Transliteration:( Summaa tawallaw 'anhu wa qaaloo mu'allamum majnoon )
12. In it mention is made of the stupidity of the infidels. They were calling the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم mad and on the other hand they were saying that he is fully tutored and educated, although such a person cannot be taught.
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Please refer to Surah Dukhan ayat 9 which provides the complete commentary from verse 9 through 16.
12. What they meant was: this was a simple man, some others have incited and deceived him. They secretly forge and teach him verses of the Quran, and he comes and recites them before the people. They sit back in peace and leave him alone to receive the abuses and be pelted with stones. They would make a mockery of all the arguments, the admonitions and the serious teachings which the Prophet (peace be upon him) had been presenting since several years and was growing weary. Neither they paid any attention to the rational things being expressed in the Quran nor recognized the extraordinary character of the man who was presenting them, nor took any trouble to think what nonsense they were uttering when they imputed such things to the Prophet (peace be upon him). Obviously, if there had been another person who gave secret instruction to the Prophet (peace be upon him), he could not have remained hidden from Khadijah and Abu Bakr, Ali and Zaid bin Harithah and other early Muslims, who were the closest and constant companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him). Then, how it is that these very people only became his most devoted and dedicated followers, whereas if the business of prophethood had depended on the secret instruction of some other person, these very people would have been in the forefront to oppose him – For further explanation, see (Surah An-Nahl, Ayat 103); (Surah Al-Furqan, Ayat 4-6) and the corresponding notes.
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