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His Wisdom and Mercy are like, fresh clear-flowing spring-water, not like the muddy murky wisdom and goodness of
this lower world which is only relative, and which often hampers life rather than advances it. (67.30)
71:13 - "`What is the matter with you that ye place not your hope for kindness and long-suffering in
Allah
71:14 - "`Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages? 5714
5714 Cf. xxii. 5, and notes 2773-2777; also xxiii. 12-17, and notes 2872-2875. The meaning here may be even wider. Man
in his various states exhibits various wonderful qualities or capacities, mental and spiritual, that may be compared with
the wonderful workings of nature on the earth and in the heavens. Will he not then be grateful for these Mercies and
turn to Allah, Who created all these marvels? (71.14)
71:15 - "`See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another 5715
71:16 - "`And made the moon a light in their midst and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp? 5716
5716 Cf. xxv. 61, where the sun is referred to as the glorious Lamp of the heavens: "Blessed is He Who made the
Constellations in the skies, and placed therein a lamp, and a moon giving light." (71.16)
71:17 - "`And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually) 5717
5717 Cf. iii. 37, where the growth of the child Mary the Mother of Jesus is described by the same word nabat, ordinarily
denoting the growth of plants and trees. The simile is that of a seed sown, that germinates, grows, and dies, and goes
back to the earth. In man, there is the further process of the Resurrection. Cf. also xx. 55. (71.17)
71:18 - "`And in the End He will return you into the (earth) and raise you forth (again at the
Resurrection)?
79:27 - What! are ye the more difficult to create of the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:
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5934 If man grows arrogant or forgets his accountability to Allah, in his ignorance or thoughtlessness, he is reminded that
he is only an insignificant speck in Allah's spacious Creation. All the excellence that man acquires is the gift of Allah.
Who has bestowed on him a high Destiny if he fulfils the purpose of his creation: ii. 30-39. Then follows a nature
passage, pointing to the glory of the heavens and the earth, and how they are both made to subserve the life of man.
(79.27)
87:2 - Who hath created and further given order and proportion; 6081
6081 The story of Creation is wonderful and continuous. There are several processes which we contemplate in glorifying
Allah's name. First, He brings us into being. Secondly, He endows us with forms and faculties exactly suited to what is
expected of us, and to the environments in which our life will be cast, giving to everything due order and proportion.
(87.2)
70:39 - By no means! For We have created them out of the (base matter) they know! 5699
5699 The animal part of man is nothing to be proud of, and they know it. It is by spiritual effort, and long preparation through
a good life that a man can rise above the mere animal part of him to his high dignity as a spiritual being, and his noble
destiny in the Hereafter. (70.39)
67:24 - Say: "It is He Who has multiplied you through the earth and to Him shall ye be gathered
together." 5584
5584 Mankind, from one set of parents, has been multiplied and scattered through the earth. Men have not only multiplied
in numbers but they have developed different languages and characteristics, inner and outer. But they will all be
gathered together at the End of Things, when the mischief created by the wrong exercise of man's will be cancelled,
and the Truth of Allah will reign universally. (67.24)
59:24 - He is Allah the Creator the Evolver the Bestower of Forms (or colors). To Him belong the
Most Beautiful Names: Whatever is in the heavens and on earth doth declare His Praises and
Glory: and He is the exalted in Might the Wise. 5405540654075408
5405 Allah's attributes of Goodness and Power having been referred to, we are now told of His creative energy, of which
three aspects are here mentioned, as explained in the following note. The point is emphasised that He does not
merely create and leave alone; He goes on fashioning, evolving new forms and colours, and sustaining all the
energies and capacities which He has put into His Creation, according to various laws which He has established.
(59.24)
5406 The act or acts of creation have various aspects, and the various words used in this connection are summarised in n.
120 to ii. 117, as supplemented by n. 916 to vi. 94 and n. 923 to vi. 98. Khalaqa is the general term for creation, and
the Author of all Creation is Khaliq. Baraa implies a process of evolving from previously created matter or state; the
Author of this process is Bari-u, the Originator. Sawwara implies giving definite form or colour, so as to make a thing
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