The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 571
PT. 21 AL-'ANKABŪT CH. 29 وَكَذَلِكَ أَنْزَلْنَا إِلَيْكَ الْكِتَبَ فَالَّذِينَ And in like manner have We. 48 sent down the Book to thee, aso أَتَيْنَهُمُ الْكِتَبَ يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِهِ وَ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ those to whom We have given مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ ، وَمَا يَجْحَدُ بِايْتِنَا believe in it (the Quran); and of إِلَّا الكَفِرُونَ true knowledge of the Book these people also there are some who believe in it. And none but the ungrateful deny Our Signs. 2972 وَمَا كُنْتَ تَتْلُوا مِنْ قَبْلِهِ مِنْ كِتُبِ وَلَا And thou didst not recite. 49 any Book before it, nor didst تَخُطُهُ بِيَمِينِكَ إِذًا لَّا تَابَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ thou write one with thy right hand; in that case the liars would have doubted. 2973 "11:18. 42:53. beliefs and religious principles which are common between us and our adversary. As an instance we are told that while talking to the "People of the Book" we should start with the two basic religious principles of the Unity of God and Divine revelation. In the form in which Islam has presented these two principles, it stands unique among all religions. Whereas according to Islam God revealed Himself to man in every age, the followers of other religions claim to have the exclusive privilege of being "God's sons and His loved ones" (5:19). Islam also teaches that Prophets have been raised among all peoples (35:25), a principle which in its catholicity and broadmindedness finds no parallel in the teaching of any other religion. given true knowledge of the Book," may refer to (1) the "People of the Book" as shown in the text, or (2) to the Arabs in whose tongue the Quran had been revealed, or (3) to Muslims who believe in the Quran as the revealed Book of God. The words "of these people" may refer either to the Meccans or to the People of the Book, preferably to the former. 2973. Commentary: Alluding to the two great principles mentioned in v. 47 above, the present verse purports to say that it is unimaginable that a man who could neither read nor write and therefore conceivably had no knowledge of the other revealed Scriptures should have been able to produce a Book which not only contains all that is of permanent value in these Scriptures but is also a compendium of all the The expression "to whom We have universal teachings that are calculated 2972. Commentary: 2485