قٓ ۚ۫— وَالْقُرْاٰنِ الْمَجِیْدِ ۟ۚقٓ ۚ وَالۡقُرۡاٰنِ الۡمَجِيۡدِۚ
Qaf By the glorious Quran!
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
بَلْ عَجِبُوْۤا اَنْ جَآءَهُمْ مُّنْذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ الْكٰفِرُوْنَ هٰذَا شَیْءٌ عَجِیْبٌ ۟ۚبَلۡ عَجِبُوۡۤا اَنۡ جَآءَهُمۡ مُّنۡذِرٌ مِّنۡهُمۡ فَقَالَ الۡكٰفِرُوۡنَ هٰذَا شَىۡءٌ عَجِيۡبٌۚ
Indeed, they are astonished that a warner should have come to them from among themselves. So these deniers of the truth say, ‘This is indeed a strange thing,
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
ءَاِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۚ— ذٰلِكَ رَجْعٌ بَعِیْدٌ ۟ءَاِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۚ ذٰ لِكَ رَجۡعٌ ۢ بَعِيۡدٌ
to come back to life after we have died and become dust? That is most improbable!’
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا تَنْقُصُ الْاَرْضُ مِنْهُمْ ۚ— وَعِنْدَنَا كِتٰبٌ حَفِیْظٌ ۟قَدۡ عَلِمۡنَا مَا تَنۡقُصُ الۡاَرۡضُ مِنۡهُمۡۚ وَعِنۡدَنَا كِتٰبٌ حَفِيۡظٌ
We know very well what the earth takes away from them: We hold a book which records all things.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
بَلْ كَذَّبُوْا بِالْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَهُمْ فِیْۤ اَمْرٍ مَّرِیْجٍ ۟بَلۡ كَذَّبُوۡا بِالۡحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمۡ فَهُمۡ فِىۡۤ اَمۡرٍ مَّرِيۡجٍ
But they denied the truth when it came to them, so they are in a state of confusion.
— Tazkirul Quran (En)
Tafseer of 50:1–5
The history of the prophets shows that their contemporaries were not ready to accept them. It was only in later times that people readily accepted their status as prophets.
The reason for this is that the prophet appears to his contemporaries as ‘a person just like themselves’. They find it surprising that one whom they have always treated as their equal should suddenly become great and start advising them. But, as time passes, a history of greatness becomes attached to the prophet’s name. So, he starts appearing to succeeding generations as a ‘person greater than themselves.’ That is why, in later periods people did not find it difficult to accept the prophetic status of a prophet. In other words, to the people of the early days, the prophet was a controversial figure, while to the people of later times he acquired the aura of an established personage. The people of the earlier period had to undertake a journey in consciousness in order to fill the gap between them and the prophet, while in the later period, this gap would have been filled by history itself.
In the eyes of those who entertain doubts about the prophethood of God’s messenger, everything about him becomes doubtful—even those beliefs that are already enshrined in tradition. However, nothing can act as a shield or an excuse for the doubters. If the rejecters of the prophet were simply to consider the inimitable literary majesty of his book, they would be compelled to accept as a prophet the one who brought that book.