Why No Signs And Miracles For Bani Ismael?
سَاَصۡرِفُ عَنۡ اٰیٰتِیَ الَّذِیۡنَ یَتَکَبَّرُوۡنَ فِی الۡاَرۡضِ بِغَیۡرِ الۡحَقِّ ؕ وَ اِنۡ یَّرَوۡا کُلَّ اٰیَۃٍ لَّا یُؤۡمِنُوۡا بِہَا ۚ وَ اِنۡ یَّرَوۡا سَبِیۡلَ الرُّشۡدِ لَا یَتَّخِذُوۡہُ سَبِیۡلًا ۚ وَ اِنۡ یَّرَوۡا سَبِیۡلَ الۡغَیِّ یَتَّخِذُوۡہُ سَبِیۡلًا ؕ ذٰلِکَ بِاَنَّہُمۡ کَذَّبُوۡا بِاٰیٰتِنَا وَ کَانُوۡا عَنۡہَا غٰفِلِیۡنَ ﴿۱۴۶ (تم دیکھو گے کہ) میں عنقریب اُن لوگوں کو اپنی نشانیوں سے پھیر دوں گا جو زمین میں ناحق تکبر کرتے ہیں اور (ایسے ہیں کہ) اگر ہر قسم کی نشانیاں دیکھ لیں، پھر بھی اُن پر ایمان نہ لائیں۔ اگر ہدایت کی راہ دیکھیں تو اُسے اختیار نہ کریں اور اگر گم راہی کی راہ دیکھیں تو اُس پر چل پڑیں۔ یہ اِس لیے کہ اُنھوں نے (اِس سے پہلے) ہماری نشانیوں کو جھٹلایا اور اُن سے بے پروا بنے رہے۔ I will turn away from My signs those who are arrogant upon the earth without right; and if they should see every sign, they will not believe in it. And if they see the way of consciousness, they will not adopt it as a way; but if they see the way of error, they will adopt it as a way. That is because they have denied Our signs and they were heedless of them. -Quran 7:146
In the name of Allah the All-knowing, the best guide. As I see it.. There are 3 perspectives that become visible. 1. miracle as something out of the ordinary 2. a warming. 3. is a sign. All these 3 serve the same purpose. To show the existence of a God almighty. Consider Musa and The Magicians. The Magicians saw the miracle and they believed. The pharaoh believed in the miracle of the prophet yusuf. Because of this belief in the miracle the he gave an honourable position to the prophet. Also remember the people of Jonah who did believe when they saw the clouds. Consider these times when we live in a period where millions of people believe in miracles and hence strengthen their faith in God. Likewise there were or would have been people in the earlier generations who did believe in miracles and the signs and warnings. They were the ones who were saved. Perhaps God is addressing the meccan idolaters. The context suggests that that these meccan idolaters are like the ones who never believed despite seeing the miracles and signs and warnings with their own eyes. The example given is of a living being (camel) which walks among a group of people and yet those people deny it. God gives the reason why he will not show the miracles, for these meccans are just like them. The prophet is preaching the Koran as a living person among this group of people and yet they deny the miracle of the Koran. God continues to provide other miracles of the isra and a tree that grows within the fire, things that baffle the mind. But when a mind is bent on denial, nothing convinces it. The minds of the old were those minds as well. The ayah is only addressing one aspect of human nature. God knows and I don’t.