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Ayat
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قُلۡ
katakanlah
أَنزَلَهُ
menurunkannya
ٱلَّذِي
yang
يَعۡلَمُ
mengetahui
ٱلسِّرَّ
rahasia
فِي
pada
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
langit(jamak)
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ
dan bumi
إِنَّهُۥ
sesungguhnya Dia
كَانَ
adalah Dia
غَفُورٗا
Maha Pengampun
رَّحِيمٗا
Maha Penyayang
قُلۡ
katakanlah
أَنزَلَهُ
menurunkannya
ٱلَّذِي
yang
يَعۡلَمُ
mengetahui
ٱلسِّرَّ
rahasia
فِي
pada
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
langit(jamak)
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ
dan bumi
إِنَّهُۥ
sesungguhnya Dia
كَانَ
adalah Dia
غَفُورٗا
Maha Pengampun
رَّحِيمٗا
Maha Penyayang
Terjemahan
Katakanlah (Muhammad), "(Al-Qur`an) itu diturunkan oleh (Allah) yang mengetahui rahasia di langit dan di bumi. Sungguh, Dia Maha Pengampun, Maha Penyayang."
Tafsir
(Katakanlah! "Al-Qur'an ini diturunkan oleh Allah yang mengetahui rahasia) hal-hal yang gaib (di langit dan di bumi. Sesungguhnya Dia adalah Maha Pengampun) kepada orang-orang yang beriman (lagi Maha Penyayang") kepada mereka.
Tafsir Surat Al-Furqan: 4-6
Dan orang-orang kafir berkata, "Al-Qur'an ini tidak lain hanyalah kebohongan yang diada-adakan oleh Muhammad, dan dia dibantu oleh kaum yang lain,” maka sesungguhnya mereka telah berbuat suatu kezaliman dan dusta yang besar. Dan mereka berkata, "Dongengan-dongengan orang-orang dahulu dimintanya supaya dituliskan, maka dibacakanlah dongengan itu kepadanya setiap pagi dan petang.” Katakanlah, "Al-Qur'an itu diturunkan oleh (Allah) Yang mengetahui rahasia di langit dan di bumi. Sesungguhnya Dia adalah Maha Pengampun lagi Maha Penyayang.
Ayat 4
Allah ﷻ berfirman, menceritakan tentang kurangnya akal orang-orang yang bodoh dari kalangan orang-orang kafir sehubungan dengan pendapat mereka tentang Al-Qur'an. Seperti yang disebutkan oleh firman-Nya:
“Al-Qur'an ini tiada lain hanyalah kebohongan yang diada-adakan oleh Muhammad.” (Al-Furqan: 4).
Maksudnya, kebohongan yang dibuat-buat oleh Muhammad.
“Dan dibantu oleh kaum yang lain.” (Al-Furqan: 4).
Yaitu dia dalam menghimpunnya meminta bantuan kepada kaum yang lain. Maka Allah menjawab mereka melalui firman-Nya:
“Maka sesungguhnya mereka telah berbuat suatu kezaliman dan dusta yang besar.” (Al-Furqan: 4).
Artinya, sungguh mereka telah membuat-buat perkataan yang batil.
Mereka mengetahui bahwa perkataannya itu batil, dan mereka menyadari akan kebohongan tuduhan yang mereka lancarkan itu.
Ayat 5
“Dan mereka berkata, ‘Dongengan-dongengan orang-orang dahulu, dimintanya supaya dituliskan’.”(Al-Furqan: 5).
Yakni kitab-kitab orang-orang terdahulu, lalu dia meminta agar dibuatkan salinan untuknya.
"Maka dibacakanlah dongengan itu kepadanya setiap pagi dan petang." (Al-Furqan: 5).
Yaitu setiap pagi dan sore. Ucapan mereka ini diketahui kebatilannya oleh semua orang karena ngaco, dusta, dan buat-buatan serta tidak ada buktinya. Karena sesungguhnya telah diketahui secara mutawatir dan pasti bahwa Muhammad Rasulullah ﷺ tidak pernah belajar menulis, baik di permulaan usianya maupun di akhirnya.
Dia tumbuh di tengah-tengah mereka yang melancarkan tuduhan tersebut, sejak kelahirannya hingga Allah mengangkatnya sebagai utusan-Nya, yang memakan waktu empat puluh tahun. Mereka secara pasti mengetahui seluk-beluknya, kejujurannya, kebersihan dirinya, kebajikannya, sifat amanahnya, jauh dari dusta dan perbuatan lacur serta akhlak-akhlak yang rendah lainnya. Hingga mereka memberinya julukan Al-Amin sejak kecil sampai Allah mengangkatnya sebagai utusan, sebab mereka mengetahui kejujuran dan kebajikannya.
