﴿ أَمْ تُرِيدُونَ أَن تَسْـَٔلُوا۟ رَسُولَكُمْ كَمَا سُئِلَ مُوسَىٰ مِن قَبْلُ ۗ وَمَن يَتَبَدَّلِ ٱلْكُفْرَ بِٱلْإِيمَٰنِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ﴾

“Would you, perchance, ask of the Apostle who has been sent unto you what was asked aforetime of Moses? But whoever chooses to deny the [evidence of the] truth, instead of believing in it, has already strayed from the right path.”

(Or would ye question your messenger�) [2:108]. Said Ibn �Abbas: �This verse was revealed about �Abd Allah ibn Abi Umayyah and a group of people from the Quraysh who had said to the Prophet: �O Muhammad! Turn al-Safa into gold, expand for us the land of Mecca and make rivers gush out throughout it � if you do this, we will believe in you!� Allah, exalted is He, revealed this verse as a response to them�. The commentators of the Qur�an also said: �The Jews and other idolaters put their requests to the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace; some said: �Bring us an entire book from heaven as did Moses bring the Torah�; some � �Abd Allah ibn Umayyah al-Makhzumi � said: �Bring us a book from heaven which reads: This is from the Lord of the Worlds to Ibn Abi Umayyah: know that I have sent Muhammad to mankind�; others said: �We shall not believe in you until you bring the angels as guarantors�. Hence, Allah, exalted is He, revealed this verse�.