Al-Furqan 25:4
The Criterion · Meccan · Juz 18 · Page 360
They Called It a Lie
وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ إِفۡكٌ ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُ وَأَعَانَهُۥ عَلَيۡهِ قَوۡمٌ ءَاخَرُونَۖ فَقَدۡ جَآءُو ظُلۡمࣰا وَزُورࣰا ٤
Those who disbelieve say: This is naught but a lie that he hath invented, and other folk have helped him with it, so that they have produced a slander and a lie.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
They said: “This is nothing but a lie he invented, and other people assisted him.”
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this was the claim “he learns from foreigners, from the Jews.”
Reflect
Answer unjust accusations with patience.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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