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46:8 - Or do they say "He has forged it"? Say: "Had I forged it then can ye obtain no single
(blessing) for me from Allah. He knows best of that whereof ye talk (so glibly)! Enough is He
for a witness between me and you! And He is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful." 4781
4781 'If I forged a message from myself as one purporting to come from Allah, you would not be able to see me enjoy any
of the blessings from Allah which I enjoy: you would not see me calm and relying on Allah, nor would you see me bear
the reputation of being a trustworthy man. A liar comes to an evil end. But what about those who talk so glibly and
freely about things which they know not? Allah knows all and He is my witness! According to Ibn Kathir, the verse
means that if the Prophet's claim to be Allah's messenger would have been a false one, he would have been stricken
by a severe punishment from Allah and none had the power to avert that punishment. (46.8)
46:9 - Say: "I am no bringer of new-fangled doctrine among the apostles nor do I know what will be
done with me or with you. I follow but that which is revealed to me by inspiration: I am but a
Warner open and clear." 4782
4782 'What is there to forge? All prophets have taught the Unity of Allah and our duty to mankind. I bring no new fangled
doctrine, but etemal truths that have been known to good men through the ages. It is to reclaim you that I have come.
I do not know what will be your fate for all this callousness, nor what you will do to me. But this I know, that I am
preaching truth and righteousness as inspired by Allah. My duty is only to proclaim aloud and clearly the Message
entrusted to me by Allah. The rest I leave to Allah.' (46.9)
46:10 - Say: "See ye? If (this teaching) be from Allah and ye reject it and a witness from among the
Children of Israel testifies to its similarity (with earlier scriptures) and has believed while ye are
arrogant (how unjust ye are!) truly Allah guides not a people unjust." 47834784
4783 Another side of the argument is now presented. 'You pagan Arabs! You are puffed up with pride, though you are an
ignorant nation. Among Israel there are men who understand the previous scriptures, and who find in the Qur-an and
its Preacher a true confirmation of the previous scriptures. They accept Islam as a fulfilment of the revelation of Moses
himself! (See Deut. xviii. 18-19). And yet you hold back, though the Qur-an has come in your own language, in order
to help you to understand. How unjust and how shameful! In that case, with what face can you seek guidance from
Allah?' (46.10)
4784 There were learned Jews (and Christians) who saw in the holy Prophet the Messenger of Allah foreshadowed in
previous Revelations, and accepted Islam. As this is a Makkan Sura we need not construe this as a reference to
Abdullah ibn Salam, whose conversion was in Madinah only two years before the Prophet's death, unless we accept
this particular verse to be so late in date. The sincere Jews were in a position to understand how this Revelation fitted
in with all they had learnt about Revelation. (46.10)
52:33 - Or do they say "He fabricated the (Message)"? Nay they have no faith! 5068
5068 As an alternative to the charges of being a soothsayer or a madman or a disgruntled poet, there is the charge of a
forger or fabricator applied to the prophet of Allah when he produces his Message. This implies that there can be no
revelation or inspiration from Allah. Such an attitude negatives Faith altogether. But if this is so, can they produce a
work of man that can compare with the inspired Word of Allah? They cannot. Cf. n. 37-39, and xvii. 88. (52.33)
53:2 - Your Companion is neither astray nor being misled 5086
5086 "Your Companion" is the holy Prophet Muhammad, who had lived among the Quraish. He is defended from three
kinds of charges that the Unbelievers brought against him: (1) that he was going astray, either through defect of
intelligence or through carelessness; (2) that he was being misled or deceived by evil spirits; and (3) that he spoke out
of a whim or impulse, or from a selfish desire to impress his own personality. None of these charges were true. On the
contrary he had direct inspiration from Allah. (53.2)
53:3 - Nor does he say (aught) of (his own) Desire.
68:2 - Thou art not by the grace of thy Lord mad or possessed. 5594
5594 People usually call any one mad whose standards are different from their own. And madness is believed to be due to
demoniacal possession, an idea distinctly in the minds of the New Testament writers: for Luke speaks of a man from
whom the "devils" were cast out, as being then "clothed, and in his right mind" (Luke, viii. 35). (68.2)
69:41 - It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe! 5667
5667 A poet draws upon his imagination, and the subjective factor is so strong that though we may learn much from him, we
cannot believe as facts the wonderful tales he has to tell. And the poet who is not a Seer is merely a vulgar votary of
exaggerations and falsehoods. (69.41)
69:42 - Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive. 5668
5668 A soothsayer merely pretends to foretell future events of no profound spiritual consequence. Most of his prophecies
are frauds, and none of them is meant to teach lessons of real admonition. Such admonition is the work of an
honoured prophet. (69.42)
81:22 - And (O people!) your companion is not one possessed; 5990
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