Commentary
And when glorified and exalted is He completed what He intended from mentioning the abode and the abode, and informed about their slandering of the abode which is the intended goal of the message, He, the Exalted, established that proof against their lies. He followed it with the news of their slandering of the Messenger who brought it. He said, marveling at their minds which they consider to be the purest of minds and the highest in thought, in what they presented from that which they thought was evidence against the message. And none of it is suitable to be a doubt for one who has a grasp of his matter, let alone to be evidence: "And they said," meaning questioning mockingly by describing him, criticizing him with his action, the saying of one who is confident that the description of the message contradicts it: "What is this?" The indication in this direction implies disdain and belittlement; then they expressed mockery by saying: "The Messenger," meaning the one who claims that he is unique among the rest of humanity in this time with this lofty description, "eats food," meaning like what we eat, "and walks in the markets," meaning those which are the demands of this world, just as we walk.
And when the translation of what has passed is: What does he have that is like us while he claims to be special from us with the message? They followed him with the reprimand for not being on one of the differing aspects as a means of concession in response to one who seemed to say: So what will he do? By their saying: "If only," meaning why not, and it comes for reproach, which is their intent, "a Messenger was sent down," meaning from the heaven, from any sender, ending "to him," meaning in the form that he is in the heaven, "an angel," meaning from the angels of Allah in their forms which are distinct from the forms of humans, "so that he would be," in the accusative as a response to the encouragement, that king even if he is a human, "with him a warner," so that he would be distinguished by a state not possessed by any of us, to be more awe-inspiring in warning, due to what he has of awe and power. And it seems that they expressed in the past to indicate that their intent is for him to appear to them in a form other than the form that he informs you of from the renewal of the descent of the king upon him at every time, continuously, in a way that no one else sees him, or that the king can be in the state of accompanying him for warning. And it does not change from it by ascending to the heaven or otherwise, unlike the treasure, for it is for spending, for if it is not maintained at every moment, it will run out. And this is the secret of the expression by "to" without "upon" which is for covering with revelation. And for this reason, they expressed in the present tense in their saying, descending from the height of that degree:
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