Al-Jawāb as-Sahīh li-man baddala dīn al-Masīh - Ibn Taimiya - (6/437)

Al-Jawāb as-Sahīh li-man baddala dīn al-MasīhIbn Taimiya

Nor had he informed them that such a thing would occur only on the Day of Resurrection; therefore their remark, “as you have claimed,” is a slander against him—unless they intended it merely as an illustration, in which case their analogy is invalid.

As for their demand that he “bring Allah and the angels before us, face to face,” when the people of Moses asked for something less than that, the thunderbolt overtook them. The Exalted said:

“And when you said, ‘O Moses, we will never believe you until we see Allah openly,’ the thunderbolt struck you while you were looking on” [al-Baqarah: 55] (55),

“Then We revived you after your death so that you might give thanks” [al-Baqarah: 56].

With regard to their request that a book be sent down to them, the Exalted said:

“The People of the Book ask you to have a Book sent down to them from heaven. They asked Moses for something even greater than that, for they said, ‘Show us Allah openly,’ and the thunderbolt seized them for their wrongdoing. Then they adopted the calf after clear proofs had come to them; yet We pardoned them for that, and We gave Moses evident authority” [al-Nisāʾ: 153] (153),

“And We raised the Mount above them as We took their covenant, and We said to them, ‘Enter the gate in prostration,’ and We said to them, ‘Do not transgress on the Sabbath,’ and We took from them a solemn covenant” [al-Nisāʾ: 154] (154),

“So, for their breaking of the covenant, their denial of Allah’s signs, their killing of the prophets without right, and their saying, ‘Our hearts are sealed’—rather, Allah sealed them because of their disbelief, and so they believe only a few—” [al-Nisāʾ: 155] (155),

“and for their disbelief and their monstrous slander against Mary” [al-Nisāʾ: 156] (156),

“and for their saying, ‘We killed the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah.’ They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him, but it was made to appear so to them. Those who differ about him are in doubt concerning him; they have no knowledge of him beyond conjecture, and they certainly did not kill him” [al-Nisāʾ: 157] (157),

“Rather, Allah raised him to Himself; and Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise” [al-Nisāʾ: 158] (158),

“And there is none of the People of the Book but will surely believe in him before his death, and on the Day of Resurrection he will be a witness against them” [al-Nisāʾ: 159] (159),

“So, for the wrongdoing of the Jews, We forbade them good things that had been lawful for them, and for their turning many away from the path of Allah” [al-Nisāʾ: 160] (160),

“and for their taking usury even though they had been forbidden to take it…” [al-Nisāʾ: 161].

وَهُوَ لَمْ يُخْبِرْهُمْ أَنَّ هَذَا لَا يَكُونُ إِلَّا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، فَقَوْلُهُمْ " كَمَا زَعَمْتَ " كَذِبٌ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يُرِيدُوا التَّمْثِيلَ فَيَكُونَ الْقِيَاسُ فَاسِدًا، وَأَمَّا الْإِتْيَانُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ قَبِيلًا فَهَذَا لَمَّا سَأَلَ قَوْمُ مُوسَى مَا هُوَ دُونَهُ أَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ. قَالَ تَعَالَى: {وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَامُوسَى لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّى نَرَى اللَّهَ جَهْرَةً فَأَخَذَتْكُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ} [البقرة: ٥٥] (٥٥) {ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَاكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَوْتِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ} [البقرة: ٥٦] وَأَمَّا إِنْزَالُ الْكِتَابِ فَقَدْ قَالَ تَعَالَى: {يَسْأَلُكَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ أَنْ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ كِتَابًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَقَدْ سَأَلُوا مُوسَى أَكْبَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالُوا أَرِنَا اللَّهَ جَهْرَةً فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ بِظُلْمِهِمْ ثُمَّ اتَّخَذُوا الْعِجْلَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَتْهُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ فَعَفَوْنَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَآتَيْنَا مُوسَى سُلْطَانًا مُبِينًا} [النساء: ١٥٣] (١٥٣) {وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَهُمُ الطُّورَ بِمِيثَاقِهِمْ وَقُلْنَا لَهُمُ ادْخُلُوا الْبَابَ سُجَّدًا وَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ لَا تَعْدُوا فِي السَّبْتِ وَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُمْ مِيثَاقًا غَلِيظًا} [النساء: ١٥٤] (١٥٤) {فَبِمَا نَقْضِهِمْ مِيثَاقَهُمْ وَكُفْرِهِمْ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَقَتْلِهِمُ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَقَوْلِهِمْ قُلُوبُنَا غُلْفٌ بَلْ طَبَعَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا} [النساء: ١٥٥] (١٥٥) {وَبِكُفْرِهِمْ وَقَوْلِهِمْ عَلَى مَرْيَمَ بُهْتَانًا عَظِيمًا} [النساء: ١٥٦] (١٥٦) {وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا الْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَكِنْ شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ وَإِنَّ الَّذِينَ اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ لَفِي شَكٍّ مِنْهُ مَا لَهُمْ بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِلَّا اتِّبَاعَ الظَّنِّ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَقِينًا} [النساء: ١٥٧] (١٥٧) {بَلْ رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًا} [النساء: ١٥٨] (١٥٨) {وَإِنْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ إِلَّا لَيُؤْمِنَنَّ بِهِ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا} [النساء: ١٥٩] (١٥٩) {فَبِظُلْمٍ مِنَ الَّذِينَ هَادُوا حَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ طَيِّبَاتٍ أُحِلَّتْ لَهُمْ وَبِصَدِّهِمْ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَثِيرًا} [النساء: ١٦٠] (١٦٠) {وَأَخْذِهِمُ الرِّبَا وَقَدْ نُهُوا عَنْهُ} [النساء: ١٦١] . . . .