Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:70

(Whenever there came to them a Messenger with what they themselves desired not - a group of them they called liars, and others among them they killed. They thought there will be no Fitnah (trial or punishment) so they became blind and deaf.) thinking that they would suffer no repercussions for of the evil that they committed. Consequently, they were blinded from the truth and became deaf, incapable of hearing the truth. For these reasons they were unable to be guided by it. Allah forgave that, then,

(yet they became blind and deaf) again,

(many of them, and Allah is the All-Seer of what they do.) He has perfect knowledge of what they do and whomever among them deserves the guidance and whomever deserves misguidance.

Ayat ini menerangkan bahwa Allah mengambil janji dari Bani Israil yaitu berupa ikrar mereka untuk beriman kepada Allah dan mengamalkan isi Taurat selaku syariah yang diturunkan Allah kepada mereka. Untuk memberikan penjelasan isi kitab tersebut Allah mengutus rasul-rasul-Nya kepada mereka. Tetapi setiap kali datang kepada mereka seorang rasul yang membawa petunjuk yang tidak sesuai dengan keinginan mereka, mereka perlakukan rasul itu dengan perlakuan yang sangat keji.

Segolongan mereka mendustakan rasul dan sebagian mereka menganiaya dan membunuh rasul. Hal itu menunjukkan betapa jahatnya tingkah laku mereka sehingga petunjuk yang dibawa oleh rasul tidak sedikit pun berkesan di hati mereka, malahan kekufuran dan kezaliman mereka yang semakin bertambah-tambah.