Yunos 37-40
37- THIS QURAN COULD NOT HAVE BEEN INVENTED AS A LIE AWAY FROM ALLAH, BUT IT IS A CONFIRMATION OF WHAT CAME BEFOREHAND, WITH ALL THE DETAILS OF THE BOOK, THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, IT IS FROM THE LORD OF ALL.
38- OR DO THEY SAY IT IS INVENTED, THEN BRING A SORAH LIKE IT, AND CALL UPON YOUR HELPERS OTHER THAN ALLAH IF YOU ARE TRUTHFUL.
39- BUT THEY DENIED WHAT THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF, AND DID NOT RECEIVE ITS INTERPRETATION, THIS IS HOW THOSE BEFORE THEM DISBELIEVED, THEN LOOK AND SEE WHAT WAS THE END OF THE TRANSGRESSORS.
40- SOME OF THEM BELIEVE IN IT, AND SOME DO NOT BELIEVE, AND YOUR LORD KNOWS THE EVIL DOERS BEST.
The disbelievers accused Mohamed, prayer and peace upon him, of being a magician, also that the Quran was part of his magic, and that it came from the Jinn. They also said that he learned from a Roman boy who was a Christian.
Allah the Highest is giving them a very reasonable challenge, which is to produce one Sorah of the like of the Quran. If the Quran is coming from a creation, not The Creator, then it should be within our power and ability to imitate it. They are also permitted to summon all the help they need, without limits. The shortest Sorah of the Quran consists of 3 Ayahs.
Any such imitation would be apparent to everyone, not necessarily to experts only. Meanwhile, painters do produce forgeries of master pieces of art and sell them as the original, and it takes experts and laboratory analysis to find out if it is genuine. This is because the master pieces of paintings are the work of people, and as good as it may be, people can imitate it, but we can never imitate Allah’s work.
It is therefore that Allah the Highest made several challenges to people to produces any script similar to the Quran, starting with the whole of the Quran, going down to ten Sorahs, and then down to one Sorah, but they could not.
Allah the Highest said:
“SAY: IF THE HUMANS AND THE JINN GATHER TO MAKE THE LIKE OF THIS QURAN, THEY WILL NOT MAKE OF IT, EVEN IF THEY WERE A SUPPORT FOR EACH OTHER”. (S: 17 A: 88)
Then He challenged them to ten Sorahs only, saying: “OR DO THEY SAY: HE INVENTED IT (THE QURAN) SAY: THEN BRING TEN SORAHS THE LIKE THEREOF INVENTED, AND CALL UPON THE HELP OF WHOEVER YOU CAN OTHER THAN ALLAH, IF YOU ARE TRUTHFUL”. (S: 10 A: 13)
Then Allah the Highest challenged them to make up one Sorah only saying: “OR DO THEY SAY IT IS INVENTED, THEN BRING A SORAH LIKE IT, AND CALL UPON YOUR HELPERS OTHER THAN ALLAH IF YOU ARE TRUTHFUL”
Also in Sorah Al-Baqarah Allah the Highest made the same challenge: “AND IF YOU ARE IN DOUBT ABOUT WHAT WE SENT DOWN UPON OUR SLAVE, THEN PRODUCE A SORAH OF THE LIKE THEREOF, AND CALL UPON YOUR HELPERS OTHER THAN ALLAH IF YOU ARE TRUTHFUL * BUT IF YOU DO NOT AND YOU WILL NOT, AND THEN GUARD YOURSELVES FROM A FIRE, ITS FUEL IS PEOPLE AND STONES, PREPARED FOR THE DISBELIEVERS”. (S: 2 A: 23, 24)
The prophets and messengers were given, various signs and miracles, they were of the kind of things the people they were sent to, excelled in. The Egyptians at the time of pharaoh excelled in magic, and Moses, peace upon him, was given miracles that defeated their magic.
The Romans excelled in medicine at the time of Jesus, peace upon him, and Jesus was sent with miracles of reviving the dead and curing the leper and healing the sick in general.
The Arabs at the time of Mohamed, prayer and peace upon him, excelled in the use of their language, Arabic, and Allah the Highest sent them the Quran, a miracle in style, form and content.
Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said: “Every prophet was given Ayahs (signs and miracles) for which people believed. I was given revelations Allah revealed to me, therefore I hope that I will have the most followers”. (M: Eman, 239 & B: Fadael Al-Quran)
The disbelievers did not and do not try to understand the Quran, its meanings and commands, but they just reject whatever invites them to change their way of life, even if it is for the best.
Ayah 40 Addresses the disbelievers, as well as some of the believers. There are those of the Muslims who do not believe in all of the Quran, or consider it to be outdated and that it does not apply to our contemporary society.
When Allah the Highest sent prophets and messengers and books as guidance for mankind, He knew what was going to happen to people and societies. Allah’s guidance, rules and laws were sent to all people for all time, for it is suitable for all people at all times. Suspending the use, of such guidance and laws, renders the religion incomplete and negatively affects the whole society. Those who withhold the application such guidance to the society, will bear the sins of their deeds, and will answer to Allah the Highest on the Day of Resurrection and Judgement.
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