الرَّدُّ
The responseعَلَى
toمُنْكِرِي
the deniersالرَّسَالَةِ:
of the message:The response to the deniers of the message:
وَكَانَ
And wasالرَّدُّ
the responseعَلَى
toالْمُنْكِرِينَ
the deniersلِلرَّسَالَةِ
of the messageAnd the response to those who denied the message
وَالْمُسْتَبْعِدِينَ
and considered it unlikelyلَهَا
itبِالْوُجُوهِ
by the waysالتَّالِيَةِ:
following:and considered it unlikely was by the following ways:
1 - The occurrence of the message and its realization for past prophets.
{وَمَا{And not
أَرْسَلْنَاWe sent
مِنْfrom
قَبْلِكَbefore you
إِلَّاexcept
رِجَالًاmen
نُوحِيWe reveal
إِلَيْهِمْ}to them}
{And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed}.
{وَيَقُولُ{And says
الَّذِينَthose who
كَفَرُواdisbelieved
لَسْتَyou are not
مُرْسَلًاa messenger
{And those who disbelieve say, 'You are not a messenger.'}
قُلْSay
كَفَى'Sufficient is
بِاللَّهِAllah
شَهِيدًاas Witness
بَيْنِيbetween me
وَبَيْنَكُمْand between you
Say, 'Sufficient is Allah as Witness between me and you
وَمَنْand whoever
عِنْدَهُwith him is
عِلْمُknowledge
الْكِتَابِ}of the Book}'
and whoever has knowledge of the Book.'
2 - The response to the deeming unlikely of the message and finding it strange
بِأَنَّهَا
in that it-_
-هُنَا
here-_
-عِبَارَةٌ
is an expressionعَنِ
ofالْوَحْيِ
divine revelationالْإِلَهِيِّ
divinethat it - here - is an expression of divine revelation
(الَّذِي
(whichيَتَلَقَّاهُ
receives itرَجُلٌ
a manمِنَ
fromالْبَشَرِ
mankindبِاصْطِفَاءِ
by the selectionاللَّهِ
of Allahإِيَّاهُ).
him).(which a man from mankind receives by Allah's selection of him).
{قُلْ{Say,
إِنَّمَاonly
أَنَاI am
بَشَرٌa man
مِثْلُكُمْlike you
يُوحَىit is revealed
إِلَيَّ}to me}
{Say, 'I am only a man like you, to whom it is revealed'}.
وَتَفْسِيرُ
And explainingالْوَحْيِ
revelationبِمَا
in a way thatلَا
does notيَكُونُ
becomeمِنَ
fromالْمُسْتَحِيلَاتِ.
the impossibilities.And explaining revelation in a way that is not among impossibilities.
{وَمَا{And not
كَانَit is
لِبَشَرٍfor any human
أَنْthat
يُكَلِّمَهُspeaks to him
اللَّهُAllah
إِلَّاexcept
وَحْيًاby revelation
{And it is not for any human being that Allah should speak to him except by revelation
أَوْor
مِنْfrom
وَرَاءِbehind
حِجَابٍa partition
أَوْor
يُرْسِلَHe sends
رَسُولًاa messenger
or from behind a partition or that He sends a messenger
فَيُوحِيَso he reveals
بِإِذْنِهِby His permission
مَاwhat
يَشَاءُHe wills
إِنَّهُIndeed, He is
عَلِيُّExalted
حَكِيمٌ}Wise}
to reveal by His permission what He wills. Indeed, He is Exalted and Wise}.