[Maidah 5:18] The Jews and the Christians said, “We are the sons of Allah and His beloved ones”; say, “Why does He then punish you for your sins? In fact you are human beings, part of His creation; He forgives whomever He wills, and punishes whomever He wills; and for Allah only is the kingship of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them - and towards Him is the return.” [Maidah 5:19] O People given the Book(s)! Indeed this Noble Messenger (Prophet Mohammed - peace and blessings be upon him) of Ours has come to you, revealing to you Our commands, after the Noble Messengers had stopped arriving for ages, for you might claim, “Never did any Harbinger of Glad Tidings or Herald of Warning come to us” - so this Harbinger of Glad Tidings and Herald of Warning has come to you; and Allah is Able to do all things. Section 4 [Maidah 5:20] And when Moosa said to his people, “O my people! Remember Allah’s favour upon you, that He created Prophets among you, and made you kings, and has now given you what He has not given to any one else in this world.” [Maidah 5:21] “O my people! Enter the holy land which Allah has decreed for you and do not turn back, for you will turn back as losers.” [Maidah 5:22] They said, “O Moosa! In it lives a very strong nation - and we shall never enter it, until they have gone away from there; so when they have gone away from there, we will enter it.” [Maidah 5:23] So two men who were among those who feared
Allah and whom Allah had favoured said, “Enter upon them by force, through
the gate; if you enter the gate, victory will be yours; and depend only
upon Allah, if you have faith.” |