Originator - 35:42 They swore by Allah with all their might that if a warner came to them, they would be on a more right path than any people. When a messenger came to them, it only increased their hatred They swore by Allah with all their might that if a warner came to them, they would be on a more right path than any people. When a messenger came to them, it only increased their hatred
Questions to the Verse (6)
What is the right way?
In the context of verses 38, 39...45; The polytheists of Mecca who took the prophets Jesus and Uzeyr from the earth, the religious leaders, and the angels from the heavens as gods and worshipped and served them besides Allah, hoping for their support/help (intercession) on the Day of Resurrection:
For a long time before the Prophet Muhammad, the people of Mecca were not given the Book, and they had become a corrupt and misguided society:
How did they deny the Prophet Muhammad and therefore the Qur'an?
The racist, jealous disbelievers of the people of the Book have always denied the books, the prophets and the miracles throughout history, unless they were revealed to one of their own, and the people of the Book of Makkah had the same attitude:
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