Allah swears by His creation, in which some of His signs can be seen in His
creatures. These also indicate the perfection of His Names and Attributes. He
then swears by the hidden things that they cannot see. This is an oath swearing
that the Qur'an is His Speech, His inspiration and His revelation to His servant
and Messenger, whom He chose to convey His Message, and the Messenger carried
out this trust faithfully. So Allah says,
[فَلاَ أُقْسِمُ
بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ - وَمَا لاَ تُبْصِرُونَ - إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
]
(So I swear by whatsoever you see, and by whatsoever you see not, that this
is verily the word of an honored Messenger.) meaning, Muhammad . Allah gave this
description to him, a description which carries the meaning of conveying,
because the duty of a messenger is to convey from the sender. Therefore, Allah
gave this description to the angelic Messenger in Surat At-Takwir, where he
said,
[إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ
رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ ذِى قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِى الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ مُّطَـعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ
]
(Verily, this is the Word of (this Qur'an brought by) a most honorable
messenger. Owner of power (and high rank) with Allah, the Lord of the Throne.
Obeyed and trustworthy.) (81:19-21) And here, it refers to Jibril. Then Allah
says,
[وَمَا صَـحِبُكُمْ
بِمَجْنُونٍ ]
(and your companion is not a madman. ) (81:22) meaning, Muhammad .
[وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ
بِالاٍّفُقِ الْمُبِينِ ]
(And indeed he saw him in the clear horizon.) (81:23) meaning, Muhammad saw
Jibril in his true form in which Allah created him.
[وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى
الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ ]
(And he is not Danin with the Unseen.) (81:24) meaning, suspicious.
[وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ
شَيْطَـنٍ رَّجِيمٍ ]
(And it (the Qur'an) is not he word of the outcast Shaytan.) (81:25) This is
similar to what is being said here.
[وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ
شَاعِرٍ قَلِيلاً مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ - وَلاَ بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ قَلِيلاً مَّا
تَذَكَّرُونَ ]
(It is not the word of a poet, little is that you believe! Nor is it the word
of soothsayer, little is that you remember!) So in one instance Allah applies
the term messenger to the angelic Messenger and in another instance He applies
it to the human Messenger (Muhammad ). This is because both of them are
conveying from Allah that which has been entrusted to them of Allah's revelation
and Speech. Thus, Allah says,
[تَنزِيلٌ مِّن
رَّبِّ الْعَـلَمِينَ ]
(This is the revelation sent down from the Lord of all that exists.)
[وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ
عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الاٌّقَاوِيلِ - لأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ - ثُمَّ
لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ - فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَـجِزِينَ -
وَإِنَّهُ لَتَذْكِرَةٌ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ - وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم
مُّكَذِّبِينَ - وَإِنَّهُ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى الْكَـفِرِينَ - وَإِنَّهُ لَحَقُّ
الْيَقِينِ فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ ]
(44. And if he had forged a false saying concerning Us,) (45. We surely would
have seized him by his right hand,) (46. And then We certainly would have cut
off Al-Watin from him,) (47. And none of you could have prevented it from him.)
(48. And verily, this is a Reminder for those who have Taqwa.) (49. And verily,
We know that there are some among you that deny.) (50. And indeed it will be an
anguish for the disbelievers. (51. And verily, it (this Qur'an) is an absolute
truth with certainty.) (52. So, glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most
Great.)
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