Tetapi setelah Allah memuliakannya dengan mengangkatnya sebagai seorang rasul, maka mulailah mereka melancarkan permusuhan terhadapnya dan melemparinya dengan tuduhan-tuduhan tersebut, yang diketahui oleh setiap orang yang berakal, bahwa beliau bersih dari apa yang dituduhkan oleh mereka. Mereka sendiri bingung dalam melancarkan tuduhannya, terkadang mereka dengan tuduhan dustanya menjulukinya sebagai seorang penyihir, terkadang mengatakannya sebagai seorang penyair, adakalanya mengatakannya sebagai seorang yang gila, adakalanya pula mengatakannya sebagai penbohong.
Allah ﷻ berfirman: “Lihatlah bagaimana mereka membuat perumpamaan-perumpamaan terhadapmu; karena itu mereka menjadi sesat dan tidak dapat lagi menemukan jalan (yang benar).” (Al-Isra: 48). Allah menjawab keingkaran dan kedustaan mereka melalui firman-Nya:
Ayat 6
“Katakanlah, ‘Al-Qur'an ini diturunkan oleh (Allah) yang mengetahui rahasia di langit dan di bumi’.” (Al-Furqan: 6), hingga akhir ayat.
Yakni Al-Qur'an yang mengandung kisah-kisah orang-orang terdahulu dan terkemudian dengan pemberitaan yang hak dan benar serta sesuai dengan kejadiannya yang di masa lalu maupun di masa mendatang, diturunkan oleh “(Allah) yang mengetahui rahasia.” (Al-Furqan: 6). Yakni Allah mengetahui apa yang gaib di langit dan di bumi, dan mengetahui semua rahasia (hal-hal yang tersembunyi) sebagaimana pengetahuan Allah terhadap hal-hal yang nyata.
Firman Allah ﷻ: “Sesungguhnya Dia adalah Maha Pengampun lagi Maha Penyayang.” (Al-Furqan: 6).
Allah menyeru mereka untuk bertobat dan kembali kepada-Nya seraya memberitahukan kepada mereka bahwa rahmat Allah Maha Luas dan maaf-Nya Maha Besar. Selain dari itu Dia menerima tobat orang yang bertobat kepada-Nya.
Sekalipun mereka mendustakan rasul, melancarkan tuduhan-tuduhan yang bohong kepadanya, durhaka, kafir, dan ingkar serta segala ucapan mereka yang tidak layak terhadap Rasul dan Al-Qur'an, Allah masih tetap menyeru mereka untuk bertobat dan menghentikan perbuatan-perbuatan yang biasa mereka lakukan sebelumnya, dan Allah menyeru mereka untuk masuk Islam dan menempuh jalan petunjuk. Seperti yang disebutkan oleh Allah ﷻ dalam firman-Nya: “Sesungguhnya kafirlah orang-orang yang mengatakan, ‘Allah salah seorang dari yang tiga,’ padahal sekali-kali tidak ada Tuhan selain dari Tuhan Yang Esa. Jika mereka tidak berhenti dari apa yang mereka katakan itu, pasti orang-orang kafir di antara mereka akan ditimpa siksaan yang pedih. Maka mengapa mereka tidak bertobat kepada Allah dan memohon ampun kepada-Nya? Dan Allah Maha Pengampun lagi Maha Penyayang.” (Al-Maidah: 73-74). Dan firman Allah ﷻ: “Sesungguhnya orang-orang yang mendatangkan cobaan kepada orang-orang yang mukmin laki-laki dan perempuan, kemudian mereka tidak bertobat, maka bagi mereka azab Jahannam dan bagi mereka azab (neraka) yang membakar.” (Al-Buruj: 10).
Al-Hasan Al-Basri mengatakan bahwa perhatikanlah kemuliaan dan kedermawanan Allah ini, padahal mereka membunuh kekasih-kekasih-Nya, tetapi Dia masih menyeru mereka untuk bertobat dan beroleh rahmat.
