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Al-Nisa’ 4: 52–6

(52) Such are the ones whom Allah has cursed; and he whom Allah curses has none to come to his help. (53) Have they any share in the dominion (of Allah)? Had that been so, they would never have granted people even as much as the speck on a date-stone. (54) Do they envy others for the bounty that Allah has bestowed upon them? (Let them bear in mind that) We bestowed upon the house of Abraham the Book and Wisdom, and We bestowed upon them a mighty dominion, (55) whereupon some of them believed, and others turned away. (As for those who turn away), Hell suffices for a blaze.52 (56) Surely We shall cast those who reject Our Signs into the Fire; and as often as their skins are burnt out, We shall give them other skins in exchange that they may fully taste the chastisement. ▶

52 This is in response to the malicious remarks of the Israelites. What is being said is that they had no justified reason to feel jealous since both the Israelites and Ishmaelites were offspring of the same Abraham. Now, the leadership of the world had been promised only to those children of Abraham who followed the Book and Wisdom revealed by God. The Book and Wisdom had been sent down earlier to the Israelites, and to their discredit, they turned away from them. The same Book and Wisdom had now been made available to the Ishmaelites and they had decided to receive it with faith and gratitude.

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