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[quote]I think that there are mainly two reasons why the majority of bani Israel were rebellious.  When the prophet Musa had first rescued them from Egypt and brought them to the holy land, they still retained an inferiority complex.  This is not uncommon even today as many muslims have an inferiority complex when comparing themselves to the West for instance.  The first generation of bani Israel who became Muslim still felt that they were physically and phycologically inferior to other nations, since that is the terminology which Pharoh and the Egyptians used to oppress them in their society.  So even though they were superior to the non-muslims in that they had the help of Allah s.w.t., they still felt they were weak.  A good example of that is when they were traveling and saw a group of people who had built an idiol out of a tree and they asked the prophet Musa (pbuh) to build them an idol like theres, even though they knew that it was wrong to set up partners with Allah s.w.t.  Or when they refused to fight the occupiers of the Holy land and instead told the prophet Musa to go and fight with Allah and they'll stay put.

Another problem that they had is that even though they were shown a great deal of Signs by Allah s.w.t. they still held some disbelief in their hearts.  They would ask the prophet Musa too many questions, and some of them even went as far as asking to see Allah s.w.t.

The difference between them and the ummah of the prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.), is that the Quraish were looked up to in all of Arabia as the most educated and powerful nation.  So the prophet Muhammad's followers did not have this inferiority complex.  Also the followers of the prophet Muhammad never asked for a sign to be shown to them.  They believed wholeheartedly.[/quote]

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