قَالَتْ رُسُلُهُمْ أَفِى
ٱللَّهِ شَكٌّ فَاطِرِ
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ يَدْعُوكُمْ
لِيَغْفِرَ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ
وَيُؤَخِّرَكُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ
مُّسَمًّى ۚ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ
أَنتُمْ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا
تُرِيدُونَ أَن تَصُدُّونَا
عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا
فَأْتُونَا بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ
قَالَتْ لَهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ
إِن نَّحْنُ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ
مِّثْلُكُمْ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ
يَمُنُّ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ
مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ وَمَا كَانَ لَنَآ
أَن نَّأْتِيَكُم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ
إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَعَلَى
ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ
وَمَا لَنَآ أَلَّا نَتَوَكَّلَ
عَلَى ٱللَّهِ وَقَدْ هَدَىٰنَا
سُبُلَنَا ۚ وَلَنَصْبِرَنَّ عَلَىٰ
مَآ ءَاذَيْتُمُونَا ۚ وَعَلَى
ٱللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ ٱلْمُتَوَكِّلُونَ
Their Messengers said:
“(What!) Can there be
a doubt about Allah,
the Creator of the
heavens and the earth
He calls you that He
may forgive you of
your sins and give
you respite for a term
appointed.” They said:
“You are no more
than human beings
like us! You wish to
turn us away from
what our fathers used
to worship. Then bring
us a clear authority.”
Their Messengers said
to them: “We are no
more than human
beings like you, but
Allah bestows His grace
to whom He wills of
His servants. It is not
ours to bring you an
authority (proof) except
by the permission of
Allah. And in Allah
(alone) let the believers
put their trust.And
why should we not
put our trust in Allah
while He indeed has
guided us in our ways
And we shall certainly
bear with patience
all the hurt you may
cause us, and in Allah
(alone) let those who
trust, put their trust.”
The Argument between the Prophets and the Disbelievers
Allah narrates to us the arguments that ensued between the disbelievers and their Messengers. When their nations doubted the Message of worshipping Allah alone without partners, the Messengers said,
أَفِى اللَّهِ شَكٌّ
(What!) Can there be a doubt about Allah…
about His Lordship and having the exclusive right to be worshipped alone, being the only Creator of all creatures Verily, none besides Allah is worthy of worship, alone without partners with Him. Most nations were, and still are, affirming the existence of the Creator, but they call upon intermediaries besides Him whom they think will benefit them or bring them closer to Allah. Their Messengers said to them,
يَدْعُوكُمْ لِيَغْفِرَ
لَكُمْ مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ
He calls you that He may forgive you of your sins
in the Hereafter,
وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَى
أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى
and give you respite for a term appointed
in this worldly life. Allah said in other Ayat,
وَأَنِ اسْتَغْفِرُواْ
رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُواْ
إِلَيْهِ يُمَتِّعْكُمْ مَّتَاعًا
حَسَنًا إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى
وَيُؤْتِ كُلَّ ذِي فَضْلٍ فَضْلَهُ
Seek the forgiveness of your Lord, and turn to Him in repentance, that He may grant you good enjoyment, for a term appointed, and bestow His abounding grace to every owner of grace. Yunus 3
However, their nations went on arguing against their prophethood, after they had to submit to the first evidence (that Allah Alone created everything).
Disbelievers reject Prophethood because the Messengers were Humans!
Their nations said,
إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلاَّ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا
You are no more than human beings like us!
so why should we follow you just because you say so, even though we did not witness a miracle by your hands,
فَأْتُونَا بِسُلْطَـنٍ مُّبِينٍ
Then bring us a clear authority
a miracle of our choice.
قَالَتْ لَهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ
إِن نَّحْنُ إِلاَّ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ
Their Messengers said to them: “We are no more than human beings like you…”
affirming that truly, they were only human being like their nations,
وَلَـكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَمُنُّ
عَلَى مَن يَشَآءُ
مِنْ عِبَادِهِ
but Allah bestows His grace to whom He wills of His servants
with prophethood and messengership which is His choice,
وَمَا كَانَ لَنَآ
أَن نَّأْتِيَكُمْ بِسُلْطَـنٍ
It is not ours to bring you an authority
according to your choice,
إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ
(except by the permission of Allah
after we beg Him and He provides us with a miracle,
وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ
الْمُؤْمِنُونَ
And in Allah (alone) let the believers put their trust
in all their affairs. Their Messengers said to them next,
وَمَا لَنَآ أَلاَّ نَتَوَكَّلَ
عَلَى اللَّهِ
And why should we not put our trust in Allah
after He had guided us to the best, most clear and plain way,
وَلَنَصْبِرَنَّ
عَلَى مَآ آذَيْتُمُونَا
And we shall certainly bear with patience all the hurt you may cause us
such as foolish actions and abusive statements,
وَعَلَى اللَّهِ
فَلْيَتَوَكَّلِ الْمُتَوَكِّلُونَ
and in Allah (alone) let those who trust, put their trust.