ism

2123
116 It is a sure sign of ignorance and prejudice when you study the same book as another or a similar one and yet are
absolutely intolerant of the meaning which the other draws from it. You should know better, but you speak like the
ignorant. In this case the primary reference in the word "ignorant" may be to the Pagan Arabs. (2.113)
2:263 - Kind words and the covering of faults are better than charity followed by injury. Allah is free
of all wants and he is Most Forbearing. 309
309 A very high standard is set for charity. (1) It must be in the way of God. (2) It must expect no reward in this world. (3)
It must not be followed by references or reminders to the act of charity. (4) Still less should any annoyance or injury
be caused to the recipient; e.g. by boasting that the giver relieved the person in the hour of need. Indeed, the
kindness and the spirit which turns a blind eye to other people's faults or short-comings is the essence of charity:
these things are better than charity if charity is spoilt by tricks that do harm. At the same time, while no reward is to be
expected, there is abundant reward from God - material, moral, and spiritual - according to His own good pleasure
and plan. If we spend in the way of God, it is not as if God was in need of our charity. On the contrary our shortcomings
are so great that we require His utmost forbearance before any good that we can do can merit His praise or
reward. Our motives are so mixed that our best may really be very poor if judged by a very strict standard. (2.263)
3:45 - Behold! the angels said "O Mary! Allah giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him: his
name will be Christ Jesus the son of Mary held in honor in this world and the Hereafter and of
(the company of) those nearest to Allah. 386387
386 Christ : Greek, Christos=anointed : kings and priests were anointed to symbolise consecration to their office. The
Hebrew and Arabic form is Masih. (3.45)
387 Nearest to God : Muqarrabin. Cf. Q. lvi, 11. (3.45)
4:108 - They may hide (their crimes) from men but they cannot hide (them) from Allah seeing that
He is in their midst when they plot by night in words that He cannot approve: and Allah doth
compass round all that they do. 623
623 The plots of sinners are known fully to Allah, and He can fully circumvent them if necessary, according to the fulness
of His wisdom. The word used is: Compass them round.- Muhit: not only does Allah know all about it, but He is all
round it: if in His wisdom He allows it, it is not because He has not complete control over it, but because, having it as it
were enclosed in a complete circle. He can use it to further His own Plan. Even out of evil He can bring good. (4.108)
6:33 - We know indeed the grief which their words do cause thee: it is not thee they reject: it is the
Signs of Allah which the wicked contemn.
6:34 - Rejected were the Apostles before thee: with patience and constancy they bore their
rejection and their wrongs until Our aid did reach them: there is none that can alter the Words
(and Decrees) of Allah. Already hast thou received some account of those Apostles.
7:158 - Say: "O men! I am sent unto you all as the apostle of Allah to Whom belongeth the
dominion of the heavens and the earth: there is no god but He: it is He that giveth both life and
death. So believe in Allah and His apostle the unlettered Prophet who believed in Allah and
His words: follow him that (so) ye may be guided." 11311132
1131 Our attention having been directed to various prophets, who were sent with missions to their several peoples, and in
each of whose careers there is some prefigurement of the life of the last and greatest of them, we are now asked to
listen to the proclamation of Muhammad's universal mission. We contemplate no longer, after this, partial truths. It is
not now a question of saving Israel from the bondage of Egypt, nor teaching Midian the ethics of business, nor
reclaiming the people of Lot from sexual sin or Thamud from the sin of oppression in power, or 'Ad from arrogance
and ancestorworship. Now are set forth plainly the issues of Life and Death, the Message of Allah, the One Universal
God to all mankind. (7.158)
1132 "Unlettered," as applied to the Prophet here and in verse 157 above, has three special significations. (1) He was not
versed in human learning: yet he was full of the highest wisdom, and had a most wonderful knowledge of the previous
Scriptures. This was a proof of his inspiration. It was a miracle of the highest kind, a "Sign", which every one could test
then, and every one can test now. (2) All organised human knowledge tends to be crystallized, to acquire a partial
bias or flavour of some "school" of thought. The highest Teacher had to be free from any such taint, just as a clean
slate is necessary if a perfectly clear and bold message has to be written on it. (3) In iii.20 and lxii. 2, the epithet is
applied to the Pagan Arabs, because, before the advent of Islam, they were unlearned. (7.158)
8:31 - When Our signs are rehearsed to them they say: "we have heard this (before): if we wished
we could say (words) like these: these are nothing but tales of the ancients." 1204
1204 Cf. vi. 25. (8.31)
10:96 - Those against whom the Word of thy Lord hath been verified would not believe 1477
1477 Allah has given frequent warnings against Evil and want of Faith in all ages, through Signs and through inspiration,-
the latter ("the Word") being even more direct and personal than the former. Those who did not heed the warning
Go to UP
2123