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4177 Cf. ii. 30, and n. 47. David's kingly power, and the gifts of wisdom, justice, psalmody, and prophethood were bestowed
on him as a trust. These great gifts were not to be a matter of self-glory. (38.26)
4178 As stated in n. 1471 above, this vision and its moral are nowhere to be found in the Bible. Those who think they see a
resemblance to the Parable of the prophet Nathan (2 Samuel, xii. 1-12) have nothing to go upon but the mention of
the "one ewe" here and the "one little ewe-lamb" in Nathan's Parable. The whole story is here different, and the whole
atmosphere is different. The Biblical title given to David, "a man after God's own heart" is refuted by the Bible itself in
the scandalous tale of heinous crimes attributed to David in chapters xi and xii. of 2 Samuel, viz., adultery, fraudulent
dealing with one of his own servants, and the contriving of his murder. Further, in chapter xiii, we have the story of
rapes, incest, and fratricide in David's own household! The fact is that passages like those are mere chroniques
scandaleuses, i.e., narratives of scandalous crimes of the grossest character. The Muslim idea of David is that of a
man just and upright, endowed with all the virtues, in whom even the least thought of self-elation has to be washed off
by repentance and forgiveness. (38.26)
64:3 – He has created the heavens and the earth in just proportions and has given you shape and
made your shapes beautiful: and to Him is the final Goal. 54815482
5481 Cf. xl. 64, and n. 4440: also vii. 11 and n. 996. In addition to the beauty and grandeur of all God's Creation, He has
endowed man with special aptitudes, faculties and capacities, and special excellencies which raise him at his best to
the position of vicegerent on earth. "Beautiful" also includes the idea of "adapted to the ends for which they were
created". (64.3)
76:2 – Verily We created Man from a drop of mingled sperm in order to try him: so We gave him
(the gifts) of Hearing and Sight. 5832
5832 Mingled: the female ovum has to be fertilised with the male sperm before a new animal can be born. Man as an
animal has this humble origin. But he has been given the gift of certain faculties of receiving instruction (typified by
Hearing) and of intellectual and spiritual insight (typified by Sight). His life has therefore a meaning: with a certain
amount of free-will, he is to be vicegerent on earth (ii. 30). But he must be trained and tried, and that is the whole
problem of human life. (76.2)
80:19 – From a sperm-drop: He hath created him and then mouldeth him in due proportions; 5957
5957 Cf. lxxvi. 2, and n. 5832. The origin of man as an animal is lowly indeed. But what further faculties and capacities has
not Allah granted to man? Besides his animal body, in which also he shares in all the blessings which Allah has
bestowed on the rest of His Creation, man has been granted divine gifts which entitle him to be called the Vicegerent
on earth: ii. 30. He has a will; he has spiritual perception; he is capable of divine love; he can control nature within
certain limits, and subject nature's forces to his own use. And he has been given the power of judgment, so that he
can avoid excess and defect, and follow the middle path. And that path, as well as all that is necessary for his life in its
manifold aspects, has been made easy for him. (80.19)
95:4 -We have indeed created man in the best of molds 6199
6199 Taqwim: mould, symmetry, form, nature, constitution. There is no fault in Allah's creation. To man Allah gave the
purest and best nature, and man's duty is to preserve the pattern on which Allah has made him: xxx. 30. But by
making him vicegerent, Allah exalted him in posse even higher than the angels, for the angels had to make obeisance
to him (ii. 30-34, and n. 48). But man's position as vicegerent also gives him will and discretion, and if he uses them
wrongly he falls even lower than the beasts. See next note. (95.4)
Sahih Muslim Hadith
Hadith 6606
AbuSa'id al-Khudri
Narrated by
Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: The world is sweet and green (alluring) and verily Allah is going to install you as
vicegerent in it in order to see how you act. So avoid the allurement of women: verily , the first trial for the people of Isra'il
was caused by women. And in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Ibn Bashshar the words are: "So that He should see
how you act."
VICTORY:
See: S.48.
2:89 - And when there comes to them a Book from Allah confirming what is with them although from
of old they had prayed for victory against those without faith when there comes to them that
which they (should) have recognized they refused to believe in it; but the curse of Allah is on
those without Faith. 94
94 The Jews, who pretended to be so superior to the people without Faith - the Gentiles - should have been the first to
recognize the new Truth - or the Truth renewed - which it was Muhammad's mission to bring because it was so similar
in form and language to what they had already received. But they had more arrogance than faith. It is this want of
faith that brings on the curse, i.e., deprives us (if we adopt such an attitude) of the blessings of God. Again the lesson
applies to a much wider circle than the Jews. We are all apt, in our perverseness, to reject an appeal form our brother
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