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Ayah
Word by Word
فَإِلَّمۡ
Then if not
يَسۡتَجِيبُواْ
they respond
لَكُمۡ
to you
فَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ
then know
أَنَّمَآ
that
أُنزِلَ
it was sent down
بِعِلۡمِ
with the knowledge
ٱللَّهِ
of Allah
وَأَن
and that
لَّآ
(there is) no
إِلَٰهَ
god
إِلَّا
except
هُوَۖ
Him
فَهَلۡ
Then, would
أَنتُم
you
مُّسۡلِمُونَ
(be) Muslims
فَإِلَّمۡ
Then if not
يَسۡتَجِيبُواْ
they respond
لَكُمۡ
to you
فَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ
then know
أَنَّمَآ
that
أُنزِلَ
it was sent down
بِعِلۡمِ
with the knowledge
ٱللَّهِ
of Allah
وَأَن
and that
لَّآ
(there is) no
إِلَٰهَ
god
إِلَّا
except
هُوَۖ
Him
فَهَلۡ
Then, would
أَنتُم
you
مُّسۡلِمُونَ
(be) Muslims
Translation
"If then they (your false gods) answer not your (call), know ye that this revelation is sent down (replete) with the knowledge of Allah, and that there is no god but He! will ye even then submit (to Islam)?"
Tafsir
Then, if they, that is, those on whom you call for assistance, do not answer you, know, this address is to the idolaters, that it has been revealed, enwrapped, only in God's knowledge, not as an invention of lies against Him, and that (an is softened, in other words [understand it as] annahu) there is no god save Him. Will you then submit?, after this definitive argument; in other words: 'Submit!'
"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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