Transliteration:( Fa il lam yastajeeboo lakum fa'lamooo annamaaa unzilla bi'ilmil laahi wa al laaa ilaaha illaa Huwa fahal antum muslimoon )
"Then if they [33] do not respond to you, then know that it has been revealed with Allah's knowledge [34], and that there is no deity except Him. Will you then submit?"
This verse addresses the suspicion and hesitation of the listeners who doubt the truth of the Qur'an. However, Allah Almighty is fully aware that even if all of humanity combined their intelligence, they would never be able to produce anything like the Qur'an. This serves to reinforce the divine nature and inimitability of the Qur'an, which no human effort can replicate.
The verse emphasizes that the Qur'an was revealed with Allah’s full knowledge that it is worthy of being given to His Beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). The Qur'an is a manifestation of Allah’s divine knowledge, and it contains deep spiritual and divine insights. Allah Almighty chose to bless the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) with the Qur'an, which is a source of both knowledge and guidance for all of humanity. The verse concludes with a call to submit to the one true deity, Allah, acknowledging the divine truth that is revealed in the Qur'an.
The tafsir of Surah Hud verse 14 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Hud ayat 12 which provides the complete commentary from verse 12 through 14.
(11:14) Then if (your deities) do not respond to your call for help then feel assured that this Book was revealed with the knowledge of Allah, and that there is no true god but Him. Will you, then, surrender (to this truth)?[14]
14. Here one and the same argument has been advanced to prove two things. First, the Quran has been revealed by Allah. Secondly, it proves the truth of the doctrine of Tauhid. The argument is this:
(1) You say that the Quran has not been revealed by Allah but has been devised and invented by myself and ascribed to Him. If your claim had been genuine you would have been able to invent a book like this in answer to the challenge I have given you over and over again. As you have failed to do so even with your combined resources and forces, my claim that it has been revealed with Allah’s knowledge has been proved absolutely and completely true.
(2) Then there was a twofold challenge from the Quran to your deities but they utterly failed to meet it. They were challenged to come to your aid and help produce a book like the Quran. As they have not helped you, it is a clear proof that they are absolutely powerless and have no share at all in Godhead. You have seen that they have not only failed in this decisive test, but have also proved to be impotent to defend themselves against the open attacks made on them in this Book, which asks the people not to worship them for they have no share in the powers of Godhead. These things have proved that there is nothing divine in them and you have made them your deities without rhyme or reason.
Incidentally, this verse shows that chronologically this Surah was revealed earlier than Surah Yunus. For at first they were challenged in this Surah to bring ten Surahs like the Surahs of the Quran, but they failed to do so. Then in Surah Yunus they were challenged (Surah Yunus, Ayat 38) note 46 to bring even one Surah like this.
[551]- i.e., that knowledge which no one possesses except Him (subḥānahu wa taʿālā). [552]- After having been convinced by such evidence.
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