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PT. 18 AL-MU'MINÜN CH. 23 J آمْ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا رَسُولَهُمْ فَهُمْ لَهُ Or do they not recognize. 70 مُنْكِرُونَ their Messenger, that they thus deny him?2557 أَمْ يَقُولُونَ بِهِ جِنَّةٌ بَلْ جَاءَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ Or do they say, there is. 71 وَاَكْثَرُهُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَرِهُونَ madness in him? Nay, he has brought them the truth, and most of them hate the truth. 2558 "7:185; 34:47. what precedes it so that neither what precedes it nor what follows it is independent, the one of the other. It denotes interrogation or is used in a case of interrogation corresponding to the interrogative and meaning. They say. . is Zaid in the house or 'Amr i. e. which of the two (L), therefore what follows and what precedes it compose one sentence and what follows it must correspond to what precedes it in the quality of noun and of verb. They say i. e. whether thou warn أ أنذرتهم ام لم تنذرهم them or warn them not (2:7). means, is Zaid standing or sitting? It is also used as simple interrogative in the sense of as indi. e. were you present? (2:134) Commentary: The verse means to say, why do not disbelievers understand this simple thing that the Holy Prophet's Message is no new thing. It is the same Message which from time immemorial the Prophets of God have been bringing in the world, the selfsame message which was given to the forefathers of these people. 2557. Commentary: the good sense and reasonableness of the opponents of the Holy Prophet. It tells them that his whole life lies like an open book before them. They are quite familiar with all its different phases. It is spotless. For years they have known him as an honest man, a model of virtue and uprightness and yet they dare ascribe falsehood to him. See also 10:17. 2558. Commentary: This verse continues the theme of the preceding one and embodies a repudiation of the foolish charge of disbelievers that the Holy Prophet has been smitten with insanity, and mentions also the cause and reason for their denial of him. It throws a challenge to them by saying that there could possibly be no insanity or madness about the Holy Prophet inasmuch as maniacs have never produced such wonderful results as he has done. He has changed the whole face of Arabia. Nor have the teachings of madmen or impostors offered such satisfactory solutions of all the difficult human moral, social and economic problems as the Quran has done. The verse gives the reason for the disbelievers' rejection of the The verse embodies an appeal to Message of Islam in the words that 2227