Al-Jawāb as-Sahīh li-man baddala dīn al-Masīh - Ibn Taimiya - (1/398)

the unlettered Prophet from the descendants of Ishmael; we shall follow him and, with him, we shall put you to the worst slaughter.’ They would list his distinguishing traits in detail, and the reports about this are numerous and mutawātir.

As the Exalted has said:

“When there came to them what they recognized, they rejected it; so the curse of Allah rests upon the disbelievers” (2:89).

He also informed us of the Jews’ conduct: whenever the Messenger of Allah brought them something their souls did not fancy, they denied some of the prophets and killed others. He declared that they earned wrath upon wrath, for they repeatedly perpetrated deeds that incur Allah’s anger. The dual expression may simply reinforce the intensity of that anger, or it may point to two separate instances:

• The first wrath: their denial of the Messiah (Jesus) and the Gospel.
• The second wrath: their denial of Muhammad and the Quran.

النَّبِيُّ الْأُمِّيُّ مِنْ وَلَدِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ فَنَتَّبِعُهُ وَنَقْتُلُكُمْ مَعَهُ شَرَّ قِتْلَةٍ، وَكَانُوا يَنْعَتُونَهُ بِنُعُوتِهِ. وَأَخْبَارُهُمْ بِذَلِكَ كَثِيرَةٌ مُتَوَاتِرَةٌ، وَكَمَا قَالَ تَعَالَى: {فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ مَا عَرَفُوا كَفَرُوا بِهِ فَلَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ} [البقرة: ٨٩] . وَأَخْبَرَ بِمَا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْيَهُودُ مِنْ أَنَّهُ كُلَّمَا جَاءَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ بِمَا لَا تَهْوَى أَنْفُسُهُمْ كَذَّبُوا بَعْضَهُمْ وَقَتَلُوا بَعْضَهُمْ، وَأَخْبَرَ أَنَّهُمْ بَاءُوا بِغَضَبٍ عَلَى غَضَبٍ ; فَإِنَّهُمْ مَا زَالُوا يَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُغْضِبُ اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَإِمَّا أَنْ يُرَادَ بِالتَّثْنِيَةِ تَأْكِيدُ غَضَبِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَإِمَّا أَنْ يُرَادَ بِهِ مَرَّتَانِ، وَالْغَضَبُ الْأَوَّلُ: تَكْذِيبُهُمُ الْمَسِيحَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ، وَالْغَصْبُ الثَّانِي: لِمُحَمَّدٍ وَالْقُرْآنِ.