEY HAVE BUT LITTLE FAITH.
89- WHENVER A BOOK REACHES TO THEM FROM ALLAH, CONFIRMING WHAT THEY BELIEVE, WHILE THEY WERE FORTELLING ABOUT THE VICTORY OVER THE DISBELIEVERS WHEN THE MESSENGERCOMES TO THEM. WHEN WHAT THEY RECOGNIZE TO BE TRUE COMES THEY REJECT IT, ALLAH’S CURSE IS UPON THE DISBELIEVERS.
90- EVIL IS WHAT THEY SOLD THEIR SOULS FOR, TO DISBELIEVE BECAUSE OF INSULANT ENVY THAT ALLAH SENDS HIS GRACE DOWN UPON WHOM HE WILLS OF HIS SLAVES. THEY HAVE INCURED WRATH UPON WRATH, AND THERE WILL BE HUMILIATING PUNISHMENT FOR THE DISBELIEVERS.
91- WHEN IT IS SAID TO THEM: “BELIEVE IN WHAT ALLAH SENT DOWN”, THEY SAY: “WE ONLY BELIEVE IN WHAT WAS SENT DOWN TO US”, AND THEY DISBELIEVE IN WHAT WAS SENT DOWN SINCE, ALTHOUGH IT IS THE TRUTH, CONFIRMING WHAT THEY HAVE. SAY: “WHY DID YOU SLAY THE PROPHETS OF ALLAH IN TIMES GONE BY IF YOU ARE TRUE BELIEVERS”.
The expression “OUR HEARTS ARE SEALED IN WRAPPINGS” meant that they say that they can not receive any more guidance as their hearts are sealed in the wrappings of their original guidance, the Torah.
There was a contradiction however, in that they knew about the coming of the new Messenger. In fact, they told their Arab neighbours in Yathrib about him coming and how they would then follow him and kill them all. This is how the Arabs learned about this prophet and were expecting him as well as the Jews of Medina and elsewhere did.
Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, used to take the opportunity of the Hajj to see Arabs from various parts of Arabia and tell them about Islam and himself as the messenger of Allah. On one occasion he met with six of the Khazrag tribe of Yathrib (Medina) and spoke to them. They said to each others that this must be the prophet the Jews told them about. After they heard from Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, they embraced Islam.
Next year there were 12 people, representing both tribes of Medina; Aws and Khazrag, who also embraced Islam. The year after at the time of Hajj; 75 people, including 2 women came, met Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him, embraced Islam and invited him and the Muslims to migrate to Medina and make it their new home which they did.
The Arabs of Yathrib (Medina) were ready to hear about and accept Islam, because of what they were told about expecting Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, from the Jews. However, the Jews did not accept him when he arrived, although knowing him, and knowing that the Book Allah the Highest sent with him; the Quran confirms the Torah. They disbelieved knowingly and intentionally, but why?
They expected the coming messenger to be of the descendants of Isaac, peace be upon him, not Ishmael. When they found that he was of the descendants of Ishmael, Ibrahim’s son, they did not believe. They would not accept that Allah the Highest chooses of his slaves whom He Wills, not any of his people wills.
Their position was to accept the Torah and nothing sent afterwards. In fact they did not accept the Engeel either, for they did not believe that Jesus, peace upon him, was a messenger. They fought Mohamed, prayer and peace upon him, and conspired to kill him, as they fought Jesus, peace be upon him, and conspired to kill him. Hence they incurred Allah’s wrath.
Allah the Highest says that they incurred wrath upon wrath, showing how angry Allah the Highest is with them. Denying them the status of believers, because they fought and killed many of Allah’s prophets and messengers.
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