The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 1) — Page 185
PT. 1 AL-BAQARAH CH. 2 وَلَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ مُوسَى بِالْبَيِّنَتِ ثُمَّ And Moses came to you. 93 with manifest Signs, then "you اتَّخَذْتُمُ الْعِجْلَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَاَنْتُمْ took the calf for worship in his ظلِمُونَ absence and you were transgressors. 99 وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيْثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ And remember the time. 94 b b when We took a covenant from الطُّوْرَ خُذُوا مَا أَتَيْ بِقُوَّةٍ you and raised high above you وَاسْمَعُوا قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَأَشْرِبُوا فِي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِم ق ط the Mount, saying, “Hold firmly to what We have given you and hearken'; they said: 'We hear and we disobey'; and their قُلْ بِمَا يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِةٍ اِيْمَانُكُمْ إِن hearts were permeated with the كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ love of the calf because of their disbelief. Say, 'Evil is that which your faith enjoins on you, if you have any faith! '100 "2:52; 4:154; 7:149, 153; 20:98. b2:64; 4:155; 7:172. revelation they reject on such flimsy grounds fulfils the prophecies contained in their own Scriptures about a new Book. Further, it is added that the statement that they would adhere to what was revealed to Israelite Prophets is absurd, seeing that they had opposed even their own Prophets in their time. This verse also makes it clear what For the prophecies alluded to in this verse, i. e. the prophecies contained in the Bible about the Quran and the Holy Prophet, the reader is referred to Deut. 18:15-19; Acts 3:19-24; Deut. 33:2; Matt. 21:42-44; Isa. 21:13-17; 28:9-13; chap. 42; 62:2-4; Dan. 7; etc. For a discussion of the words, why did you attempt to slay the Prophets, see under 2:62. See note on 2: 55. the word means when followed by the preposition ). The expression has been used as a proof of the truth | 99. Commentary: of the Quran, and it is therefore clear that it conveys the sense of "fulfilling" and not that of "confirming". It is only the fulfilment of prophecies in the Bible that can serve as evidence of the truth of the Quran. In this connection, see also 2:42. 100. Important Words: were permeated with is) اشربوا derived from ✰ meaning, he drank. means, he was made to drink. ,means اشرب فى قلبه حب فلان The expression 185