The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 114
CH. 52 AṬ-ṬŪR PT. 27 اَمْ خُلِقُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ شَيْ أَمْ هُمُ Have they been created for. 36 الْخَلِقُونَ nothing, or are they themselves the creators?3954 ام خَلَقُوا السَّمَوتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بَلْ Did they create the heavens. 37 لا يُوقِنُوْنَ and the earth? Nay, but they have no faith. 38. Do they own the treasures of thy Lord', or are they the guardians thereof ?3955 آمْ عِنْدَهُمْ خَزَائِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمْ هُمُ الْمُصَّيْطِرُونَ أَمْ لَهُمْ سُلَّم يَسْتَمِعُونَ فِيهِ فَلْيَاتِ Have they a ladder by. 39 مُسْتَمِعُهُمْ بِسُلْطَنٍ مُّبِينٍ Schnably means of which they can ascend into heaven and overhear? Then let their listener bring a manifest authority, 3956 "56:60. b38:10. their combined and concerted effort, calling in "all the men and jinn" to help and assist them. The Quran emphatically asserts that they will not be able to produce such a book because the Quran is God's own revealed Word. See also 2:24; 14:25 and 17:89. 3954. Commentary: "Do they think," the verse appears to tell disbelievers, "that they have cause or been created without a purpose, or that they are their own creators?" If that is not the case and God is their Creator, and their creation serves a noble and sublime purpose, and the Quran has been revealed to help them to attain that noble object, then why do they not accept it?" 3955. Commentary: Merciful to men, in that He has sent the Holy Prophet and has revealed the Quran to him that they may understand the object of their life and, by following him, may attain it and establish a true and real connection with God. But they refuse to accept him, thinking him to be too low to be entitled to demand and command their allegiance. The verse answers this objection of disbelievers by telling them that God in His infallible wisdom has chosen the Prophet to be humanity's infallible Guide and Teacher. How can they dare arrogate to themselves the right and role of being the distributors or guardians of the treasures of God's mercy? 3956. Commentary: In these verses (vv. 30-44) untenability and futility of their God has been Gracious and position in rejecting the Holy 3010