The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 555
PT. 8 AL-A'RĀF 62. He said, "O my people, there is no error in me, but I am a Messenger from the Lord of the worlds. 961 63. b'I deliver to CH. 7 CÚRÁJE úžstojali, قَالَ يُقَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِي ضَلَلَةً وَلَكِنِّي رَسُولُ مِنْ رَّبِّ الْعَلَمِينَ أبَلِّغُكُمْ رِسُلْتِ رَبِّي وَانْصَحُ لَكُمْ you the وَاَعْلَمُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ اَوَعَجِبْتُمْ أَنْ جَاءَكُمْ ذِكْرٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّكُمْ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِّنْكُمُ لِيُنْذِرَكُم وَلتَتَّقُوا وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ messages of my Lord and give you sincere advice, and I know from Allah what you do not know. 64. "Do you wonder that an exhortation has come to you from your Lord through a man from among yourselves, that he may warn you and that you may become righteous and that you may be shown mercy?' 962 a7:68. b7:69, 80; 46:24. 7:70; 10:3; 38:5; 50:3. 961. Commentary: The words, but I am a Messenger from the Lord of the worlds, rebut the charge of error on Noah's part in a most beautiful and convincing manner. The rejecters of Noah claimed that he was in error or that he had lost his way. The argument given by Noah in refutation of this charge is to the effect that a person who is proceeding to a place may indeed be said to be unacquainted with the way or to have lost it owing to his having never trodden it before, but how can a person who is returning from a certain place be said not to know the way to that place and how can he possibly lose the way in leading others to it? So Noah could not be in error, for he was actually coming 995 from God, and, therefore, there was no possibility of his wandering away from the path that leads to Him. 962. Commentary: The reason why people so readily reject the Prophets of God is that they cannot persuade themselves to believe that Divine revelation can come to a human being or that such an exalted spiritual rank as that of the bearer of a Divine Message can be conferred upon an ordinary person from among themselves. The verse under comment sets at rest this feeling of surprise and wonder in the disbelievers in a very appealing manner. It asks them, why do they wonder if an admonition has come to them from their Lord (Rabb), Who is not only their Creator but Who also