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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Heart of the Qur'an: A Commentary to Sura al Yasin Ayat no.

69 In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful And We have not taught him poetry, nor is it meet for him; it is nothing but a reminder and a plain Quran, (36:69) *** *** Allegation of magic on the Prophet and Quran Then, after God threatened the deniers of God and the Hereafter, saying, “If We wish, We may blind them or disfigure them”, He refutes the allegation of the polytheists against Muhammad (‘s).

Every falsehood, since it does not have any other weapon, resorts to false allegation to make things appear skewed. They try to show that they are right and the opposite party wrong. By a slanderous accusation they intended to prove that a group of people has become misguided. As the Meccans were not investigative type, even if they believe a single word of their allegations, it would be effective.

When the polytheists of Mecca saw that the word of the Holy Prophet was gaining ground and Islam was advancing, people were attracted towards Quran, believing youths mocked idol worship and distanced themselves from the path of their parents, they met together to ponder what they should do to counter Muhammad (‘s) and his followers. Walid was one of their leaders and he addressed them, “There is nothing we can do against Quran except that we may say that it is magic.

Let us spread the rumor that Muhammad is a magician and that Quran also is his magic. If anyone questions our propaganda – first of all people are not so intelligent – yet, even if someone asks where that magic is? We may say, it is magic as it creates differences between people, just as magic creates enmity between people, Muhammad also is making youths oppose their parents.

He has separated youths from our idols.” Poetry is a creation of the poet’s imagination, having no reality A period of time passed and this allegation about magic became old so they made another false allegation that Muhammad was a poet, which this verse refutes. So, now our discussion is on poetry and poet. First of all, what is poetry? The theme, subject and production of which is not real. It is imagination, superstition, fancy and illusion, having nothing to do with reality.

It is an arrangement of words conveying the poet’s thoughts in certain rhythm and on certain meters to make them more effective and attractive.