Verse 52
The Stories • makkah
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Important Words:
وصلنا (thoroughly conveyed) is transitive verb from وصل (wasala). They say وصل الی المکان i.e. he came, reached or attained the place. وصل الشیء بالشیء (wassala) means, he joined or connected one thing with the other وصله الیه او أوصله (wassala-hu) means, he conveyed it to him (Aqrab).
Commentary:
In view of the two significations of the word وصل given under "Important Words" the verse may have the following two interpretations: (1) We have joined one revelation with another, which means that God has been sending His Messengers and revelations one after the other. The Quran has also been revealed quite in harmony with this time-honoured Divine practice. It has come after the Torah which had made a prophecy about it (Deut. 18:18) and whose prophecies it has fulfilled and whose basic principles it supports. (2) The Word of God, i.e. the Quran, has been fully conveyed to the Meccans and thoroughly explained to them.