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2:161 - Those who reject faith and die rejecting on them is Allah's curse and the curse of angels
and of all mankind.
3:61 - If anyone disputes in this matter with thee now after (full) knowledge hath come to thee say:
"Come! let us gather together our sons and your sons our women and your women ourselves
and yourselves: then let us earnestly pray and invoke the curse of Allah on those who lie!" 400
400 In the year of Deputations, 10th of the Hijra, came a Christian embassy from Najran (towards Yaman, about 150 miles
north of Sanaa). They were much impressed on hearing this passage of the Qur-an explaining thc true position of
Christ, and they entered into tributary relations with the new Muslim State. But ingrained habits and customs
prevented them from accepting Islam as a body. The Holy Prophet, firm in his faith, proposed a Mubahala, i.e., a
solemn meeting, in which both sides should summon not only their men, but their women and children, earnestly pray
to Allah, and invoke the curse of Allah on those who should lie. Those who had a pure and sincere faith would not
hesitate. The Christians declined, and they were dismissed in a spirit of tolerance with a promise of protection from the
State in return for tribute. (3..61)
4:46 - Of the Jews there are those who displace words from their (right) places and say: "We hear
and we disobey"; and "Hear what is not heard": and "Ra`ina"; with a twist of their tongues and
a slander to faith. If only they had said: "We hear and we obey"; and "Do hear"; and "Do look
at us": it would have been better for them and more proper; but Allah hath cursed them for
their unbelief; and but few of them will believe. 565566
4:47 - O ye people of the Book! believe in what We have (now) revealed confirming what was
(already) with you before We change the face and fame of some (of you) beyond all
recognition and turn them hindwards or curse them as We cursed the Sabbath-breakers: for
the decision of Allah must be carried out. 567568
567 Literally, "before We obliterate some features (or faces) and turn them front to back (or back to front)": an Arabic
idiom, which must be translated freely to yield its proper meaning in English. The face is the chief expression of a
man's own real essence; it is also the index of his fame and estimation. The People of the Book had been specially
favoured by Allah with revelations. If they proved themselves unworthy, they lost their "face". Their eminence would,
owing to their own conduct, be turned into degradation. Others would take their place. The first shall be last and the
last shall be first: Matt. xix. 30. (4.47)
4:52 - They are (men) whom Allah hath cursed: and those whom Allah hath cursed thou wilt find
have no one to help. 574
574 The Jews were then seeking the aid of the Makkan Pagans against Muhammad, but far from getting any help from
them, they and the Pagans were both overthrown. That was the immediate occasion, but the words have a perfectly
general-a universal-meaning. (4.52)
5:60 - Say: "Shall I point out to you something much worse than this (as judged) by the treatment it
received from Allah? Those who incurred the curse of Allah and His wrath those of whom
some He transformed into apes and swine those who worshipped Evil; these are (many times)
worse in rank and far more astray from the even Path! 770
770 For apes see Q. ii. 65. For men possessed by devils, and the devils being sent into swine, see Matt. viii. 28-32. (5.60)
5:78 - Curses were pronounced on those among the Children of Israel who rejected faith by the
tongue of David and of Jesus the son of Mary: because they disobeyed and persisted in
excesses. 786787
786 The Psalms of David have several passages of imprecations against the wicked. Cf- Psalms cix 17-18; lxxviii. 21-22
("Therefore the Lord heard this and was wroth; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against
Israel; because they believed not in God, and trusted not in His salvation"); Psalms lxix. 22-28, and Psalms v. 10.
(5.78)
787 Cf. Matt- xxiii, 33 ("Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of Hell?); also Matt. xii. 34.
(5.78)
13:25 - But those who break the Covenant of Allah after having plighted their word thereto and cut
asunder those things which Allah has commanded to be joined and work mischief in the land
on them is the Curse; for them is the terrible Home! 18381839
1839 This is in contrast to the state of the blessed, described in xiii. 22-24 above, The Curse is the opposite of the Bliss,
and the Terrible Home is the opposite of the Eternal Home, the Gardens of perpetual bliss. (13.25)
33:61 - They shall have a curse on them: wherever they are found they shall be seized and slain
(without mercy). 3769
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