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The Clear Qur'anic Exegesis (36)

Muhammad Khayr Ramadan Yusuf

Surat Al Baqarah (86-87)

{ أُولَـئِكَ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَوُاْ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا بِالآَخِرَةِ فَلاَ يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ الْعَذَابُ وَلاَ هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ } [البقرة: 86]

86- The retribution of those —who loved the worldly life, were fascinated with its adornments, and preferred it to the Hereafter— is that the torment will not be lightened for them and they shall not be helped or rescued.

{ وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ وَقَفَّيْنَا مِن بَعْدِهِ بِالرُّسُلِ وَآتَيْنَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَأَيَّدْنَاهُ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ أَفَكُلَّمَا جَاءكُمْ رَسُولٌ بِمَا لاَ تَهْوَى أَنفُسُكُمُ اسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ فَفَرِيقاً كَذَّبْتُمْ وَفَرِيقاً تَقْتُلُونَ } [البقرة: 87]

87- O Jews, remember when you disobeyed your prophets and obeyed your whims then we gave Moses the Torah which you corrupted and altered. You disobeyed its instructions and interpreted it different from their real meanings. Then, we sent other messengers who used to judge according to the Torah until Jesus, the last Prophet of the Children of Israel came and we supported him with great miracles such as: Revealing the unseen, curing the sick, and giving life to the dead by the permission of Allah. We also supported him with Gabriel and confirmed everything he came with. We have revealed the Bible which contained some rulings contradictory to the rulings of the Torah. However, nothing of that matched your moody whims despite the miracles that he has given you, instead you disobeyed and became haughty to believe, and dedicated yourself to arguing with him. Will the matter remain as is whenever there came to you a messenger, you grew arrogant to accept the truth; a group of you deny the Messengers and another kill them?