40:78-Note edip(know/unknown messengers).
40:78-Note edip(know/unknown messengers) . Verse đ¯40:34 informs us about people's tendency to consider their idolized messenger to be the last messenger. Those who close their minds and follow convention rather than reason and facts, react negatively to a "new" message delivered by a messenger (đ¯38:1; 23:44). This verse informs us that there were even many more messengers before Muhammed that the Quran did not mention by name. For instance, after a careful study of Plato's work about Socrates, one may infer that Socrates was a messenger of God to the Athenian people, who criticized their polytheistic religion and superstitions. Since God sent messengers to every nation, there must be many messengers from among the Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, Malay, etc. This verse also informs us that no messenger can come up with a miracle without God's permission. Unveiling the specifically hidden miracle of the Quran also cannot be done without God's special permission. (...