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35:10 - If any do seek for glory and power to Allah belong all glory and power. To Him mount up
(all) Words of Purity: it is He Who exalts each Deed of Righteousness. Those that lay Plots of
Evil for them is a Penalty terrible; and the plotting of such will be void (of result). 38823883
3882 Good and Evil are to be distinguished sharply. No good is ever lost: it goes up to Allah. The humblest Good, in word
or deed, is exalted to high rank. If man seeks for mere glory and power, there is no such thing apart from Allah. But
seeking Allah, we attain to the highest glory and power. (35.10)
3883 It is the nature of Evil to work underground, to hide from the Light, to plot against Righteousness; but Evil inevitably
carries its own punishment. Its plots must fail miserably. And eventually Evil itself is to be blotted out. (35.10)
35:37 - Therein will they cry aloud (for assistance): "Our Lord! bring us out: we shall work
righteousness not the (deeds) we used to do!" Did we not give you long enough life so that he
that would should receive admonition? And (moreover) the warner came to you. So taste ye
(the fruit of your deeds): for the Wrongdoers there is no helper." 392639273928
3926 Cf. xxiii 107. Not only will their surroundings be the opposite of those in Heaven: their internal state will be one of
humiliation, of piteous and fruitless appeals, of vain regrets for a past that cannot be recalled, and vain sights for a
future whose gates they have themselves barred. If they were sent back, they would relapse to their sins. Cf. vi. 28.
(35.37)
3927 Cf. vii. 53. Their hankering after another chance, after having deliberately rejected all chances, will have no basis of
reason in it. (35.37)
3928 They had a long enough respite for repentance and amendment. And moreover, besides all the other sources, in
nature, history, and their own hearts, by which they could learn of the Right, they had the actual teaching and warning
of a messenger whose words spoke direct to them. In the circumstances the Penalty is only the fruit of their own
conduct. (35.37)
35:42 - They swore their strongest oaths by Allah that if a warner came to them they would follow
his guidance better than any (other) of the Peoples: but when a warner came to them it has
only increased their flight (from righteousness) 3935
3935 Cf. vi. 157. In the first instance this referred to the Quraish. Their attitude to the People of the Book had been one of
lofty superiority or of insincere excuses. They twitted the Jews and Christians with deviating from their own lights and
their own revelations; and for themselves, they said they had received no direct revelation from Allah, or they would
have shown themselves the most amenable to discipline, the most ready to follow Allah's Law. This was before the
holy Prophet received his mission from Allah. When he received it and announced it, they turned away from it, They
fled from it and put a greater and greater distance between it and themselves. But this is the way of all sinners. They
find much to carp at in others, and much to excuse in themselves. But when all grounds for excuse are removed, they
will be found, not nearer, but farther and farther away from truth and righteousness. (35.42)
37:100 - "O my Lord! grant me a righteous (son)!"
38:24 - (David) said: "He has undoubtedly wronged thee in demanding thy (single) ewe to be
added to his (flock of) ewes: truly many are the Partners (in business) who wrong each other:
not so do those who believe and work deeds of righteousness and how few are they?"... And
David gathered that We had tried him: he asked forgiveness of his Lord fell down bowing (in
prostration) and turned (to Allah in repentance). 417441754176
4174 The circumstances were mysterious; the accusation was noval; it was not clear why the unjust brother should also
have come with the complainant, risking his life in climbing the wall to evade the guard, and he certainly said nothing.
David took them literally, and began to preach about the falsehood and the fraud of men, who should be content with
what they have, but who always covet more. (38.24)
4175 Especially, said David, is it wrong for brothers or men in partnership to take advantage of each other; but how few are
the men who are righteous? He had in his mind his own devotion and justice. But lo and behold! the men disappeared
as mysteriously as they had come. It was then that David realised that the incident had been a trial or temptation-a
test of his moral or spiritual fibre! Great though he was as a king, and just though he was as a judge, the moment that
he thought of these things in self- pride, his merit vanished. In himself he was as other men: it was Allah's grace that
gave him wisdom and justice, and he should have been humble in the sight of Allah. (38.24)
4176 Judged by ordinary standards, David had done no wrong; he was a good and just king. Judged by the highest
standard of those nearest to Allah (Muqarraban, lvi. 11), the thought of self-pride and self-righteousness had to be
washed off from him by his own act of self-realisation and repentance. This was freely accepted by Allah, as the next
verse shows. A) Some commentators say that David's fault here was his hastiness in judging before hearing the case
of the other party. When he realised his lapse, he fell down in repentance. (38.24)
40:58 - Not equal are the blind and those who (clearly) see: nor are (equal) those who believe and
work deeds of righteousness and those who do evil. Little do ye learn by admonition! 4432
4432 The man of Faith who backs his faith by righteous conduct is like the man of clear vision, who sees things in their true
perspective and walks with firm steps in the Way of Allah. The man who does evil is like a blind man: the Light of Allah
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