By The Right Hand

An additional confirmation that Muhammad wrote the Quran with his own hand can be found in 69:45 of the Quran where it states that God would have โ€œseized him by the right handโ€ if he uttered any other teachings.

[69:44] Had he uttered any other teachings. [69:45] We would have punished him [seized him by the right hand]. [69:46] We would have stopped the revelations to him. [69:47] None of you could have helped him.

ูˆูŽู„ูŽูˆ ุชูŽู‚ูŽูˆูŽู‘ู„ูŽ ุนูŽู„ูŽูŠู†ุง ุจูŽุนุถูŽ ุงู„ุฃูŽู‚ุงูˆูŠู„ู ู„ูŽุฃูŽุฎูŽุฐู†ุง ู…ูู†ู‡ู ุจูุงู„ูŠูŽู…ูŠู†ู ุซูู…ูŽู‘ ู„ูŽู‚ูŽุทูŽุนู†ุง ู…ูู†ู‡ู ุงู„ูˆูŽุชูŠู†ูŽ ููŽู…ุง ู…ูู†ูƒูู… ู…ูู† ุฃูŽุญูŽุฏู ุนูŽู†ู‡ู ุญุงุฌูุฒูŠู†ูŽ

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la-akhadhnฤ
ู„ูŽุฃูŽุฎูŽุฐู’ู†ูŽุง
certainly we would have seized

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minโ€™hu

ู…ูู†ู’ู‡ู

from him

3

bil-yamฤซni

ุจูุงู„ู’ูŠูŽู…ููŠู†ู

by the right hand.

Why would God indicate that had Muhammad taught any other teachings other than the Quran that He would have seized him, Muhammad, โ€œby the right handโ€?

The context of 64:44 โ€“ 47 is about Godโ€™s revelations of the Quran, which was given to Muhammad to deliver. To provide assurances that Godโ€™s verses were not altered by the messenger, God is telling us that if Muhammad were to write any other teachings, He would have seized his right hand, thus refraining him from being able to write any more of Godโ€™s revelations.

The significance of stating that Muhammad would have been seized by the right hand is that the right hand is used for writing. We see this same word, โ€œbil-yamฤซni ( ุจูุงู„ู’ูŠูŽู…ููŠู†ู ),โ€ used elsewhere in the Quran in the context of Muhammad writing the scripture with his own hand.

[29:48] You did not read the previous scriptures, nor did you write them with your right hand. In that case, the rejectors would have had reason to harbor doubts.

(ูคูจ) ูˆูŽู…ูŽุง ูƒูู†ู’ุชูŽ ุชูŽุชู’ู„ููˆ ู…ูู†ู’ ู‚ูŽุจู’ู„ูู‡ู ู…ูู†ู’ ูƒูุชูŽุงุจู ูˆูŽู„ูŽุง ุชูŽุฎูุทูู‘ู‡ู ุจููŠูŽู…ููŠู†ููƒูŽ ุฅูุฐู‹ุง ู„ูŽุงุฑู’ุชูŽุงุจูŽ ุงู„ู’ู…ูุจู’ุทูู„ููˆู†ูŽ

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wamฤ
ูˆูŽู…ูŽุง
And not

2

kunta

ูƒูู†ู’ุชูŽ

you used to

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tatlลซ

ุชูŽุชู’ู„ููˆ

[you] recite / read

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min

ู…ูู†ู’

from

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qablihi

ู‚ูŽุจู’ู„ูู‡ู

before it

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min

ู…ูู†ู’

any

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kitฤbin

ูƒูุชูŽุงุจู

scripture,

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walฤ

ูˆูŽู„ูŽุง

and not (did)

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takhuแนญแนญuhu

ุชูŽุฎูุทูู‘ู‡ู

you write it

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biyamฤซnika

ุจููŠูŽู…ููŠู†ููƒูŽ

with your right hand,

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idhan

ุฅูุฐู‹ุง

then

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la-irโ€™tฤba

ู„ูŽุงุฑู’ุชูŽุงุจูŽ

surely [he] would have doubted

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l-mubโ€™แนญilลซna

ุงู„ู’ู…ูุจู’ุทูู„ููˆู†ูŽ

the falsifiers / rejectors.

This verse informs us that Muhammad did not write the previous scriptures with his right hand. This again confirms that Muhammad was a gentile who did not know the previous scripture and that he did write the Quran with his right hand, as God would have ceased it if he uttered any other teachings (69:44-47).

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