The Jews said unto Moḥammad, ‘Verily God hath enjoined us[84] that we should not believe an apostle until he bring us a sacrifice which fire shall devour.’
Say, Apostles have come unto you before me with manifest proofs,[85] and with that ye have mentioned:[86] then wherefore did ye slay them, if ye be speakers of truth?
(iii. 179, 180.)
XXVIII.
The unbelievers of Mekkeh have sworn by God, with the mightiest of their oaths, that if a sign come unto them they will assuredly believe therein. Say, Signs are only with God. And what will make you to know?[87] Verily if they come they will not believe.
And We will turn away their hearts and their eyes,[88] as they believed not therein the first time; and We will leave them in their transgression, wandering about in perplexity.
And though We had sent down unto them the angels, and the dead had spoken unto them, and We had gathered together about them everything in tribes, they had not believed unless God had pleased; but the greater number of them know not.
(vi. 109-111.)
XXIX.