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can, but His Plan is different, and in any case it is not for a Teacher to force any one to accept the truths which he is
inspired to preach and proclaim. (6.107)
6:123 - Thus have We placed leaders in every town its wicked men to plot (and burrow) therein: but
they only plot against their own souls and they perceive it not.
6:125 - Those whom Allah (in His Plan) willeth to guide He openeth their breast to Islam; those
whom He willeth to leave straying He maketh their breast close and constricted as if they had
to climb up to the skies: thus doth Allah (heap) the penalty on those who refuse to believe. 947
947 God's Universal Plan is the Qadha wa Qadr, which is so much misunderstood. That Plan is unalterable, and that is
His Will. It means that in the spiritual world, there are laws of justice, mercy, grace, penalty, etc., which work as surely
as anything we know. If, then, a man refuses Faith, becomes a rebel, with each step he goes further and further down,
and his pace will be accelerated; he will scarcely be able to take spiritual breath, and his recovery, -in spite of God's
mercy which he has rejected,-will be as difficult as if he had to climb up to the skies. On the other hand, the godly will
find, with each step, the next step easier. Jesus expressed this truth paradoxically: "He that hath, to him shall be
given; but he that hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath": Mark, iv. 25. John (vi 65) make
Jesus say: "No man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father." (6.125)
6:104 - "Now have come to you from your Lord proofs to open your eyes: if any will see it will be for
(the good of) his own soul; if any will be blind it will be to his own (harm): I am not (here) to
watch over your doings." 932
932 I understand "Say" to be understood in the beginning of this verse. The words would then be the words of the Apostle,
as in fact is suggested in verse 107 below. That is why I have enclosed them in inverted commas. (6.104)
6:126 - This is the way of thy Lord leading straight: We have detailed the Signs for those who
receive admonition.
6:127 - For them will be a Home of Peace in the presence of their Lord: He will be their Friend
because they practiced (righteousness).
6:153 - Verily this is My Way leading straight: follow it: follow not (other) paths: they will scatter you
about from His (great) path: thus doth He command you that ye may be righteous. 979
979 Note againe the triple refrain with variations, in vi. 151, 152, and 153. In verse 151, we have the moral law, which it is
for our own good to follow: "Thus doth He command you, that ye may learn wisdom." In verse 152, we have to deal
justly and rightly with others; we are apt to think too much of ourselves and forget others: "Thus doth He command
you, that ye may remember." In verse 153 our attention is called to the Straight Way, the Way of God, the only Way
that leads to righteousness: "Thus doth He command you, that ye may be righteous." (6.153)
10:1 - Alif Lam Ra. These are the Ayats of the Book of Wisdom. 13811382
1381 For the Abbreviated Letters generally see Appendix I. (10.1)
1382 Ayat = Signs, or Verses of the Qur-an. Here both meanings are to be understood. Each verse is a nugget of wisdom.
And in the verses immediately following, e.g., x. 3-6, examples are given of the wonders of Allah's material Creation. If
the starry heavens impress us with their sublimity as signs of Allah's wisdom and power, how much more wonderful is
it that He should speak to lowly man through His Messengers, in man's language, so that he can understand? (10.1)
ABRAHAM‟S PRAYER:
26:83 - O my Lord! bestow wisdom on me and join me with the righteous; 3178
3178 Having shown clearly the distinction between the False and the True, Abraham now shows in the formn of a Prayer
what his inmost wishes are. (1) He wants his own soul entightened with divine wisdom, and (2) his heart and life filled
with righteousness; (3) he will not be content with working for himself or his own generation: his view extends to all
future generations; (4) and of course he wishes to attain the goal of the righteous, the Garden of the Bliss of the
Divine Countenance; but he is not content with this; for (5) he wants his father and relatives to share in his spiritual
joy, so that he can proudly see all whom he can reach, in an honourable station (contrasted with disgrace) on the Day
of Judgment. (26.83)
ON FUTILITY:
25:72 - Those who witness no falsehood and if they pass by futility they pass by it with honorable
(avoidance); 31313132
3131 Witness no falsehood has two significations, both implied in this passage: (1) those who give no evidence that is false;
and (2) those who do not assist at anything which implies fraud or falsehood. (25.72)
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