Page 140 - Communication and Argument in the Qur'an

138 COMMUNICATION AND ARGUMENT IN THE QUR’AN

TO THOSE WHO SAY THE PROPHET (saas)
INVENTED THE QUR’AN
Do they say: “He has invented it”? Say: “Then produce
a surah like it and call on anyone you can, besides
Allah, if you are telling the truth.” (Surah Yunus: 38)
Or do they say: “He has invented it”? Say: “Then pro-
duce ten invented surahs like this and call on anyone
you can, besides Allah, if you are telling the truth.”
(Surah Hud: 13)
Or do they say: “He has invented it”? Say: “If I have
invented it, the crime will be laid at my door. But I am
innocent of the crimes that you commit.” (Surah Hud: 35)
Say: “If both humanity and jinn banded together to
produce the like of this Qur'an, they could never pro-
duce anything like it, even if they backed each other
up.” (Surat al-Isra’: 88)
Or do they say: “He has invented it”? Say: “If I have
invented it, then you possess no power to help me
against Allah in any way. He knows best what you hold
forth about. He is witness enough between me and
you. He is the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.” Say:
“I am nothing new among the Messengers. I have no
idea what will be done with me or you. I only follow
what has been revealed to me. I am only a clear warn-
er.” Say: “What do you think? If it is from Allah and you
reject it, when a witness from the tribe of Israel testi-
fies to its similarity and believes while you are arro-
gant...! Allah certainly does not guide those who do