Transliteration:( Laqad akhaznaa meesaaqa Banee Israaa'eela wa arsalnaaa ilaihim Rusulan kullamaa jaaa'ahum Rasoolum bimaa laa tahwaaa anfusuhum fareeqan kazzaboo wa fareeqany yaqtuloon )
70. Indeed, We had taken a covenant from the Children of Israel, and We sent Messengers to them. Whenever any Messenger came to them with what their souls did not desire, a group of them falsified (211), and another group they killed.
Both the Nasara (Christians) and Yahud (Jews) were responsible for distorting and falsifying the messages of the Prophets sent to them. However, it was specifically the Yahud who committed the act of martyring many Prophets of Allah, including revered Prophets such as Hazrat Zakaria and Hazrat Yahya (peace be upon them).
It is important to note that no Prophet was killed in battle by non-believers. This means that the martyrdom of Prophets at the hands of their own people does not contradict other Quranic verses promising the ultimate victory of Allah and His Messenger, such as:
“Allah has already decreed, that most surely I will prevail I and My Messenger.” (Surah Al-Mujadila 58:21)
70. Verily, We took the covenant of the Children of Israel and sent Messengers to them. Whenever there came to them a Messenger with what they themselves desired not, a group of them they called liars, and others among them they killed. 71. They thought there will be no Fitnah (trial or punishment), so they became blind and deaf; after that Allah turned to them (with forgiveness); yet again many of them became blind and deaf. And Allah is the All-Seer of what they do.) Allah reminds that He took the covenant and pledges from the Children of Israel to hear and obey Him and His Messenger. They broke these pledges and covenants and followed their lusts and desires instead of the law, and whichever part of the law they agreed with, they took it. Otherwise, they abandoned it, if it did not conform to their desires. This is why Allah said,
(Whenever there came to them a Messenger with what they themselves desired not – a group of them they called liars, and others among them they killed. They thought there will be no Fitnah (trial or punishment) so they became blind and deaf.) thinking that they would suffer no repercussions for of the evil that they committed. Consequently, they were blinded from the truth and became deaf, incapable of hearing the truth. For these reasons they were unable to be guided by it. Allah forgave that, then,
(yet they became blind and deaf) again,
(many of them, and Allah is the All-Seer of what they do.) He has perfect knowledge of what they do and whomever among them deserves the guidance and whomever deserves misguidance.
(5:70) And We took a covenant from the Children of Israel and sent to them many Messengers. But whenever any Messenger brought to them something that did not suit their desires, they gave the lie to some of them and killed the others,
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