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became inevitably (established). So travel through the earth and see what was the end of
those who denied (the Truth). 20602061
2060 Even though Allah's Signs are everywhere in Nature and in men's own conscience, yet in addition Allah has sent
human Messengers to every People to call their attention to the Good and turn them from Evil. So they cannot pretend
that Allah has abandoned them or that He does not care what they do. His divine Grace always invites their will to
choose the right. (16.36)
2061 While some people accept the guidance of the divine Grace, others so surrender themselves to Evil that it must
necessarily follow that Evil obtains a grip over them. They have only to travel through Time or Space to see the end of
those who abandoned their lights and surrendered to Evil and Error. For haqqat and the meaning of haqq in this
connection cf. xv. 64. (16.36)
16:80 - It is Allah who made your habitations homes of rest and quiet for you; and made for you
out of the skins of animals (tents for) dwellings which ye find so light (and handy) when ye
travel and when ye stop (in your travels); and out of their wool and their soft fibers (between
wool and hair) and their hair rich stuff and articles of convenience (to serve you) for a time.
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2114 Man's social, intellectual, and spiritual gifts make, of his permanent dwellings, homes of rest and quiet, of refinement
and the purer affections, which are the types, in this earthly life, of the highest spiritual Good, the love of Allah. The
pure Home thus becomes the type of the highest spiritual Destiny of man. And these capacities in man are the gifts of
Allah. (16.80)
2115 When man travels, he wants temporary dwellings, tents, which he can make of the skins of animals, or of the fabrics
of vegetable fibres, similar to the skins of animals. These tents are easy to carry when moving, and easy to pitch
during halts. (16.80)
2116 Suf, wool, is what we get from sheep. Sha'r, hair, is what we get from goats or similar animals, for weaving into
fabrics. Wabar is the soft camel's hair of which, also, fabrics are woven; they may be considered intermediate
between the other two; by extension and analogy the term may be applied to furs and such things, by way of
illustration. (16.80)
2117 All such articles of refined luxury, and useful articles of comfort and convenience only last for a while, but they must be
considered as Allah's gifts. (16.80)
18:60 - Behold Moses said to his attendant "I will not give up until I reach the junction of the two
seas or (until) I spend years and years in travel." 240424052406
2404 This episode in the story of Moses is meant to illustrate four points. (1) Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the
Egyptians. Even so that wisdom did not comprehend everything, even as the whole stock of the knowledge of the
present day, in the sciences and the arts, and in literature, (if it could be supposed to be gathered in one individual),
does not include all knowledge. Divine knowledge, as far as man is concerned, is unlimited. Even after Moses
received his divine mission, his knowledge was not so perfect that it could not receive further additions. (2) Constant
effort is necessary to keep our knowledge square with the march of time, and such effort Moses is shown to be
making. (3) The mysterious man he meets (xviii. 65 and n. 2411), to whom Tradition assigns the name of Khidhr
(literally, Green), is the type of that knowledge which is ever in contact with life as it is actually lived. (4) There are
paradoxes in life; apparent loss may be real gain; apparent cruelty may be real mercy; returning good for evil may
really be justice and not generosity (xviii. 79-82). Allah's wisdom transcends all human calculation. (18.60)
2405 The most probable geographical location (if any is required in a story that is a parable) is where the two arms of the
Red Sea join together, viz., the Gulf of 'Aqaba and the Gulf of Suez. They enclose the Sinai Peninsula, in which
Moses and the Israelites spent many years in their wanderings. (18.60)
2406 Huqub means a long but indefinite space of time. Sometimes it is limited to 80 years. (18.60)
20:77 - We sent an inspiration to Moses: "Travel by night with my servants and strike a dry path for
them through the sea without fear of being overtaken (by Pharaoh) and without (any other)
fear." 2599
2599 Time passes, and at last Moses is commanded to leave Egypt with his people by night. They were to cross the Red
Sea into the Sinai Peninsula. They were told to have no fear of Pharaoh or of the sea or of the unknown desert
country of Sinai into which they were going. They crossed dry-shod, while Pharaoh who came in pursuit with his
troops was overwhelmed by the sea. He and his men all perished. There is no emphasis on this episode here. But the
emphasis is laid on the hard task which Moses had with his own people after he had delivered them from the Egyptian
bondage. (20.77)
22:27 -"And proclaim the Pilgrimage among men: they will come to thee on foot and (mounted) on
every kind of camel lean on account of journeys through deep and distant mountain highways;
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2799 When the Pilgrimage was proclaimed, people came to it for every quarter, near and far, on foot and mounted. The
"lean camel" coming after a fatiguing journey through distant mountain roads typifies the difficulties of travel, which
Pilgrims disregard on account of the temporal and spiritual benefits referred to in the next verse. (22.27)
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