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59:10 - And those who came after them say: "Our Lord! Forgive us and our brethren who came
before us into the Faith and leave not in our hearts rancor (or sense of injury) against those
who have believed our Lord! Thou art indeed Full of Kindness Most Merciful." 53845385
5384 Those that came after them: the immediate meaning would refer to later arrivals in Madinah or later accessions to
Islam, compared with the early Muhajirs. But the general meaning would include all future comers into the House of
Islam. They pray, not only for themselves, but for all their brethren, and above all, they pray that their hearts may be
purified of any desire or tendency to disparage the work or virtues of other Muslims or to feel any jealousy on account
of their successes or good fortune. (59.10)
60:4 - "Our Lord! in Thee do we trust and to Thee do we turn in repentance: to Thee is (our) final
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5416 This prayer indicates what our attitude should be. We must trust to Allah, and not to Allah's enemies to protect and
befriend ourselves, our families, or those near and dear to us. (60.4)
60:5 - "Our Lord! Make us not a (test and) trial for the Unbelievers but forgive us our Lord! For Thou
art the Exalted in Might the Wise." 5417
5417 In n. 1198 to viii. 25, I have explained the shades of meaning in the word Fitnat. In ii. 102 Harut and Marut were a trial
to test the righteous who trusted in Allah from the unrighteous who resorted to evil and superstition. Here the prayer to
Allah is that we should be saved from becoming so weak as to tempt the Unbelievers to try to attack and destroy us.
(60.5)
66:8 - "Our Lord! perfect our Light for us and grant us Forgiveness; for Thou has power over all
things." 554255435544
66:11 - "O my Lord! build for me in nearness to Thee a mansion in the Garden and save me from
Pharaoh and his doings and save me from those that do wrong"; 55495550
5549 Traditionally she is known as 'Asiya, one of the four perfect women, the other three being Mary the mother of Jesus,
Khadija the wife of the holy Prophet, and Fatima his daughter. Pharaoh is the type of arrogance, godlessness, and
wickedness. For his wife to have preserved her Faith, her humility, and her righteousness was indeed a great spiritual
triumph. She was probably the same who saved the life of the infant Moses: xxviii. 9. (66.11)
71:26 - And Noah said: "O my Lord! Leave not of the Unbelievers a single one on earth! 5724
5724 The Flood was sent in order to purge all sin. The prayer of Noah is not vindicfive. It simply means, "Cut off all the roots
of sin". See next note. (71.26)
71:27 - For if Thou dost leave (any of) them they will but mislead thy devotees and they will breed
none but wicked ungrateful ones.
71:28 - "O my Lord! Forgive me my parents all who enter my house in Faith and (all) believing men
and believing women: and to the wrongdoers grant Thou no increase but in Perdition!"
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5725 Indeed he prays for himself, his parents, his guests, and all who in earnest faith turn to Allah, in all ages and in all
places. Praying for their forgiveness is also praying for the destruction of sin. (71.28)
5726 This is slightly different in form from verse 24 above, where see n. 5722. See also last note. (71.28)
113:1 - Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of the Dawn 63016302
6301 In Allah's created world, there are all kinds of forces and counter-forces, especially those put in motion by beings who
have been endowed with some sort of will. The forces of good may be compared to light, and those of evil to
darkness. Allah can cleave the depths of darkness and produce light (vi. 96), and therefore we should cast off fear
and take refuge in divine guidance and goodness. (113.1)
6302 Falaq is the Dawn or Daybreak, the cleaving of darkness and the manifestation of light. This may be understood in
various senses: (1) literally, when the darkness of the night is at its worst, rays of light pierce through and produce the
dawn; (2) when the darkness of ignorance is at its worst, the light of Allah pierces through the soul and gives it
enlightenment: xxiv. 35; (3) non-existence is darkness, and life and activity may be typified by light. The author and
source of all true light is Allah, and if we seek Him, we are free from ignorance, superstition, fear, and every kind of
evil. (113.1)
6303 See n. 6301 above. Our trust in Allah is the refuge from every kind of fear and superstition, every kind of danger and
evil. Three special kinds of mischief are specified in the next three verses, against which our best guard is our trust in
Allah, the Light of the heavens and the earth. They are: (1) physical dangers, typified by darkness. (2) physical
dangers within us, typified by Secret Arts, and (3) physical dangers from without us, resulting from a perverted will,
which seeks to destroy any good that we enjoy. (113.2)
113:2 - From the mischief of created things; 6303
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