Mengajari Nabi Muhammad untuk menjawab tuduhan kaum kafir itu, Allah berfirman, 'Katakanlah, wahai Nabi Muhammad, kepada mereka bahwa Al-Qur'an itu diturunkan oleh Allah yang mengetahui segala rahasia di langit dan di bumi. " Sungguh, Dia Maha Pengampun, Maha Penyayang, sehingga dia menunda turunnya azab kepada manusia yang durhaka. 7. Dan orang-orang kafir tidak merasa cukup dengan menuduh Al-Qur'an sebagai hasil karya Nabi Muhammad. Mereka juga berkata, 'Mengapa pria yang mengaku Rasul ini memakan makanan dan berjalan di pasar-pasar untuk mencari rezeki seperti halnya kita' Kalaulah rasul itu manusia, mengapa malaikat tidak diturunkan kepadanya agar malaikat itu memberikan peringatan bersama dia sehingga kita mengetahui kebenaran perkataannya,.
Oleh karena orang-orang kafir itu keterlaluan mengadakan tuduhan-tuduhan yang tidak masuk akal, sedang mereka sudah ditantang sedemikian rupa dan tidak dapat menjawab tantangan itu, maka Allah memerintahkan Nabi Muhammad ﷺ supaya menyatakan kepada mereka dengan tegas bahwa Al-Qur'an itu bukanlah sebagaimana yang mereka tuduhkan. Al-Qur'an itu benar-benar diturunkan oleh Allah yang mengetahui segala rahasia yang tersembunyi di langit dan di bumi. Oleh karena itu terdapat di dalamnya hukum-hukum syariat dan peraturan yang sangat baik dan dalam bahasa yang amat tinggi nilai sastranya sehingga tidak ada seorang pun di antara mereka yang bisa menirunya. Al-Qur'an banyak yang mengandung hal-hal yang tidak dapat diketahui kecuali oleh Allah Yang Mahaluas Ilmu-Nya.
Sesungguhnya Tuhan yang menurunkan Al-Qur'an itu, Maha Pengampun dan Penyayang kepada hamba-Nya. Sebenarnya mereka harus bersyukur dan berterima kasih atas rahmat dan kasih sayang-Nya kepada mereka dengan menurunkan Al-Qur'an sebagai petunjuk dan pembimbing mereka ke jalan yang benar. Tetapi mereka tetap ingkar dan durhaka dan menentang ajaran-ajaran-Nya. Kalau tidaklah karena rahmat dan kasih sayang-Nya tentulah telah ditimpakan kepada mereka azab yang pedih.
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Sesudah itu datanglah ayat yang keenam dengan secara lemah-lembut:
“Katakanlah olehmu, hai utusanKu, bahwasanya yang menurunkan segala wahyu yang Furqan ini ialah Allah. Yaitu Tuhan Yang Maha Mengetahui akan segala rahasia yang terkandung di seluruh langit dan di bumi pun. Dan Allah Yang Maha Mengetahui akan segala rahasia langit dan bumi itu adalah mempunyai sifat Pemberi Ampun dan Penyayang atau Pemurah. “
Sikapmu yang penuh dengan kegelapan dan kepalsuan, lain tidak hanyalah karena semata hatimu belum terbuka. Kalau mata hati telah terbuka, engkau hanyalah semata makhluk kecil saja, yang hidup di bawah kasihan Tuhan. Kalau kamu telah menginsafi ini, dan kamu pun surut ke dalam garis kebenaran, maka segala dosa keingkaranmu selama ini akan diampuni. Tuhan amat kasihan melihat kamu meraba-raba di dalam gelap-gulita hidup, tidak melihat cahaya terang.
Kebenaran itu ada, tetapi dia masih tersembunyi di dalam sekali, tertimbun oleh kebebalan dan kelengahanmu, sehingga engkau hidup dalam serba kegelapan, walaupun matahari ada, dan kepalsuan walaupun sepuhan wama emas tidak dapat menyembunyikan tembaga atau emas iancung. Terimalah seruan Nabi ini, niscaya hatimu akan dipenuhi oleh terang, sehingga kamu akan dapat membedakan yang buruk dengan yang baik, yang baik dengan yang hak. Karena untuk Inilah dia diturunkan, yaitu untuk “Furqan" membedakan yang terang dengan yang gelap
Tafsir of Surah Al-Furqon
Blessed be Allah
Allah says while praising Himself:
تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي نَزَّلَ الْفُرْقَانَ عَلَى عَبْدِهِ لِيَكُونَ لِلْعَالَمِينَ نَذِيرًا
Blessed be He Who sent down (Nazzala) the criterion to His servant that he may be a warner to all nations.
Here Allah praises Himself for the Noble Qur'an He has revealed to His noble Messenger.
