ENEMIES OF ANGEL JIBRA’EL (A.S) (GABRIEL)

The Jews were used to give ever-new excuses for denying the Holy Prophet (pbuh). When they came to know that it was Archangel Jibra'el (Gabriel) who brought the Glorious Quran to the Holy Prophet (pbuh), then they said that Jibra’el was their enemy, as it was through him that exact commandments or terrible punishments had always descended on them, and for this reason they would not accept a Book which had been revealed through his action. They also added that they could have accepted the Holy Quran, if the Archangel Mika'il (Michael) had brought it down, for he is connected with rain and with divine mercy.

To deny it on account of one’s hostility to Jibra'el (A.S) is sheer stupidity. Now, as for the attitude of the Jews towards Jibra’el (A.S), the Holy Quran declares that to be hostile to the angels or to the prophets is equal to being hostile to Allah Himself. In other words, those who deny or oppose the angels and the prophets will have their due punishment in the other world. Thus for this reason the following verses from Surah Al Baqarah was revealed:

“Say (O Muhammad), whoever be an enemy to Jibra'el (Gabriel) -- it is he who has brought it down upon your heart by the permission of Allah, confirming what has been before it, and a guidance and good tidings to the believers.
Whoever be an enemy to Allah, His angels, and His Messengers, and to Jibra'el and Mika'il, then surely Allah is enemy to the disbelievers.”
(Quran 02: 97-98)

(Tafsir Ma’ariful Quran, vol 1)
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