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of things pure and good such is Allah your Lord. So Glory to Allah the Lord of the Worlds!
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4438 The argument in the last two verses was from man's personal experiences of his physical life. In this and the next
verse a parallel argument is addressed to man on a much higher plane: 'look at the spacious earth and the canopy of
the sky; look at the special position you occupy above other animals that you know, in shape and form, and moral and
spiritual capacities; consider your refinements in food and fruits and the higher spiritual Sustenance of which your
physical food is a type; would you not indeed say that the Lord is good, and would you not glorify His holy name?'
(40.64)
51:48 - And We have spread out the (spacious) earth: how excellently We do spread out!
58:11 –O ye who believe! When ye are told to make room in the assemblies (spread out and)
make room: (Ample) room will Allah provide for you. And when ye are told to rise up rise up:
Allah will raise up to (suitable) ranks (and degrees) those of you who believe and who have
been granted Knowledge: and Allah is well-acquainted with all ye do. 534753485349
5347 Even when a great man or a Leader comes into an Assembly, we are not to press forward without discipline, as it
causes inconvenience to him and detriment to public business. Nor are we to shut out other people who have equal
rights to be in the Assembly. We must spread out, for Allah's earthis spacious, and so are our opportunities. (58.11)
78:6 - Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse 5890
5890 See n. 2038 to xvi. 15. Cf. also xiii. 3 and xv. 19. The spacious expanse of the earth may be compared to a carpet, to
which the mountains act as pegs. The Signs of Allah are thus enumerated: the great panorama of outer nature
(verses 6-7); the creation of Man in pairs, with the succession of rest and work fitting in with the succession of night
and day (verses 8-11); the firmaments above, with their splendid lights (verses 12-13); and the clouds and rain and
abundant harvests, which knit sky and earth and man together (verses 14-16). These point to Allah, and Allah's
Message points to the Future Life. (78.6)
71:20 - "`That ye may go about therein in spacious roads.' " 5719
5719 Fijaj implies valley-roads or passes between mountains. Though there are mountain chains on the earth, Allah's
artistry has provided even in such regions, valleys and channels by which men may go about. Mountain roads usually
follow the valleys. A) Sinners always resent it as a reproach that righteous men should speak to them for their own
good. They prefer smooth flatterers, and they worship power even though the depositaries of power are selfish men,
who neither profit themselves nor profit others by the wealth and man-power that they collect round themselves. They
forget that mere material things may be a delusion and a snare unless the moral and spiritual factor behind them
sanctifies them. (71.20)
SPEAK: (ILL)
24:15 - Behold ye received it on your tongues and said out of your mouths things of which ye
had no knowledge; and ye thought it to be a light matter while it was most serious in the sight
of Allah. 2968
2968 There are three things here reprobated by way of moral teaching: (1) if others speak an evil word, that is no reason
why you should allow it to defile your tongue; (2) if you get a thought or suspicion which is not based on your certain
knowledge, do not give it currency by giving it expression; and (3) others may think it is a small matter to speak lightly
of something which blasts a person's character or reputation: in the eyes of Allah it is a most serious matter in any
case, but specially when it involves the honour and reputation of pious women. (24.15)
24:16 - And why did ye not when ye heard it say "It is not right of us to speak of this: Glory to Allah!
this is a most serious slander!" 2969
2969 The right course would have been to stop any further currency of false slanders by ignoring them and at least refusing
to help in their circulation. The exclamation "Subhanaka", "Praise to Thee (O Allah)", or "Glory to Allah!" is an
exclamation of surprise and disavowal as much as to say, "We do not believe it! And we shall have nothing to do with
you, O false slanderers!" (24.16)
49:2 - O ye who believe! raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet nor speak aloud to
him in talk as ye may speak aloud to one another lest your deeds become vain and ye
perceive not. 49204921
4920 It is bad manners to talk loudly before your Leader. Some ill-mannered people so raise their voices as to drown the
voice of their Leader, in conversation or in Council. (49.2)
4921 Such rudeness may even destroy the value of such services as they may otherwise have been able to render, and all
this without their even realising the harm they were doing to the Cause. (49.2)
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