[Ibrahim 14:6] And when Moosa said to his people, "Remember Allah’s favour upon you when He rescued you from the people of Firaun who were inflicting you with a dreadful torment, and were slaying your sons and sparing your daughters; and in it occurred a great favour of your Lord."* (* On the 10th day of Moharram - therefore the Jews used to fast on that day as thanksgiving.) Section 2 [Ibrahim 14:7] And remember when your Lord proclaimed, "If you give thanks, I will give you more, and if you are ungrateful then (know that) My punishment is severe." [Ibrahim 14:8] And Moosa said, "If you and all who are in the earth turn disbelievers, then indeed Allah is definitely Independent (Unwanting), Most Praiseworthy." [Ibrahim 14:9] Did not the tidings of those before you reach you? The people of Nooh, and the A’ad and the Thamud, and those after them? Only Allah knows them; their Noble Messengers came to them with clear proofs, they therefore raised their hands towards their own mouths, and said, "We disbelieve in what you have been sent with, and we are in a deeply intriguing doubt regarding the path you call us to." [Ibrahim 14:10] Their Noble Messengers said, "What! You
doubt concerning Allah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth? He calls
you that He may forgive some of your sins and until the time of death give
you a life free from punishment"; they said, "You are just human beings
like us; you wish to prevent us from what our forefathers used to worship
- therefore now bring some clear proof to us." |