ﱳ ﱴ ﱵ ﱶ ﱷ ﱸ ﱹ ﱺ ﱻ ﱼ ﱽ ﱾ ﱿ ﲀ
But they say, "[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers] were sent [with miracles]."
Tafsir
Verse range: 21:5
بل قالوا أضغاث أحﻼم بل افتراه بل هو شاعر
Nay, they say: "These are mixed up false dreams! Nay, he has invented it! -- Nay, he is a poet! Here Allah tells us of the stubbornness and heresy of the disbelievers, and the various things they said about the Qur'an, and how they were confused and misguided about it. Sometimes they described it as magic, and sometimes they described it as poetry, or mixed up false dreams, or a fabrication. As Allah says:
انظر كيف ضربوا لك اﻻمثال فضلوا فﻼ يستطيعون سبيﻼ
See what examples they have put forward for you. So they have gone astray, and never can they find a way. (17:48)
فليٲتنا باية كما أرسل اﻻولون
Let him then bring us an Ayah like the ones that were sent before! They were referring to the she-camel of Salih, and the signs of Musa and `Isa. And Allah says,
وما منعنا أن نرسل باﻻيت إﻻ أن كذب بها اﻻولون
And nothing stops Us from sending the Ayat but that the people of old denied them. (17:59) So Allah said here:
ما آمنت قبلهم من قرية أهلكناها أفهم يومنون
