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27:91 - For me I have been commanded to serve the Lord of this City Him Who has sanctified it
and to Whom (belong) all things: and I am commanded to be of those who bow in Islam to
Allah's Will 3322
3322 The Lord of this City. This was spoken in Makkah say about the 5th year before the Hijrat, when the holy Prophet and
his adherents were being persecuted as enemies to the cult of Makkah. So far from being against the true spirit of the
holy City of Makkah, it was actually in furtherance of that spirit, which had been overlaid by the idolatries and
abominations of the Pagan Quraish. They are told that the new Teaching is from the Lord of Makkah itself, the One
True God, Who had sanctified it in the time of Abraham. Lest they should think that it was a local or tribal or narrow
cult, it is added that He is not only Lord of this City, but Lord of the Worlds, "to Whom belong all things". It is a
universal message; but how sad it would be if the Makkans, among whom it came first, were to reject it? (27.91)
29:46 - And dispute ye not with the People of the Book except with means better (than mere
disputation) unless it be with those of them who inflict wrong (and injury): but say "We believe
in the Revelation which has come down to us and in that which came down to you; Our Allah
and your Allah is one; and it is to Him we bow (in Islam)." 347234733474
3472 Mere disputations are futile. In order to achieve our purpose as true standardbearers for Allah, we shall have to find
true common grounds of belief, as stated in the latter part of this verse, and also to show by our urbanity, kindness,
sincerity, truth, and genuine anxiety, for the good of others, that we are not cranks or merely seeking selfish or
questionable aims. (29.46)
3473 Of course those who are deliberately trying to wrong or injure others will have to be treated firmly, as we are
guardians of each other. With them there is little question of finding common ground or exercising patience, until the
injury is prevented or stopped. (29.46)
3474 That is, the religion of all true and sincere men of Faith is, or should be, one; and that is the ideal of Islam. (29.46)
15:2 - Again and again will those who disbelieve wish that they had bowed (to Allah's Will) in Islam.
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1935 The time must inevitably come when those who allow themselves to be deceived by falsehood or deliberately break
Allah's Law will find themselves in a terrible plight. They will then wish, ardently and again and again, that they had
sought Allah's Will and walked in the light of Truth. That time may be early or late,-in this life, or at death, or at the Day
of Judgment, but it must come. Man's own highest interest requires that he should awake to the Reality before it is too
late for repentance. (15.2)
39:12 - "And I am commanded to be the first of those who bow to Allah in Islam." 4262
4262 Cf. vi. 14. "The first" need not necessarily be chronological: it may also refer to the first rank in zeal, and in readiness
to suffer for the Cause. (39.12)
39:22 - Is one whose heart Allah has opened to Islam so that he has received enlightenment from
Allah (no better than one hard-hearted)? Woe to those whose hearts are hardened against
celebrating the praises of Allah! They are manifestly wandering (in error)! 42744275
4274 Those who listen to Allah's Message find at each stage Allah's Grace helping them more and more to expand their
spiritual understanding and to receive Allah's light, so that they travel farther and farther to their Goal in the Path of
Truth and Righteousness. They are not to be compared to those who shut out Allah's Light from their hearts. See next
note. (39.22)
4275 Just as there is spiritual progress for those who seek Allah, so there is more and more spiritual retrogression for those
who close their hearts to Allah. Their hearts get hardened, and they allow less and less Allah's Grace to penetrate
within. But it is obvious that they flounder on the Way, and cannot walk with the firm steps of those of assured Faith.
(39.22)
40:66 - Say: "I have been forbidden to invoke those whom ye invoke besides Allah seeing that the
Clear Signs have come to me from my Lord: and I have been commanded to bow (in Islam) to
the Lord of the Worlds." 4443
Note: 4443 – See under ―Invoke‖
41:33 - Who is better in speech than one who calls (men) to Allah works righteousness and says "I
am of those who bow in Islam"? 4503
Note: 4503 – See under “Call”
49:17 - They impress on thee as favor that they have embraced Islam. Say "Count not your Islam
as a favor upon me: Nay Allah has conferred a favor upon you that He has guided you to the
Faith if ye be true and sincere. 4937
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