DAY 245: Isra 88-100

•  Say, “If all the humans and jinns join together to produce anything like this Qur’ān, they will not (be able to) come up with anything like it, even if they assist one another. Indeed We explained every subject in this Qur’ān in various ways for the benefit of mankind. Still, most of the people refused to do anything but reject. They said, “We shall never believe in you unless you cause a spring to gush forth for us from the earth. Or you have a garden of date palms and grapes, then you bring forth rivers from their midst in abundance. Or you cause the sky to fall upon us in pieces, as you claimed, or you bring Allah and angels before us face to face. Or you have a house made of gold. Or you ascend to the sky, and we will not believe in your ascension unless you send down to us a book we may read.” Say, “I proclaim the Purity of my Lord. I am nothing but human, a messenger.” Nothing prevented people from believing, when guidance came to them, except that they said, “Has Allah sent a man as a messenger?” Say, “Had there been angels (living) on the earth, walking about in peace, We would have certainly sent down an angel from the heavens as a messenger.” Say, “Allah is sufficient as witness between me and you. Surely, He is All-Aware, All-Watchful to His servants.” The one whom Allah guides is the guided one; and those whom He lets go astray, you will never find for them any helpers other than Him. And We shall gather them on the Day of Judgment, with their faces down-blind, dumb and deaf. Hell will be their home. Whenever it dies down, We will flare it up for them. That is their reward for rejecting Our signs and asking ˹mockingly˺, “When we are reduced to bones and ashes, will we really be raised as a new creation?” Have they not realized that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, can ˹easily˺ re-create them? He has ˹already˺ set for them a time, about which there is no doubt. But the wrongdoers persist in denial. Say ˹to them; “Even if you were to possess the ˹infinite˺ treasuries of my Lord’s mercy, then you would certainly withhold ˹them˺, fearing they would run out—for humankind is ever stingy!”
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  Primarily address the disbelievers' challenges to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
  

  • regarding the divine origin of the Quran.
  • They emphasize the Quran's unmatched eloquence and guidance, refute demands for extraordinary miracles,
  • affirm the Prophet's human nature,
  • and warn of the consequences faced by previous nations who rejected their messengers.
  • The overall theme revolves around the inimitability (I'jaz) of the Quran,
  • human stubbornness in disbelief,
  • and reminders of Allah's power and past judgments.
    
    

    The Quran's unmatched divine eloquence and guidance challenge humanity's disbelief, urging reflection on Allah's power and the consequences of rejecting His signs.

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