Tafsir of Al-Qalam 68:4

No one among the creation can attain your level, and therefore, you endure from them what those like you—from among the possessors of determination—cannot endure.

In the hadith of Muslim, Abu Dawud, Imam Ahmad, al-Darimi, Ibn Majah, and al-Nasa'i, narrated from Sa'd ibn Hisham, he said: "I said to Aisha (may Allah the Exalted be pleased with her), 'O Mother of the Believers, tell me about the character of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah the Exalted bless him and grant him peace).' She replied, 'Do you not read the Quran?' I said, 'Yes.' She said, 'Indeed, the character of the Prophet of Allah was the Quran.'"

By this, it is said, she meant that all the noble traits contained within the Quran were possessed by him (may Allah the Exalted bless him and grant him peace), and all the prohibitions against base manners contained therein were things he (upon him be prayer and peace) refrained from, for he is the one intended by the address primarily. Similarly, [it is revealed] "so that We may strengthen your heart thereby."

This perhaps returns to what she said, as in the narration of Ibn al-Mundhir and others from Abu al-Darda', that he asked her about his character (upon him be prayer and peace), and she replied: "His character was the Quran; he was pleased by its pleasure and angered by its anger."

The gnostic of Allah the Exalted, al-Marsafi, said: "By her saying 'His character was the Quran,' she meant his adornment with the attributes of Allah the Exalted, but she did not state it explicitly out of politeness." In al-Kashf, it is mentioned that it is embedded in this statement that he (may Allah the Exalted bless him and grant him peace) is adorned with the attributes of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, through His (subhanahu) saying: "Magnificent."

Some have claimed that the verse contains an allusion that good morals are incompatible with madness, and that the better a person’s character is, the further they are from madness—which implies that poor character is akin to madness.