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listen to the proclamation of Muhammad's universal mission. We contemplate no longer, after this, partial truths. It is
not now a question of saving Israel from the bondage of Egypt, nor teaching Midian the ethics of business, nor
reclaiming the people of Lot from sexual sin or Thamud from the sin of oppression in power, or 'Ad from arrogance
and ancestorworship. Now are set forth plainly the issues of Life and Death, the Message of Allah, the One Universal
God to all mankind. (7.158)
1132 "Unlettered," as applied to the Prophet here and in verse 157 above, has three special significations. (1) He was not
versed in human learning: yet he was full of the highest wisdom, and had a most wonderful knowledge of the previous
Scriptures. This was a proof of his inspiration. It was a miracle of the highest kind, a "Sign", which every one could test
then, and every one can test now. (2) All organised human knowledge tends to be crystallized, to acquire a partial
bias or flavour of some "school" of thought. The highest Teacher had to be free from any such taint, just as a clean
slate is necessary if a perfectly clear and bold message has to be written on it. (3) In iii.20 and lxii. 2, the epithet is
applied to the Pagan Arabs, because, before the advent of Islam, they were unlearned. (7.158)
10:104 - Say: "O ye men! if ye are in doubt as to my religion (behold!) I worship not what ye worship
other than Allah But I worship Allah Who will take your souls (at death): I am commanded to
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1485 Other people may hesitate, or doubt, or wonder. But the righteous man has no doubt in his own mind, and he declares
his Faith clearly and unambiguously to all, as did Al-Mustafa. (10.104)
1486 The worship of the One and True God is not a fancy worship, to be arrived at merely by reasoning and philosophy. It
touches the vital issues of life and death-which are in His hands and His alone. (10.104)
1487 Nor is the worship of One God an invention of the Prophet. It comes as a direct command through him and to all.
(10.104)
1488 Individual Faith is good, but it is completed and strengthened by joining or forming a Righteous Society, in which the
individual can develop and expand. Islam was never a religion of monks and anchorites. It laid great stress on social
duties, which in many ways test and train the individual's character. (10.104)
10:108 - Say: "O ye men! now Truth hath reached you from your Lord! Those who receive
guidance do so for the good of their own souls; those who stray do so to their own loss: and I
am not (set) over you to arrange your affairs." 1490
1490 The Furqan, the Criterion between right and wrong, has been sent to us from Allah. If we accept guidance, it is not as
if we confer favours on those who bring us guidance. They suffer unselfishly for us, in order that we may be guided for
our own good. On the other hand, if we reject it, it is our own loss. We have a certain amount of free-will, and the
responsibility is ours and cannot be shifted to the Prophets sent by Allah. (10.108)
17:22 - Take not with Allah another object of worship; or thou (O man!) wilt sit in disgrace and
destitution. 22022203
2202 The seeming inequality of gifts to men might make short-sighted men impugn the impartiality of Allah. But the fault lies
with such men's own want of knowledge and want of Faith. There is no excuse for them to seek other objects of
worship than Allah. For there is none worthy of worship except Allah. (17.22)
2203 If foolish men turn to false objects of worship, they will not only be disappointed, but they will lose the respect of their
own fellow-men, and spiritually they will be reduced to destitution. All their talents and their works will be of no avail.
(17.22)
22:1- O mankind!! fear your Lord! For the convulsion of the Hour (of Judgment) will be a thing
terrible! 2770
2770 The serious issues involved are indicated by showing how terrible the consequences will be for those who disobey
Allah's Will. The terror will only be for those who rebel and disobey: the righteous will not suffer from it, but on the
contrary will be greeted by angels with joy (xxi. 103). (22.1)
22:5 - O mankind! if ye have a doubt about the Resurrection (consider) that We created you out of
dust then out of sperm then out of a leech-like clot then out a morsel of flesh partly formed and
partly unformed in order that We may manifest (Our Power) to you; and We cause whom We
will to rest in the wombs for an appointed term then do We bring you out as babes then (foster
you) that ye may reach your age of full strength; and some of you are called to die and some
are sent back to the feeblest old age so that they know nothing after having known (much).
And (further) thou seest the earth barren and lifeless but when We pour down rain on it it is
stirred (to life) it swells and it puts forth every kind of beautiful growth (in pairs).
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2773 If they really have doubts in their minds about the life after death, they have only to tum their attention either to their
own nature, or to the nature around. How wonderful is their own physical growth, from lifeless matter, to seed,
fertilised ovum, foetus, child youth, age, and death! How can they doubt that the Author of all these wonderful stages
in their life here can also give them another kind of life after the end of this life? Or, if they look at external nature, they
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