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falah
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The people of the Bible (Jews) ask you to cause a book to descend upon them from heaven. Indeed they asked Moses for even greater than that, when they said: "Show us God in public," but they were struck with thunder clap and lightning for their wickedness. Then they worshipped the calf even after clear proofs, evidences, and signs had come to them. Even so We (God uses royal "we") forgave them. And We gave Moses a clear proof of authority.
And for their covenant, We raised over them the Mount and (on the other occasion) We said: "Enter the gate bowing with humility;" and We commanded them: "Transgress not (by doing worldly works on) the Sabbath." And We took from them a firm covenant .
Because of their breaking the covenant, and of their rejecting the signs of God, and of their killing the Prophets unjustly, and of their saying: "Our hearts are wrapped (with coverings, i.e. we do not understand what the prophets say)" - nay, God has set a seal upon their hearts because of their disbelief, so they believe not but a little.
And because of their (Jews) disbelief and uttering against Mary a grave false charge (that she has committed illegal sexual intercourse);
And because of their saying (in boast), "We killed Christ (Jesus), son of Mary, the Apostle of God," - but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but the resemblance of Jesus was put over another man (and they killed that man), and those who differ therein are full of doubts. They have no (certain) knowledge, they follow nothing but conjecture. For indeed; they did not kill him(Jesus son of Mary)
But God raised him (Jesus) up unto Himself (and he is in the heavens). And God is Ever All-Powerful, All-Wise.
And there is none of the people of the Bible (Jews and Christians), but must believe in him (Jesus, as only an Apostle of God and a human being), before his (a Jew's or a Christian's] death. And on the Day of Resurrection, he (Jesus) will be a witness against them (for the lies they used to say against him).
For the wrong-doing of the Jews, We made unlawful to them certain good foods which has been lawful to them, and for their hindering many from God's Way;
And their taking of usury (money-lending interest money) though they were forbidden from taking it and their devouring of men's wealth wrongfully (bribery, etc.). And We have prepared for the disbelievers among them a painful torment.
[ The Quran, an-Nisaa' v.153-61]
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