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food, a dedicatory formula "in thename of God" has to be employed, to make it lawful: see n. 698 to v. 5, and n. 962 to
vi. 138. (6.151)
8:43 - Remember in thy dream Allah showed them to thee as few: if He had shown them to thee as
many ye would surely have been discouraged and ye would surely have disputed in (your)
decision: but Allah saved (you): for He knoweth well the (secrets) of (all) hearts.
11:5 - Behold! they fold up their hearts that they may lie hid from Him! Ah! even when they cover
themselves with their garments He knoweth what they conceal and what they reveal: for He
knoweth well the (inmost secrets) of the hearts. 14961497
1496 The heart (literally breast in Arabic) is already well guarded in the body; and secrets are supposed to be hidden in the
heart or breast. Foolish persons might further cover up their hearts with cloaks, but even so, nothing can be hidden
from Allah. (11.5)
1497 Cf. iii. 119. (11.5)
11:31 – "I tell you not that with me are the Treasures of Allah nor do I know what is hidden nor
claim I to be an angel. Nor yet do I say of those whom your eyes do despise that Allah will not
grant them (all) that is good: Allah knoweth best what is in their souls: I should if I did indeed
be a wrongdoer." 152215231524
1522 The eighth point that Noah urges is that he is not a mere vulgar soothsayer pretending to reveal secrets not worth
knowing, nor an angel living in another world, with no ties to them. He is their real well-wisher, delivering a true
Message from Allah. (11.31)
11:123 - To Allah do belong the unseen (secrets) of the heavens and the earth and to Him goeth
back every affair (for decision): then worship Him and put thy trust in Him: and thy Lord is not
unmindful of aught that ye do. 1626
1626 Cf. ii. 210. There is nothing, secret or open, in our world or in Creation, which does not depend ultimately on Allah's
Will and Plan. Every affair goes back to Him for decision. Therefore we must worship Him and trust Him. Worship
implies many things: e.g., (1) trying to understand His nature and His Will: (2) realising His goodness and glory, and
His working in us; as a means to this end, (3) keeping Him in constant remembrance and celebrating His praise, to
whom all praise is due; and (4) completely identifying our will with His, which means obedience to His Law, and
service, to Him and His creatures in all sincerity. (11.123)
12:77 - They said: "If he steals there was a brother of his who did steal before (him)." But these
things did Joseph keep locked in his heart revealing not the secrets to them. He (simply) said
(to himself): "Ye are the worse situated; and Allah knoweth best the truth of what ye assert!"
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1748 There were many secrets: (1) that he was Joseph himself; (2) that his brother Benjamin knew him; (3) that there was
no guilt in Benjamin, but the whole practical joke was in furtherance of a great plan (see n. 1745, above); (4) that they
were giving themselves away, and were unconsciously facilitating the plan, though their motives were not aboveboard.
(12.77)
18:26 - Say: "Allah knows best how long they stayed: with Him is (the knowledge of) the secrets of
the heavens and the earth: how clearly He sees how finely He hears (everything)! They have
no protector other than Him; nor does He share His Command with any person whatsoever.
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2366 Who are "they" in this sentence? They may be the Companions of the Cave, for they put themselves under the
protection of Allah, and disowned all attribution of partners to Him. Or "they" may refer to the people in general who go
wrong and become "Mushriks" i.e., attribute imaginary partners to Allah. (18.26)
2367 His Command: i.e., Allah's sovereignty of the world, or in His Judgment on the Day of Judgment. (18.26)
18:65 – So they found one of Our servants on whom We had bestowed Mercy from Ourselves and
whom We had taught knowledge from Our own presence. 24112412
2411 One of Our servants: his name is not mentioned in the Qur-an, but Tradition gives it as Khidhr. Round him have
gathered a number of picturesque folk tales, with which we are not here concerned. "Khidhr" means "Green": his
knowledge is fresh and green, and drawn out of the living sources of life for it is drawn from Allah's own Knowledge.
He is a mysterious being, who has to be sought out. He has the secrets of some of the paradoxes of Life, which
ordinary people do not understand, or understand in a wrong sense, as we shall see further on. The nearest
equivalent figure in the literature of the People of the Book is Melchizedek or Melchisedek (the Greek form in the New
Testament). In Gen. xiv. 18-20, he appears as king of Salem, priest of the Most High God: he blesses Abraham, and
Abraham gives him tithes. (18.65)
19:3 - Behold! he cried to his Lord in secret 2457
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