The Poets (Al-Shu‘ara’)
Verses 192-197 GROUP_965 26.192-197
192
وَإِنَّهُ لَتَنزِيلُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
This surely is a revelation from the Lord of the Universe:
193
نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ
the Faithful Spirit has brought it down
194
عَلَى قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنذِرِينَ
into your heart, so that you may be a warner,
195
بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُّبِينٍ
in clear Arabic speech.
196
وَإِنَّهُ لَفِي زُبُرِ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Surely, it is foretold in the ancient scriptures.
197
أَوَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ آيَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاء بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ
Is it not evidence enough for them that the learned among the Children of Israel have recognized this [as true]?
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Commentary
(a) Though the Quran has been revealed in a language of human beings, its literary superiority is extraordinary, so much so that its language itself provides proof of the Quran being a superior Divine discourse of God. Another proof of the Truth of the Quran is that, the prophets, born long before the revelation of the Quran,had predicted it. This prediction is found even today in the Torah, Zabur (Book of Psalms) and Injeel (Bible). It was on the basis of these predictions that a number of the Christian and Jewish scholars of those days (for example ‘Abdullah ibn Salam) embraced the faith. This trend continues even today. The revelation of the Divine discourse of God with such special arrangements, could be only for a certain special purpose and this purpose is to warn the people of the coming Day of Judgement: Just as warning about the Hereafter was the special purpose of all the previous revealed Books, so is it the special purpose of the Quran.