Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 190
190 19 َو ۤاَم اَنْلَسْرَا ْنِم َكِلْبَق ْنِم ٍلْوُسَّر َّو اَل ٍّيِبَن ۤاَّلِا اَذِا ىّٰۤنَمَت ىَقْلَا ُنٰطْيَّشلا ْۤيِف ٖهِتَّيِنْمُا Never sent We a Messenger or a Prophet before you, but when he sought to attain what he aimed at, Satan put obstacles in the way of what he sought after. Nor do they rest content with this; they go further and claim that one day the Holy Prophet s as was reciting S u rah an-Najm, and when he reached the words 20 َو َةوٰنَم َةَثِلاَّثلا ىٰرْخُاْلا ُمُتْيَءَرَفَا َتّٰللا َو ىّٰزُعْلا۰۰ۙ ‘Now tell me about L a t and Uzz a ; And Man a t, the third one, another goddess’, Satan caused him to add the words ‘these idols, who are like beau - tiful women with long necks, can serve as intercessors’. 21 And that when the disbelievers heard these words praising their idols, they too fell prostrate. Later, when the Holy Prophet s as learned that Satan had caused these words to flow from his tongue, he was greatly perturbed. God forbid! This whole incident is a fabrica - tion but Muslim commentators have accepted it so easily. Some people who think that this story is far too bizarre and unacceptable have instead suggested that Satan did not cause these words to flow from the Holy Prophet’s tongue, rather Satan himself uttered these words in the voice of the Holy Prophet s as so that it appeared as if he had said them. Then, so as to alleviate the doubts that would arise regarding the Holy Quran as a result of accepting this story, they resort to this verse: 22 ُخَسْنَيَف ُهّٰللا اَم يِقْلُي ُنٰطْيَّشلا َّمُث ُمِكْحُي ُهّٰللا ٖهِتٰيٰا١ؕ َو ُهّٰللا ٌمْيِلَع ٌمْيِكَح۰۰ۙ But Allah removes the obstacles that are placed by Satan. Then Allah firmly establishes His Signs. And Allah is All- Knowing, Wise.