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which We bestowed on you," it must necessarily leave behind, however it may have been proud of them. These
exterior things may be material things, e.g. wealth, property, signs of power, influence and pride such as sons,
relatives, and friends, etc., or they may be intangible things, like talents, intellect, social gifts, etc. (6.94)
917 The false ideas of intercessors, demi-gods, gods, saviours, etc., now vanish like unsubstantial visions, "leaving not a
wrack behind." Now the soul is face to face with reality. Its personal responsibility is brought home to it. (6.94)
6:98 - It is He who hath produced you from a single person: here is a place of sojourn and a place
of departure: We detail Our signs for people who understand. 923924
923 Produced: ansha-a= made you grow, increase, develop, reach maturity: another of the processes of creation. This
supplements n. 120 to ii. 916 and n. 916 to vi. 94. It is one of the wonders of God's Creation, that from one person we
have grown to be so many, and each individual has so many faculties and capacities, and yet we are all one. In the
next verse we have the allegory of grapes and other fruits: all grapes may be similar to look at, yet each variety has a
distinctive flavour and other distinctive qualities, and each individual grape may have its own special qualities. So for
man. (6.98)
924 In the sojourn of this life we must respond to God's hand in fashioning us, by making full use of all our faculties, and
we must get ready for our departure into the Life that will be eternal. (6.98)
57:22 - No misfortune can happen on earth or in your souls but is recorded in a decree before We
bring it into existence: that is truly easy for Allah: 53085309
5308 External disasters or misfortunes may strike people's eye or imagination, but there are worse crisis and misfortunes in
the spiritual world, which are of equal or greater importance to man's future. All this happens according to the Will and
Plan of Allah. Even where we are allowed the exercise of our own wills, the consequences that follow are in
accordance with the laws and Plan decreed by Allah beforehand. (57.22)
5309 For baraa, 'to bring into existence', and other words denoting Allah's creative energy, see n. 120 to ii. 117; n. 916 to vi.
94; and n. 923 to vi. 98. (57.22)
BARGAIN:
3:187 - And remember Allah took a Covenant from the People of the Book to make it known and
clear to mankind and not to hide it; but they threw it away behind their backs and purchased
with it some miserable gain! and vile was the bargain they made! 494495
494 Truth-Allah's Message-comes to any man or nation as a matter of sacred trust. It should be broadcast and published
and taught and made clear to all within reach. Privileged priesthood at once erects a barrier. But worse,-when such
priesthood tampers with the truth, taking what suits it and ignoring the rest, it has sold Allah's gift for a miserable
ephemeral profit; how miserable, it will learn when retributive justice comes. (3.187)
495 Cf. ii. 101. (3.187)
9:111 - Allah hath purchased of the believers their persons and their good; for theirs (in return) is
the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His cause and slay and are slain: a promise binding on
Him in truth through the Law the Gospel and the Qur'an: and who is more faithful to his
covenant than Allah? Then rejoice in the bargain which ye have concluded: that is the
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1361 In a human bargain both sides give something and receive some advantage. In the divine bargain of Allah with man,
Allah takes man's will and soul and his wealth and goods, and gives him in return ever-lasting Felicity. Man fights in
Allah's Cause and carries out His will. All that he has to give up is the ephemeral things of this world, while he gains
eternal salvation, the fulfilment of his highest spiritual hopes,-a supreme achievement indeed. (9.111)
61:10 - O ye who believe! shall I lead you to a bargain that will save you from a grievous Penalty?
5443
5443 Tijarat: bargain, trade, traffic, transaction: something given or done, in return for something which we desire to get.
What we give or do on our part is described in verse 11 below, and what we get is described in verse 12. It is truly a
wonderful bargain: what we are asked to give is so little; what we are promised in return is so much. There comes
Allah's unbounded Bounty and Munificence. Cf. also ix. 111, where the bargain is stated in another way. (61.10)
5444 It would indeed be a great and wonderful bargain to give so little and get so much, if we only knew and understood the
comparative value of things-the sacrifice of our fleeting advantages for forgiveness, the love of Allah, and eternal bliss.
(61.11)
62:11 - But when they see some bargain or some amusement they disperse headlong to it and
leave thee standing. Say: "The (blessing) from the Presence of Allah is better than any
amusement or bargain! And Allah is the Best to provide (for all needs)." 5465
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