Allah tells us about the idolators' lies, allegations, and slander when they
claimed that this Qur'an which Muhammad had recited for them, was actually
taught to him by a human. They referred to a foreign (i.e., non-Arab) man who
lived among them as the servant of some of the clans of Quraysh and who used to
sell goods by As-Safa. Maybe the Messenger of Allah used to sit with him
sometimes and talk to him a little, but he was a foreigner who did not know much
Arabic, only enough simple phrases to answer questions when he had to. So in
refutation of their claims of fabrication, Allah said:
[لِّسَانُ الَّذِى
يُلْحِدُونَ إِلَيْهِ أَعْجَمِىٌّ وَهَـذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِىٌّ مُّبِينٌ]
(The tongue of the man they refer to is foreign, while this (the Qur'an) is a
(in) clear Arabic tongue.) meaning, how could it be that this Qur'an with its
eloquent style and perfect meanings, which is more perfect than any Book
revealed to any previously sent Prophet, have been learnt from a foreigner who
hardly speaks the language No one with the slightest amount of common sense
would say such a thing.
[إِنَّ الَّذِينَ لاَ
يُؤْمِنُونَ بِآيَـتِ اللَّهِ لاَ يَهْدِيهِمُ اللَّهُ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ -
إِنَّمَا يَفْتَرِى الْكَذِبَ الَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِآيَـتِ اللَّهِ
وَأُوْلـئِكَ هُمُ الْكَـذِبُونَ ]
(104. Verily, those who do not believe in Allah's Ayat (signs, or
revelation), Allah will not guide them, and theirs will be a painful
punishment.) (105. It is only those who do not believe in Allah's Ayat who
fabricate the falsehood, and it is they who are liars.) Allah tells us that He
does not guide those who turn away from remembering Him and who are heedless of
that which He revealed to His Messenger , those who have no intention of
believing in that which he has brought from Allah. This kind of people will
never be guided to faith by the signs of Allah and the Message which He sent His
Messengers in this world, and they will suffer a painful and severe punishment
in the Hereafter. Then Allah informs us that His Messenger is not a forger nor a
liar, because the one who fabricates falsehood about Allah and His Messenger is
the most evil of creatures.
[الَّذِينَ لاَ
يُؤْمِنُونَ بِآيَـتِ اللَّهِ]
(Verily, those who do not believe in Allah's Ayat,) Allah will not guide
them, and theirs will be a painful punishment, meaning, the disbelievers and
heretics who are known to the people as liars. The Messenger Muhammad , on the
other hand, was the most honest and righteous of people, the most perfect in
knowledge, deeds, faith and conviction. He was known among his people for his
truthfulness and no one among them had any doubts about that - to such an extent
that they always addressed him as Al-Amin (the Trustworthy) Muhammad. Thus when
Heraclius, the king of the Romans, asked Abu Sufyan about the attributes of the
Messenger of Allah , one of the things he said to him was, "Did you ever accuse
him of lying before he made his claim'' Abu Sufyan said, "No''. Heraclius said,
"He would refrain from lying about people and then go and fabricate lies about
Allah''
[مَن كَفَرَ
بِاللَّهِ مِن بَعْدِ إيمَـنِهِ إِلاَّ مَنْ أُكْرِهَ وَقَلْبُهُ مُطْمَئِنٌّ
بِالإِيمَـنِ وَلَـكِن مَّن شَرَحَ بِالْكُفْرِ صَدْرًا فَعَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبٌ مِّنَ
اللَّهِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ - ذلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمُ اسْتَحَبُّواْ الْحَيَوةَ
الْدُّنْيَا عَلَى الاٌّخِرَةِ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَهْدِى الْقَوْمَ
الْكَـفِرِينَ - أُولَـئِكَ الَّذِينَ طَبَعَ اللَّهُ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ
وَسَمْعِهِمْ وَأَبْصَـرِهِمْ وَأُولَـئِكَ هُمُ الْغَـفِلُونَ - لاَ جَرَمَ
أَنَّهُمْ فِى الاٌّخِرَةِ هُمُ الْخَـسِرونَ ]
(106. Whoever disbelieves in Allah after his belief - except one who was
forced while his heart is at peace with the faith - but whoever opens their
breasts to disbelief, on them is wrath from Allah, and theirs will be a terrible
torment.) (107. That is because they preferred the life of this world over that
of the Hereafter. And Allah does not guide the people who disbelieve.) (108.
They are those upon whose hearts, hearing (ears) and sight (eyes) Allah has set
a seal over. And they are the heedless!) (109. No doubt, in the Hereafter they
will be the losers.)