The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 572
PT. 21 بَلْ هُوَ ايتُ بَيْنَت فِي صُدُورِ الَّذِينَ collection CH. 29 50. Nay, it is a AL-'ANKABŪT of clear Signs in the hearts of And none but the wrongdoers أوتُوا الْعِلْمَ وَمَا يَجْحَدُ بِايْتِنَا إِلَّا. those who are given knowledge الظَّلِمُونَ deny Our Signs, 2974 وَقَالُوا لَوْلَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ أَيْتُ مِنْ رَّبِّهِ And they say, “Why are not. 51 قُلْ إِنَّمَا الْأَيْتُ عِنْدَ اللهِ وَإِنَّمَا أَنَا نَذِيرٌ Lord? Say, The Signs are مُّبِينٌ Signs sent down to him from his with Allah, and certainly I am a clear Warner. '2975 6:38; 13:28. 22:50; 26:116; 51:51; 67:27. to satisfy all the moral and spiritual needs and requirements of humanity for all time. The fact of the Holy Prophet being illiterate, and being born in a country, and having lived among a people, cut off from all contact with civilized humanity, indeed constitutes an infallible proof of the Quran being a revealed Book. That the Holy Prophet could neither read nor write before he commissioned as a Divine Messenger was brought about a most wholesome transformation in the lives of a whole people who had sunk deep in the quagmire of moral turpitude and spiritual decadence and gave light to them who were helplessly groping in utter darkness, indeed constitutes a very strong internal evidence that it has proceeded from the Source of all light. The divine light of which the Quran is the repository irrefutably shows that it has been revealed by admits of no difference of opinion. God and that it was beyond the power Towards the end of his life he may have been able to decipher a few simple words but he never learned to read or write. See also 16:104. 2974. Commentary: While the preceding verse referred to external evidence in support of the Quran being the revealed Word of God, the present one furnishes an internal evidence, which is that from the hearts of those who have been endowed with knowledge of the Quran gush forth fountains of divine light. The fact that the Quran 2486 of man to produce it. 2975. Commentary: In the Quran by the sign demanded by disbelievers is meant generally the sign of punishment. This meaning is clear from vv. 54, 55& 56 below. To this demand of disbelievers the Holy Prophet is commanded to say that it is not for him to fix the time when punishment should come, because he is only a Warner whose duty is confined to warning them that if they persisted in their rejection of the Divine Message and did not mend their ways they will perish.