Calling Mankind to the Truth

The power of the Qur’an to inspire faith Abdullah ibn Abbas, a great Quranic scholar, was possessed of an uncanny ability to fathom the profundities of the Qur’an. One day, he gave an explanation of the chapter al-Baqarah, which prompted one of his hearers to exclaim: “If the pagans of Daylam were to hear this, even they would believe.”