This is like the Ayat:
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِى أَنْزَلَ عَلَى عَبْدِهِ الْكِتَـبَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَل لَّهُ عِوَجَا
قَيِّماً لِّيُنْذِرَ بَأْسًا شَدِيدًا مِّن لَّدُنْهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ الْمُوْمِنِينَ الَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ الصَّـلِحَاتِ
All the praises and thanks be to Allah, Who has sent down to His servant the Book, and has not placed therein any crookedness. (He has made it) straight to give warning of a severe punishment from Him, and to give glad tidings to the believers, who do righteous deeds... (18:1-2)
Here Allah says:
تَبَارَكَ
Blessed be He.
The verbal form used here implies an ongoing, permanent, eternal blessing.
الَّذِي نَزَّلَ الْفُرْقَانَ
Who sent down the criterion,
The verb Nazzala is a form which implies something done a great deal and often. This is like the Ayah:
وَالْكِتَـبِ الَّذِى نَزَّلَ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ وَالْكِتَـبِ الَّذِى أَنَزلَ مِن قَبْلُ
And the Book which He (Nazzala) sent down to His Messenger, and the Scripture which He (Anzala) sent down to those before (him). (4:136)
Each of the previous Books was sent down at one time, but the Qur'an was revealed gradually, in stages, Ayat after Ayat, rulings after rulings, Surahs after Surahs. This is more eloquent and indicative of greater care for the one to whom it is revealed, as Allah says later in this Surah:
وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْانُ جُمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً كَذَلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِ فُوَادَكَ وَرَتَّلْنَاهُ تَرْتِيلً
وَلَا يَأْتُونَكَ بِمَثَلٍ إِلاَّ جِيْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَأَحْسَنَ تَفْسِيرًا
And those who disbelieve say:Why is not the Qur'an revealed to him all at once! Thus, that We may strengthen your heart thereby. And We have revealed it to you gradually, in stages. And no example or similitude do they bring, but We reveal to you the truth, and the better explanation thereof. (25:32-33)
This Surah was named Al-Furqan, because it is the criterion that decides between truth and falsehood, guidance and misguidance, right and wrong, lawful and unlawful.
عَلَى عَبْدِهِ
to His servant,
This description is one of praise and commendation, because here Allah is connecting him to Himself, describing him as His servant.
Allah also described him in this manner when referring to the noblest of events, the Night of theIsra', as He said:
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِى أَسْرَى بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلً
Glorified be He Who took His servant for a journey by night. (17:1)
Allah also described him in this way when He described how he stood and called to Him:
وَأَنَّهُ لَّمَا قَامَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَدْعُوهُ كَادُواْ يَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِ لِبَداً
And when the servant of Allah stood up invoking Him in prayer they (the Jinn) just made round him a dense crowd as if sticking one over the other (in order to listen to the Prophet's recitation). (72:19)
This description is also used here when Allah describes how the Book is revealed to him and how the angel comes down to him:
تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي نَزَّلَ الْفُرْقَانَ عَلَى عَبْدِهِ لِيَكُونَ لِلْعَالَمِينَ نَذِيرًا
Blessed be He Who sent down the criterion to His servant that he may be a warner to all nations.
لِيَكُونَ لِلْعَالَمِينَ نَذِيرًا
that he may be a warner to all nations.
means, he alone has been blessed with this great, detailed, clear Book which,
لااَّ يَأْتِيهِ الْبَـطِلُ مِن بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَلَا مِنْ خَلْفِهِ تَنزِيلٌ مِّنْ حَكِيمٍ حَمِيدٍ
Falsehood cannot come to it from before it or behind it, (it is) sent down by the All-Wise, Worthy of all praise (Allah). (41:42)
The One Who made it the mighty criterion, singled him out to convey it to those who seek the shade of trees and to those who live on the land (i.e., to all of mankind, nomad and settled alike), as the Prophet said:
بُعِثْتُ إِلَى الاَْحْمَرِ وَالاَْسْوَد
I have been sent to the red and the black.
And he said:
إِنِّي أُعْطِيتُ خَمْسًا لَمْ يُعْطَهُنَّ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الاَْنْبِيَاءِ قَبْلِي
I have been given five things which no Prophet before me was given.
Among them he mentioned:
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ يُبْعَثُ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ خَاصَّةً وَبُعِثْتُ إِلَى النَّاسِ عَامَّة
(Before me) a Prophet was sent only to his own people, but I have been sent to all of mankind.
And Allah says:
قُلْ يَأَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعًا
Say:O mankind! Verily, I am sent to you all as the Messenger of Allah... (7:158),
meaning, the One Who has sent me is the Sovereign of the heaven and the earth, who merely says to a thing Be! and it is. He is the one who gives life and causes death.
