"When there came to them a Book from Allah...

"When there came to them a Book from Allah, confirming what was with them -and, from before, they had been praying for victory over those who rejected the Truth -when there came to them that which they recognized (to be Truth), they disbelieved in it..." “...So Allah's curse is on the disbelievers." Yet, it sometimes happens that a person eagerly pursues a certain fact, but when he reaches it and finds it opposite to his personal interests, he, being affected by his low desires, refuses it and abandons it, or even sometimes he stands against it.

************************ In fact, the Jews have willingly acquired defeat. Those people who, with the purpose of accepting and following the promised Prophet (S) had emigrated from their own homes and, with many difficulties, had settled in Medina in order to attain their goal, ultimately joined the camp of the pagans and hostile disbelievers.

Therefore, the Qur'an says: "Evil is the thing they have sold themselves for....." “...denying what Allah has sent down, out of envy that Allah should send down of His grace on whomever He wills of His servants,..." It seemed they expected that the promised prophet (S) would be one from among the Children of Israel. They were displeased of the Qur'an having been sent down to someone else.

Then they, surrendering themselves to infidelity and disbelief in the Truth, showed their envy to the holy (S).

Therefore, at the end of the verse, it says: “...and they have incurred Wrath upon Wrath, and for the disbelievers await a humiliating punishment." Surah Al-Baqarah, Verses 91-93 وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ آمِنُواْ بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللّهُ قَالُواْ نُؤْمِنُ بِمَا أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا وَيَكْفُرونَ بِمَا وَرَاءهُ وَهُوَ الْحَقُّ مُصَدِّقاً لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ قُلْ فَلِمَ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنبِيَاء اللّهِ مِن قَبْلُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ وَلَقَدْ جَاءكُم مُّوسَى بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ ثُمَّ اتَّخَذْتُمُ الْعِجْلَ مِن بَعْدِهِ وَأَنتُمْ ظَالِمُونَ وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَ خُذُواْ مَا آتَيْنَاكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَاسْمَعُواْ قَالُواْ سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَأُشْرِبُواْ فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِمْ قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِهِ إِيمَانُكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ مُّؤْمِنِينَ 91.

"When it is said to them: Believe in what Allah has sent down " they said: We believe (only) in what was sent down to us (before)’. But they disbelieve in what is beyond that, while it is the Truth confirming what is with them.

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