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yasʾaluka ʾahlu l-kitābi ʾan tunazzila ʿalayhim kitāban mina s-samāʾi fa-qad saʾalū mūsā ʾakbara min dhālika fa-qālū ʾarinā llāha jahratan fa-ʾakhadhathumu ṣ-ṣāʿiqatu bi-ẓulmihim thumma ttakhadhū l-ʿijla min baʿdi mā jāʾathumu l-bayyinātu fa-ʿafawnā ʿan dhālika wa-ʾātaynā mūsā sulṭānan mubīnan
The People of the Book ask you to bring down for them a Book from the sky. Certainly they asked Moses for [something] greater than that, for they said, ‘Show us Allah visibly,’ whereat a thunderbolt seized them for their wrongdoing. Then they took up the Calf [for worship], after all the manifest proofs that had come to them. Yet We excused that, and We gave Moses a manifest authority.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah An-Nisa', Verse 153
Jews Violating the Covenant – Their accusing Jesus and his mother Mary – The truth concerning the Crucifixion of Jesus
153. "The People of the Book will ask you to bring down for them a Book from heaven; and indeed they asked Moses for greater than that, for they said: 'Show us Allah vividly'. So the lightning seized them on account of their injustice. Then they took the Calf (for a god) after the clear signs had come to them; yet We pardoned that; and We gave Moses a clear authority."
The demand of the Jews from the Prophet of Islam (S) was that the Qur'an, like the Torah , should be sent down together, too. But, that demand was nothing save a mere pretext. In Surah Al-'An'am, concerning the matter, Allah says:
The Qur'an, in the above verse, says:
The Children of Israel were not seeking for the Truth, otherwise, why did they become the worshippers of the Calf after they had got those abundant miracles?
Therefore, the continuation of this very verse, in order to console the Prophet, tells him (S) not to be worried about the disbelievers when they do not believe, since there had also been some obstinate persons against all former prophets.
When we become acquainted with the difficulties that other people are involved in, it can sometimes be a remedy over our own pains. However, it should be noted that rejection of the Truth and aberration in thought brings forth the Wrath of Allah even in this very world.
Yet, the prophets had always been supported by Allah.
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