Defending Islam

وَ قَالَ لَهُ بَعْضُ الْيَهُودِ [لِبَعْضِ الْيَهُودِ حِينَ قَالَ لَهُ‏] مَا دَفَنْتُمْ نَبِيَّكُمْ حَتَّى اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِيهِ

And one of the Jews said to him-asws (Ali-asws Ibn Abi Talib-asws), ‘You (Muslims) had not even buried your Prophet-saww until you differed regarding him-saww’.

فَقَالَ ع لَهُ إِنَّمَا اخْتَلَفْنَا عَنْهُ لَا فِيهِ وَ لَكِنَّكُمْ مَا جَفَّتْ أَرْجُلُكُمْ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ حَتَّى قُلْتُمْ لِنَبِيِّكُمْ- اجْعَلْ لَنا إِلهاً كَما لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ قالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ‏

He-asws said to him: ‘But rather we (Muslims) differed about him-saww not regarding him-saww, while you (Jews), your legs had not even dried from the sea until you said to your Prophet-as: ‘O Musa! Make a god for us just as there is a god for them’. He said, ‘You are an ignorant people [7:138]’’.[1]

[1] Nahj Al Balagah – Saying 317

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