When it is said to them: 'Believe in what Allah has revealed,' they
reply: 'We believe in what was revealed to us.' But they deny what has
since been revealed, although it is the truth, corroborating their own
Scriptures.
Say: 'Why did you kill the prophets ofAllah, if you are true believers?
Musa came to you with clear signs, but in his absence you worshipped
the calf and committed evil.'
WhenWe made a covenant with you and raised the Mount above you
(saying): 'Take what We have given you with willing hearts and hear
(Our commandments),' they replied: 'We hear, but disobey.'
For their unbelief, they were made to imbibe (the love of) the calf into
their very hearts. Say: 'Evil is that to which your faith prompts you if
you are indeed believers.'
Say: 'If the abode of the Hereafter with Allah is for you alone to the
exclusion of all others, then invoke death if you are truthful.'
But they will never invoke death, because of what they did; andAllah
knows the evil-doers. Indeed, you will find that they love this life more
than other men: more than the pagans do. Every one of them wishes
to live a thousand years.
But his prolonged life will surely not save him from torture. Allah is
watching over all their actions.
Say: 'Whoever is an enemy of Gabriel!' For surely he has revealed it
by Allah's grace to your heart, confirming what was (revealed) earlier
and a guidance and good tidings to the believers.
Whoever is an enemy of Allah, His angels, or His apostles, or of
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