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is all around him, but he is blind, and he can see nothing. He has rejected Faith and cannot even learn by other
people's admonition. (40.58)
41:33 - Who is better in speech than one who calls (men) to Allah works righteousness and says "I
am of those who bow in Islam"? 4503
4503 Better in speech: i.e., speaks better counsel; or is more worthy of being listened to. That his word reaches the highest
mark of human speech is evidenced by three facts: (1) that he calls all to the Truth of Allah, showing that his thoughts
are not centred on himself; (2) every deed of his is righteousness, showing that there is no divergence between his
preaching and his conduct; and (3) he completely associates himself with the Will of Allah, showing that he is the full
embodiment of Islam. What a fine description of the holy Prophet! (41.33)
41:46 - Whoever works righteousness benefits his own soul; whoever works evil it is against his
own soul: nor is thy Lord ever unjust (in the least) to His servants.
43:67 - Friends on that Day will be foes one to another except the Righteous. 4666
4666 The hatred and spite, which are associated with evil, will be felt with peculiar intensity in that period of agony. That
itself would be a punishment, from which the righteous will be free. The righteous will have passed all perils of falling
into wrong frames of mind. (43.67)
45:15 - If anyone does a righteous deed it is to his own benefit; if he does evil it works against (His
own soul). In the end will ye (all) be brought back to your Lord. 4751
4751 Ordinarily good and evil come to their own even in this world; but in any case there is the final Judgment before Allah.
(45.15)
45:19 - They will be of no use to thee in the sight of Allah: it is only Wrongdoers (that stand as)
protectors one to another: but Allah is the Protector of the Righteous. 4757
4757 That is, in the service of Allah. Ignorant and contentious men are of no use or service to any Cause. The more you
seek their help, the more do their ignorance and their contentiousness increase their own importance in their own
eyes. Evil protects (or thinks it protects) evil: it has really no power of protection at all, for itself or for others. The
righteous seek the protection of Allah, Who can and will protect them. (45.19)
46:15 - We have enjoined on man Kindness to his parents: in pain did his mother bear him and in
pain did she give him birth. The carrying of the (child) to his weaning is (a period of) thirty
months. At length when he reaches the age of full strength and attains forty years he says "O
my Lord! grant me that I may be grateful for Thy favor which Thou hast bestowed upon me
and upon both my parents and that I may work righteousness such as Thou mayest approve;
and be gracious to me in my issue. Truly have I turned to Thee and truly do I bow (to Thee) in
Islam." 478947904791
4790 In xxxi. 14 the time of weaning was stated to be at the age of two years, i.e., 24 months. See also ii. 233. That leaves
six months as the minimum period of human gestation after which the child is known to be viable. This is in
accordance with the latest ascertained scientific facts. The average period is 280 days, or ten times the intermenstrual
period, and of course the average period of weaning is much less than 24 months. The maximum period of
breast-feeding (2 years) is again in accordance with the time that the first dentition is ordinarily completed in a human
child. The lower milk incisors in the centre come out between the 6th and 9th months; then come out the milk teeth at
intervals, until the canines appear. The second molars come out at about 24 months, and with them the child has a
complete apparatus of milk teeth. Nature now expects him to chew and masticate and be independent of his mother's
milk completely. On the other hand it hurts the mother to feed from the breast after the child has a complete set of milk
teeth. The permanent teeth begin at the sixth year, and the second molars come at 12 years. The third molars are the
wisdom teeth, which may appear at 18 to 20 years, or not at all. (46.15)
4791 The age of full strength (ashudd) is held to be between 18 and 30 or 32. Between 30 and 40 the man is in his best
manhood. After that he begins to look to his growing issue, and rightly commends the new generation to Allah.
Perhaps his spiritual faculties also gain the upper hand after 40. (46.15)
49:7 - And know that among you is Allah's Apostle: were he in many matters to follow your (wishes)
ye would certainly fall into misfortune: but Allah has endeared the Faith to you and has made it
beautiful in your hearts and He has made hateful to you unbelief wickedness and rebellion:
such indeed are those who walk in righteousness 49254926
4925 The messenger of Allah, if he consults his friends and associates, should not be expected to follow their advice in all
matters. The judgment and responsibility are his: he sees farther than the rest, and he is not swayed by personal
feeling as others may be. (49.7)
4926 Fortunate indeed was the generation among whom the Prophet of Allah walked in his daily life. His example was
inspiring. Their inner Faith was dear to them; it was a thing to be proud of in their innermost hearts; and they loved
discipline, obedience, and righteousness. No wonder all their other disadvantages were neutralised, and they went
from strength to strength. Nothing but the Grace of Allah could have brought about such a result. (49.7)
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