Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 8 Al-Anfal, Ayat 32-32
وَاِذۡ قَالُوا اللّٰهُمَّ اِنۡ كَانَ هٰذَا هُوَ الۡحَـقَّ مِنۡ عِنۡدِكَ فَاَمۡطِرۡ عَلَيۡنَا حِجَارَةً مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ اَوِ ائۡتِنَا بِعَذَابٍ اَ لِيۡمٍ
﴿8:32﴾
(8:32) And also recall when they said: 'O Allah! If this indeed be the truth
from You, then rain down stones upon us from heaven, or bring upon us a painful
chastisement.'26
Notes
26. These words were uttered by way of challenge rather than a prayer to
God. What they meant was that had the message of the Prophet (peace be on him)
been true, and from God, its rejection would have entailed a heavy scourge,
and stones would have fallen on them from heaven. Since nothing of the sort
happened, it was evident that the message was neither true nor from God.