Allah says here
الَّذِي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالاَْرْضِ وَلَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ
He to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and Who has begotten no son and for Whom there is no partner in the dominion.
Allah states that He is above having any offspring or partner.
Then He tells us:
وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ فَقَدَّرَهُ تَقْدِيرًا
He has created everything, and has measured it exactly according to its due measurements.
meaning, everything apart from Him is created and subject to Him. He is the Creator, Lord, Master and God of all things, and everything is subject to His dominion, control and power
The Foolishness of the Idolators
Allah tells:
وَاتَّخَذُوا مِن دُونِهِ الِهَةً لاَّ يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْيًا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ وَلَاا يَمْلِكُونَ لاِاَنفُسِهِمْ ضَرًّا وَلَاا نَفْعًا
Yet they have taken besides Him other gods who created nothing but are themselves created, and possess neither harm nor benefit for themselves,
Allah tells us of the ignorance of the idolators in taking other gods instead of Allah, the Creator of all things, the One Who controls the affairs of all things; whatever He wills happens and whatever He does not will does not happen. In spite of that, they still worshipped others besides Him, idols who could not even create the wing of a gnat, but were themselves created. They could neither do harm nor bring benefit to themselves, so how could they do anything for their worshippers!
وَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ مَوْتًا وَلَا حَيَاةً وَلَا نُشُورًا
and possess no power (of causing) death, nor (of giving) life, nor of raising the dead.
means, they could not do any of that at all;
that power belongs only to Allah, Who is the One Who gives life and death, and is the One Who will bring all people, the first and the last, back to life on the Day of Resurrection.
مَّا خَلْقُكُمْ وَلَا بَعْثُكُمْ إِلاَّ كَنَفْسٍ وَحِدَةٍ
The creation of you all and the resurrection of you all are only as (the creation and resurrection of) a single person. (31:28)
This is like the Ayat;
وَمَأ أَمْرُنَأ إِلاَّ وَحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍ بِالْبَصَرِ
And Our commandment is but one as the twinkling of an eye. (54:50)
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَحِدَةٌ
فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ
But it will be only a single Zajrah. When behold, they find themselves on the surface of the earth alive after their death. (79:13-14)
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ
It will be a single Zajrah, and behold, they will be staring! (37:19)
إِن كَانَتْ إِلاَّ صَيْحَةً وَحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ
It will be but a single Sayhah, so behold they will all be brought up before Us! (36:53)
He is Allah besides Whom there is no other God and besides Whom there is no other Lord. No one should be worshipped except Him because whatever He wills happens and whatever he does not will does not happen. He has no offspring nor progenitor, nor equal nor likeness nor rival nor peer. He is the One, the Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, He begets not, nor was He begotten, and there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him
What the Disbelievers said about the Qur'an
Allah tells:
وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا
Those who disbelieve say:
Allah tells us about the foolishness of the disbelievers' ignorant minds, when they said about the Qur'an:
إِنْ هَذَا إِلاَّ إِفْكٌ
This is nothing but a lie,
meaning an untruth.
افْتَرَاهُ
that he has invented,
meaning the Prophet.
وَأَعَانَهُ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ اخَرُونَ
and others have helped him in it.
means, he asked other people to help him compile it.
So Allah said:
فَقَدْ جَاوُوا ظُلْمًا وَزُورًا
In fact, they have produced an unjust wrong and a lie.
meaning, they are the ones who are telling a lie, and they know that it is false, for their own souls know that what they are claiming is not true
وَقَالُوا أَسَاطِيرُ الاَْوَّلِينَ اكْتَتَبَهَا
And they say:Tales of the ancients which he has written down...
meaning, the ancients wrote them down, and he has copied it.
فَهِيَ تُمْلَى عَلَيْهِ
and they are dictated to him,
means, they are read or recited to him.
بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلً
morning and afternoon.
at the beginning and end of the day.
Because this idea is so foolish and is so patently false, everyone knows that it is not true. It is known through Mutawatir reports and is a common fact that Muhammad the Messenger of Allah never learned to read or write, either at the beginning or the end of his life. He grew up among them for approximately forty years, from the time he was born until the time when his mission began. They knew all about him, and about his honest and sound character and how he would never lie or do anything immoral or bad. They even used to call him Al-Amin (the Trustworthy One) from a young age, until his mission began, because they ﷺ how truthful and honest he was. When Allah honored him with that which He honored him, they declared their enmity towards him and came up with all these accusations which any reasonable person would know he was innocent of. They were not sure what to accuse him of.
