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and satisfied themselves in their self-deceit.
Allah describes the unbelievers with their saying, "Our hearts are covered" (2:88). And, "Our hearts are veiled from that to which you call us, and in our ears there is heaviness, and between us and you is a veil" (41:5). And He refers to the contempt of the unbelievers who said, "Do not listen to this Koran, and talk idly about it so that you might be overcome" (41:26).
The arrogant audacity of the unbelievers is recorded in the Koran when they claimed, "If we wished, we could speak its like" (8:31). Allah informs them "you are sure to fail" (2:24). All contenders were rendered completely powerless none were able to fulfill their self-assertive claim.
During the life of Prophet Muhammad there was a liar called Musailamah, who laid claim to the prophethood. He attempted to compose verses to rival the Koran but his errors were obvious and thereby his status exposed, and Allah rendered his "fine" words to naught. Had it been otherwise people might not well have realized that the Koran is far above the eloquence of their own expression of pure Arabic. When the people heard the recitation of the Koran they either submitted to it, or were guided, or at least captivated by it.
Allah describes the unbelievers with their saying, "Our hearts are covered" (2:88). And, "Our hearts are veiled from that to which you call us, and in our ears there is heaviness, and between us and you is a veil" (41:5). And He refers to the contempt of the unbelievers who said, "Do not listen to this Koran, and talk idly about it so that you might be overcome" (41:26).
The arrogant audacity of the unbelievers is recorded in the Koran when they claimed, "If we wished, we could speak its like" (8:31). Allah informs them "you are sure to fail" (2:24). All contenders were rendered completely powerless none were able to fulfill their self-assertive claim.
During the life of Prophet Muhammad there was a liar called Musailamah, who laid claim to the prophethood. He attempted to compose verses to rival the Koran but his errors were obvious and thereby his status exposed, and Allah rendered his "fine" words to naught. Had it been otherwise people might not well have realized that the Koran is far above the eloquence of their own expression of pure Arabic. When the people heard the recitation of the Koran they either submitted to it, or were guided, or at least captivated by it.