Old Kind of Miracles Made Obsolete (17:59 – 17:60)
Quran Talk Blog · Article · June 26, 2017
Old Kind of Miracles Made Obsolete
17:59 What stopped us from sending the miracles is that the previous generations have rejected them. For example, we showed Thamûd the camel, a profound (miracle), but they transgressed against it. We sent the miracles only to instill reverence.
17:60 We informed you that your Lord fully controls the people, and we rendered the vision that we showed you a test for the people, and the tree that is accursed in the Quran.* We showed them solid proofs to instill reverence in them, but this only augmented their defiance.
*17:60 Muhammad’s journey to the highest heaven to receive the Quran, as stated in 17:1 and , is a test because the people had to believe Muhammad on faith.