Veila Mast,
Brother Babadeena has given you a short cut; it takes care of few of your misunderstanding. I will not repeat it, but I will explain Surah Takwir.
This Surah is also used by Qadianis a lot for their own purposes. Isnt surprising, same verses what are quoted on this thread are used by Qadianis to justify the claims of Mirza? Doesnt it give you some insight first of all, why people are misguided by using wrong understanding of these verses, and secondly, where it could take a Muslim?
Surah Takwir is a warning to the Muslims for the Last Hour. The verses at the start drew a sketch of the time approaching the Last Hour.
1- First example that Allah SWT provides the glimpses and examples of His SWT powers as Supreme Being and His SWT unfathomable knowledge through the revelations to the Prophets for human to warn them and guide them, show them their responsibilities both socially and towards Allah SWT for their own benefits, for the hereafter.
2- As we discussed according to the verses of Surah Al-Jin, Allah SWT after choosing the Messengers, had appointed Angels to guard them and the revelations they received, to make sure, the message is delivered to the human, vouchsafed and true to the intended purposes and contents.
3- Therefore, the Messengers including Prophet SAW were the vessels to carry the message of Allah SWT and forward it to the humans for their understanding, following and adherence.
4- Word of God, i.e. the revelations is the knowledge of Allah SWT and not the Prophets/Messengers. Therefore, one has to always keep this in mind. Do not mix it with the knowledge of the Prophets.
5- If the revelations were to be the knowledge of the Prophets and on the basis of these revelations if one claim that Prophets had the knowledge of the unseen (nauzobillah) then one also had to accept that by virtue of these revelations passed on the followers of the Prophets, hence to the whole world, the whole world became the knower of the unseen (nauzobillah).
I think this explanation was necessary for every one to understand my points and understand the background of the verses of the Surah Al-Takwer. I will come back to some of the earlier verses of this Surah later on or may be in a new post, to make another important point.
So Allah SWT explained for our guidance some of the conditions at the time of the Last Hour, whose knowledge is with Allah SWT alone. Like I said if it is claimed this is the knowledge of the Unseen given to Prophet SAW (nauzobillah) then all of us by reading the Holy Quran are knower of the unseen (nauzobillah).
Lets move to Verse 19 of Al-Takwer,
إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ (81:19)
81:19 behold, this [divine writ] is indeed the [inspired] word of a noble apostle,
In this verse, the Holy Quran is described as the inspired word of a noble apostle. It would be a huge mistake for someone to claim, it proves that the Holy Quran is the word of Prophet SAW (nauzobillah). We all know any such claim; will take one out of the pale of Islam immediately. What it means we all know, it means that the revelations were received by Prophet SAW, and he relayed it to us, for preservation in the shape of the Holy Quran and also memorised by the Muslims. But the Holy Quran is the Word of Allah SWT, revealed through Prophet SAW.
ذِي قُوَّةٍ عِندَ ذِي الْعَرْشِ مَكِينٍ (81:20)
81:20 with strength endowed, secure with Him who in almightiness is enthroned.
The very next verse explains it, that the Holy Quran passed to Prophet SAW by some one endowed with power, i.e. Gabriel AS from Someone Mighty in Power, on the Throne of Almightiness. This is the first mention of Al Arsh in the Holy Quran, signifying the absolute Authority, Sovereignty and Almightiness of Allah SWT.
Now the whole chain for the revelations is explained, through these verses. The Holy Quran is secured with Allah SWT, The Mighty in Power, transmitted to Prophet Muhammad SAW by some one endowed with strength, i.e. Gabriel As, to the mouth of Prophet SAW, who transmitted it to us, completely and in the manner it was revealed to him SAW.
I will skip the next verse which is continuation of 81:20 and move to 81:22.
وَمَا صَاحِبُكُم بِمَجْنُونٍ (81:22)
81:22 For, this fellow-man of yours is not a madman:
It is for Prophet SAW that he SAW is not a madman (nauzobillah). A charge levelled by the Kuffars on Prophet SAW. Allah SWT decreed that Prophet SAW received inspired revelations from Allah SWT through Gabriel AS and he definitely is not a madman (nauzobillah), as claimed by kuffars.
وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ بِالْأُفُقِ الْمُبِينِ (81:23)
81:23 he truly beheld [the angel - beheld] him on the clear horizon;
This verse which is taken as proof of The Miraj of Prophet SAW by some, but anyhow this is not our topic at the moment, so I will concentrate on the issue. It is one of the two incidents in the Holy Quran, which indicates Prophet SAW seeing Gabriel As in his true manifestation.
