Transliteration:( Wa izaa tutlaa 'alaihim Aayaatunaa baiyinaatin qaaloo maa haazaa illaa rajuluny yureedu ai-yasuddakum 'ammaa kaana ya'budu aabaaa'ukum wa qaaloo maa haazaaa illaaa ifkum muftaraa; wa qaalal lazeena kafaroo lilhaqqi lammaa jaaa'ahum in haazaaa illaa sihrum mubeen )
"And when Our Clear Verses are recited to them they say: 'This is not but a man [127] who desires to turn you away from that which your fathers worshipped [128]'. And they say: 'This is nothing but a lie, which is fabricated (129)'. And the infidels say about the truth when it comes to them: 'This is nothing but open (130) magic'."
The infidels try to diminish the status of the Holy Prophet ﷺ by calling him “just a man,” aiming to undermine his message. This is a common tactic to deny the divine origin of the revelation by reducing the Prophet’s authority to that of an ordinary human being.
Two issues emerge here:
The infidels prioritize the customs and worship of their ancestors over the clear commands of Allah, showing their stubbornness and resistance to truth.
A heart devoid of love and respect for the Prophet ﷺ cannot truly value the Qur’an. Reverence for the Prophet is inseparable from reverence for the Holy Book.
Calling the Holy Qur’an a fabricated lie reveals a deep ignorance and disrespect. Had they truly loved and honored the Prophet ﷺ, they would never have slandered the revelation. This insult is why the Prophet ﷺ often questioned his opponents about their opinion of him.
The infidels’ rejection was inconsistent and varied: sometimes calling the Qur’an magic, other times poetry, or even a fabricated story. This confusion and rejection demonstrate their uncertainty and hostility towards the truth brought by the Prophet ﷺ.
43. And when Our Clear Verses are recited to them, they say: “This is naught but a man who wishes to hinder you from that which your fathers used to worship.” And they say: “This is nothing but an invented lie.” And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them: “This is nothing but evident magic!” 44. And We had not given them Scriptures that they could study, nor sent to them before you any warner. 45. And those before them denied; these have not received even a tenth of what We had granted to those (of old); yet they denied My Messengers. Then how (terrible) was My denial!
Allah tells us that the disbeliever deserve to be severely punished by Him, because when His clear Verses were recited to them, and they heard them fresh from the lips of His Messenger , they said:
(They say: “This is naught but a man who wishes to hinder you from that which your fathers used to worship.”) meaning, that the religion of their fathers was the truth and that what the Messenger brought to them was false — may the curse of Allah be upon them and their fathers!
(And they say: “This is nothing but an invented lie.”) referring to the Qur’an. l
(And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them: “This is nothing but evident magic!”) Allah says:
(And We had not given them Scriptures that they could study, nor sent to them before you any warner) meaning, Allah did not reveal any Book to the Arabs before the Qur’an, and He did not send any Prophet to them before Muhammad . They used to wish for that and say, `if only a warner comes to us or a Book is revealed to us, we would be more guided than others,’ but when Allah blessed them with that, they disbelieved him and stubbornly rejected him. Then Allah says:
(And those before them denied;) meaning, other nations.
(these have not received even a tenth of what We had granted to those (of old);) Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Of the power of this world.” This was also the view of Qatadah, As-Suddi and Ibn Zayd. This is like the Ayat:
(And indeed We had firmly established them with that wherewith We have not established you! And We had assigned them the hearing, seeing, and hearts; but their hearing, seeing, and their hearts availed them nothing since they used to deny the Ayat of Allah, and they were completely encircled by that which they used to mock at!) (46: 26)
(Have they not traveled through the earth and seen what was the end of those before them They were more in number than them and mightier in strength) (40:82). but that did not protect them from the punishment of Allah, and Allah destroyed them because they denied His Messengers. Allah says:
(yet they denied My Messengers. Then how (terrible) was My denial!) meaning, `how severe was My wrath and how great was My avenging of My Messengers.’
(34:43) When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them they say: “This is a person who wants to turn you away from the deities whom your ancestors worshipped.” They say: “This is nothing but an invented falsehood.” And when the Truth came to the unbelievers they declared: “This is nothing but plain sorcery,”
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