The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 155
PT. 17 AL-ANBIYA' CH. 21 بَلْ قَالُوا أَضْغَاثُ أَحْلامٍ بَلِ افْتَراهُ Nay, they say, “These are but. 6 confused dreams; nay, he has بَلْ هُوَ شَاعِرٌ فَلْيَأْتِنَا بِايَةٍ كَمَا forged it himself; nay, he is but أُرْسِلَ الْأَوَّلُونَ a poet. Let him then bring us a Sign just as the former Prophets were sent with Signs. '2347 a52:31. connected with the spiritual realm, and the word may stand for material or worldly sciences. The verse means to say that the disbelievers reject the Message of the Quran on the plea that they see nothing in the Holy Prophet beyond an ordinary human being but they ignore the patent fact that the All- Hearing and All-Knowing God is at his back. God knows full well all their secret and open plots and machinations against Islam and He hears the prayers of the Holy Prophet and His chosen servants and will frustrate all the evil designs of disbelievers. contains excellent teachings, the disbelievers shift their ground and say that the Holy Prophet has forged it himself. But again realizing that throughout his life the Prophet was by common consent known and looked upon as "the trusty" and "the truthful," they give up this objection also and proceed to accuse him of being a poet and a magician. These objections have been mentioned in an ascending order and the continuous shifting of the ground by disbelievers implies an admission on their part that their objections can stand no examination or scrutiny. The Quran has therefore refused to entertain them here because they carry their refutation and self- a Sign of own punishment; or a Sign of the contradictory and foolish. Further on, disbelievers' own choice. See also however, it has answered these 19:11. objections in another context. 2347. Important Words: may here آية mean confused dreams. See) اضغاث احلام 12:45. Commentary: In this verse three different objections of disbelievers with regard to the Quran have been mentioned. The first is that the Quran is a mixture of confused dreams. But realizing the untenability of their position, as there exists a beautiful arrangement and order in it and that it forms a connected whole and 2069 are The demand, let him then bring us a Sign just as the former Prophets were sent with Signs, is clearly foolish and insolent. There has never appeared a Prophet in the world who was not confronted with a similar demand. Jesus was so infuriated with the Scribes and the Pharisees when they said: "Master, we should see a sign from thee" (Matt. 12:38), that he exclaimed in extreme anger: "An evil and adulterous generation seeketh