Allah says, the disbelievers reject you and say,
[لَسْتَ
مُرْسَلاً]
(You are not a Messenger.) from Allah,
[قُلْ كَفَى
بِاللَّهِ شَهِيداً بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ]
(Say: "Sufficient as a witness between me and you is Allah...'') meaning,
say, `Allah is sufficient for me and He is the witness over me and you. He is
witness that I (Muhammad) have conveyed the Message from Him and over you, O
rejecters, to the falsehood that you invent.' Allah said,
[وَمَنْ عِندَهُ
عِلْمُ الْكِتَـبِ]
(and those too who have knowledge of the Scripture.) This refers to `Abdullah
bin Salam, according to Mujahid. However, this opinion is not plausible, since
this Ayah was revealed in Makkah and `Abdullah bin Salam embraced Islam soon
after the Prophet emigrated to Al-Madinah. A more suitable explanation is that
narrated by Al-`Awfi from Ibn `Abbas that this Ayah refers to Jews and
Christians. Qatadah said that among them are, `Abdullah bin Salam, Salman
(Al-Farisi) and Tamim Ad-Dari. The correct view is that this Ayah,
[وَمَنْ
عِندَهُ]
(and those too who have. ..), refers to the scholars of the People of the
Scriptures who find the description of Muhammad in their Books and the good news
of his advent that were conveyed to them by their Prophets. Allah said in other
Ayat,
[وَرَحْمَتِى
وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ فَسَأَكْتُبُهَا لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ وَيُؤْتُونَ
الزَّكَـوةَ وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِـَايَـتِنَا يُؤْمِنُونَالَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ
الرَّسُولَ النَّبِىَّ الأُمِّىَّ الَّذِى يَجِدُونَهُ مَكْتُوبًا عِندَهُمْ فِى
التَّوْرَاةِ وَالإِنجِيلِ]
(And My mercy embraces all things. That (mercy) I shall ordain for those who
have Taqwa, and give Zakah; and those who believe in Our Ayat; Those who follow
the Messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor write whom they find written
with them in the Tawrah and the Injil.) [7:156-157] and,
[أَوَلَمْيَكُن
لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاءُ بَنِى إِسْرَءِيلَ]
(It is not a sign to them that the learned scholars of the Children of Israel
knew it (as true))[26:197] There are similar Ayat that affirm that the scholars
of the Children of Israel know this fact from their divinely revealed Books.
This is the end of Surat Ar-Ra`d, and all praise is due to Allah and all favors
are from Him.
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