103وَلَقَد نَعلَمُ أَنَّهُم يَقولونَ إِنَّما يُعَلِّمُهُ بَشَرٌ ۗ لِسانُ الَّذي يُلحِدونَ إِلَيهِ أَعجَمِيٌّ وَهٰذا لِسانٌ عَرَبِيٌّ مُبينٌN. J. DawoodWe know they say: ‘A mortal taught him.’ But the man1 to whom they allude speaks a foreign tongue, while this is eloquent Arabic speech.Scholars differ as to the identity of this ‘foreigner’. Some suppose him to be Salmān the Persian, others Ṣuhaib bin Sinān, and yet others ‘Adas the Monk.