knowledge, say, ‘Come, let us summon our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves; then let us pray earnestly and invoke Allah’s curse upon the liars.’” [Āl ʿImrān: 61]

He said to the Jews when they falsely accused him:

“Then wish for death, if you are truthful.” [Al-Baqarah: 94]

Yet none of them dared to do so, despite their united rejection of him, their extreme hostility towards him, and their strenuous efforts to turn people away from him. For he had told them that death would befall them if they accepted his challenge. Had they not known his description in their books and the truthfulness of what he told them, they would have accepted his challenge and hastened to do what they knew would undermine his cause.

Then, after establishing the proofs against them, Allah Most High stirred them all to reflect on what the Prophet called them to, and drew their attention to it through dazzling signs and overwhelming miracles. He supported him with the Quran, with which he challenged the eloquent men of his people, to whom he was sent