At-Takwir 81:19 - Linguistic Miracle
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ
“[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger”
Linguistic Miracle
إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ
“[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger”
Truly, this is the word of a karīm messenger
Commentary covering verses 18–19
This is the answer to all these oaths. We will first cover these verses then tie them all together.
This is in response to the people who said that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ forged the Qurʾān from himself. The Qurʾān responds that no, it is not his word but the word of a noble messenger, the angel Gabriel. One might say that this then means that it originates from Gabriel then and not God, but the verse calls him a messenger here. A messenger only conveys from one end to another. The Qurʾān is explicit that it is the word of Allah Himself.
Karīm means perfection and being free of flaws. We will cover the meaning of this word in detail in the next surah. For now, it is enough for us to know that karīm means
that Gabriel is perfect with regards to his duty of being a messenger. He is the perfect messenger. The next verses explain why that is the case.