Sometimes they said that he was a sorcerer, at other times they would say he was a poet, or crazy, or a liar.
So Allah said:
انْظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُواْ لَكَ الاٌّمْثَالَ فَضَلُّواْ فَلَ يَسْتَطِيعْونَ سَبِيلً
See what examples they have put forward for you. So they have gone astray, and never can they find a way. (17:48)
In response to their stubbornness, Allah says here
قُلْ أَنزَلَهُ الَّذِي يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالاَْرْضِ
Say:It has been sent down by Him Who knows the secret of the heavens and the earth.
meaning, He has revealed the Qur'an which includes true information about the earlier and later generations, information which concurs with the realities of the past and future.
الَّذِي يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ
(Who knows the secret),
means, Allah is the One Who knows the unseen in the heavens and on the earth; He knows their secrets just as He knows what is visible therein.
إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا
Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
This is an invitation to them to repent and turn back to Allah, telling them that His mercy is vast and His patience is immense. Whoever repents to Him, He accepts his repentance. Despite all their lies, immorality, falsehood, disbelief and stubbornness, and saying what they said about the Messenger and the Qur'an, He still invites them to repent and give up their sin, and to come to Islam and true guidance.
This is like the Ayat:
لَّقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قَالُواْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ ثَـلِثُ ثَلَـثَةٍ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَـهٍ إِلاَّ إِلَـهٌ وَحِدٌ وَإِن لَّمْ يَنتَهُواْ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ لَيَمَسَّنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
أَفَلَ يَتُوبُونَ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُونَهُ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Surely, disbelievers are those who said:Allah is the third of the three.
But there is no god but One God. And if they cease not from what they say, verily, a painful torment will befall on the disbelievers among them.
Will they not turn with repentance to Allah and ask His forgiveness! For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (5:73-74)
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ فَتَنُواْ الْمُوْمِنِينَ وَالْمُوْمِنَـتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُواْ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ الْحَرِيقِ
Verily, those who put into trial the believing men and believing women, and then do not turn in repentance, then they will have the torment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the burning Fire. (85:10)
Al-Hasan Al-Basri said:
Look at this kindness and generosity! They killed His friends and He is calling them to repentance and mercy.
Say: 'It has been revealed by Him Who knows the secret, the Unseen, of the skies and the earth. Truly He is ever Forgiving, of believers, Merciful', to them.
Commentary
From this point onward the objections raised by infidels and polytheists against the Holy Qur'an and the prophethood of the Holy Prophet ﷺ are related together with the answers to those objections.
The first objection was that the Qur'an was not a revealed book from Allah Ta’ ala, but has been compiled from the old stories and narrations by the Jews and Christians which have been reduced into writing by the Companions of the Holy Prophet ﷺ ، since he himself was illiterate and could not write. And because he could not read or write, he would get them read out to him day and night, so that he could remember them by heart, then he would repeat them before people and claim that he had received that revelation from Allah Ta’ ala.
The answer to this objection was given by the Holy Qur’ an قُلْ أَنزَلَهُ الَّذِي يَعْلَمُ السِّرَّ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ , that is (Say, "It is sent down by the One who knows the secret in the heavens and the earth - 25:6).
The essence of this answer is that the Qur'an itself is an evidence to the fact that it is the Divine message from Him who is Omniscient and who knows fully well all the secrets of the Heavens and the earth. This is why Qur'an is a miraculous Message, and the whole world is challenged to bring out a Surah or even a verse to match it, if its divine origin is refused. This was a challenge to a people - the Arabs - who were well known for their literary proficiency and art of expression, and for whom composition of a piece of literature was not a problem. But they too did not dare to attempt to compose something similar to Qur’ an. Although they were willing to sacrifice all their material wealth for opposing the Holy Prophet ﷺ in his mission, so much so that they were willing to sacrifice even their children and their own lives to counter the Holy Prophet ﷺ mission and message, but they dared not attempt to compose a passage similar to a Surah of the Qur'an.
This is a clear proof of the fact that it is not a work of a human being. Otherwise other people could also have composed passages similar to Qur'an. Therefore, it is definitely the revelation from Allah Ta ala. Apart from the beauty of expression and language, the Book also excels in its meanings. The multifarious subjects it covers can only be dealt by One who knows everything whether hidden or exposed. This subject has been dealt with in detail in the first volume of Ma’ ariful Qur'an.
