[43:31]’ وَ قالُوا لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّى تَفْجُرَ لَنا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ يَنْبُوعاً إِلَى قَوْلِهِ كِتاباً نَقْرَؤُهُ ‘And they are saying, ‘We will never believe you until you cause a spring to gush out for us from the ground [17:90] – up to His -azwj Words a Book which we may read [17:90] .’ ثُمَّ قِيلَ لَهُ فِي آخِرِ ذَلِكَ: لَوْ كُنْتَ نَبِيّاً كَمُوسَى لَنَزَلَتْ عَلَيْنَا الصَّاعِقَةُ- فِي مَسْأَلَتِنَا إِلَيْكَ، لِأَنَّ مَسْأَلَتَنَا أَشَدُّ مِنْ مَسْأَلَةِ قَوْمِ مُوسَى لِمُوسَى.
‘Then, it was said to him -saww at the end of that, ‘If you -saww were a Prophet -as like Musa -as , the thunderbolt would have descended upon us during our questioning you -saww , because our questioning is more severe than the questioning of the people of Musa -as (was) to Musa -as ’.
‘He -asws said: ‘And that is, that Rasool-Allah -saww was seated one day in Makkah, by the courtyard of the Kabah, when a group of the chiefs of the Quraysh gathered – from them were Al-Waleed Bin Al-Mugheira Al-Makhzoumy, and Abu Al-Bakhtary Bin Hisham, and Abu Jahl Bin Hisham, and Al-Aas Bin Wa’il Al-Sahmy, and Abdullah Bin Abu Amayya Al-Makhzoumy – and with them was a large group of the ones who followed them.
And Rasool-Allah -saww was among a number of his -saww companions – reciting to them the Book of Allah -azwj , and entrusting to them, on behalf of Allah -azwj , His -azwj Commands and His -azwj Prohibitions.