Allah states that out of their disbelief and stubbornness, the idolators
asked why is not a miracle sent down to the Messenger from his Lord, just like
the earlier Messengers For instance, the disbelievers were being stubborn when
they asked the Prophet to turn As-Safa into gold, to remove the mountains from
around them, and to replace them with green fields and rivers. Allah said,
[وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ أَن
نُّرْسِلَ بِالاٌّيَـتِ إِلاَّ أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا الاٌّوَّلُونَ]
(And nothing stops Us from sending the Ayat but that the people of old denied
them.)[17:59] Allah said here,
[إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ
مُنذِرُ]
(You are only a warner), and your duty is only to convey Allah's Message
which He has ordered you,
[لَّيْسَ عَلَيْكَ
هُدَاهُمْ وَلَـكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ]
(Not upon you is their guidance, but Allah guides whom He wills.)[2:272]
Allah said;
[وَلِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ
هَادٍ]
(And to every people there is a guide.) meaning that for every people there
has been a caller, according to Ibn `Abbas and as narrated from him by Ali bin
Abi Talhah. Allah said in a similar Ayah, a
[وَإِن مِّنْ أُمَّةٍ
إِلاَّ خَلاَ فِيهَا نَذِيرٌ]
(And there never was a nation but a warner had passed among them.)[35:24]
Similar has reported from Qatadah and `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd.
[اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ
مَا تَحْمِلُ كُلُّ أُنثَى وَمَا تَغِيضُ الاٌّرْحَامُ وَمَا تَزْدَادُ وَكُلُّ
شَىْءٍ عِندَهُ بِمِقْدَارٍ - عَـلِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَـدَةِ الْكَبِيرُ
الْمُتَعَالِ ]
(8. Allah knows what every female bears, and by how much the wombs fall short
(of their time or number) or exceed. Everything with Him is in (due)
proportion.) (9. All-Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Most Great, the Most
High.)
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