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5:105 - O ye who believe! guard your own souls: if ye follow (right) guidance no hurt can come to
you from those who stray. The goal of you all is to Allah: it is He that will show you the truth of
all that ye do. 811
811 The unity of the one Judge will do perfect justice to each one's conduct, however different in form it may have
appeared in this world. (5.105)
6:93 - Who can be more wicked than one who inventeth a lie against Allah or saith "I have received
inspiration" when he hath received none or (again) who saith "I can reveal the like of what
Allah hath revealed?" If thou couldst but see how the wicked (do fare) in the flood of confusion
at death! the angels stretch forth their hands (saying) "Yield up your souls. This day shall ye
receive your reward a penalty of shame for that ye used to tell lies against Allah and scornfully
to reject of His Signs!" 915
915 Yield up your souls: or "get your souls to come out of your bodies." The wicked, we may suppose, are not anxious to
part with the material existence in their bodies for the "reward" which in irony is stated to be there to welcome them.
(6.93)
6:104 - "Now have come to you from your Lord proofs to open your eyes: if any will see it will be for
(the good of) his own soul; if any will be blind it will be to his own (harm): I am not (here) to
watch over your doings." 932
932 I understand "Say" to be understood in the beginning of this verse. The words would then be the words of the Apostle,
as in fact is suggested in verse 107 below. That is why I have enclosed them in inverted commas. (6.104)
7:42 - But those who believe and work righteousness no burden do We place on any soul but that
which it can bear they will be companions of the garden therein to dwell (for ever).
10:44 - Verily Allah will not deal unjustly with man in aught: it is man that wrongs his own soul. 1435
1435 Allah cannot be blamed for man's evil, nor will He deal unjustly with man. He has given him faculties and means of
guidance. If man goes wrong, it is because he wrongs himself. (10.44)
10:46 - Whether We show thee (realized in thy lifetime) some part of what We promise them or We
take thy soul (to Our Mercy) (before that) in any case to Us is their return: ultimately Allah is
witness to all that they do. 1438
1438 The Prophet is assured that the end of evil is evil, just as the end of good is good. Whether this result is made plain
before his very eyes in his own life-time or afterwards, makes no difference. The wicked should not rejoice if they are
given rope and seem to have the upper hand for a time, nor should the righteous lose heart: for Allah's promise is
sure and must come to pass. And in any case, the scales can only be partially, if at all, adjusted in this life. There is
the final and complete adjustment on the Day of Judgment. Allah is All-Knowing, and all truth will be before Him.
(10.46)
10:54 - Every soul that hath sinned if it possessed all that is on earth would fain give it in ransom:
they would declare (their) repentance when they see the Penalty: but the judgment between
them will be with justice and no wrong will be done unto them. 14441445
1444 Cf. iii. 91. (10.54)
1445 Declare their repentance: the verb in the original is asarru, which may mean either "declare" or "reveal" or else
"conceal" or "hide". The classical Commentators are divided as to the meaning to be adopted here. If the first, which I
prefer, the sense would be: "When the Penalty stares the sinners in the face, they would give anything to escape it,
and they would even openly declare their repentance, which would be a source of shame and ignominy to them." If
the latter meaning be taken, the sense would be: "They would give anything to escape the Penalty; but the hardest
thing of all for them is frankly to confess and repent, and so they conceal their sense of shame and ignominy." (10.54)
10:100 - No soul can believe except by the Will of Allah and He will place Doubt (or obscurity) on
those who will not understand. 14811482
1481 To creatures endued with Will, Faith comes out of an active use of that Will. But we must not be so arrogant as to
suppose that that is enough. At best man is weak, and is in need of Allah's grace and help. If we sincerely wish to
understand, He will help our Faith; but if not, our doubts and difficulties will only be increased. This follows as a
necessary consequence, and in Quranic language all consequences are ascribed to Allah. (10.100)
12:53 - "Nor do I absolve my own self (of blame): the (human soul) is certainly prone to evil unless
my Lord do bestow His Mercy: but surely certainly my Lord is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful."
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1713 See n. 1712. I construe this verse to be a continuation of the speech of the wife of the 'Aziz. It is more appropriate to
her than to Joseph. (12.53)
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