A088
Surah: 017 - Ayah: 088
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17:88
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. God says: "Say: (Even) if men and jinn get together to produce the like of the Qur'an, they will not (be able to) produce the like of it, though some of them become helpers of others." (17:88). This is a bright proof of the fact that the Wise Qur'an is the permanent miracle (mujizah) of knowledge and wisdom. And the definition of miracle is something which others are unable to imitate.
"Say: Verily, though mankind and the jinn should assemble to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like of it though they were helpers one of another" (17:88). This shows that neither jinn nor mankind know the real ta'wil of the Wise Qur'an. Thus it is this spiritual and intellectual compatibility in relation to which the Qur'an and the 'Ali of every age are called heavy [as in the Hadith al-Thaqalayn]. From this verse we learn that none of the jinn or mankind knows the entire reality of the Qur'an. Thus the one who God testifies to be the knower of the Qur'an is neither from the jinn nor from mankind. If he is neither from jinn nor from mankind, then he is not only a jamali angel, but is a jalali angel, about whom God says: "Say: Allah is sufficient as a witness between me and you and he with whom is the knowledge of the Book" (13:43). This jalali angel with whom is the knowledge of the Book is the Imam of the time, who, according to the needs and exigencies of the time ordains for his followers the way which accords with the deep wisdom of the Holy Qur'an, so that they remain very close to the ta'wil.
This verse has been referred 2 times.