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find with Allah will be infinitely greater and nobler. Cf. the biblical phrase, "Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven"
(Matt. vi. 20). (73.20)
5776 Any good that we do raises our own spiritual status and dignity. We must not think that when we speak of Allah's
service or Allah's Cause, we are doing anything for His benefit: He is independent of all needs whatsoever. (73.20)
5777 This emphasizes the need of Allah's Grace. Whatever good we do, our own merits are comparatively small. Allah's
Grace must lift us up and blot out our shortcomings. Even in piety there may be an arrogance which may become a
sin. We should always seek Allah's Mercy in all humility. (73.20)
73:1 - O thou folded in garments! 5754
73:4 - Or a little more; and recite the Qur'an in slow measured rhythmic tones. 5756
73:5 - Soon shall We send down to thee a weighty Message. 5757
5754 Muzzammil: Some Commentators understand by this, "properly dressed for prayer", or "folded in a sheet, as one
renouncing the vanities of this world. Muzzammil is one of the titles of our holy Prophet. But there is a deeper meaning
in this and the address "Thou wrapped up" of the next Sura. Human nature requires warm garments and wrappings to
protect the body from cold or heat or rain. But in the spiritual world these wrappings are useless: the soul must stand
bare and open before Allah, in the silence of the night, but not too austerely, as the following verses show. (73.1)
5756 At this time there was only S. xcvi., S. lxviii, and possibly S. lxxiv, and the opening Sura (Al-Hamd). For us, now, with
the whole of the Qur-an before us, the injuction is specially necessary. The words of the Qur-an must not be read
hastily, merely to get through so much reading. They must be studied, and their deep meaning pondered over. They
are themselves so beautiful that they must be lovingly pronounced in rhythmic tones. (73.4)
5757 The Qur-an as completed by degrees, after the Fatra (see Introduction to this Sura). (73.5)
75:16 - Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur'an) to make haste therewith. 5820
5820 Cf. xx. 114, and n. 2639: "Be not in haste with the Qur-an before its revelation to thee is completed." S. lxxv. is an
earlier revelation, and the shade of meaning is slightly different. The immediate meaning was that the holy Prophet
was to allow the revelation conveyed to him to sink into his mind and heart and not to be impatient about it; Allah
would certainly complete it according to His Plan, and see that it was collected and preserved for men, and not lost;
that the inspired one was to follow it and recite it as the inspiration was conveyed to him; and that it carries its own
explanation according to the faculties bestowed by Allah on man. The general meaning follows the same lines: we
must not be impatient about the inspired Word; we must follow it as made clear to us by the faculties given to us by
Allah. (75.16)
75:18 - But when We have promulgated it follow thou its recital (as promulgated):
80:12 - Therefore let who will keep it in remembrance.
84:21 - And when the Qur'an is read to them they fall not prostrate. 6049
6049 Prostrate. out of respect and humble gratitude to Allah. (84.21)
87:6 - By degrees shall We teach thee to declare (the Message) so thou shalt not forget 60846085
6084 The soul, as it reaches the Light of Allah, makes gradual progress, like a man going from darkness into light. So the
Qur-an was revealed by stages. So all revelation from Allah comes by stages. As usual, there are two parallel
meanings: (1) that connected with the occasion of direct inspiration to the holy Prophet; and (2) the more general
Message to mankind for all time. Everyone who understands the Message must declare it, in words, and still more, in
his conduct. (87.6)
6085 The particular occasion was an assurance to the Prophet, that though he was unleftered, the Message given to him
would be preserved in his heart and in the hearts of men. The more general sense is that mankind, having once
seized great spiritual truths, will hold fast to them, except as qualified in the following verse. (87.6)
QURAN -WARN :
6:19 - Say: "What thing is most weighty in evidence?" Say: "Allah is Witness between me and you:
this Qur'an hath been revealed to me by inspiration that I may warn you and all whom it
reaches. Can ye possibly bear witness that besides Allah there is another god?" Say: "Nay! I
cannot bear witness!" Say: "But in truth He is the One Allah and I truly am innocent of (your
blasphemy of) joining others with Him.
17:10 - And to those who believe not in the Hereafter (it announceth) that We have prepared for
them a Penalty grievous (indeed).
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