Those Who Die Then Live Again: The Children of Israel ask to be shown by Allah (1/5)
In the Qur'an, in Surat Al-Baqarah, there are five extraordinary events. Events that show that God ﷻ is the master of the universe. He does whatever he wants. He is the Able and Power of all things. And He is the only one worthy of worship. That event is the return of the soul of a living being who has died. In the hereafter? No, this is happening in the world. And it happened to the previous people. So that people afterwards can take lessons. Of course we should do it, because God ekali has provided us with reason. The first event was the incident about the presumptuousness of the Children of Israel from the people of the Prophet Moses. They ask to be shown by God ﷻ. Allah ﷻ says, وإذ قال موسى لقومه يا قوم إنكم ظلمتم أنفسكم باتخاذكم العجل فتوبوا إلى بارئكم فاقتلوا أنفسكم ذلكم خير لكم عند بارئكم فتاب عليكم إنه هو التواب الرحيم. وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَا مُوسَىٰ لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ نَرَى اللَّهَ جَهْرَةً فَأَخَذَتْكُمُ الصَّاعِقَةُ وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ. ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَاكُمْ مِنْ ب...