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895 In continuation of the seven heads of argument refered to in nn. 876 and 885, we have here the final two heads: (8)
Who would, after receiving guidance from the living, eternal God, turn to lifeless idols? To do so would indeed show
that we were made into fools, wandering to a precipice therefore accept the only true guidance, the guidance of God,
and obey his Law, for we shall have to answer before His judgment-seat. (6.71)
6:63 - Say: "who is it that delivereth you from the dark recesses of land and sea when ye call upon
Him in humility and silent terror: `if He only delivers us from these (dangers) (we vow) we shall
truly show our gratitude'.?" 885886887
885 In continuation of the four heads of argument refered to in n. 876, we have three more heads here in vi. 63-65: (5)
your calling upon Him in times of danger shows that in the depths of your hearts you feel His need; (6) God's
Providence saves you, and yet you ungratefully run after false gods; (7) it is not only physical calamitites that you
have to fear; your mutual discords and vengeances are even more destructive, and only faith in God can save you
from them. (6.63)
886 Zulumat: dark recesses, terrrible lurking dangers, as in deserts or mountains, or forests, or seas. (6.63)
7:193 - If ye call them to guidance they will not obey: for you it is the same whether ye call them or
ye hold your peace! 1166
1166 When false worship takes root, the teacher of Truth finds much to discourage him. As far as he is concerned, it seems
as if he has produced no effect. Yet his duty is to continue his work, in the spirit of verse 199 below, forgiving all
opposition, teaching what is right, and not joining the ignorant in their attitude of doubt and indecision. (7.193)
7:194 - Verily those whom ye call upon besides Allah are servants like unto you: call upon them
and let them listen to your prayer if ye are (indeed) truthful! 1167
1167 False gods, whether idols or deified men, or ideas and superstitions, have no existence of their own, independent of
Allah's creation. They are Allah's creatures, and like servents are subject to His authority. Deified men are not real
men, but false ideas of men. They cannot help themselves: how can they help others? (7.194)
7:195 - Have they feet to walk with? or hands to lay hold with? or eyes to see with? or ears to hear
with? Say: "Call your god-partners scheme (your worst) against me and give me no respite!
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1168 Here is a test and a challenge. If the false gods had any power or even existence, collect them all together, and, says
the Prophet of Allah, "Let them do their worst against me." They cannot: because the whole thing is based on a
superstition and a chimaera. (7.195)
7:197 - But those ye call upon besides Him are unable to help you and indeed to help themselves."
7:198 - If thou callest them to guidance they hear not. Thou wilt see them looking at thee but they
see not. 1169
1169 The beauty and righteousness of Al-Mustafa's life were acknowledged on all hands, until he received the mission to
preach and to fight against evil. What happened then? Evil erected barricades for itself. It had eyes, but it refused to
see. It had ears, but it refused to hear. It had intelligence, but it blocked up its channels of understanding. Even now,
after Fourteen Centuries, a life of unexampled purity, probity, justice, and righteousness is seen in false lights by blind
detractors! (7.198)
10:106 - Nor call on any other than Allah such will neither profit thee nor hurt thee: if thou dost
Behold! thou shalt certainly be of those who do wrong."
13:14 - For Him (alone) is prayer in Truth: any others that they call upon besides Him hear them no
more than if they were to stretch forth their hands for water to reach their mouth but it reaches
them not: for the prayer of those without Faith is nothing but (futile) wandering (in the mind).
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1822 Haqq=truth; right; what is due, befitting, proper. All these meanings are to be understood here. If we worship anything
other than Allah (whether it is idols, stars, powers of nature, spirits, or deified men, or Self, or Power, or Wealth,
Science or Art, Talent or Intellect), our worship is both foolish and futile. (13.14)
1823 Without Faith, it is obvious that prayer or worship has no meaning whatever. It is but an aberration of the mind. But
there is a deeper meaning. You may have false faith, as in superstitions or in worshipping things other than Allah, as
explained in the last note. In that case, too, you are pursuing mere phantoms of the mind. When you come to examine
it, it is mere imbecility or futility. Worship and prayer are justified only to Allah, the One True God. (13.14)
17:56 - Say: "Call on those besides Him whom ye fancy: they have neither the power to remove
your troubles from you nor to change them." 2242
2242 Men's suspicions of each or of the prophets have been condemned in the previous verses. We now have the
strongest condemnation of all, that of imagining any other being as being equal or in the same category with One true
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