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And:
"And they say: 'Be Jews or Christians (then) you will be guided.' Say: 'Nay, the
creed of Ibrahim, and he was not of the polytheists'" [TMQ Al-Baqarah: 135].
And:
"Have you not considered about he who disputed with Ibrahim about his Lord
because Allah had given him the kingdom? When Ibrahim said to him: 'My Lord
is He who gives life and causes death.' He said: 'I give life and cause death.' Ibrahim
said: 'Verily Allah causes the sun to rise in the east thus you cause it to rise in the
west.' Thus the disbeliever was utterly defeated. And Allah guides not the unjust
folk" [TMQ Al-Baqarah: 258].
Even though this ayah was of the Shar'a of
those before us, however it commenced with His saying subhanahu:
"Those who said about their brothers while they sat (at home): 'Had they obeyed
us, they would not have been killed.' Say: 'Avert death from yourselves if you speak
the truth!'" [TMQ Al-Imran: 168].
And:
"Those who said: 'Verily Allah has taken our promise not to believe in any
Messenger unless he brings to us an offering which fire devours.' Say: 'There came to
you Messengers before me with clear proofs and with what you speak of. Why then
did you kill them if you are truthful?'" [TMQ Al-Imran: 183].
And:
"And the Jews say: 'Allah's hand is tied up!' Be their hands tied up and be they
accursed for what they say! Nay, both His hands are widely outstretched. He spends
as He wishes" [TMQ Al-Mai’dah: 64].
And:
"Those who associate (with Allah) will say: 'If Allah had willed, we would not
have associated nor would we have forbidden anything.' Likewise belied those before
them until they tasted Our wrath. Say: 'Have you any knowledge so that you produce
it for us? Verily you follow nothing but conjecture (dhann) and you do nothing but
lie" [TMQ Al-An’am: 148].
And:
"And the Jews say: 'Uzayr is the son of Allah' and the Christians say: 'The
Messiah is the son of Allah.' That is their saying from their mouths. They imitate
the saying of those who disbelieved of old. Allah's curse is upon them, how they lie!
They took their rabbis and monks as lords besides Allah and the Messiah son of
Mary while they were not commanded save to worship one Lord. There is no god but
He. Glorified is He beyond what they associate!" [TMQ At-Taubah: 30-1].
And:
"And when Our clear aayaat are recited to them, those who expect not meeting Us
say: 'Bring us a Qur'an other than this or change it.' Say: 'It is not for me to change
it of my own accord. I only follow that which was revealed unto Me. Verily I fear,
if I disobey my Lord, the punishment of a Great Day.' Say: 'If Allah had so
willed, I should not have recited it to you nor would He have made it known to you,
I had stayed among you a lifetime before this. Have you then no sense?'" [TMQ
Yunus: 15-6]. ---------------------------------------- PAGE 3