Surah At-Tur (52) — Ayah 32

➊ {اَمْ تَاْمُرُهُمْ اَحْلَامُهُمْ بِهٰذَاۤ … : ’’ أَحْلَامٌ ‘‘ ’’حِلْمٌ‘‘} is the plural of {’’حلم‘‘}, which actually refers to self-control at the time of anger. The intellect is called {’’حلم‘‘} because at such a time, it alone becomes the cause of restraining one's temperament. The polytheists used to consider themselves very intelligent; Allah Almighty mentioned three things they said about the Prophet (peace be upon him): soothsayer, madman, and poet. Then He struck at their intellects, asking: can any intelligent person say such a thing? Firstly, the entire life of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and the Qur'an he brought are before everyone; no person whose intellect is sound can say any of these things about you or about the Qur'an, because neither the Noble Qur'an nor the Noble Messenger (peace be upon him) has any connection with soothsaying, madness, or poetry. Secondly, the things they are saying about the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) are so mutually contradictory that they cannot be combined in one person. How can it be that someone is a poet, a soothsayer, and then also insane, and the speech he presents is poetry, soothsaying, and madness all at once? Then what kind of intelligence is it that you become so severely afraid of a poet, soothsayer, or madman that you do not let anyone listen to him? Has any poet, soothsayer, or madman ever faced such severe opposition as these people are showing to you (peace be upon him)? He asks: do their intellects command them to do this? The answer is not mentioned, because it is self-evident that what they are saying is not the decision of their intellects, but the matter is something else, and that is that in reality, these are rebellious people and their rebellion does not let them accept the truth.