(4:153) The Inconvenient Truth - Quran: Al-Nisaa (Talha Ghannam) #FridayReminders #QuranReflections

The Inconvenient Truth Quran Reflections by Talha Ghannam Video: https://youtu.be/EvR03U-JNOI Podcast: https://anchor.fm/quranclub App: www.quranclub.org Website: www.otpok.com   يَسْـَٔلُكَ أَهْلُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ أَن تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ كِتَـٰبًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۚ فَقَدْ سَأَلُوا۟ مُوسَىٰٓ أَكْبَرَ مِن ذَٰلِكَ فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَرِنَا ٱللَّهَ جَهْرَةًۭ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰعِقَةُ بِظُلْمِهِمْ ۚ ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ ٱلْعِجْلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُ فَعَفَوْنَا عَن ذَٰلِكَ ۚ وَءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ سُلْطَـٰنًۭا مُّبِينًۭا ١٥٣ The People of Moses demand that you ˹O Prophet˺ bring down for them a revelation in writing from heaven. They demanded what is even greater than this from Moses, saying, “Make Allah visible to us!” So a thunderbolt struck them for their wrongdoing. Then they took the calf for worship after receiving clear signs. Still We forgave them for that ˹after their repentance˺ and gave Moses compelling proof. (4:153)   Have you ever come across a statement you knew to be true, but accepting it would be too inconvenient? All around us, we see an increasingly polarised world. Groups become entrenched in their world view blinded to the realities around them as they only seek that which validates their conclusions. Elections are “stolen”, immigrants are “swarming” and Muslims are “scheming” are just some of the “facts” peddled to justify world views. We live in an era of alternative facts; where truth is no longer objective, but something to explore relative to each individual. “Find your truth” is a phrase you will often hear encouraging you to explore your own feelings to find what fits you. So long as you can justify your practise, anything is game.   This reality is not too dissimilar to the situation the Jews found themselves in Madinah. Upon the arrival of the Prophet ﷺ to the city, they had to consider whether he was indeed the Messenger from God they had been foretold about in their books. To do this, they made a claim: “bring down a revelation in writing from heaven [and we will believe]”. This was after all how every revelation beforehand had been received. The Quran, unlike all previous revelations, was revealed gradually over 23 years, often for specific situ