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WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU : ?<br />

9:38 - O ye who believe! what is the matter with you then when ye are asked to go forth in the<br />

cause of Allah ye cling heavily to the earth? Do ye prefer the life of this world to the hereafter?<br />

But little is the comfort of this life as compared with the hereafter. 12991300<br />

1299 The immediate reference is to the expeditions to Tabuk (A.H. 9), for which see the Introduction to this Sura. But the<br />

lesson is perfectly general. When a call is made on behalf of a great cause, the fortunate ones are those who have the<br />

privilege of responding to the call. The unfortunate ones are those who are so engrossed in their parochial affairs that<br />

they turn a deaf ear to the appeal. They are suffering from a spiritual disease. (9.38)<br />

1300 The choice is between two courses: will you choose a noble adventure and the glorious privilege of following your<br />

spiritual leader, or grovel in the earth for some small worldly gain or for fear of worldly loss? The people who hesitated<br />

to follow the call of Tabuk were deterred by (1) the heat of the summer, in which the expedition was undertaken on<br />

account of the threat to the existence of the little community, and (2) the fear of losing the fruit harvest, which was ripe<br />

for gathering. (9.38)<br />

10:35 - Say: "Of your `partners' is there any that can give any guidance towards Truth?" Say: "It is<br />

Allah Who gives guidance towards Truth. Is then He Who gives guidance to Truth more<br />

worthy to be followed or he who finds not guidance (himself) unless he is guided? What then is<br />

the matter with you? How judge ye?"<br />

28:23 - And when he arrived at the watering (place) in Madyan he found there a group of men<br />

watering (their flocks) and besides them he found two women who were keeping back (their<br />

flocks). He said: "What is the matter with you?" They said: "We cannot water (our flocks) until<br />

the shepherds take back (their flocks): and our father is a very old man." 33503351<br />

37:25 - " `What is the matter with you that ye help not each other?' " 4050<br />

4050 Obviously no one can stand and intercede, for it is a question of personal responsibility for each soul. No one can help<br />

another. (37.25)<br />

37:91 - Then did he turn to their gods and said "Will ye not eat (of the offerings before you)?...<br />

37:92 - "What is the matter with you that ye speak not (intelligently)?"<br />

37:152 - "Allah has begotten children"? But they are liars! 4130<br />

37:153 - Did He (then) choose daughters rather than sons? 4131<br />

37:154 - What is the matter with you? How judge ye?<br />

68:36 - What is the matter with you? How judge ye?<br />

70:36 - Now what is the matter with the Unbelievers that they rush madly before thee 5698<br />

5698 Before thee. The Unbelievers did not believe in a Hereafter. When the Bliss of the Hereafter was described, as in the<br />

last verse, they ridiculed it and pretended to be running in for it as in a race. They are here rebuked in the same tone<br />

of sarcasm. (70.36)<br />

71:13 - "`What is the matter with you that ye place not your hope for kindness and long-suffering in<br />

Allah<br />

84:20 - What then is the matter with them that they believe not? 6048<br />

6048 Considering man's high destiny, and the fact that this life is but a stage or a sojourn for him, it might be expected that<br />

he would cagerly embrace every opportunity of welcoming Allah's Revelation and ascending by Faith to heights of<br />

spiritual wisdom. There is something wrong with his will if he does not do so. Notice the transition from the second<br />

person in verse 19, where there is a direct appeal to Allah's votaries, to the third person in verses 20-21, where men<br />

who are rebels against Allah's Kingdom are spoken of as if they were aliens. (84.20)<br />

99:2 - And the Earth throws up her burden (from within) 6236<br />

99:3 - And man cries (distressed): `What is the matter with her?' 6237<br />

6237 The puzzled agony suffered by the victims of violent earthquakes is as nothing compared to the experience of the new<br />

and wonderful world which will then open out of the gaze of man. (99.3)<br />

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