“There did not believe before them any town which We destroyed...

“There did not believe before them any town which We destroyed; will these (now) believe?” 7. “And We sent none before you, but men to whom We made revelation. So ask the people of ‘Thikr’(the Reminder) if you do not know.” Former verses denoted that the disbelievers said: “Is this man other than a human being like yourselves?” In this verse, the Qur’an implies that not only this Prophet (S) but also the former Divine prophets were human beings to whom the revelation was made.

And this, the descent of revelation to them, does not contrast with being a human being. In the previous holy verses, there were mentioned six contradictory pretexts that the opponents of Islam sought unto the holy Prophet (S). Here by this verse, the Qur’an answers them. At first, it refers to the miracles that they demanded as their pretext,…