﴿ سَلْ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ كَمْ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍۭ بَيِّنَةٍۢ ۗ وَمَن يُبَدِّلْ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ ﴾

“Ask the children of Israel how many a clear message We have given them! And if one alters God's blessed message after it has reached him - verily, God is severe in retribution!”

Ask the children of Israel how many a clear proof did We give them; whoever changes God's grace after it has come to him God is severe in retribution. The benefit of questioning [the children of Israel] was to make them acknowledge the issue of proof. Questioning them was not for the pur- poses of resolving any doubt on the part of the Messenger ﷺ concerning what had been plainly established by proof. Whoever changes God's grace after it has come to him God is severe in retribution in taking this grace away. At that moment they will recognize its worth and then they will mourn it since they will never attain it. The one who spoke for them said: You will leave and abandon me.Then you will look for me but you will not find me.