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Concerning the words of the Most High:

“A Book whose verses have been perfected, then explained in detail.”

He explained it in detail after perfecting it, unlike someone who speaks without perfecting his words. Yet even well-crafted speech may contain things its speaker has not explained to others. He, glorified is He, perfected His Book, then explained it in detail and made it clear to His servants, as He says:

“Thus do We explain the signs in detail, so that the way of the criminals may become clear.”

He also says:

“We have certainly brought them a Book which We explained in detail with knowledge, as guidance and mercy for people who believe.”

He, glorified is He, explained it and sent it down to His servants with knowledge, unlike someone who speaks without knowledge.

He mentioned the proofs of Allah’s oneness and prophethood before mentioning the distinction between the people of truth and the people of falsehood, saying:

“Or do they say, ‘He has fabricated it’? Say, ‘Then produce ten fabricated surahs like it,’”

through to His words:

“Will you then submit?”

When He challenged them to produce ten fabricated surahs like it—they and all whom they could enlist besides Him—His challenge implied that no one apart from Allah could produce anything like it. As He says:

“Say, ‘If mankind and the jinn gathered together to produce the like of this Quran, they could not produce its like, even if they helped one another.’”

It thus becomes known that this is a distinctive attribute of one whom Allah has sent. And whatever is