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553 the meaning of the phrase see n. 537 above. (4.36)
554 Real deeds of service and kindness proceed, not from showing off or from a superior sort of condescension (cf. "White
Man's Burden"), but from a frank recognition of our own humility and the real claims, before Allah, of all our fellowcreatures.
For in our mutual needs we are equal before Allah, or perhaps the best of us (as the world sees us) may be
worse than the worst of us (from the same point of view). (4.36)
7:50 - The companions of the fire will call to the companions of the garden; "pour down to us water
or anything that Allah doth provide for your sustenance." They will say: "Both these things
hath Allah forbidden to those who rejected Him. 1028
1028 The Companions of the Fire will thirst for water and not get it, and for sustenance which will not be theirs, while the
Companions of the Garden will have the crystal waters of the springs and rivers and they will enjoy the bliss of Allah's
Countenance, which will be their supreme nourishment and the fruit of their life of probation and seeking. These things
will not be transferable. Cf. also xxxvii. 41-47, 62-67. (7.50)
12:39 - "O my two companions of the prison! (I ask you): are many lords differing among themselves
better or Allah the One Supreme and Irresistible? 1692
1692 Note the personal touch again. 'Are we not also companions in misfortune? And may I not speak to you on terms of
perfect equality,-as one prisoner to another? Well then, do you really think a conflict of heterogeneous gods is better
than Allah, the One (and Only), Whose power is supreme and irresistible?' (12.39)
12:41 - O my two companions of the prison! as to one of you he will pour out the wine for his lord to
drink: as for the other he will hang from the cross and the birds will eat from off his head. (So)
hath been decreed that matter whereof ye twain do enquire..." 169416951696
15:78 - And the Companions of the Wood were also wrongdoers; 2000
2000 "Companions of the Wood": As-hab ul Aikati. Perhaps Aika is after all a proper noun, the name of a town or tract. Who
were the Companions of the Aika? They are mentioned four times in the Qur-an, viz., here, and in xxvi. 176-191;
xxxviii. 13; and 1. 14. The only passage in which any details are given is xxvi. 176-191. There we are told that their
Prophet was Shu'aib, and other details given correspond to those of the Madyan, to whom Shu'aib was sent as
Prophet;, see vii. 85-93. In my notes to that passage I have discussed the question of Shu'aib and the Madyan people.
It is reasonable to suppose that the Companions of the Wood were either the same as the Madyan, or a Group among
them or in their neighbourhood. (15.78)
18:9 - Or dost thou reflect that the Companions of the Cave and of the Inscription were wonders
among Our Signs? 233423352336
2334 A wonderful story or allegory is now referred to. Its lessons are: (1) the relativity of Time, (2) the unreality of the
position of oppressor and oppressed, persecutor and presecuted, on this earth, (3) the truth of the final Resurrection,
when true values will be restored, and (4) the potency of Faith and Prayer to lead to the Right. (18.9)
2335 The unbelieving Quraish were in the habit of putting posers to the holy Prophet-questions which they got from
Christians and Jews, which they thought the Prophet would be unable to answer. In this way they hoped to discredit
him. One of these questions was about the floating Christian story of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus. The Prophet not
only told them the main story but pointed out the variations that were current, and rebuked men for disputing about
such details (xviii. 22). Most important of all, he treated the story (under inspiration) as a parable, pointing to lessons
of the highest value. This is Revelation in the highest sense of the term. The story is recapitulated in n. 2337 below.
(18.9)
2336 Raqim = Inscription. So interpreted by the Jalalain, and the majority of Commentators agree. See n. 2337, below.
Others think it was the name of the dog: see xviii. 18, and n. 2350 below. (18.9)
59:20 - Not equal are the Companions of the Fire and the Companions of the Garden: it is the
Companions of the Garden that will achieve Felicity. 5397
5397 The others, the Companions of the Fire, will find their lives wasted and nullified. Their capacities will be rendered inert
and their wishes will end in futility. (59.20)
90:18 - Such are the Companions of the Right Hand. 6145
6145 Cf. lvi. 27-40, also n. 5223. They will be those who achieve salvation. (90.18)
90:19 - But those who reject Our Signs they are the (unhappy) companions of the Left Hand. 6146
6146 Cf. lvi. 41-56, also n. 5223. They will be the unfortunate ones enveloped in the Fire of lasting Penalty, heaped over
them and all round them. (90.19)
56:8 - Then (there will be) the Companions of the Right Hand what will be the Companions of the
Right Hand?
56:9 - And the Companions of the left hand what will be the Companions of the Left Hand?
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