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5304 Kuffar is here used in the unusual sense of 'tillers or husbandmen', because they sow the seed and cover it up with
soil. But the ordinary meaning, 'Rejecters of Truth', is not absent. The allegory refers to such men. (57.20)
5305 Cf. iii. 185, and n. 492. Many of the attractive vanities of this world are but nets set by Satan to deceive man. The only
thing real and lasting is the Good Life lived in the Light of Allah. (57.20)
75:20 - Nay (ye men!) but ye love the fleeting life 5821
5821 Cf. xxi. 37. Man loves haste and things of haste. For that reason he pins his faith on transitory things that come and
go, and neglects the things of lasting moment, which come slowly, and whose true import will only be fully seen in the
Hereafter. (75.20)
75:21 - And leave alone the Hereafter.
24:33 - But force not your maids to prostitution when they desire chastity in order that ye may make
a gain in the goods of this life. But if anyone compels them yet after such compulsion is Allah
Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful (to them). 29902991299229932994
2990 A Muslim marriage requires some sort of a dower for the wife. If the man cannot afford that, he must wait and keep
himself chaste. It is no excuse for him to say that he must satisfy his natural cravings within or outside marriage. It
must be within marriage. (24.33)
2991 The law of slavery in the legal sense of the term is now obsolete. While it had any meaning, Islam made the slave's lot
as easy as possible. A slave, male or female, could ask for conditional manumission by a written deed fixing the
amount required for manumission and allowing the slave meanwhile to earn money by lawful means. Such a deed
was not to be refused if the request was genuine and the slave had character. Not only that, but the master is directed
to help with money out of his own resources in order to enable the slave to earn his or her own liberty. (24.33)
2992 Where slavery was legal, what is now called the "white slave traffic" was carried on by wicked people like 'Abdullah
ibn Ubai, the Hypocrite leader at Madinah. This is absolutely condemned. While modern nations have abolished
ordinary slavery, the "White Slave Traffic" is still a big social problem in individual States. Here it is absolutely
condemned. No more despicable trade can be imagined. (24.33)
2993 I have translated "in" (literally, "if") by "when" because this is not a conditional clause but an explanatory clause,
explaining the meaning of "force". "Forcing" a person necessarily means that it is against the wish or inclination of the
person forced. Even if they were to give a formal consent, it is not valid. (24.33)
2994 The poor unfortunate girls, who are victims of such a nefarious trade, will yet find mercy from Allah, whose bounties
extend to all His creatures. (24.33)
103:2 -Verily Man is in loss 6263
6263 If life be considered under the metaphor of a business bargain, man, by merely attending to his material gains, will
lose. When he makes up his day's account in the afternoon, it will show a loss. It will only show profit if he has Faith,
leads a good life, and contributes to social welfare by directing and encouraging other people on the Path of Truth and
Constancy. (103.2)
6264 Faith is his armour, which wards off the wounds of the material world; and his righteous life is his positive contribution
to spiritual ascent. (103.3)
6265 If he lived only for himself, he would not fulfil his whole duty. Whatever good he has, especially in moral and spiritual
life, he must spread among his brethren, so that they may see the Truth and stand by it in patient hope and unshaken
constancy amidst all the storm and stress of outer life. For he and they will then have attained Peace within. (103.3)
ISL Quran Subjects
World, The
1. Adornment and glitter of the life of
18.28, 33.28
3. Choosing the life of
79.37, 79.38, 79.39, 87.16, 87.17
9. Deception of the life of
31.33, 35.5, 57.20
10. Desiring the life of
10.7, 10.8, 11.15, 11.16, 17.18, 53.29
24. Life of
2.212, 3.185, 4.77, 6.32, 6.70, 6.130, 7.50, 7.51, 10.24, 12.26, 18.45, 18.46, 21.111, 29.64, 45.34, 45.35, 47.36
25. Loving the life of
3.14, 3.15, 14.3, 75.20
31. Preferring the life of to the Hereafter
9.38, 16.107, 16.108, 16.109
37. Reflecting upon the life of
2.219, 2.220
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