Muhammad then argued with supporting evidence to the truthfulness of what he had
brought them:
[قُل لَّوْ شَآءَ
اللَّهُ مَا تَلَوْتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلاَ أَدْرَاكُمْ بِهِ]
(Say: "If Allah had so willed, I should not have recited it to you nor would
He have made it known to you...'') This indicates that he brought this only with
the permission and will of Allah for him to do so. The proof of this was that he
had not fabricated it himself and that they were incapable of refuting it, and
that they should be fully aware of his truthfulness and honesty since he grew up
among them, until Allah sent the Message to him. The Prophet was never
criticized for anything or held in contempt. So he said,
[فَقَدْ لَبِثْتُ
فِيكُمْ عُمُراً مِّن قَبْلِهِ أَفَلاَ تَعْقِلُونَ]
(Verily, I have stayed among you a lifetime before this. Have you then no
sense) Which meant "don't you have brains with which you may distinguish the
truth from falsehood'' When Heraclius, the Roman king, asked Abu Sufyan and
those who were in his company about the Prophet , he said: "Have you ever
accused him of telling lies before his claim'' Abu Sufyan replied: "No.'' Abu
Sufyan was then the head of the disbelievers and the leader of the idolators,
but he still admitted the truth. This is a clear and irrefutable testimony since
it came from the enemy. Heraclius then said: "I wondered how a person who does
not tell a lie about others could ever tell a lie about Allah.'' Ja`far bin Abu
Talib said to An-Najashi, the king of Ethiopia: "Allah has sent to us a
Messenger that we know his truthfulness, ancestral lineage, and honesty. He
stayed among us before the prophethood for forty years.''
[فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ
مِمَّنِ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِآيَـتِهِ إِنَّهُ لاَ
يُفْلِحُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ ]
(17. So who does more wrong than he who forges a lie against Allah or denies
His Ayat Surely, the criminals will never be successful!)
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