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Sura 98
Aya 2
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رَسولٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ يَتلو صُحُفًا مُطَهَّرَةً

Mir Ahmed Ali

(In the)1 Apostle from God reciting (unto them) the Purified Scripture,I
  • The Holy Prophet was none else but the Apostle from God and what he recited, the Holy Qur’an, was not any collection of ancient tales or anything of the creation of his own mind but it was the Truth, the original Word of God in its purity without any corruption having polluted it.
    See 2:151; 80:13-16.
    Sahof’ plural of ‘Safh’ literally mean pages—but Qur’an used this term for the collection of the divine revelation. Rvs. 80:13-14; 53:36. 37; 87:18, 19; 20:133 and the term ‘Mushaf’ was used for the complete collection of the Holy Qur’an. (A.P.)
  • sohof’ plural of ‘sahf’, i.e. page – lit. pages, see note.