Surah Al-Isra 17:86

If Allah willed, He could take away the Qur'an

Allah mentions the blessing and great bounty that He has bestowed upon His servant and Messenger Muhammad by revealing to Him the Noble Qur'an to which falsehood cannot come, from before it or behind it, (it is) sent down by the All-Wise, Worthy of all praise. Ibn Mas`ud said, "A red wind will come to the people, meaning at the end of time, from the direction of Syria, and there will be nothing left in a man's Mushaf (copy of the Qur'an) or in his heart, not even one Ayah." Then Ibn Mas`ud recited:

(And if We willed, We could surely take away that which We have revealed to you.)

Challenging by the Qur'an

Then Allah points out the great virtue of the Qur'an, and says that even if mankind and the Jinn were all to come together and agree to produce something like that which was revealed to His Messenger , they would never be able to do it, even if they were to cooperate and support and help one another. This is something which is impossible. How could the words of created beings be like the Words of the Creator Who has no equal and peer, for there is none like unto Him

(And indeed We have fully explained to man- kind,) meaning, `We have furnished them with evidence and defini- tive proof, and We have shown them the truth and explained it in detail, yet despite that most of mankind insist on disbelief, i.e., denying and rejecting the truth.'

Ayat ini menerangkan bahwa jika Allah swt menghendaki untuk menarik kembali Al-Qur'an yang telah diturunkan dan menghapusnya dari hati Nabi Muhammad dan dari lembaran-lembaran yang telah ditulis, hal itu pasti dengan mudah dapat dilaksanakan-Nya, sedikit pun tidak akan ada bekasnya.

Mudahnya bagi Allah swt menghapus Al-Qur'an itu diterangkan dalam hadis Nabi saw:

Diriwayatkan dari Ibnu Mas'ud bahwa Rasulullah saw bersabda, "Sesungguhnya Al-Qur'an ini akan diangkat (dihapus)." Seseorang berkata, "Bagaimana mungkin, sesungguhnya Allah telah mengokohkannya di dalam hati kita, dan kita telah mengabadikan (menulisnya) di dalam lembar-lembar bertulis." Ia berkata, "Diangkat Al-Qur'an di satu malam maka tidak ada yang ditinggalkan seayat pun darinya dalam hati dan tidak pula pula di dalam mushaf, kecuali semua diangkat. Maka pada waktu paginya tidak satu ayat pun lagi yang tinggal padamu." Lalu Nabi membaca ayat ini. (Riwayat Sa'id bin Manshur dan al-hakim serta dinyatakan sahih oleh ath-thabrani dan al-Baihaqi).

Setelah Al-Qur'an dihapus dari hati dan yang tertulis dalam mushaf, maka pada saat itu tidak ada lagi yang dapat dijadikan pegangan dan petunjuk ke jalan yang benar. Tidak seorangpun yang sanggup mengembalikannya, baik dalam bentuk mushaf maupun hafalan.