Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 15 Al-Hijr, Ayat 5-7
مَا تَسۡبِقُ مِنۡ اُمَّةٍ اَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسۡتَاْخِرُوۡنَ
﴿15:5﴾
وَ قَالُوۡا يٰۤاَيُّهَا الَّذِىۡ نُزِّلَ عَلَيۡهِ الذِّكۡرُ اِنَّكَ لَمَجۡنُوۡنٌؕ
﴿15:6﴾
لَوۡ مَا تَاۡتِيۡنَا بِالۡمَلٰۤـئِكَةِ اِنۡ كُنۡتَ مِنَ الصّٰدِقِيۡنَ
﴿15:7﴾
(15:5) No people can outstrip the term for its destruction nor can it delay
it. (15:6) They say: "O you to whom the Admonition3 has been revealed,
you are surely crazed. (15:7) Why do you not bring down angels upon us if you are indeed truthful?"
Notes
3. The word zikr literally means “to cause to remember”, “to caution” and
“to give advice”. But the Quran has used it as a technical term for “admonition”,
which comes as a precept. Thus all the Books that had been sent down to the
Messengers were zikr, and the Quran is also zikr.