Editing Screen: Surah az-Zukhruf 43 : 40

Editing: az-Zukhruf

Description <p><strong>Explanatory Note</strong> </p> <p>Can you [Prophet] make the deaf hear? Or guide the blind or those who are in manifest error? If We take you away, We shall inflict retribution on them; and if We show you the fulfilment of what We have promised them... We have full power over them. Therefore, hold fast to what has been revealed to you: you certainly are on a straight path; and it is an honour for you and your people. In time, you will all be called to account. Ask any of the messengers We sent before you: Did We ever appoint deities to be worshipped other than the Lord of Grace?<strong>' (Verses 40-45)</strong></p> <p>This point is repeated several times in the Qur'an to comfort the Prophet and to explain the nature of guidance and error, attributing them both to God's will. They are part of the task assigned to God's messengers, (peace be upon them all). Here the surah puts clear lines between man's limited power, even at its strongest level given to prophets, and God's free and unrestricted power. It emphasises God's oneness in one of the most inspiring images in the Qur'an.</p> <p><strong>"Can you [Prophet] make the deaf hear? Or guide the blind or those who are in manifest error?' (Verse 40) </strong>They are neither deaf nor blind, but akin to both in so far as they have chosen to turn away from Divine guidance and follow error. The task assigned to the Prophet is to put the facts before the ones who hear and to guide those who see. When people shut down their receptive faculties and refuse to listen to the discourse addressing their hearts and souls, the Prophet can do nothing for them. There is no way, then, that he can guide them to the truth. He should not grieve over their error, after having fulfilled his task to the best of his ability.</p>

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