Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (Indeed, it is a decisive word)
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Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (Indeed, it is a decisive word)
His statement: [Al-Tariq: 13] meaning: the Qur'an [Al-Tariq: 13] So Allah described it as a word.
Whose word? The word of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), for He is the One who spoke it and cast it to Jibril, then Jibril brought it down upon the heart of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). And Allah attributed the Qur'an as a word to Jibril and to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon them both), so He the Exalted said regarding the first: [At-Takwir: 19-21] And He said regarding the second—and he is the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): [Al-Haqqah: 40-41] .
So in the first, He attributed the word to Jibril because he conveyed it from Allah to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and in the second, He attributed it to Muhammad because he conveyed it to the people. Otherwise, the One who spoke it in the first instance is Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
[Al-Tariq: 13] Decisive: it separates between the truth and falsehood, and between the righteous and the wrongdoers. Indeed, it is decisive,Meaning: cutting off everyone who opposes it or is hostile to it. For this reason, we find that when the Muslims used to strive against the disbelievers with the Qur'an, they overcame the disbelievers and cut off their root, and He judged between them. So when they turned away from the Qur'an, they were defeated and humiliated by the measure of their distance from the Qur'an. So whenever a person distances himself from the Book of Allah, honor distances itself from him, and victory distances itself from him, until he returns to the Book of Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
His statement:
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إِنَّهُis a decisive word
لَقَوْلٌ فَصْلٌWhose word? The word of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), for He is the One who spoke it and cast it to Jibril, then Jibril brought it down upon the heart of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). And Allah attributed the Qur'an as a word to Jibril and to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon them both), so He the Exalted said regarding the first:
(19) [That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger (20) [Who is] possessed of power and with the Owner of the Throne, secure [in position], (21) Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ * ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِنْدَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ * مُطَاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ(40) [That] indeed, the Qur'an is the word of a noble Messenger. (41) And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ * وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ قَلِيلاً مَا تُؤْمِنُونَSo in the first, He attributed the word to Jibril because he conveyed it from Allah to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and in the second, He attributed it to Muhammad because he conveyed it to the people. Otherwise, the One who spoke it in the first instance is Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).