The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 87
PT. 11 YŪNUS CH. 10 فَإِنْ كُنْتَ فِي شَةٍ مِّمَّا أَنْزَلْنَا إِلَيْكَ And if thou art in doubt. 95 concerning that which We have فَسْتَلِ الَّذِيْنَ يَقْرَءُونَ الْكِتَبَ مِنْ sent down to thee, as those who have been reading the قَبْلِكَ لَقَدْ جَاءَ الْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ فَلَا Book before thee. Indeed the تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُمْتَرِيْنَ "truth has come to thee from thy Lord; be not, therefore, of those who doubt. 1367 "2:148; 10:95; 11:18. Torah and the formation of the Israelites into an organized community. Thus they cannot be said to have disagreed among themselves after its revelation. When the Holy Prophet of Islam was about to make his appearance, the Jews held the belief that a Prophet like unto Moses was to appear very soon; but when the Promised Prophet did actually appear, they differed and disagreed as to whom the prophecies about the Promised Prophet applied. Some Jews denied that the prophecies had found fulfilment in the Prophet of Islam, while others sought to deny the very existence of any such prophecies in the Bible. That the disagreement referred to in this verse was the one which arose among the Israelites after the Quran was revealed is also clear from the next verse which says: And if thou, (0 addressee) art in doubt concerning that which We have sent down to thee (viz. the Quran). This verse clearly shows that in the verse under comment the "knowledge" after the coming of which the Israelites differed among themselves refers to the Quran. The Jews were SO ardently expecting the Prophet who was to be the like of Moses (Deut. 18:18) and who was to appear in Arabia amongst the descendants of Ishmael, the brethren of the Israelites, that some of them had even migrated to Arabia and had settled in Medina that they might be among the first to believe in him when he made his appearance. It is a strange irony of fate that these very Jewish settlers of Arabia proved to be his bitterest enemies when the Promised Prophet actually made his appearance. 1367. Commentary: The words, if thou art in doubt, cannot refer to the Holy Prophet, for the Divine Messenger to whom the word of God is revealed can never entertain any doubt about it. Nor can these words be said to refer to any of his Companions, for we read in 12:109, Say, this is my way; I invite unto Allah on sure knowledge-I and those who follow me. It is therefore wrong to say that the Prophet or his Companions, who are represented here as possessing sure knowledge, ever entertained doubt about the truth 1295