Volume 10 Surah 12 - 15 - Enjoy Islam

Al-Ĥijr | GREAT UNIVERSAL EXPANSE
for “He is indeed Wise, All Knowing.” (Verse 25) He determines the term of every
community according to His wisdom. He knows when it dies, and when it is
resurrected and all that happens in between.
We note the harmony of movement in this passage and the preceding one. This is
seen in the sending down of revelation, angels, the flames hitting eavesdropping
devils, and water from the sky. Harmony is also evident in the general surroundings
in which events take place in the whole universe: the skies, the constellations, flames,
the earth, the mountains and the vegetation, the winds and the rain. When the sūrah
provides an example of arrogance, it sets it in a scene of climbing up into the heavens
through an open door. All this speaks volumes for the fine style of the Qur’ān.
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