The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 469
CH. 26 مَا أَغْنَى عَنْهُمْ مَّا كَانُوا يُمَتَّعُوْنَ وَمَا أَهْلَكْنَا مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا PT. 19 ASH-SHU'ARĀ' 208. Of no avail shall be to them that which they were allowed to enjoy. 209. "And never did We destroy any township but it had Warners, 2803 210. This is an admonition; and We are not unjust. 211. And the evil ones have not brought it down. 2803A 212. They are not fit for it, nor have they the power to do SO. 2804 لَهَا مُنْذِرُونَ ذِكْرَى وَمَا كُنَّا ظُلِمِينَ وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ الشَّيْطِيْنُ وَمَا يَنْبَغِي لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ 6:132; 11:118; 20:135; 28:60. a 2803. Commentary: The verse refers to a divine law that punishment does not overtake people unless a Prophet is first sent to them and by rejecting and opposing him they render themselves deserving of it. See also 17:16; 28:60; 35:38. 2803A. Commentary: The theme about the truth of the Quran commenced in the preceding verse is continued in the verse under comment, it reiterates the claim that satans or evil persons have no hand in producing the Quran. In the following verses proofs have been given to support and substantiate this claim. 2804. Commentary: The verse contains two arguments in support of the claim that satans could have no hand in the production of the Quran. The first argument is embodied in the words "They are not fit for it," which means that the teaching of the Quran constitutes a most effective and uncompromising condemnation of all that satans stand for. Satan and his followers have been repeatedly and in most scathing terms denounced in the Quran and all good men have been exhorted to treat Satan as their enemy and not to follow him and to lead righteous lives. Thus satanic persons could not have helped in the possibly production of the Quran. 2383 The second argument is continued in the words "nor have they the power to do so" which signify that the teaching of the Quran is of such exalted character and contains such sublime truths that it is beyond the power of satans to produce the like of it. Elsewhere the Quran says "if mankind and the jinn gathered together to produce the like of this Quran, they could not produce the