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3:183 - They (also) said: "Allah took our promise not to believe in an Apostle unless He showed us
a sacrifice consumed by fire (from heaven)." Say: "There came to you Apostles before me
with clear signs and even with what ye ask for: why then did ye slay them if ye speak the
truth? 489
489 Burn sacrifices figured in the Mosaic Law, and in the religious ceremonies long before Moses, but it is not true that the
Mosaic Law laid down a fire from heavens on a burnt sacrifice as a test of the credentials of Prophets. Even if it had
been so, did the Jews obey the Prophets who showed this Sign? In Leviticus ix. 23-24, we are told a burnt offering
prepared by Moses and Aaron: "and there came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the
burnt offering and the fat." Yet the people rebelled frequently against Moses. Abel's offering (sacrifice) was probably a
burnt offering: it was accepted by Allah, and he was killed by Cain out of jealousy: Gen. iv. 3-8. Mosaic sacrifices were
no longer needed by the people of Jesus or the people of Muhammad. (3.183)
4:89 - They but wish that ye should reject faith as they do and thus be on the same footing (as
they): but take not friends from their ranks until they flee in the way of Allah (from what is
forbidden). But if they turn renegades seize them and slay them wherever ye find them; and
(in any case) take no friends or helpers from their ranks. 607
607 Flee: the verbal form which the noun hijrat is derived. Bukhari interprets this rightly as fleeing from all that is forbidden.
This would include hijrat in the technical sense of leaving a place in which the practice of religion is not allowed. But it
is more general. In time of war, if a man is willing to submit to discipline and refrain from infringing orders issued, he
has proved his fidelity and may be treated as a member of the community at war. On the other hand if he by false
pretences comes into the inner counsels merely to betray them, he may rightly be treated as a traitor or deserter and
be punished for his treason or desertion; or if he escapes, he can be treated as an enemy and is entitied to no mercy.
He is worse than an enemy: he has claimed to be of you in order to spy on you, and been all the time helping the
enemy. (4.89)
5:27 - Recite to them the truth of the story of the two sons of Adam. Behold! they each presented a
sacrifice (to Allah): it was accepted from one but not from the other. Said the latter: "Be sure I
will slay thee." "Surely" said the former "Allah doth accept of the sacrifice of those who are
righteous. 730731
730 Literally; "recite to them in truth the story", etc. The point is that the story in Gen. iv. 1-15 is a bare narrative, not
including the lessons now to be enforced. The Prophet is told now to supply the truth of the matter, the details that will
enforce the lessons. (5.27)
731 The two sons of Adam were Habil (in the English Bible, Abel) and Qabil (in English, Cain). Cain was the elder, and
Abel the younger,-the righteous and innocent one. Presuming on the right of the elder, Cain was puffed up with
arrogance and jealousy, which led him to commit the crime of murder. Among the Christians, Cain was the type of the
Jew as against Abel the Christian. The Jew tried to kill Jesus and exterminate the Christian. In the same way, as
against Muhammad, the younger brother of the Semitic family, Cain was the type of the Old Testament and New
Testament people, who tried to resist and kill Muhammad and put down his people. (5.27)
5:28 - "If thou dost stretch thy hand against me to slay me it is not for me to stretch my hand
against thee to slay thee: for I do fear Allah the Cherisher of the worlds.
5:70 - We took the Covenant of the Children of Israel and sent them Apostles. Every time there
came to them an apostle with what they themselves desired not some (of these) they called
impostors and some they (go so far as to) slay. 780
780 Cf. ii. 87, and n. 91. (5.70)
6:140 - Lost are those who slay their children from folly without knowledge and forbid food which
Allah hath provided for them inventing (lies) against Allah. They have indeed gone astray and
heeded no guidance.
7:127 - Said the chiefs of Pharaoh's people: "wilt thou leave Moses and his people to spread
mischief in the land and to abandon thee and thy gods?" He said: "Their male children will we
slay; (only) their females will we save alive; and we have over them (power) irresistible." 1084
1084 Pharaoh's order against the sorcerers was drastic enough. But his Council is not satisfied. What about Moses and the
Israelites? They had a seeming victory, and will now be more mischievous than ever. They appeal to Pharaoh's vanity
and his superstition and sense of power. "If you leave them alone," they say, "where will be your authority? You and
your gods will be defied!" Pharaoh has a ready answer. He was really inwardly cowed by the apparent power of
Moses. He dared not openly act against him. But he had already, before the birth of Moses, passed a cunning order to
destroy the whole people of Israel. Through the instrumentality of midwives (Exod. i. 15) all the male children were to
be destroyed, and the females would then be for the Egyptians: the race of Israel would thus be at an end. This order
was still in force, and would remain in force until the despised race was absorbed. But Egyptian cunning and
wickedness had no power against Allah's Plan for those who had faith. See verse 129 below. (7.127)
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