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Quran-13:43 Surah Ar-rad English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

Transliteration:( Wa yaqoolul lazeena kafaroo lasta mursalaa; qul kafaa billaahi shaheedam bainee wa bainakum wa man 'indahoo 'ilmul Kitaab )

43. And the infidels say, you are not a messenger. Say you, 'Allah is sufficient (120) as the witness between you and me, and he who has knowledge of the book. (121)

Surah Ar-Rad Ayat 43 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi

120. From this emerge two issues: 

1. Allah Almighty is the Witness over the prophethood Holy Prophet's صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم  is just as the Holy Prophet  the witness of the Oneness of Allah Almighty.

Thus the Holy Prophet dispels all doubts and objections about Allah Almighty, and Allah Almighty removes all objections and criticisms leveled against the holy prophet  Allah Almighty's testimony is the miracles, the verses of the Holy QUR'AAN, and the obedience of the creation to the holy prophet.

2. Anyone who rejects the prophethood of and refuses the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم to accept in the finality of his Prophethood, or who does not regard the Religion of the Holy as non-abrogatory Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم he is an infidel. 

121. From this understand the excellence of education as Allah Almighty has included the testimony of the scholars with His. Here all the scholars of the Christians and the Jews are intended who had described and testified that the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم is the true Prophet of Allah Almighty

 

Ibn-Kathir

43. And those who disbelieved, say: “You are not a Messenger.” Say: “Sufficient as a witness between me and you is Allah and those too who have knowledge of the Scripture.”


Allah and those who have Knowledge of the Scripture are Sufficient as Witness to the Message of the Prophet

Allah says, the disbelievers reject you and say,

﴿لَسْتَ مُرْسَلاً﴾

(You are not a Messenger.) from Allah,

﴿قُلْ كَفَى بِاللَّهِ شَهِيداً بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ﴾

(Say: “Sufficient as a witness between me and you is Allah…”) meaning, say, `Allah is sufficient for me and He is the witness over me and you. He is witness that I (Muhammad) have conveyed the Message from Him and over you, O rejecters, to the falsehood that you invent.’ Allah said,

﴿وَمَنْ عِندَهُ عِلْمُ الْكِتَـبِ﴾

(and those too who have knowledge of the Scripture.) This refers to `Abdullah bin Salam, according to Mujahid. However, this opinion is not plausible, since this Ayah was revealed in Makkah and `Abdullah bin Salam embraced Islam soon after the Prophet emigrated to Al-Madinah. A more suitable explanation is that narrated by Al-`Awfi from Ibn `Abbas that this Ayah refers to Jews and Christians. Qatadah said that among them are, `Abdullah bin Salam, Salman (Al-Farisi) and Tamim Ad-Dari. The correct view is that this Ayah,

﴿وَمَنْ عِندَهُ﴾

(and those too who have. ..), refers to the scholars of the People of the Scriptures who find the description of Muhammad in their Books and the good news of his advent that were conveyed to them by their Prophets. Allah said in other Ayat,

﴿وَرَحْمَتِى وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ فَسَأَكْتُبُهَا لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكَـوةَ وَالَّذِينَ هُم بِـَايَـتِنَا يُؤْمِنُونَالَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الرَّسُولَ النَّبِىَّ الأُمِّىَّ الَّذِى يَجِدُونَهُ مَكْتُوبًا عِندَهُمْ فِى التَّوْرَاةِ وَالإِنجِيلِ﴾

(And My mercy embraces all things. That (mercy) I shall ordain for those who have Taqwa, and give Zakah; and those who believe in Our Ayat; Those who follow the Messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor write whom they find written with them in the Tawrah and the Injil.) ﴿7:156-157﴾ and,

﴿أَوَلَمْيَكُن لَّهُمْ ءَايَةً أَن يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاءُ بَنِى إِسْرَءِيلَ﴾

(It is not a sign to them that the learned scholars of the Children of Israel knew it (as true))﴿26:197﴾ There are similar Ayat that affirm that the scholars of the Children of Israel know this fact from their divinely revealed Books. This is the end of Surat Ar-Ra`d, and all praise is due to Allah and all favors are from Him.

(13:43) The unbelievers claim that you have not been sent by Allah. Tell them: “Allah is sufficient as a witness between me and you; and so also do those who know the Scriptures.”[62]

Ala-Maududi

(13:43) The unbelievers claim that you have not been sent by Allah. Tell them: “Allah is sufficient as a witness between me and you; and so also do those who know the Scriptures.”[62]


62. That is, everyone who has the knowledge of the divinely revealed Books will bear witness to the fact that my teachings are the same that were imparted by the former prophets.

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