The Clans
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[33:69]
O YOU who have attained to faith! Be not like those [children of Israel] who gave offence to Moses, and [remember that] God showed him to be innocent of whatever they alleged [against him or demanded of him]: for of great honour was he in the sight of God.

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* v.69 : This is an allusion to the aspersions occasionally cast upon Moses by some of his followers and mentioned in the Old Testament (e.g., Numbers xii 1-13), as well as to the blasphemous demands of which the Qur’ān speaks – e.g., “O Moses, indeed we shall not believe thee until we see God face to face” (2:55) or, “Go forth, thou and thy Sustainer, and fight, both of you!” (5:24). These instances are paralleled here with the frequently cited accusations that Muhammad had “invented” the Qur’ān and then falsely attributed it to God, that he was a madman, and so forth, as well as with frivolous demands to prove his prophethood by bringing about miracles or – as is re-stated in verse 63 of this sūrah – by predicting the date of the Last Hour.