وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَا مُوسَىٰ لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ نَرَى اللَّهَ جَهْرَةً فَأَخَذَتْكُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ

"And when you said, 'Musa, we will never believe you till we see Allah openly!" So, the thunderbolt took you while you were looking on." (2:55)

Then Sayyidna Musa (Moses - عليه السلام) brought the Torah from Mount Tur (Sinai) and presented it to the Israelites as the book of Allah (سبحانه وتعالى), some of them were insolent enough to say that they could not believe it until and unless Allah Himself told them in so many words. With the permission of Allah (سبحانه وتعالى), Sayyidna Musa (عليه السلام) replied that even this condition would be fulfilled, if they went with him to Mount Tur. The Israelites chose seventy men for this purpose. Arriving there, they heard the words of Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) with their own ears. Now, in their perversity, they invented a new ruse. It was not enough, they said, to hear the speech, for they could not be sure whether it was Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) Himself who had spoken to them or someone else. But they promised that they would be finally convinced if they could see Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) with their own eyes. Since it is beyond the power of a living being to be able to see Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) in the physical world, they had to pay for their impertinence, and were killed by a thunderbolt -- the next verse reports their death. (Ma'ariful Qur'an)

» Posted by Seifeddine-M on 26th January 2011

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