al-Sajdah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

الم

تَنزِيلُ الْكِتَابِ لاَ رَيْبَ فِيهِ مِن رَّبّ‌ِ الْعَالَمِينَ

1. “Alif, ‘A’, Lam, ‘L’, Mim ‘M’.”
2. “The revelation of the Book, there is no doubt in it, is from the Lord of the Worlds.”

We have explained in detail about the abbreviated letters of the Qur’an at the beginning of Surah Al-Baqarah, but according to some Islamic traditions the abbreviated letters are among allegorical ambiguous verses the knowledge of which is with Allah (s.w.t.) and His saints.¹ Question: Regarding to the doubt, false allegation, and calumny that the opponents of the Qur’an used to announce and some verses refer to them, too, how does this verses say:

Answer: The verse implies that there is no doubt in the legitimacy of the Qur’an and its commandments and gnostic knowledge, not that no one has doubted in it; so, in Surah Al-Baqarah, No. 2, verse 23 the Qur’an says:

The writer of the Fi-Zilal-il-Qur’an says:

“An artificial flower is not the same as a natural flower, because a natural flower itself stands witness, that there is no doubt in its being natural.”

The Qur’an has been sent down from the side of Allah and this fact has repeatedly been emphasized in it. The following examples are among them:

Yes, The One Who has sent down the Qur’an possesses everything of the existence, and dominates over all things. He is Mighty, Merciful, Wise, Knowing, and Praised. However, in this verse the Qur’an says:

This verse, in fact, is an answer to two questions. It seems at first that the content of this heavenly Book is questioned about. In answer, it announces that its content is the Truth and there is no room for any doubt in this concern. Then, the compiler of it is asked about. In answer to this question, the Qur’an says that it is from the Lord of the Worlds. This interpretation is also probable that the sentence:

is an evidence for the sentence:

As if someone asks by what reason this Book is the Truth and that there is no doubt in it. It says by the reason that it is from the Lord of the Worlds from Whom every truth and reality comes into being. By the way laying emphasis on the attribute of “The Lord of the Worlds” among all attributes of Allah may point to this fact that this Book is a collection of the wonders of the world of existence and it contains the facts of the world of existence, because it is from the side of the Lord of the Worlds.

Paying attention to this point is also necessary that here the Qur’an does not want to suffice to a mere claim, but it intends to say that what is evident does not need to be explained, and the content of this Book itself is a witness to its legitimacy and veracity.