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Section 14
Every Apostle Had an Enemy
Opposition to the Truth from the polytheists in all ages - Every apostle
had an enemy - Polytheism totally opposed to Islam.
(111) وَ لَوْ أَنَّنا نَزَّلْنا إِلَيْهِمُ الْمَلائِكَةَ
وَ كَلَّمَهُمُ الْمَوْتى وَ حَشَرْنا عَلَيْهِمْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ قُبُلاً ما
كانُوا لِيُؤْمِنُوا إِلاَّ أَنْ يَشاءَ اللَّهُ وَ لكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ
يَجْهَلُونَ
111. " And even if We sent down the angels to them, and the dead spoke to
them, and We mustered all things before them, (even then) they would not
believe, unless Allah pleases; but most of them (deliberately) ignore."
Commentary :
The purpose of these holy verses is to make clear that some of the seekers of
surprising miracles are not true in their demands and their aim is not to
embrace the Truth. That is why some of their wishes (like that Allah comes in
front of them) are basically impossible.
In this verse, the Qur'an explicitly says that had their demands been
fulfilled in the same form that they wanted, and the angels had been sent down
upon them, and the dead had come to speak with them, and in short whatever they
had wished were provided for them, even then, they would not believe. Here is
the verse :
" And even if We sent down the angels to them, and the dead spoke to
them, and We mustered all things before them, (even then) they would not
believe, ..."
Then, to emphasize on the matter, it implies that it is in one case
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