Transliteration:( Tilka Aayatul laahi natloohaa 'alaika bil haqq, fabiayyi hadeesim ba'dal laahi wa Aayaatihee yu'minoon )
"These are the signs of Allah that We recite [9] to you with truth. In what thing then, leaving the signs of Allah will they believe? [10]"
This means, O My Beloved, We recite the Holy Qur’an upon you, and you should recite it to Our servants as it is full of truth and guidance.
This tells us that anyone who fails to obtain guidance from the Holy Qur’an and the Holy Prophet ﷺ will not find guidance from any other source, because no other heavenly book will be revealed after the Holy Qur’an, nor will any other Prophet come after the Holy Prophet ﷺ. He is the final means of guidance.
This interrogative style is meant for negation. In this verse, the word "Hadith" refers to the vain talk of disbelievers, not the Hadith of the Holy Prophet ﷺ. The "signs" mentioned here include both the Qur’anic verses and the Prophet ﷺ himself, who manifest the powers of Allah Almighty.
Its purpose is to declare: If they won’t believe in the Qur’an and the teachings of the Holy Prophet ﷺ, then what meaningless thing will they believe in?
Only these two sources are worthy of belief. Hence, this verse can never be used by rejectors of Hadith, such as the Chakraidwi sect, to argue against the Hadith. It does not mean that only the Qur’an is to be accepted while excluding the authentic sayings of the Prophet ﷺ. Otherwise, this would contradict verses like:
"And remain obedient to Allah and His Messenger" (Surah An-Nisa, 3:132)
"And teach them Your Book and Your Wisdom" (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:129)
It should also be remembered that Ijma’ (Consensus) and Qiyas (Analogy) are also among the signs of Allah, and the Qur’an has ordered belief in them.
Allah Almighty says: "Obey Allah and obey the Messenger",
And He further states: "And follow a way other than that of the Muslims, We shall leave him to his own path and cast him into Hell" (Surah An-Nisa, 4:115).
6. These are the Ayat of Allah, which We recite to you with truth. Then in which speech after Allah and His Ayat will they believe 7. Woe to every sinful liar. 8. Who hears the Ayat of Allah Tutla (recited) to him, yet persists with pride as if he heard them not. So announce to him a painful torment! 9. And when he learns something of Our Ayat, he makes them a jest. For such there will be a humiliating torment. 10. In front of them there is Hell. And that which they have earned will be of no profit to them, nor those whom they have taken as protective friends besides Allah. And theirs will be a great torment. 11. This is guidance. And those who disbelieve in the Ayat of their Lord, for them there is a painful torment of Rijz.
Allah the Exalted says,
(These are the Ayat of Allah) — in reference to the Qur’an with the proofs and evidences that it contains,
(which We recite to you with truth.) for they contain the truth from the Truth (i.e., Allah). Therefore, if they do not believe in Allah’s Ayat nor abide by them, what speech after Allah and His Ayat will they then believe in Allah said next,
(Woe to every sinful liar.) who lies in his speech, often swears, who is worthless, commits and utters sinful acts and statements, and disbelieves in Allah’s Ayat,
(Who hears the Ayat of Allah Tutla (recited) to him,) meaning, being recited to him,
(yet persists) in his disbelief, denial, pride and rebellion,
(as if he heard them not. ) as if he did not hear them being recited to him,
(So announce to him a painful torment!) convey the news to him that on the Day of Resurrection, he will have a painful, severe torment from Allah. Allah said,
(And when he learns something of Our Ayat, he makes them a jest.) if he learns anything from the Qur’an, he disbelieves in it and takes it as the subject of jest and ridicule,
(For such there will be a humiliating torment.) as recompense for ridiculing the Qur’an and jesting about it. In the Sahih, Muslim recorded from `Abdullah bin `Umar that the Messenger of Allah prohibited traveling with the Qur’an to enemy lands for fear that the Qur’an might be desecrated by the enemy. Allah explained the type of torment that these people earn on the Day of Return;
(In front of them there is Hell.) meaning, all those who have these evil characteristics will end up in Hellfire on the Day of Resurrection,
(And that which they have earned will be of no profit to them, ) their wealth and children will not avail them,
(nor those whom they have taken as protecting friends besides Allah.) nor will the false gods that they worshipped besides Allah benefit them in the least,
(And theirs will be a great torment.) Allah the Exalted said,
(This is Huda (guidance).) in reference to the Qur’an,
(And those who disbelieve in the Ayat of their Lord, for them there is a painful torment of Rijz.) that is agonizing and severe. Allah knows best.
(45:6) These are Allah’s Signs that We rehearse to you in Truth. In what kind of discourse after Allah and His Signs will they, then, believe?[8]
8. That is, when these people have not believed even after Allah’s own arguments have been presented for His Existence and His Unity, what else can be there by which they will gain the faith? For Allah’s Word is the final thing by which a person can attain to this blessing, and the maximum of the rational arguments that could possibly be given to convince someone of an unseen reality have been presented in this divine Word. In spite of this if a person is bent upon denial, he may persist in his denial, for his denial cannot change the reality.
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