DAY 470: Baqarah 97-103

• DAY 470: Baqarah 97-103

  •  Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Whoever is an enemy of Gabriel should know that he revealed this ˹Quran˺ to your heart by Allah’s Will, confirming what came before it—a guide and good news for the believers.” Whoever is an enemy of Allah, His angels, His messengers, Gabriel, and Michael, then ˹let them know that˺ Allah is certainly the enemy of the disbelievers. Indeed, We have sent down to you ˹O Prophet˺ clear revelations. ˹But˺ none will deny them except the rebellious. Why is it that every time they make a covenant, a group of them casts it aside? In fact, most of them do not believe. Now, when a messenger from Allah has come to them—confirming their own Scriptures—some of the People of the Book cast the Book of Allah behind their backs as if they did not know. They ˹instead˺ followed the magic promoted by the devils during the reign of Solomon. Never did Solomon disbelieve, rather the devils disbelieved. They taught magic to the people, along with what had been revealed to the two angels, Hârût and Mârût, in Babylon. The two angels never taught anyone without saying, “We are only a test ˹for you˺, so do not abandon ˹your˺ faith.” Yet people learned ˹magic˺ that caused a rift ˹even˺ between husband and wife; although their magic could not harm anyone except by Allah’s Will. They learned what harmed them and did not benefit them—although they already knew that whoever buys into magic would have no share in the Hereafter. Miserable indeed was the price for which they sold their souls, if only they knew! If only they were faithful and mindful ˹of Allah˺, there would have been a better reward from Allah, if only they knew!
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    After the sharp rebukes of verses 87–96, the Quran now addresses a specific accusation from the Jewish community of Medina: they claimed that the Angel Gabriel (Jibreel) was their enemy because he brought revelation to Muhammad (an Arab) instead of to them. The Quran responds directly, then continues exposing their pattern of breaking covenants, following magic, and trading truth for lies.
    Because this is about jealousy, scapegoating, and how people turn against the messenger when they don't like the message.
    
    97    Gabriel brought the Quran — guidance and good news    Don't shoot the messenger. Your problem is not the angel.
    98    Enmity to Gabriel = enmity to Allah    You can't pick and choose which angels or prophets to like.
    99    Clear signs sent down — only the defiant reject    Lack of belief is not ignorance — it's resistance.
    100    Covenants broken, again and again    Trust collapses when promises are not kept.
    101    Threw the Book behind their backs    Knowing rejection is worse than ignorance.
    102    Magic from devils and angels as a test    Shortcuts to power destroy the user.
    103    Belief + taqwa = better reward    The simple path is the winning path.
    
    They said "Our hearts are wrapped" (2:88)    Here they throw the Book behind their backs (2:101)
    They broke the covenant (2:83–85)    Here a party breaks every covenant (2:100)
    They followed the calf (2:51)    Here they follow magic (2:102)
    
    They rejected Gabriel, broke every covenant, threw the Book behind their backs, and traded truth for magic — not because they lacked evidence, but because they wanted power without obedience, and they sold their souls for a shortcut that destroyed them.
    
    
    
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