Why Messengers?
20:133 They said, “If he could only show us a miracle from his Lord!” Did they not receive sufficient miracles with the previous messages?
20:134 Had we annihilated them before this, they would have said, “Our Lord, had You sent a messenger to us, we would have followed Your revelations, and would have avoided this shame and humiliation.”
20:135 Say, “All of us are waiting, so wait; you will surely find out who are on the correct path, and who are truly guided.”
God’s Messengers Challenged
17:90 They said, “We will not believe you unless you cause a spring to gush out of the ground. 17:91 “Or unless you own a garden of date palms and grapes, with rivers running through it. 17:92 “Or unless you cause masses from the sky, as you claimed, to fall on us. Or unless you bring GOD and the angels before our eyes. “Or unless you own a luxurious mansion, or unless you climb into the sky. Even if you do climb, we will not believe unless you bring a book that we can read.”* Say, “Glory be to my Lord. Am I any more than a human messenger?”