The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 392
CH. 25 AL-FURQAN PT. 18 وَقَالُوْا مَالِ هَذَا الرَّسُولِ يَأْكُلُ الطَّعَامَ And they say, “What is the. 8 matter with this Messenger that وَيَمْشِي فِي الْأَسْوَاقِ لَوْلَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ he eats food, and walks in the مَلَكُ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُ نَذِيرًان streets? "Why has not an angel been sent down to him that he might be a warner with him?2646 اَوْ يُلْقَى إِلَيْهِ كَنْزُ اَوْ تَكُونُ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ Or ba treasure should have. 9 been thrown down to him, or he يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ الظَّلِمُونَ إِنْ تَتَّبِعُونَ should have had a garden to eat ۖ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُوْرًا therefrom. ' And the wrongdoers say, "You follow none but a man bewitched. '2647 11:13; 15:8; 17:93. 11:13; 17:94. 17:48. enemies of truth have the hardihood to say," the verse seems to argue, "that the Quran is but a jumble of old stories and fables which are dictated to him morning and evening? It certainly is not a collection of fables and stories but embodies great truths noble teachings and mighty prophecies which no human brain can devise. The disbelievers will live to see those prophecies being fulfilled, because the Quran has been revealed by the Great God Who knows the secrets of the heavens and the earth and because He being Merciful and Forgiving took pity on corrupt humanity and provided in the Quran the requisite remedies for all its moral and spiritual ills and maladies. " See also 16:104. The verse further by implication holds out a challenge to the disbelievers that if they really think that the Quran is the result of the Holy Prophet's own effort, aided and helped in its production by a few other individuals, then let the whole world-men and jinn sit together and with their collective and concerted effort produce a book like the Quran, and it declares with all the emphasis at its command that if they ever made such an attempt, they would certainly fail in their object. See also 17:89. 2646. Commentary: This and the next verse contain another objection of disbelievers against the Holy Prophet, which the verses following them proceed to answer. The objection is: "The Holy Prophet is but an ordinary man. He eats and walks in the streets. If he was a Messenger of God, he should have been followed by an entourage of angels who would have borne testimony to his truth and should have warned his rejecters and deniers of the punishment that was in store 2306 for them. " 2647. Commentary: The objection which was begun in