Lesson # 998 from Noble Quran
Reaction of infidels, when God’s Verses are recited
Surah ‘ANFAAL (SPOILS OF WAR) – Chapter – 8)
Stage – 2, Verses – 31 & 32 of
75, Section – 4 of 10 (Part - 9)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In
the name of God, the Beneficent, the
Merciful
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31. And when Our
Revelations are recited unto them they say: We have heard; if we wish we can
speak the like of this. Lo! this is naught but fables of the men of old.
32. And when they said:
O Allah! If this be indeed the Truth from Thee, then rain down stones on us
or bring on us some painful doom!
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31. Wa ‘izaa tutlaa
‘alayhim ‘AayaatuNaa qaaluu
qad sami’-naa law
nashaaa-‘u la-qulnaa misla
haazaaa, ‘in haazaaa
‘illaaa ‘asaa-tiirul-‘awwaliin.
32. Wa ‘iz qaalUllaahumma ‘in-kaana
haaza huwal-Haqqa min ‘indiKa fa-‘amtir
‘alay-naa
hijaa-ratam-minas-samaaa-‘i ‘awi’-tinaa bi-‘azaabin
‘aliim.
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Lesson
‘Asaa-tiiru –
(fables), this word is plural of ‘astuuratun, which has been derived from satar
and means “any written thing, a story, a tale”.
One more unfairness and perverseness
of the infidels has been described in this verse. God Almighty commanded to His
Messenger: You {O Muhammad (grace, glory, blessing and peace be upon Him)} saw!
When Our Revelations are caused to hear the disbelievers by recitation, they
say carelessly! We have already heard these fables. What has been placed into Them?
These are only self invented tales of the ancient people. We can write like
these stories also if we wish to write.
Its reply has been given in the Surahs (Chapters) revealed in Makkah and Madinah; again and again, that; they can write never any book like
This (Holy Qur’an). If they are able
to write, then they should make, write and show only ten Chapters like These. Then
they were invited: If you are indeed able to do something, make and bring only
one Surah like These Chapters. But they
could not bring and practically they were answered in the Battle of Badr. Then their eyes were opened. They knew
that the Holy Qur’an is not a
collection of fables and tales, but a Spring of such Power, before Whom, none
can raise his head.
Then they began to say: O God! If
this religion is True and from You, then rain down stones from the sky on us or
bring on us any painful doom. From this supplication of the disbelievers, their
utmost stubbornness is obvious. Moreover, it seems from such severe
supplication that they wanted to impress the Muslims also.
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