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PT. 19 R. 11. ASH-SHU'ARĀ' CH. 26 193. And verily this is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds. 2795 2796 194. "The Spirit, Faithful to the Trust, has descended with it, 2 195. On thy heart, that thou mayest be of the Warners, 2797 وَإِنَّهُ لَتَنْزِيلُ رَبِّ الْعَلَمِينَ نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ عَلى قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنْذِرِينَ "20:5; 56:81. 2:98; 16:103. the Spirit faithful to the trust. Elsewhere he is called (16:103), i. e. the Spirit of Holiness. Both are the attributive names of the believers, and He is Merciful, i. e. He shows mercy to a sinner when he sincerely turns to Him for forgiveness. In this verse the Meccans have been warned that the cause of Archangel Gabriel who was the the Holy Prophet was sure to triumph | medium and that they will get a severe punishment like that of the rejecters of the Prophets of yore but if they repented, God will forgive them and show mercy to them. 2795. Commentary: The verse continues the theme of the preceding verses. It purports to say that the revelation of the Quran is no new phenomenon. As the messages of the Prophets mentioned above were revealed by God, so has this last message for all mankind also been revealed by Him, but with this difference that whereas the former Prophets were sent to their respective peoples, the Quran has been sent for all the nations of the world, because "it is a revelation from the Lord of all the worlds. " 2796. Commentary: In this verse the angel who brought the revelation from God to the Holy i. e الروح الامين Prophet has been called through whom Divine revelation came to the Holy Prophet. The epithet has been used to point to the eternal and complete freedom from every error or blemish in the Quran and the use of the epithet implies that it shall continue to enjoy Divine protection against all attempts to tamper with its text. This latter epithet has been used exclusively with regard to the revelation of the Quran because the promise of everlasting Divine protection was held out to no other Divine Scripture and their texts, in course of time came to be interfered and tampered with. Strangely enough, the Holy Prophet himself known as ✓✓✓ (the trustworthy) at Mecca. What a great Divine tribute to, and evidence of, the trustworthiness of the Quran that its revelation was brought by an Amin to an Amin! 2377 2797. Commentary: was The words 'on thy heart' have been