Transliteration:( Allahu nazzala ahsanal hadeesi Kitaabam mutashaa biham masaaniy taqsha'irru minhu juloodul lazeena yakhshawna Rabbahum summa taleenu julooduhum wa quloo buhum ilaa zikril laah; zaalika hudal laahi yahdee bihee mai yashaaa'; wa mai yudlilil laahu famaa lahoo min haad )
65. The following attributes are of the Holy Quraan (1) It is the best Book, (2) It is eloquent and (3) it is elegant
66. It has two fold discussions with promise. It gives warning of punishment, with mercy there is discussion of Divine punishment, with it there is mention of darkness Or, two fold here means the more you recite it, the more you want to recite it.Â
Or every time you recite, it creates a new enjoyment in the reciter. Or that it will not end after time has passed.Or by praise is derived that it should be praised for all times just as the word Muhanumad is derived from Hamd to show one who is to be praised for all times.
 Those who praise him will die but his praise will remain for all times. The condition of the Friends of Allah Almighty is such that the rememberance of All Almighty, especially the recitation of the Holy Quran, brings upon them such awe of Allah Almighty that it makes their hair stand out of His fear, their bodies begin to shake and shiver but their hearts become content, softness and compassion in the heart.
67. This means the Holy Quran provide guidance to all, but not all obtain guidance from it.
68. In that due to their evil actions create in misguidance. eg only after the animal is slaughtered that death is created for it.Â
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23. Allah has sent down the Best Statement, a Book, its parts resembling each other, (and) oft-repeated. The skins of those who fear their Lord shiver from it. Then their skin and their heart soften to the remembrance of Allah. That is the guidance of Allah. He guides therewith whom He wills; and whomever Allah sends astray, for him there is no guide.
Here Allah praises His Book, the Noble Qur’an, which was revealed to His noble Messenger . Allah says,
(Allah has sent down the Best Statement, a Book, its parts resembling each other (and) oft-repeated.) Mujahid said, “This means that the entire Qur’an’s parts resemble each other and are oft-repeated.†Qatadah said, “One Ayah resembles another and one letter resembles another.†Ad-Dahhak said, “It is oft-repeated so that people will understand what their Lord tells them.†`Ikrimah and Al-Hasan said, “There may be an Ayah in one Surah, and another Ayah in another Surah that resembles it.†Sa`id bin Jubayr narrated from Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him: “Oft-repeated means that parts of the Qur’an resemble one another and repeat one another.†Some of the scholars said that it was narrated from Sufyan bin `Uyaynah that
(its parts resembling each other (and) oft-repeated.) means that some passages of the Qur’an may sometimes refer to one thing, so they resemble one another, and sometimes they mention a thing and its opposite. Such as when the believers then the disbelievers are mentioned, or when Paradise then Hell are described, and so on, and this is the meaning of oft-repeated. Examples include the Ayat:
(Verily, the most righteous will be in delight; and verily, the most wicked will be in the blazing Fire (Hell).) (82:13-14)
(Nay! Truly, the Record of the most wicked is (preserved) in Sijjin) until
(Nay! Verily, the Record of the most righteous is (preserved) in `Illiyyin) (83: 7-18)
(This is a Reminder. And verily, for those who have Taqwa is a good final return (Paradise)) until;
(This is so! And for those who transgress, there will be an evil final return (Fire).) (38:49-55). And there are other similar passages. All of this has to do with it being oft-repeated, i.e., when two meanings are referred to. But when a passage is about one thing, with some parts of it resembling others, this is “its parts resembling each other.†This is not the same as the Mutashabihat mentioned in the Ayah:
(In it are Ayat that are entirely clear, they are the foundations of the Book; and others not entirely clear) (3:7). that refers to something else altogether.
(The skins of those who fear their Lord shiver from it. Then their skin and their heart soften to the remembrance of Allah.) means, this is the description of the righteous, when they hear the Words of the Compeller, the Protector, the Almighty, the Oft-Forgiving, because they understand the promises and warnings contained therein. The frightening words and threats make their skin shiver from fear.
(Then their skin and their heart soften to the remembrance of Allah.) because of their hope for His mercy and kindness. They are unlike others, the wicked, immoral sinners, in a number of ways: First They listen to the recitation of the Ayat ﴿of the Qur’an﴾, while those (sinners) listen to poetic verse recited by female singers. Second When the Ayat of Ar-Rahman are recited to them, they fall down in prostration weeping, with the proper attitude of fear, hope, love, understanding and knowledge, as Allah says:
(The believers are only those who, when Allah is mentioned, feel a fear in their hearts and when His Ayat are recited unto them, they increase their faith; and they put their trust in their Lord; Who perform the Salah and spend out of that We have provided them. It is they who are the believers in it. For them are grades of dignity with their Lord, and forgiveness and a generous provision (i.e., Paradise).) (8:2-4),
(And those who, when they are reminded of the Ayat of their Lord, fall not on them (as if they were) deaf and blind) (25:73). When they hear the Ayat of Allah, they are not too busy to pay attention to them; they listen to them and understand their meanings. So they act upon them and prostrate when they hear them, out of understanding, not out of ignorance and blind following of others. Third They adhere to the correct etiquette when they listen to them. As the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, used to do when they listened to the words of Allah recited by the Messenger of Allah . Their skin Would shiver, and their hearts would soften to the remembrance of Allah. They did not shout or do other actions that are not natural; on the contrary, they would sit quietly with the proper attitude of fear, in an unparalleled fashion. they attained the victory of praise from their Lord in this world and the Hereafter. `Abdur-Razzaq said, “Ma`mar told us that Qatadah, may Allah have mercy on him, recited,
(The skins of those who fear their Lord shiver from it. Then their skin and their heart soften to the remembrance of Allah.) and said, `This is the characteristic of the friends of Allah; Allah has described them in this manner, saying that their skin shivers, their eyes weep and their hearts find rest to the remembrance of Allah. He did not say that they lose their minds and swoon; that is the characteristic of the followers of innovation, and that comes from the Shaytan.â€â€™ Allah’s saying:
(That is the guidance of Allah. He guides therewith whom He wills;) means, this is the characteristic of those whom Allah has guided, and anyone who does anything different is one of those whom Allah has sent astray.
(and whomever Allah sends astray, for him there is no guide.)
43. That is, there is no contradiction and disagreement between them. The whole Book, from the beginning to the end, projects one and the same aim, one and the same belief, and one and the same system of thought and action. Each of its parts confirms and supports and explains the other themes; and there is perfect consistency in it both in meaning and in style.
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