The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 404
CH. 6 AL-AN'ĀM And if We had sent down an angel, the matter would have been settled, and then they would not have been granted a respite. 756 10. And if We had appointed as Messenger an angel, We would have made him appear as a man; and thus We would have made confused to them that which they are themselves making confused. 757 PT. 7 وَلَوْ أَنْزَلْنَا مَلَكًا لَّقُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ ثُمَّ لَا يُنْظَرُونَ ) وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَهُ مَلَكًا لَّجَعَلْنَهُ رَجُلًا و لَلَبَسْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَّا يَلْبِسُونَ ) وَلَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلِ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ the فَحَاقَ بِالَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا مِنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِءُ وَنَ 11. And surely "have Messengers been mocked at before thee, but that which they mocked at encompassed those of them who scoffed. 758 "21:42. The verse signifies that when a man gives himself up to doubting, nothing, however clear and manifest, convince him. 756. Commentary: can The question, Why has not an angel been sent down to him, implies a desire on the part of the disbelievers to be visited by an angel whom they might see and be thus convinced of the divine mission of the Prophet. The Quran exposes their folly by replying that although the angels of God do come to the Prophet, yet when they visit disbelievers and are seen by them, they invariably come with Divine punishment. Such angels appeared at the Battle of Badr, when, to quote the expression of the Quran, 844 the matter was decided (2:211). See also the succeeding verse. 757. Commentary: Another possible form of the sent to this world as a Messenger. But appearance of an angel is that he be this could not improve things; for in that case, to make his mission to mankind worth anything, he should appear in the form of a man; but if he were to appear to them in the form of a man, then the people would entertain the same doubts about his heavenly mission as they were now doing about that of the Holy Prophet. 758. Commentary: The words, And surely have the