WEBVTT 00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:08.740 Summary of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah. 00:00:08.740 --> 00:00:14.820 Gradual challenge with the miraculous nature of the Noble Qur'an. 00:00:14.820 --> 00:00:18.820 The scholars defined the miracle of the Noble Qur'an as: 00:00:18.820 --> 00:00:21.820 An extraordinary matter, 00:00:21.820 --> 00:00:23.820 coupled with a challenge, 00:00:23.820 --> 00:00:25.820 free from contradiction, 00:00:25.820 --> 00:00:28.949 which Allah manifests through His messengers. 00:00:28.949 --> 00:00:32.950 And all these descriptions apply to the Noble Qur'an. 00:00:32.950 --> 00:00:34.950 Its verses confirm this, 00:00:34.950 --> 00:00:37.950 and history and reality bear witness to it. 00:00:37.950 --> 00:00:43.140 And the challenge was issued to bring forth the like of this Noble Qur'an, 00:00:43.140 --> 00:00:45.140 and ten chapters like it, 00:00:45.140 --> 00:00:48.140 and one chapter like it. 00:00:48.140 --> 00:00:52.369 Regarding the challenge to bring forth the like of the entire Qur'an, 00:00:52.369 --> 00:00:54.369 Allah the Almighty said: 00:00:54.369 --> 00:00:57.369 "Or do they say, 'He has fabricated it'?" 00:00:57.369 --> 00:00:59.369 "Rather, they do not believe." 00:00:59.369 --> 00:01:02.369 "So let them bring a hadith like it, if they are truthful." 00:01:02.369 --> 00:01:05.370 "if they are truthful." 00:01:05.370 --> 00:01:07.370 And Allah the Almighty said: 00:01:07.370 --> 00:01:10.370 "Say, 'If mankind and the jinn gathered to produce the like of this Qur'an, 00:01:10.370 --> 00:01:13.370 “Say: Verily, though mankind and the jinn should assemble to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like thereof though they were helpers one of another.” (17:88) 00:01:13.370 --> 00:01:15.370 they would not produce the like of it, 00:01:15.370 --> 00:01:19.430 “Say: Verily, though mankind and the jinn should assemble to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like thereof though they were helpers one of another.” (17:88) 00:01:19.430 --> 00:01:21.430 And in this verse, 00:01:21.430 --> 00:01:23.430 it is not a challenge to humans alone, 00:01:23.430 --> 00:01:26.430 but even if the jinn joined them, 00:01:26.430 --> 00:01:29.620 they would not be able to match it. 00:01:29.620 --> 00:01:33.659 Then He challenged them to bring ten chapters like it, 00:01:33.659 --> 00:01:35.659 Allah the Almighty said: 00:01:35.659 --> 00:01:37.659 "Or do they say, 'He has forged it'?" 00:01:37.659 --> 00:01:41.659 “Or they say: He hath invented it. Say: Then bring ten surahs, the like thereof, invented, and call on everyone ye can beside Allah, if ye are truthful!” (11:13) 00:01:41.659 --> 00:01:44.659 "And call upon whomever you can besides Allah, 00:01:44.659 --> 00:01:47.659 if you are truthful." 00:01:47.659 --> 00:01:49.659 "But if they do not respond to you, 00:01:49.659 --> 00:01:53.659 then know that it was sent down with Allah's knowledge 00:01:53.659 --> 00:01:56.659 “And if they answer not your prayer, then know that it is revealed only in the knowledge of Allah; and that there is no Allah save Him. Will ye then be (of) those who surrender?” (11:14) 00:01:56.659 --> 00:01:59.719 and that there is no deity except Him. 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:03.719 And the end of the verse clarifies the purpose of this challenge, 00:02:03.719 --> 00:02:08.719 which is the affirmation of the Prophet's message, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:11.719 the testimony that there is no deity but Allah, 00:02:11.719 --> 00:02:13.719 and that he is His messenger. 00:02:13.719 --> 00:02:18.069 Then He challenged them to bring a single chapter like it, 00:02:18.069 --> 00:02:20.069 Allah the Almighty said: 00:02:20.069 --> 00:02:22.069 "Or do they say, 'He has forged it'?" 00:02:22.069 --> 00:02:25.069 “Or say they: He hath invented it? Say: Then bring a surah like unto it, and call (for help) on all ye can besides Allah, if ye are truthful.” (10:38) 00:02:25.069 --> 00:02:28.069 "And call upon whomever you can besides Allah, 00:02:28.069 --> 00:02:31.069 if you are truthful." 00:02:31.069 --> 00:02:34.069 “Nay, but they denied that, the knowledge whereof they could not compass, and whereof the interpretation (in events) hath not yet come unto them. Even so did those before them deny. Then see what was the consequence for the wrong-doers!” (10:39) 00:02:34.069 --> 00:02:37.169 "And when its interpretation has not yet come to them." 00:02:37.169 --> 00:02:39.169 And Allah the Almighty said: 00:02:39.169 --> 00:02:44.169 “And if ye are in doubt concerning that which We reveal unto Our slave (Muhammad), then produce a surah of the like thereof, and call your witness beside Allah if ye are truthful.” (2:23) 00:02:44.169 --> 00:02:48.169 “And if ye are in doubt concerning that which We reveal unto Our slave (Muhammad), then produce a surah of the like thereof, and call your witness beside Allah if ye are truthful.” (2:23) 00:02:48.169 --> 00:02:50.169 "And call your witnesses 00:02:50.169 --> 00:02:54.169 besides Allah, if you are truthful." 00:02:54.169 --> 00:02:57.169 “And if ye do it not - and ye can never do it - then guard yourselves against the Fire prepared for disbelievers, whose fuel is of men and stones.” (2:24) 00:02:57.169 --> 00:03:01.169 “And if ye do it not - and ye can never do it - then guard yourselves against the Fire prepared for disbelievers, whose fuel is of men and stones.” (2:24) 00:03:01.169 --> 00:03:04.169 "prepared for the disbelievers." 00:03:04.169 --> 00:03:08.229 And this is the final stage to which the challenge settled. 00:03:08.229 --> 00:03:11.229 All the preceding verses are Meccan, 00:03:11.229 --> 00:03:14.229 unlike the two verses of Surat Al-Baqarah, 00:03:14.229 --> 00:03:16.229 which are Medinan. 00:03:16.229 --> 00:03:18.229 And at their end, too, 00:03:18.229 --> 00:03:21.229 is a clarification of the purpose of this challenge: 00:03:21.229 --> 00:03:23.229 urging the fear of Allah, 00:03:23.229 --> 00:03:26.229 and warning against disbelieving the Qur'an, 00:03:26.229 --> 00:03:29.229 because it causes the disbeliever to commit disbelief 00:03:29.229 --> 00:03:31.229 and incur punishment, 00:03:31.229 --> 00:03:35.229 by entering the Hellfire prepared for the disbelievers. 00:03:35.229 --> 00:03:39.939 Summary of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah.