The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 391
PT. 18 AL-FURQAN CH. 25 وَقَالُوا أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ اكْتَتَبَهَا And they say, “These are. 6 fables of the ancients; and he has got them written down, and they are read out to him morning and evening. '2644A فَهِيَ تُمْلَى عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيْلًا b₁ قُلْ أَنْزَلَهُ الَّذِي يَعْلَمُ السَّرَّ فِي السَّمَواتِ Say, He Who knows every. 7 وَالْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا secret that is in the heavens and the earth has revealed it. Verily, He is Most Forgiving, Merciful. '2645 "8:32; 16:25; 68:16; 83:14. 6:4; 11:6; 67:14. admission on the part of disbelievers that no single person, not even the Holy Prophet could have produced such a marvellous Book and that a large party of men must have assisted him in preparing it. The clause, "Indeed they have committed a great injustice and a great falsehood," refers to two charges of disbelievers against the Holy Prophet and answers them. The first charge is that the Holy Prophet has forged a lie. The answer that the verse gives to this charge is that it was unjust on their part to prefer such a charge against the Holy Prophet. He had lived among them a life-time before and they had unanimously borne testimony to his integrity and truthfulness. How could they now charge him with forgery? It was sheer injustice on their part to do so. The second charge against him is that other people have helped him in producing the Quran. In answer to this charge the verse says that it is an obvious untruth, since whosoever the Prophet's so-called helpers were, they 2305 must have held some beliefs and doctrines, but the Quran refutes and demolishes all false beliefs and abrogates and improves upon others. How could any people be supposed to help him to produce a Book which had laid the axe at the root of those very beliefs and doctrines which they held so dear? So it is patent falsehood to say that the Holy Prophet had received help from any quarter in the preparation of the Quran. 2644A. Important Words: (got them written down) is derived from which means, he means, he wrote a اكتتب كتاباً. wrote book; he asked one to dictate it; he asked for a book or the like to be written for him; he collected it (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: See next verse. 2645. Commentary: This verse gives another very effective argument to break and demolish the allegations of the Holy Prophet's detractors. "Do these