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We guide such of Our servants as We will; and verily thou dost guide (men) to the Straight
Way 46014602
4601 Before the receipt of his mission in his fortieth year, the holy Prophet, though a man of steadfast virtue and purity and
unflinching in his search for Truth, was yet unacquainted with Revelation in the highest sense of the term and with the
certainty that comes from perfected Faith, or realised nearness to Allah. Ruh, which I have here translated Inspiration
has also been understood by some Commentators to refer to the angel Gabriel, the vehicle of Revelation. The Light of
the Qur-an made all things clear to man, and to the world. (42.52)
4602 The Qur-an and the inspired Prophet who proclaimed it, are here identified. They were a Guide to men, showing the
Straight Way. This Way is described in various ways: for example, see i. 6, and n. 22; xviii. 1-2, and notes 2326-27;
and xc. 11-18. (42.52)
43:43 - So hold thou fast to the Revelation sent down to thee: verily thou art on Straight Way. 4646
4646 Let the wicked rage, say what they like, or do their worst: the prophet of Allah is encouraged to go forward steadfastly
in the Light given him, for he is on a Path that leads straight to Allah. (43.43)
43:61 - And (Jesus) shall be a Sign (for the coming of) the Hour (of Judgment): therefore have no
doubt about the (Hour) but follow ye Me: this is a Straight Way. 4662
4662 This is understood to refer to the second coming of Jesus in the Last Days before the Resurrection, when he will
destroy the false doctrines that pass under his name, and prepare the way for the universal acceptance of Islam, the
Gospel of Unity and Peace, the Straight Way of the Qur-an. (43.61)
43:64 - "For Allah; He is my Lord and your Lord: so worship ye Him: this is a Straight Way." 4664
4664 In verses 26-28 an appeal is made to the pagan Arabs, that Islam is their own religion, the religion of Abraham their
ancestor; in verses 46-54, an appeal is made to the Jews that Islam is the same religion as was taught by Moses, and
that they should not allow their leaders to make fools of them; in verses 57-65 an appeal is made to the Christians that
Islam is the same religion as was taught by Jesus, and that they should give up their sectarian attitude and follow the
universal religion, which shows the Straight Way. (43.64)
46:30 - They said "O our people! We have heard a Book revealed after Moses confirming what
came before it: it guides (men) to the Truth and to a Straight Path.
48:2 - That Allah may forgive thee thy faults of the past and those to follow; fulfil His favor to thee;
and guide thee on the Straight Way; 4867
4867 See n. 4428 to xi. 55, and Cf. xlvii, 19. Any mistakes of the past were now rectified, and any future ones prevented by
the free scope now offered, by the act of the Quraish Pagans themselves, to the recognition and free promulgation of
Islam. (48.2)
48:20 - Allah has promised you many gains that ye shall acquire and He has given you these
beforehand; and He has restrained the hands of men from you; that it may be a Sign for the
Believers and that He may guide you to a Straight Path; 489648974898
4898 Hudaibiya (in both the Bai'at and the Treaty) was truly a sign-post for the Believers: it showed the solidarity of Islam,
and the position which the Muslims had won in the Arab world. (48.20)
57:28 - O ye that believe! fear Allah and believe in His apostle and He will bestow on you a double
portion of His Mercy: He will provide for you a light by which ye shall walk (straight in your
path) and He will forgive you (your past): For Allah is Oft-Forgiving. Most Merciful:
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5325 From the context before (see n. 5323 above) and after (see next note), this is held to refer to the Christians and
People of the Book who kept their Faith true and undefiled. (57.28)
5326 The double portion refers to the past and the future. As noted in the last note, this passage is addressed to the
Christians and the People of the Book, who, when honestly facing the question of the new Revelation in Islam, find in
it the fulfilment of previous revelations, and therefore believe in Allah's Messenger Muhammad, and walk by the new
light. Their previous merits will be duly recognised, and they will be treated on fully equal terms in the new Ummat.
This is their double share, not necessarily more in quantity than that of their brethren in Islam who passed through no
other gate, but having a twofold aspect. (57.28)
5327 As this refers to the Christians and the People of the Book, the following saying of Christ in his last days may interest
them: "Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you... While ye
have the fight, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and
did hide himself from them". (John, xii. 35-36). The light of Christ's Gospel soon departed; his Church was enveloped
in darkness; then came the fight again, in the fuller light of Islam. And they are asked to believe in the light, and to
walk in it. Cf. also lvii. 12. and n. 5288 above. (57.28)
5328 Any wrong they may have committed through ignorance or misconceptions in their previous religion will be forgiven
them, as they have seen the new light and walk by it. (57.28)
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