Surah Hud 11:12

The Messenger grieving by the Statements of the Polytheists, and His Gratification

This statement of Allah, the Exalted, to His Messenger comforted the worries that the polytheists were causing him due to their statements directed towards him. This is just as Allah says about them,

(And they say: "Why does this Messenger eat food, and walk about in the markets. Why is not an angel sent down to him to be a warner with him" Or; "(why) has not a treasure been granted to him, or why has he not a garden whereof he may eat" And the wrongdoers say: "You follow none but a man bewitched.") 25:7-8 Thus, Allah commanded His Messenger and guided him to not let these statements of theirs grieve his heart. Allah directed him to not let these statements prevent him, or deter him from calling them to Allah, both day and night. This is as Allah said,

(Indeed, We know that your breast is straitened at what they say.) 15:97 Allah says in this verse,

(So perchance you may give up a part of what is revealed unto you, and that your breast feels straitened for it because they say...) The meaning here is that he (the Prophet ) may be compelled to give up the Message due to what they (the polytheists) say about him. However, Allah goes on to explain: "You (Muhammad) are only a warner and you have an example in your brothers of the Messengers who came before you. For verily, the previous Messengers were rejected and harmed, yet they were patient until the help of Allah came to them."

An Explanation concerning the Miracle of the Qur'an

Then Allah, the Exalted, explains the miracle of the Qur'an, and that no one is able to produce its like, or even bring ten chapters, or one chapter like it. The reason for this is that the Speech of the Lord of all that exists is not like the speech of the created beings, just as His attributes are not like the attributes of the creation. Nothing resembles His existence. Exalted is He, the Most Holy, and the Sublime. There is no deity worthy of worship except He and there is no true Lord other than He. Then Allah goes on to say,

(If then they answer you not,) Meaning, that if they do not come with a reply to that which you have challenged them with (to the reproduction of ten chapters like the Qur'an), then know that it is due to their inability to do so. Know (that this is a proof) that this is the speech revealed from Allah. It contains His knowledge, His commands and His prohibitions. Then Allah continues by saying,

(and that there is no God besides Him! Will you then be Muslims)

Pada ayat ini, Allah swt menegur Nabi Muhammad saw apakah ia meninggalkan sebagian wahyu yang diturunkan kepadanya, ataukah dadanya menjadi sempit karena ucapan orang-orang musyrik yang meminta tanda bukti atas kerasulannya. Tuntutan mereka itu ialah jika ia benar-benar nabi, mengapa tidak diturunkan kepadanya harta benda (kekayaan) atau mengapa tidak datang kepadanya beberapa malaikat yang meyakinkan kerasulannya. Ucapan semacam itu diterangkan pula dalam firman Allah yang lain:

Dan mereka berkata, "Mengapa Rasul (Muhammad) ini memakan makanan dan berjalan di pasar-pasar? Mengapa malaikat tidak diturunkan kepadanya (agar malaikat) itu memberikan peringatan bersama dia, atau (mengapa tidak) diturunkan kepadanya harta kekayaan atau (mengapa tidak ada) kebun baginya, sehingga dia dapat makan dari (hasil)nya?" (al-Furqan/25: 7-8)

Ucapan yang semacam itu yang berisi keingkaran dan cemoohan yang menimbulkan kesempitan dada pada orang yang dihadapinya juga dialami oleh Nabi Muhammad sendiri. Pada awalnya dikhawatirkan beliau akan terpengaruh oleh ucapan-ucapan semacam itu, sehingga beliau akan meninggalkan sebagian wahyu yang telah diwahyukan kepadanya. Akan tetapi Nabi Muhammad terpelihara dari tindakan seperti itu dan beliau tetap konsekuen melaksanakan risalahnya dengan sempurna sesuai dengan firman Allah:

Dan sekiranya Kami tidak memperteguh (hati)mu, niscaya engkau hampir saja condong sedikit kepada mereka. (al-Isra/17: 74)

Demikian pula firman Allah:

Maka barangkali engkau (Muhammad) akan mencelakakan dirimu karena bersedih hati setelah mereka berpaling, sekiranya mereka tidak beriman kepada keterangan ini (Al-Quran). (al-Kahf/18: 6)

Allah menjelaskan bahwa kedudukan Rasul hanyalah sebagai seorang pemberi peringatan dan tugas beliau hanya sekadar menyampaikan perintah Allah kepada umatnya. Di akhir ayat Allah menyatakan bahwa Dia selalu memelihara segala urusan hamba-Nya.