قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {وَمَا مَنَعَنَا أَنْ نُرْسِلَ بِالْآيَاتِ إِلَّا أَنْ كَذَّبَ بِهَا الْأَوَّلُونَ} [الإسراء: 59]
[Machine] The people of Mecca asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to make the hill of Safa into gold for them and to remove the mountains so that they could plant crops. Allah ﷻ said, "If you wish, I can give them what they ask for, but if they disbelieve, they will be destroyed like those before them. And if you wish, I can delay their punishment for a while, hoping that they may change." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No, I will delay the punishment for a while." So Allah revealed this verse, "And nothing prevents Us from sending signs except that the former people denied them. And We gave Thamud the she-camel as a visible sign." [Isra 59]
سَأَلَ أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ لَهُمُ الصَّفَا ذَهَبًا وَأَنْ يُنَحِّيَ عَنْهُمُ الْجِبَالَ فَيَزْدَرِعُوا قَالَ اللهُ ﷻ «إِنْ شِئْتَ آتَيْنَاهُمْ مَا سَأَلُوا فَإِنْ كَفَرُوا أُهْلِكُوا كَمَا أُهْلِكَ مَنْ قَبْلَهُمْ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ نَسْتَأْنِي بِهِمْ لَعَلَّنَا نَنْتِجُ مِنْهُمْ» فَقَالَ «بَلْ أَسْتَأْنِي بِهِمْ» فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {وَمَا مَنَعَنَا أَنْ نُرْسِلَ بِالْآيَاتِ إِلَّا أَنْ كَذَّبَ بِهَا الْأَوَّلُونَ وَآتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ النَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً} [الإسراء 59]