Transliteration:( Qul nazzalahoo Roohul Qudusi mir Rabbika bilhaqqi liyusabbital lazeena aamanoo wa hudanw wa bushraa lilmuslimeen )
102. Say, 'The Holy Spirit has brought it down from your Lord with the truth [232], to strengthen [233] the believers, and as guidance and glad tidings for the Muslims [234].'
[232] By 'truth' here is meant that the revelation was sent down precisely as needed, without alteration. Hazrat Jibraeel (peace be upon him) is referred to as the Holy Spirit because he is a spirit himself and carries spiritual purity. Hazrat Isa (peace be upon him) is also called the Spirit of Allah as he was granted through the agency of Hazrat Jibraeel. As the Qur’an says: "That I may give you a pure son" (S19:V19). Being pure and flawless, Hazrat Jibraeel is aptly titled the Holy Spirit.
[233] The purpose of this revelation is to strengthen the believers, particularly by helping them reflect upon the wisdom behind abrogation, which in turn fortifies their faith. This verse also teaches that Hazrat Jibraeel (peace be upon him) plays a direct role in supporting the believers—though the true source is Allah, the action is linked to His noble angel.
[234] While the Qur’an is one and the same, its effects differ: for the believers, it is guidance and glad tidings; for the disbelievers, it results in confusion and dread.
The tafsir of Surah An-Nahl verse 102 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Nahl ayat 101 which provides the complete commentary from verse 101 through 102.
(16:102) Tell them: “It is the spirit of holiness that has brought it down, by stages,[103] from your Lord so that it might bring firmness to those who believe,[104] and guidance to the Right Way,[105] and give glad tidings of felicity and success to those who submit to Allah.”[106]
103. The Holy Spirit: Gibril. Instead of using the name of the angel who brought revelation, his title has been deliberately mentioned to warn the disbelievers that the Holy Spirit who brought revelation is free from human frailties. He is neither dishonest that he should add something to or take away something from the message he brought, nor is he a liar and forger that he should invent and state something in the name of Allah. Nor does he suffer from any human lust that he should practice a deceit. He is wholly pure and holy and conveys the Word of Allah intact.
104. That is, the fact that Allah sends down His message piecemeal does not mean that Allah’s knowledge and wisdom are defective as you consider because of your folly. Allah sends His revelations gradually because human intelligence and capacity to grasp are limited and defective which do not let him understand the whole theme at one and the same time and make it firm in his mind. Therefore, Allah in His wisdom conveyed His revelation piecemeal through the Holy Spirit. He sends a theme gradually and gives its details by and by and uses different methods and ways to make it plain to human beings so that they might grasp it according to their abilities and capabilities and become firm in their faith and knowledge.
105. The second practical wisdom of sending down the Quran piecemeal was that those believers who obediently followed it, should get necessary instructions for the propagation of Islam and the solution of other problems of life at the time when they were actually needed. It is obvious that if those instructions had been sent down before time and at one and the same time they would not have been useful.
106. The third practical wisdom of not sending down the Quran as a whole at one and the same time was to give good tidings and encouragement to the obedient servants who were suffering from persecution and encountering great obstacles because they needed it over and over again. That is why they were assured of ultimate success time and again to fill them with hope to carry on their mission.
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