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upon them. So it is those who believe in him honor him help him and follow the light which is
sent down with him it is they who will prosper." 1127112811291130
1128 Aglal: plural of gullun, a yoke, an iron collar. In the formalism and exclusiveness of the Jews there were many
restrictions which were removed by Islam, a religion of freedom in the faith of Allah, of universality in the variety of
races, languages, manners and customs. (7.157)
1129 Light which is sent down with him: the words are "with him", not "to him", emphasizing the fact that the Light which he
brought illumines every one who has the privilege of joining his great and universal Fellowship. (7.157)
1130 Falah = prosperity in its general sense as well as in its spiritual sense. In the general sense it means that right conduct
is the only door to happiness and well-being. In the spiritual sense it means that Faith and its fruits (right conduct) are
the only gates to salvation. (7.157)
13:5 - If thou dost marvel (at their want of faith) strange is their saying: "When we are (actually) dust
shall we indeed then be in a creation renewed?" They are those who deny their Lord! They are
those round whose necks will be yokes (of servitude): they will be Companions of the Fire
who dwell therein (for aye)! 18081809
1809 Aglal: yokes (of servitude): Cf. vii. 157 and n. 1128. The punishment may be conceived of in two stages: immediately,
yokes of servitude to superstition, falsehood, etc., as against the freedom in Faith; and finally, the Fire which burns the
very soul. (13.5)
34:33 - Those who had been despised will say to the arrogant ones: "Nay! it was a plot (of yours)
by day and by night. Behold! ye (constantly) ordered us to be ungrateful to Allah and to
attribute equals to Him!" They will declare (their) repentance when they see the Penalty: We
shall put yokes on the necks of the Unbelievers: it would only be a requital for their (ill) deeds.
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3838 The more intelligent ones who exploit the weaker ones are constantly plotting night and day to keep the latter ignorant
and under their thumb. They show them the ways of Evil, because by that means they are more in their power. (34.33)
3839 If all men worshipped the true God, and none but Him, they could not on the one hand be trampled upon, and on the
other hand they could not be unjust. It is in the worship of false ideals or false gods that alluring structures of fraud
and injustice are built up. (34.33)
3840 Cf. x. 54, and n. 1445. All these mutual recriminations would be swallowed up in the general realisation of the Truth by
both sides in the Hereafter. They would be prepared openly to declare their repentance, but it would be too late. The
yoke of slavery to Evil will be on their necks. Allah's justice put it there, but what else could it do? Their own sins will
cry out against them and hold them under their yokes. (34.33)
36:8 - We have put yokes round their necks right up to their chins so that their heads are forced up
(and they cannot see). 3948
3948 Man's misdeeds inevitably call forth the operation of Allah's Law. The result of man's wilful disobedience is now
described in a series of metaphors. (1) Refusal of Allah's Light means less and less freedom of action for man: the
yoke of sin is fastened round man's neck, and it gets more and more tightened, right up to the chin. (2) The head is
forced up and kept in a stiff position, so that the mind becomes befogged. Moral obliquity taints the intellect. According
to the Sanskrit proverb, "When destruction comes near, understanding is turned upside down." According to the Latin
proverb, "Whom God wishes to destroy, He first makes demented." In other words, iniquity not only is folly, but leads
deeper and deeper into folly, narrowness of vision, and blindness to the finer things of life. (3) This state of deprivation
of Grace leads to such a decline in spiritual vitality that the victim can neither progress nor turn back, as explained in
the next verse. (36.8)
40:71 - When the yokes (shall be) round their necks and the chains; they shall be dragged along
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4448 The rejection of Allah's Message, however brought, carries its own penalty. The yoke of slavery to Sin and Evil is
fastened more and more firmly round the rejecter's neck, because there is no one to safeguard his freedom, and the
chains of superstitions and the ugly consequences of evil restrict his freedom and the limited faculty of choice which
was given by Allah to man. This process receives its climax at the Hour of Judgment. (40.71)
76:4 - For the Rejecters We have prepared Chains Yokes and a Blazing Fire. 5834
5834 Cf. xiii. 5; xxxiv. 33 and xl. 71. (76.4)
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