Proofs of Scripture
Ibn al-Qayyim, al-Tibyān fī Aqsām al-Qurʾān. Tafsīr. Advanced.

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فَهَكَذَا مَا أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ بِهِ مِنَ التَّوْحِيدِ وَالمَعَادِ وَالنُّبُوَّةِ حَقٌّ
Thus, what I have told you about monotheism, resurrection, and prophethood is true.
كَمَا فِي الْحَدِيثِ إِنَّهُ لَحَقٌّ
As in the hadith, it is indeed the truth.
مِثْلَ مَا أَنَّكَ هَهُنَا فَكَأَنَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ حَقٌّ
Just as you are here, it is as if He, Glory be to Him, is saying that the Quran is true.
كَمَا أَنَّ مَا شَاهَدُوهُ مِنَ الْخَلْقِ وَمَا لَا يُشَاهِدُونَهُ حَقٌّ مَوْجُودٌ
Just as what they observe of creation and what they do not observe truly exists.
بَلْ لَوْ فَكَّرْتُمْ فِيمَا تُبْصِرُونَ وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ لَدَلَّكُمْ ذَلِكَ عَلَى أَنَّ الْقُرْآنَ حَقٌّ
But if you considered what you see and what you do not see, that would guide you to the Quran's truth.
وَيَكْفِي الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ مَا يُبْصِرُهُ وَمَا لَا يُبْصِرُهُ بِعَيْنِهِ وَمَبْدَإِ خَلْقِهِ وَنَشْأَتِهِ
It is enough for a person to consider all that they see and do not see with their eyes, and their origin of creation and formation.
وَمَا يُشَاهِدُهُ مِنْ أَحْوَالِهِ ظَاهِرًا وَبَاطِنًا فِي ذَلِكَ أَبْيَنُ دَلَالَةٍ عَلَى وَحْدَانِيَّةِ الرَّبِّ وَثُبُوتِ صِفَاتِهِ
And what they witness in their states, both outward and inward, is the clearest indication of the oneness of the Lord and the affirmation of His attributes.
وَصِدْقِ مَا أَخْبَرَ بِهِ رَسُولُهُ وَمَا لَمْ يُبَاشِرْ قَلْبُهُ ذَلِكَ حَقِيقَةً لَمْ تُخَالِطْ بَشَاشَةُ الْإِيمَانِ قَلْبَهُ
And the truth of what His Messenger has conveyed — whoever's heart has not experienced that reality, the sweetness of faith has not entered his heart.
ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ سُبْحَانَهُ الْمُقْسَمَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ
Then He, Glory be to Him, mentioned what was sworn upon and said, 'Indeed, it is the word of a noble Messenger.'
وَهَذَا رَسُولُهُ الْبَشَرِيُّ مُحَمَّدٌ
And this is His human Messenger, Muhammad.
وَفِي إِضَافَتِهِ إِلَيْهِ بِاسْمِ الرِّسَالَةِ أَبْيَنُ دَلِيلٍ أَنَّهُ كَلَامُ الْمُرْسِلِ
And in attributing it to him by the name of messenger is the clearest evidence that it is the speech of the Sender.
فَمَنْ أَنْكَرَ أَنْ يَكُونَ اللَّهُ قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ بِالْقُرْآنِ فَقَدْ أَنْكَرَ حَقِيقَةَ الرِّسَالَةِ
So whoever denies that God has spoken the Quran has indeed denied the reality of the message.
وَلَوْ كَانَتْ إِضَافَتُهُ إِلَيْهِ إِضَافَةَ إِنْشَاءِ وَابْتِدَاءٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولًا
And if it were attributed to him as origination and initiation, he would not be a messenger.
وَلَنَاقَضَ ذَلِكَ إِضَافَتَهُ إِلَى رَسُولِهِ الْمَلَكِيِّ فِي سُورَةِ التَّكْوِيرِ
And that would contradict its attribution to His angelic messenger in Surah At-Takwir.
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