Allah denounces the idolators for not understanding the Qur'an or
contemplating its meaning, and for turning away from it, even though they had
been addressed specifically in this Book which Allah did not reveal to any
Messenger more perfect and noble, and especially since no Book or warner had
come to their forefathers who had died during the Jahiliyyah. What these people,
upon whom the blessing had been bestowed, should have done, was to accept it and
give thanks for it, and try to understand it and act in accordance with it night
and day, as was done by the wise ones among them who became Muslim and followed
the Messenger , may Allah be pleased with them.
[أَفَلَمْ
يَدَّبَّرُواْ الْقَوْلَ]
(Have they not pondered over the Word,) Qatadah said, "Because, by Allah, if
the people had pondered the meaning and understood it properly, they would have
found in the Qur'an a deterrent to disobeying Allah. But they only paid
attention to the Ayat which are not entirely clear, and so they were destroyed
because of that.'' Then Allah says, denouncing the disbelievers of the Quraysh:
[أَمْ لَمْ
يَعْرِفُواْ رَسُولَهُمْ فَهُمْ لَهُ مُنكِرُونَ ]
(Or is it that they did not recognize their Messenger so they deny him)
means, `do they not recognize Muhammad and the honesty, trustworthiness and good
character with which he grew up among them Can they deny that or argue against
it' Ja`far bin Abi Talib said to An-Najashi, the king of Ethiopia: "O King,
Allah has sent to us a Messenger whose lineage, honesty and trustworthiness are
known to us.'' Al-Mughirah bin Shu`bah said something similar to the deputy of
Kisra when he wanted to challenge him. When the Byzantine ruler Heraclius asked
Abu Sufyan Sakhr bin Harb and his companions -- who were still disbelievers and
had not yet become Muslim -- about the characteristics, lineage, honesty and
trustworthiness of the Prophet , they could only tell the truth and admit that
he was indeed noble and truthful.
[أَمْ يَقُولُونَ
بِهِ جِنَّةٌ]
(Or they say: There is madness in him) This is a narration of what the
Quraysh said about the Prophet . They said that he was making up the Qur'an by
himself, or that he was crazy and did not know what he was saying. Allah tells
us that their hearts did not believe that, they knew that what they were saying
about the Qur'an was falsehood, for it had come to them from the Words of Allah
and could not be resisted or rejected. So Allah challenged them and all the
people of the world to produce something like it if they could -- but they could
not and would never be able to do so. So Allah says:
[بَلْ جَآءَهُمْ
بِالْحَقِّ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَـرِهُونَ]
(Nay, but he brought them Al-Haqq, but most of them are averse to the
truth.)
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