“Say to them (O Muhammad!): ‘It is He Who knows the secrets of the heavens and the earth Who has sent down this Book. Indeed, He is Most Forgiving, Most Compassionate.’ The say: ‘What sort of a Messenger is this: he eats food and walks in the markets’.”
(Al-Qur’ān – 25:6-7)
In ayat 25:6 God the Almighty asserts that the Qur’ān was sent down by Him and not written or got written by the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be to him). It emphasises that the One Who revealed the Book is ‘He Who knows the secrets of the heavens and the earth’ and that ‘He is Most Forgiving and Most Compassionate’.
This statement, however, also contains a nuance of admonition. It says, if effect: ‘O unjust people, give up your enmity to the Truth and accept it and We shall forgive you for your past misdeeds’.
It seemed strange to them that God should send a human being as His Messenger, a mortal who like themselves also needed to eat to exist. They thought that if God really wanted to send a human being as His Messenger, such a person should at least have been from among the kings and mighty ones of the world. He should not be someone who walked about the streets as ordinary people do.
This ayat is very meaningful in the context in which it has been made. How very Merciful and Forgiving is God Who grants respite even to those who concoct such atrocious and baseless lies to oppose the Truth.