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wa-ʾaqsamū bi-llāhi jahda ʾaymānihim la-ʾin jāʾathum ʾāyatun la-yuʾminunna bihā qul ʾinnamā l-ʾāyātu ʿinda llāhi wa-mā yushʿirukum ʾannahā ʾidhā jāʾat lā yuʾminūna
They swear by Allah with solemn oaths that were a sign to come to them they would surely believe in it. Say, ‘These signs are only from Allah,’ and what will bring home to you that they will not believe even if they came?
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Al-‘An’am, Verse 109
109. "And they swore by Allah with the strongest of their oaths, that if a sign came to them they would most certainly believe in it. Say: 'Signs are only with Allah '. And what should make you know that when it comes they will not believe? "
Once a group of pagans of the Quraysh2 came to the Prophet (S) and said that he should bring some miracles like those of Moses and Jesus (as), so that they could believe in him. The Messenger of Allah (S) asked them what action he should do. They answered him hat he should change the Safa mount (located in Mecca) into gold, restore he dead to life, show them the Lord and the angels, and so on. They swore that in that case they would believe. Gabriel came down and revealed the verse to the Messenger of Allah (S) indicating that miracles are done according to Allah’s Will, not according to their desires.
Moreover, some suggestions that some ignorant people offer are sometimes opposite to human intelligence. It is not such that the world becomes the hall of exhibition and the system of existence changes with the desires of some pagans. Gabriel brought the divine message to the Holy Prophet (S) indicating that if the Prophet (S) wished, his invitation would be accepted; but if they did not believe in Islam, all of them would be punished seriously and they would be destroyed.
So, if their desires were not performed and they were not paid attention to, they might repent and turn to the right way. Then, the Prophet (S) accepted it too, and the verse was revealed saying:
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