The Human Nature of the Prophet ﷺ

Question

What is the occasion of revelation of the following verses: [ar]قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ[/ar] “Say: I am only a human being like you; it is revealed to me that your God is One God…” (Surah al-Kahf, 18:110)?

Answer

The deniers [of prophethood] used to say: how can one who is a human being (bashar) be a messenger? For a human being remains subject to natural needs, whereas a messenger ought to be free of them. It was in refutation of this that the verse was revealed: [ar]قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَـٰهُكُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ[/ar] “Say: I am only a…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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