Recitation , ayat 1 - ayat 68, by Shaykh Salah Bukhatir,
On His infinite wisdom, God, chose that the sign Muhammad would present to the world would be the Qur'an, a book to be recited and handed down from one generation to the next., which would appeal to man's mind and address above all else his intelligence. The Makkans, however, were demanding miracles, stunning indications or signs which would convince them once and all that Muhammad was telling the truth. The irony was that such signs were in existence all around them, both in the realms of place and of time, and if they chose to they cloud observe them any time of the day and night. As far as place is concerned, the surah draws attention to the barren earth which, in one season, can be arid and lifeless and yet, in another, can be fertile and green. It says:
Have they not seen the earth, how much of every fruitful kind We make to grow therein? (7) Lo! herein is indeed a portent; yet most of them are not believers. (8) And lo! thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful. (9)
The last two verses recur in the surah eight times; once following a reference to a place and the rest following a reference to an event on time. These latter occasions are related to episodes in the history of earlier communities who had been destroyed as a result of their hostilities towards, and rejection of, the divine revelation conveyed to them by Messengers with similar experiences to that of Muhammad. Those episodes were cited to warn Arabs against meeting with similar fate.
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