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5025 If you do not wish to go back to the wonderful things in the past, which show the power and goodness of Allah, and
His justice supreme over all wrong-doing, look at the wonderful things unfolding themselves before your very eyes! (1)
The space in the heavens above! Who can comprehend it but He Who made it and sustains it? (2) The globe of the
earth under your feet! How great its expanse seems over sea and land, and spread out for you like a wonderful carpet
or bed of rest! (3) All things are in twos: sex in plants and animals, by which one individual is complementary to
another; in the subtle forces of nature, Day and Night, positive and negative electricity, forces of attraction and
repulsion: and numerous other opposites, each fulfilling its purpose, and contribution to the working of Allah's
Universe: and in the moral and spiritual world, Love and Aversion, Mercy and Justice, Striving and Rest, and so on;-all
fulfilling their functions according to the Artistry and wonderful Purpose of Allah. Everything has its counterpart, or pair,
or complement. Allah alone is One, with none like Him, or needed to complement Him. These are noble things to
contemplate. And they lead us to a true understanding of Allah's Purpose and Message. (51.47)
53:5 - He was taught by one mighty in Power 5087
67:1 - Blessed be He in Whose hands is Dominion: and He over all things Hath Power 55545555
5555 Mulk: Dominion, Lordship, Sovereignty, the Right to carry out His Will, or to do all that He wills. Power (in the clause
following) is the Capacity to carry out His Will, so that nothing can resist or neutralise it. Here is beneficence
completely identified with Lordship and Power; and it is exemplified in the verses following. Note that "Mulk" here has
a different shade of meaning from Malakut in xxxvi. 83. Both words are from the same root, and I have translated both
by the word "Dominion". But Malakut refers to Lordship in the invisible World, while Mulk to Lordship in the visible
World. Allah is Lord of both. (67.1)
85:8 - And they ill-treated them for no other reason than that they believed in Allah Exalted in
Power worthy of all Praise!
86:10 - (Man) will have no power and no helper. 6073
6073 In that new world, all our actions, motives, thoughts, and imaginings of this life, however secret, will be brought into
the open, and tested by the standards of absolute Truth, and not by false standards of custom, prejudice, or partiality.
In that severe test, any adventitious advantages of this life will have no strength or force whatever, and cannot help in
any way. (86.10)
90:5 - Thinketh he that none hath power over him? 6134
6134 See the end of last note. If a man has wealth, influence, or power, he should not behave as if it is to last for ever, or as
if he has no responsibility for his acts and can do what he likes. All his gifts and advantages are given to him for trial.
Allah, Who bestowed them on him, can take them away, and will do so if man fails in his trial. (90.5)
97:1 - We have indeed revealed this (Message) in the night of Power: 6217
97:2- And what will explain to thee what the Night of Power is?
97:3 - The Night of Power is better than a thousand Months. 6218
6217 Cf. xliv. 3 and n. 4690. The 23rd, 25th or 27th night of Ramadhan, as well as other nights, have been suggested as
the Night of Power. See, however, the Introduction to this Sura. It is best to take this in conjunction with verse 3 below,
which says that the Night of Power is better than a thousand Months. It transcends Time: for it is Allah's Power
dispelling the Darkness of Ignorance, by his Revelation, in every kind of affair. (97.1)
6218 "A thousand" must be taken in an indefinite sense; as denoting a very long period of time. Cf. notes 3632 and 3634 to
xxxii. 4-5, and n. 5678 to lxx. 4. This does not refer to our ideas of time, but to "timeless Time". One moment of
enlightenment under Allah's Light is better than thousands of months or years of animal life, and such a moment
converts the night of darkness into a period of spiritual glory. (97.3)
World of Islam
Ottoman Empire
From humble origins the Turks rose to dominate over the whole of Anatolia and even parts of Europe. In 1453 Mehmet the
Conqueror captured Constantinople and put an end to the Byzantine empire. The Ottomans conquered much of eastem
Europe and nearly the whole of the Arab world, only Morocco and Mauritania in the West and Yemen, Hadramaut and parts
of the Arabian peninsula remaining beyond their control. They reached their zenith of power with Suleyman the Magnificent
whose armies reached Hungary and Austria. From the 17th century onward with the rise of Westem European powers and
later Russia, the power of the Ottomans began to wane. But they nevertheless remained a force to be reckoned with until the
First World War when they were defeated by the Westem nations. Soon thereafter Kamal Ataturk gained power in Turkey and
abolished the six centuries of rule of the Ottomans in 1924.
ISL Quran Subjects
Power
1. (Also see) Ability, Authority, Capacity, Force, Glory and Power, Might, Strength
2. Allah, seeking of from other than
19.81, 19.82
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