وَمَا هُوَ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ بِضَنِينٍ (81:24)
81:24 and he is not one to begrudge others the knowledge [of whatever has been revealed to him] out of that which is beyond the reach of human Perception.
Two aspects once again, I will deal with the first one here, the real topic of this Surah, i.e. The Last Hour. So the theme is that Prophet Muhammad SAW job was to pass the revelations to the followers, every Word of it, the way it is intended. Thats why it is said, he SAW does not begrudge passing the revelations to humans, the knowledge revealed through these revelations, the Word of God. A primary duty of every Prophet including our beloved Prophet SAW was to communicate to their followers the revelations and wisdom they received from Allah SWT for the benefits of their followers.
Make no mistakes, the knowledge was with Allah SWT, he has disclosed some of it to us all, through Prophet SAW, who in turn received the revelations through Gabriel, from Allah SWT, The Knower, The Almighty.
The next verse then tells us neither the Holy Quran is the word of any satanic force accursed 81:25 (nauzobillah).
Think please, the brief accounts of the Last Hour and Day of the Judgement have been given in the Holy Quran at many places. There are constant warnings of the Fire too in the Holy Quran for our benefits and teachings. It does not mean that Prophet SAW through those verses or now the Muslims by reading the Holy Quran become knower of the Last Hour. Allah SWT clearly decreed it will come all of a sudden and its knowledge is with Allah SWT alone.
Similarly, brief accounts how Allah SWT Created the Universe or human is given in the Holy Quran, it does not mean, Prophet SAW and we know the deep dark secret of the Creation and the Universe.
The Holy Quran is full of Verses to clarify this point that the Holy Quran is the Word of Allah, it contains the Commands of Allah SWT and the contents of it, the message of it, is the Knowledge of Allah SWT. Prophet Muhammad SAW is a plain warner.
أَوَلَمْ يَتَفَكَّرُواْ مَا بِصَاحِبِهِم مِّن جِنَّةٍ إِنْ هُوَ إِلاَّ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ (7:184)
7:184 Has it, then, never occurred to them that there is no madness whatever in [this] their fellowman? He is only a plain warner.
Because he enunciated messages of the Holy Quran, like the brief description of Last Hour or Heaven and Hell differed radically from anything to which the Meccans Kuffar had been accustomed to, the Prophet was considered mad by many Kuffars.
The stress is put in the Holy Quran that him SAW being "their fellow-man" (sahibuhum i.e "their companion") is meant to emphasize the fact that he is human, and thus to counteract any possible tendency on the part of his followers to invest him with superhuman qualities or the knowledge of the unseen an argument which is more fully developed in verse 188.
قُل لاَّ أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِي نَفْعًا وَلاَ ضَرًّا إِلاَّ مَا شَاء اللّهُ وَلَوْ كُنتُ أَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ لاَسْتَكْثَرْتُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ وَمَا مَسَّنِيَ السُّوءُ إِنْ أَنَاْ إِلاَّ نَذِيرٌ وَبَشِيرٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ (7:188)
7:188 Say [O Prophet]: "It is not within my power to bring benefit to, or avert harm from, myself, except as God may please. And if I knew that which is beyond the reach of human perception, abundant good fortune-would surely have fallen to my lot, and no evil would ever have touched me. I am nothing but a warner, and a herald of glad tidings unto people who will believe."
A clear message is given to all of us, that Prophet SAW can not bring benefit to or avert harm from people except as God may please. And he SAW is not the knower of the unseen, but plain and simpl a Warner and herald of glad tidings to the believers.
Consistent warnings were given in the Holy Quran to the Muslims that Prophet SAW is a Nazir and Bashir, the Warner and herald of glad tidings unto those who believe.
17:105 AND AS a guide towards the truth have We bestowed this [revelation] from on high; with this [very] truth has it come down [unto thee, O Prophet]: for We have sent thee but as a herald of glad tidings and a warner,
This verse again emphsise the same message, the message of the Holy Quran the truth is bestowed from high on Prophet SAW and he SAW is sent as herald of glad tidings and as a warner.
I hope it clarifies the issues for everyone.
And Allah SWT knows the best.
If anyone wants to take the issue to towards the Miraj, even then I would be able to answer and explain with clarity Isnahallah.
