Verse 39
Jonah • makkah
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اَمۡ یَقُوۡلُوۡنَ افۡتَرٰٮہُ ۖ قُلۡ فَاۡتُوۡا بِسُوۡرَۃٍ مِّثۡلِہٖ وَادۡعُوۡا مَنِ اسۡتَطَعۡتُمۡ مِّنۡ دُوۡنِ اللّٰہِ اِنۡ کُنۡتُمۡ صٰدِقِیۡنَ
یعنی پہلی کتب جو الہامی کہلاتی ہیں ان کی مدد بھی لے لو۔ ورنہ مسیح وغیرہ سے مدد لینے کا تو عقلاًاور شرعاً کوئی سوال ہی نہیں۔ اس آیت میں بتایا گیا ہے کہ انجیل قرآن کریم کے مقابلہ میں بالکل ہیچ ہے۔ وہ اس کے مقابلہ میں نہیں آسکتی۔ گو بقول عیسائیوں کے وہ ابن اللہ کی بنائی ہوئی کتاب ہے۔
2:24; 11:14; 17:89; 52:34, 35.
The verse challenges disbelievers that if a book with such excellences as the Qur’an possesses could be a human forgery, then why do they not produce a similar one themselves? This challenge stands for all time. See also {44}.
2:24; 11:14; 17:89; 52:34-35.
Commentary:
Notwithstanding the great excellences of the Quran mentioned in the preceding verse, disbelievers had the hardihood to allege that it was a fabrication of the Holy Prophet. The verse under comment asks, if a book with such excellences as the Quran possesses could be a human fabrication, then why do disbelievers not produce a similar one themselves? Similar challenges have been made in the Quran at different places, in different words. At one place the Quran calls upon disbelievers to produce a book like the whole of the Quran; at another it challenges them to produce ten chapters comparable to the Quranic Surahs; at yet another place it requires them to produce even a single Surah like those of the Quran. This shows that each of the passages containing these challenges deals with the subject from a different standpoint and offers a different challenge. In the verse under comment, for instance, the pronoun "it" in the expression مثله (like unto it) does not refer to the whole of the Quran but only to the previous verse of the present Surah. As we have seen, the previous verse has advanced five arguments to show that the Quran is the revealed word of God and in the present verse disbelievers are told that if they still persist in looking upon the Quran as the word of man, then let them produce a book which, let alone all the five arguments embodied in the previous verse, should possess only one of them. It is a patent fact, however, that not one of these five arguments about the Divine origin of the Quran is to be found in any work of man. This is a claim which nobody has ever dared to contradict, nor is there a possibility of future contradiction. The challenge stands for all time. The heavens and the earth may pass away, but no man will ever be able to produce a book like the Quran.
If the word Surah in this verse be taken to mean a chapter, then the verse would mean that disbelievers are called upon to produce even a chapter comparable with the Quran. But then the challenge will not be so pointed. For, in that case disbelievers would be called upon to bring a full chapter characterized by all the five qualities mentioned in the previous verse, while in the other case they are required to produce any composition containing only one of the five qualities. For a detailed treatment of this important subject see 2:24.
c
2:24; 11:14; 17:89; 52:34, 35.
592
这节经文向不信道的人挑战说: 假如像 «古兰经» 具有那样精美绝伦内容的一本经典, 可以是一种人 (类) 造出来的假东西的话, 那么, 为什么他们自己不去造这样一本类似的经典? 这一挑战可以永远向他们提出•见注释29Q。
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یعنی پہلی کتب جو الہامی کہلاتی ہیں ان کی مدد بھی لے لو۔ ورنہ مسیح وغیرہ سے مدد لینے کا تو عقلاًاور شرعاً کوئی سوال ہی نہیں۔ اس آیت میں بتایا گیا ہے کہ انجیل قرآن کریم کے مقابلہ میں بالکل ہیچ ہے۔ وہ اس کے مقابلہ میں نہیں آسکتی۔ گو بقول عیسائیوں کے وہ ابن اللہ کی بنائی ہوئی کتاب ہے۔
a
2:24; 11:14; 17:89; 52:34-35.
1314
Commentary:
Notwithstanding the great excellences of the Quran mentioned in the preceding verse, disbelievers had the hardihood to allege that it was a fabrication of the Holy Prophet. The verse under comment asks, if a book with such excellences as the Quran possesses could be a human fabrication, then why do disbelievers not produce a similar one themselves? Similar challenges have been made in the Quran at different places, in different words. At one place the Quran calls upon disbelievers to produce a book like the whole of the Quran; at another it challenges them to produce ten chapters comparable to the Quranic Surahs; at yet another place it requires them to produce even a single Surah like those of the Quran. This shows that each of the passages containing these challenges deals with the subject from a different standpoint and offers a different challenge. In the verse under comment, for instance, the pronoun "it" in the expression مثله (like unto it) does not refer to the whole of the Quran but only to the previous verse of the present Surah. As we have seen, the previous verse has advanced five arguments to show that the Quran is the revealed word of God and in the present verse disbelievers are told that if they still persist in looking upon the Quran as the word of man, then let them produce a book which, let alone all the five arguments embodied in the previous verse, should possess only one of them. It is a patent fact, however, that not one of these five arguments about the Divine origin of the Quran is to be found in any work of man. This is a claim which nobody has ever dared to contradict, nor is there a possibility of future contradiction. The challenge stands for all time. The heavens and the earth may pass away, but no man will ever be able to produce a book like the Quran.
If the word Surah in this verse be taken to mean a chapter, then the verse would mean that disbelievers are called upon to produce even a chapter comparable with the Quran. But then the challenge will not be so pointed. For, in that case disbelievers would be called upon to bring a full chapter characterized by all the five qualities mentioned in the previous verse, while in the other case they are required to produce any composition containing only one of the five qualities. For a detailed treatment of this important subject see 2:24.
b
2:24; 11:14; 17:89; 52:34, 35.
1262
The verse challenges disbelievers that if a book with such excellences as the Qur’an possesses could be a human forgery, then why do they not produce a similar one themselves? This challenge stands for all time. See also {44}.