17:89 Al-Israa (The Night Journey)

يقول تعالى: { وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِي هَذَا الْقُرْآنِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَثَلٍ } أي: نوعنا فيه المواعظ والأمثال، وثنينا فيه المعاني التي يضطر إليها العباد، لأجل أن يتذكروا ويتقوا، فلم يتذكر إلا القليل منهم، الذين سبقت لهم من الله سابقة السعادة، وأعانهم الله بتوفيقه، وأما أكثر الناس فأبوا إلا كفورًا لهذه النعمة التي هي أكبر من جميع النعم، وجعلوا يتعنتون عليه [باقتراح] آيات غير آياته، يخترعونها من تلقاء أنفسهم الظالمة الجاهلة.

وقوله "ولقد صرفنا للناس" الآية أي بينا لهم الحجج والبراهين القاطعة ووضحنا لهم الحق وشرحناه وبسطناه ومع هذا "فأبى أكثر الناس إلا كفورا" أي جحودا للحق وردا للصواب.

If Allah willed, He could take away the Qur'an

Allah mentions the blessing and great bounty that He has bestowed upon His servant and Messenger Muhammad by revealing to Him the Noble Qur'an to which falsehood cannot come, from before it or behind it, (it is) sent down by the All-Wise, Worthy of all praise. Ibn Mas`ud said, "A red wind will come to the people, meaning at the end of time, from the direction of Syria, and there will be nothing left in a man's Mushaf (copy of the Qur'an) or in his heart, not even one Ayah." Then Ibn Mas`ud recited:

وَلَئِن شِئْنَا لَنَذْهَبَنَّ بِالَّذِى أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ

(And if We willed, We could surely take away that which We have revealed to you.)

Challenging by the Qur'an

Then Allah points out the great virtue of the Qur'an, and says that even if mankind and the Jinn were all to come together and agree to produce something like that which was revealed to His Messenger , they would never be able to do it, even if they were to cooperate and support and help one another. This is something which is impossible. How could the words of created beings be like the Words of the Creator Who has no equal and peer, for there is none like unto Him

وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا لِلنَّاسِ

(And indeed We have fully explained to man- kind,) meaning, `We have furnished them with evidence and defini- tive proof, and We have shown them the truth and explained it in detail, yet despite that most of mankind insist on disbelief, i.e., denying and rejecting the truth.'

And verily We have dispensed explained for people in this Qur’ān every kind of similitude min kulli mathalin this is an adjectival qualification of an omitted clause in other words ‘We have dispensed a similitude from every kind of similitude’ that they might be admonished; but most people that is the people of Mecca insist on disbelieving on denying the truth.

The last verse: وَلَقَدْ صَرَّ‌فْنَا (And surely We have explained - 89) tells us that the Holy Qur’ an stands out as a miracle so clear that it leaves no room for any question and doubt. Still, what is happening is that people do not thank Allah for His blessings, do not even recognize the real worth of the blessing of the Qur'an and keep wandering around in error.