نَزَلَ بِهِ ٱلرُّوحُ ٱلْأَمِينُ
2:98; 16:103.
Commentary:
In this verse the angel who brought the revelation from God to the Holy Prophet has been called الروح الامین i.e. the Spirit faithful to the trust. Elsewhere he is called روح القدس (16:103), i.e. the Spirit of Holiness. Both are the attributive names of the Archangel Gabriel who was the medium through whom Divine revelation came to the Holy Prophet. The epithet روح القدس has been used to point to the eternal and complete freedom from every error or blemish in the Quran and the use of the epithet الروح الامین implies that it shall continue to enjoy Divine protection against all attempts to tamper with its text. This latter epithet has been used exclusively with regard to the revelation of the Quran because the promise of everlasting Divine protection was held out to no other Divine Scripture and their texts, in course of time came to be interfered and tampered with. Strangely enough, the Holy Prophet himself was known as الامین (the trustworthy) at Mecca. What a great Divine tribute to, and evidence of, the trustworthiness of the Quran that its revelation was brought by an Amin to an Amin!
2:98; 16:103.
In this verse the angel who brought the Quranic revelation has been called Ruhul-Amin, i.e. the Spirit faithful to the trust. Elsewhere, he is called Ruhul-Qudus (16:103), i.e. the Spirit of holiness. The latter epithet has been used to point to the eternal and complete freedom from every error or blemish in the Qur’an and the use of the former epithet (Ruhul-Amin) implies that it shall continue to enjoy Divine protection against all attempts to tamper with its text. This epithet has been used exclusively with regard to the revelation of the Qur’an because the promise of everlasting Divine protection was held out to no other Divine Scripture; and their texts, in course of time, came to be interfered and tampered with. Strangely enough, the Holy Prophet himself was known as Al-Amin (the Trusty) at Mecca. What a great Divine tribute to, and evidence of the trustworthiness of the Qur’an that its revelation was brought by an Amin to an Amin!