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Ayah
Word by Word
أَمۡ
Or
يَقُولُونَ
they say
ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُۖ
He has fabricated it
قُلۡ
Say
فَأۡتُواْ
Then bring
بِعَشۡرِ
ten
سُوَرٖ
surahs
مِّثۡلِهِۦ
like it
مُفۡتَرَيَٰتٖ
fabricated
وَٱدۡعُواْ
and call
مَنِ
whoever
ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُم
you can
مِّن
besides Allah
دُونِ
besides Allah
ٱللَّهِ
besides Allah
إِن
if
كُنتُمۡ
you are
صَٰدِقِينَ
truthful
أَمۡ
Or
يَقُولُونَ
they say
ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُۖ
He has fabricated it
قُلۡ
Say
فَأۡتُواْ
Then bring
بِعَشۡرِ
ten
سُوَرٖ
surahs
مِّثۡلِهِۦ
like it
مُفۡتَرَيَٰتٖ
fabricated
وَٱدۡعُواْ
and call
مَنِ
whoever
ٱسۡتَطَعۡتُم
you can
مِّن
besides Allah
دُونِ
besides Allah
ٱللَّهِ
besides Allah
إِن
if
كُنتُمۡ
you are
صَٰدِقِينَ
truthful
Translation
Or they may say, "He forged it," Say, "Bring ye then ten suras forged, like unto it, and call (to your aid) whomsoever ye can, other than Allah!- If ye speak the truth!
Tafsir
Or do they say, 'He has invented it'?, that is, Al-Qur'an. Say: 'Then bring ten sooras the like thereof, in terms of clarity and rhetorical excellence, invented, for you are Arabs who speak [Arabic] eloquently, like myself - he challenged them to these [ten sooras] first, and then to one soora - and call, in order [for them] to assist you, upon whom you can beside God, that is, [on] other than Him, if you are truthful', about it [Al-Qur'an] being an invention of lies.
"The Messenger grieving by the Statements of the Polytheists, and His Gratification
Allah says;
فَلَعَلَّكَ تَارِكٌ بَعۡضَ مَا يُوحَى إِلَيۡكَ وَضَأيِقٌ بِهِ صَدۡرُكَ أَن يَقُولُواۡ لَوۡلَا أُنزِلَ عَلَيۡهِ كَنزٌ أَوۡ جَاء مَعَهُ مَلَكٌ
.
So perchance you may give up a part of what is revealed unto you, and that your breast feels straitened for it because they say, ""Why has not a treasure been sent down unto him, or an angel come with him!""
This statement of Allah, the Exalted, to His Messenger comforted the worries that the polytheists were causing him due to their statements directed towards him.
This is just as Allah says about them,
وَقَالُواۡ مَا لِهَـذَا الرَّسُولِ يَأۡكُلُ الطَّعَامَ وَيَمۡشِى فِى الاٌّسۡوَاقِ لَوۡلا أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡهِ مَلَكٌ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُ نَذِيراً
أَوۡ يُلۡقَى إِلَيۡهِ كَنۡزٌ أَوۡ تَكُونُ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ يَأۡكُلُ مِنۡهَا وَقَالَ الظَّـلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلاَّ رَجُلً مَّسۡحُوراً
And they say:""Why does this Messenger eat food, and walk about in the markets. Why is not an angel sent down to him to be a warner with him!"" Or; ""(why) has not a treasure been granted to him, or why has he not a garden whereof he may eat!"" And the wrongdoers say:""You follow none but a man bewitched."" (25:7-8)
Thus, Allah commanded His Messenger and guided him to not let these statements of theirs grieve his heart. Allah directed him to not let these statements prevent him, or deter him from calling them to Allah, both day and night.
This is as Allah said,
وَلَقَدۡ نَعۡلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدۡرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ
Indeed, We know that your breast is straitened at what they say. (15:97)
Allah says in this verse,
فَلَعَلَّكَ تَارِكٌ بَعۡضَ مَا يُوحَى إِلَيۡكَ وَضَأيِقٌ بِهِ صَدۡرُكَ أَن يَقُولُواۡ
So perchance you may give up a part of what is revealed unto you, and that your breast feels straitened for it because they say...
The meaning here is that he (the Prophet) may be compelled to give up the Message due to what they (the polytheists) say about him.
However, Allah goes on to explain:
إِنَّمَا أَنتَ نَذِيرٌ
But you are only a warner.
""You (Muhammad) are only a warner and you have an example in your brothers of the Messengers who came before you. For verily, the previous Messengers were rejected and harmed, yet they were patient until the help of Allah came to them.""
وَاللّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيۡءٍ وَكِيلٌ
And Allah is a Guardian over all things.
An Explanation concerning the Miracle of the Qur'an
Then Allah says;
أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ افۡتَرَاهُ قُلۡ فَأۡتُواۡ بِعَشۡرِ سُوَرٍ مِّثۡلِهِ مُفۡتَرَيَاتٍ
وَادۡعُواۡ مَنِ اسۡتَطَعۡتُم مِّن دُونِ اللّهِ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَادِقِينَ
Or they say, ""He forged it."" Say:""Bring you then ten forged Surahs like unto it, and call whomsoever you can, other than Allah, if you speak the truth!""
Allah, the Exalted, explains the miracle of the Qur'an, and that no one is able to produce its like, or even bring ten chapters, or one chapter like it. The reason for this is that the Speech of the Lord of all that exists is not like the speech of the created beings, just as His attributes are not like the attributes of the creation. Nothing resembles His existence. Exalted is He, the Most Holy, and the Sublime. There is no deity worthy of worship except He and there is no true Lord other than He.
Then Allah goes on to say
فَإِلَّمۡ يَسۡتَجِيبُواۡ لَكُمۡ
If then they answer you not,
Meaning, that if they do not come with a reply to that which you have challenged them with (to the reproduction of ten chapters like the Qur'an), then know that it is due to their inability to do so.
فَاعۡلَمُواۡ أَنَّمَا أُنزِلِ بِعِلۡمِ اللّهِ
know then that it is sent down with the knowledge of Allah,
Know (that this is a proof) that this is the speech revealed from Allah. It contains His knowledge, His commands and His prohibitions.
Then Allah continues by saying,
وَأَن لاَّ إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ فَهَلۡ أَنتُم مُّسۡلِمُونَ
and that there is no God besides Him! Will you then be Muslims."
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