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35:10 - If any do seek for glory and power to Allah belong all glory and power.<br />

2:116 - They say: "Allah hath begotten a son"; Glory be to Him.<br />

39:67 - Glory to Him! High is He above the Partners they attribute to Him! 43414342<br />

4341 Cf. vi. 91, and n. 909; and xxii. 74. In running after false gods or the powers of nature they have forgotten that all<br />

creatures are as nothing before Allah. (39.67)<br />

4342 See last note. The whole earth will be no more to Allah than a thing that a man might enclose in the hollow of his<br />

hand, nor will the heavens with their vast expanse be more than a scroll, which a man might roll up with his right hand,<br />

the hand of power and action. Cf. xxi. 104, and lxxxi. 1. (39.67)<br />

91:3 - By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;<br />

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6149 The next contrasted pair consists, not of luminaries, but conditions, or periods of time, Day and Night. The Day reveals<br />

the sun's glory and the Night conceals it from our sight. So there may be contrasts in our subjective reception of divine<br />

light, but it is there, working all the time, and must reappear in its own good time. (91.3)<br />

92:2 - By the Day as it appears in glory;<br />

12:108 - Glory to Allah! and never will I join gods with Allah!" 1792<br />

1792 Islam holds fast to the one central fact in the spiritual world,-the unity of God, and all Reality springing from Him and<br />

Him alone. There can be no one and nothing in competition with that one and only Reality. It is the essence of Truth.<br />

All other ideas or existences, including our perception of Self, are merely relative,-mere projections from the wonderful<br />

faculties which He has given to us. This is not, to us, mere hypothesis. It is in our inmost experience. In the physical<br />

world, they say that seeing is believing. In our inner world this sense of Allah is as clear as sight in the physical world.<br />

Therefore, Al-Mustafa and those who really follow him in the truest sense of the world, call all the world to see this<br />

Truth, feel this experience, follow this Way. They will never be distracted by metaphysical speculations, whose validity<br />

will always be doubtful, nor be deluded with phantoms which lead men astray. (12.108)<br />

17:1 - Glory to (Allah) Who did take His Servant for Journey by night from the Sacred Mosque to<br />

the Farthest Mosque whose precincts We did Bless in order that We might show him some of<br />

Our Signs: for He is the one Who heareth and seeth (all things). 2166216721682169<br />

2169 Allah's knowledge comprehends all things, without any curtain of Time or any separation of Space. He can therefore<br />

see and hear all things, and the Mi'raj was a reflection of this knowledge. In this and the subsequent verses, the<br />

reference to Allah is generally in the first person and plural. But in the first and the last clause of this verse it is in the<br />

third person singular: "Glory to Allah, Who did take His Servant..."; "He is the One...". In each of these two instances,<br />

the clause expresses the point of view of Allah's creatures, who glorify Him, and whose hearing and seeing are<br />

ordinarily so limited that they can do nothing but glorify Him when one of His creatures is raised up to hear and see<br />

the Signs. It is they who glorify Him. (17.1)<br />

16:1 - (Inevitable) cometh (to pass) the Command of Allah: seek ye not then to hasten it: glory to<br />

Him and far is He above having the partners they ascribe unto Him! 2019<br />

2019 This is an answer to the taunt of the Pagans, who said; "If there is a god, the One True God, as you say, with unified<br />

control, why does He not punish the wrong-doers at once?" The answer is; "The decree of Allah will inevitably come to<br />

pass; it will come soon enough; when it comes, you will wish it were delayed; how foolish of you to wish even to cut off<br />

your last hope of forgiveness?" (16.1)<br />

17:79 - And pray in the small watches of the morning: (it would be) an additional prayer (or spiritual<br />

profit) for thee: soon will thy Lord raise thee to a station of Praise and Glory! 22772278<br />

2277 This is held to be addressed specially to the holy Prophet who usually prayed more than the five canonical prayers.<br />

The Tahajjud was a prayer after midnight, in the small watches of the morning. (17.79)<br />

2278 To the Prophet was to be assigned in the Hereafter the highest Post of Honour and Glory-the Maqam Mahmud,<br />

implying his excellence above all other Prophets. The immediate reference may be to the hope that the Makkan<br />

persecution will soon be over and the glorious work in Madinah will begin. (17.79)<br />

3:191 - "Our Lord! not for naught hast thou created (all) this! Glory to thee! give us salvation from<br />

the penalty of the fire. 498499<br />

498 That is, in all postures, which again is symbolical of all circumstances, personal, social, economic, historical and other.<br />

(3.191)<br />

499 It is the thought of Salvation that connects all these glories with man. Otherwise man would be a miserable,<br />

contemptible creature in these beauties and wonders of Nature. With his high destiny of Salvation he can be lifted<br />

even higher than these glories! (3.191)<br />

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