Transliteration:( Allazeena qaalooo innal laaha 'ahida ilainaaa allaa nu'mina liRasoolin hatta ya'tiyanaa biqurbaanin ta kuluhun naar; qul qad jaaa'akum Rusulum min qablee bilbaiyinaati wa billazee qultum falima qataltumoohum in kuntum saadiqeen )
415. Reason for its Revelation:
The Yahud were saying that in the Tauraat they have been given this order to bring faith on that Prophet who in proof of his claim would sacrifice an animal whose meat would be burnt by a heavenly fire. Because you have not shown this miracle we will not believe in you. This verse was revealed to repudiate their claim.
416. By this is meant every prophet brought miracles besides that of sacrifice, because discussion regarding it would be following after this.
417. But this is meant some had shown them miracles of sacrifice e.g. by Hazrat Zakariya and Hazrat Yahya (On them be peace) but they were slain by the Yahud.
418. This means Oh Yahud! If you would like to bring faith in these Prophets with certainty who would show you this miracle, then why did you slay those Prophets like Hazrat Zakariya, Yahya etc. (On whom be peace)? This makes it apparent that you are merely making excuses. It should be remembered that although these past Prophets were killed by the previous Yahud, these Yahud too are made responsible for this because of their association with them.
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Please refer to Surah Imran ayat 181 which provides the complete commentary from verse 181 through 184.
129. The Bible mentions at several places that the token of Divine acceptance of a person’s sacrificial offering was the appearance of a mysterious fire which consumed the offering. (See Judges 6: 20-1 and 13: 19-20; 2 Chronicles 7: 1-2.) The Bible does not state, however, that the consuming fire was an indispensable token of prophethood and that anyone not endowed with that miracle could not be a Prophet. The Jews in discussing the claim of Muhammad (peace be on him) to be a Messenger of God brought up the question of this miraculous sign, and used it as a pretext for denying that claim. There was even clearer evidence of the Jews’ hostility to Truth: they had not hesitated to murder a number of Prophets who had been endowed with the miracle of consuming fire. The Bible mentions, for example, the Prophet Elijah who had challenged the worshippers of Ba’l to sacrifice a bull, promising that he too would sacrifice a bull. He stated that the offering of the one who was truthful would be consumed by the miraculous fire. The confrontation took place before a large crowd and it was Elijah’s sacrifice which was consumed by the fire. This so antagonized the Ba’1-worshipping Queen that the henpecked King decided to put the Prophet Elijah to death. Elijah was forced to leave his homeland and take refuge in the mountains of Sinai. (See 1 Kings 18 and 19.) The Jews are told in effect: ‘How dare you ask for the miracle of the consuming fire when in the past you have not even refrained from murdering Prophets who performed that miracle?’
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