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28:63 - Those against whom the charge will be proved will say: "Our Lord! these are the ones whom
we led astray: we led them astray as we were astray ourselves: we free ourselves (from them)
in Thy presence! It was not us they worshipped." 33933394
3393 This and the next verse are concerned with the examination of those who neglected truth and righteousness and went
after the worship of false gods. These were the "partners" they associated with Allah. In so far as they were embodied
in false or wicked leaders, the leaders will disown responsibility for them. 'We ourselves went wrong, and they
followed our example, because it suited them: they worshipped, not us, but their own lusts.' (28.63)
3394 Cf. x. 28 False worship often names others, but really it is the worship of Self. The others whom they name will have
nothing to do with them when the awful Penalty stands in the sight of both. Then each wrong-doer will have to look to
his own case. The wicked will then realise the gravity of the situation and wish that they had accepted the true
guidance of Allah's Messengers. (28.63)
2:107 - Knowest thou not that to Allah belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth! And
besides Him ye have neither patron nor helper.
18:38 - "But (I think) for my part that He is Allah my Lord and none shall I associate with my Lord.
22:73 - O men! Here is a parable set forth! Listen to it! Those on whom besides Allah ye call cannot
create (even) a fly if they all met together for the purpose! And if the fly should snatch away
anything from them they would have no power to release it from the fly: feeble are those who
petition and those whom they petition! 2855
2855 Both idols and their worshippers are poor, foolish, feeble creatures! (22.73)
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7:3 - Follow (O men!) the revelation given unto you from your Lord and follow not as friends or
protectors other than Him. Little it is ye remember of admonition. 991
991 This is added in order that men might not be puffed up with such little knowledge as they possessed, for there are
great heights to be scaled in the spiritual kingdom. (7.3)
2:286 - Thou art our Protector; help us against those who stand against faith." 340341342
340 Cf. ii. 233. In that verse the burden was in terms of material wealth: here it is in terms of spiritual duty. Assured by
God that He will accept from each soul just such duty as it has the ability to offer, we pray further on for the fulfilment
of that promise. (2.286)
341 We must not be arrogant, and think that because God has granted us His favor and mercy we have no need to exert
ourselves, or that we are ourselves superior to those before us. On the contrary, knowing how much they failed, we
pray that our burdens should be lightened, and we confess our realization that we have all the greater need for God's
mercy and forgiveness. And so we end the whole argument of the Sura with a prayer for God's help, not in our own
selfish ends, but in our resolve to uphold God's truth against all Unbelief. (2.286)
2:257 - Allah is the Protector of those who have faith
3:150 - Nay Allah is your Protector and He is the best of helpers.
4:45 - Allah is enough for a protector and Allah is enough for a Helper.
4:123 - Nor will he find besides Allah any protector or helper. 632
632 Personal responsibility is again and again insisted on as the key-note of Islam. In this are implied faith and right
conduct. Faith is not an external thing: it begins with an act of will, but if true and sincere, it affects the whole being,
and leads to right conduct. In this it is distinguished from the kind of faith which promises salvation because some one
else in whom you are asked to believe has borne away the sins of men, or the kind of faith which says that because
you are born of a certain race ("Children of Abraham") or a certain caste, you are privileged, and your conduct will be
judged by a different standard from that of other men. Whatever you are, if you do evil, you must suffer the
consequences, unless Allah's Mercy comes to your help. (4.123)
6:14 - Say: "Shall I take for my protector any other than Allah the Maker of the heavens and the
earth?
847 Feedeth but is not fed: true both literally and figuratively. To God we owe the satisfaction of all needs, but He is
independent of all needs. (6.14)
7:196 - "For my protector is Allah Who revealed the Book (from time to time) and He will choose
and befriend the righteous.
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