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C.252 – Spiritual Truth finds its lodgement in all sorts of unexpected places,
And in all sorts of unexpected ways. The man of God, when most
Depressed by the buffets of the world steeped in selfishness, sees a
Glorious vision: Hidden spiritual forces work for him, make known
The truth in marvellous ways, and proclaim the Goodness and judge-
Ment of Allah. They reject all Error and lead others to purify their
Wills and come to Allah. Behold! Every place and time, every gift
Is meet for the service of Allah, the One, the True, Whose Word the
Righteous one Proclaims and must proclaim at all cost. Man‟s Duty
Is plain, but in the Kingdom of Allah, through Allah‟s chosen ones,
We rise to higher and higher Mysteries, and may be expedient for us.
Yet when or how our end may be, is not given to man to know:: Let
Him but take the Treasures well-guarded, that come to him, and
praise the Lord of All Knowledge and Wisdom.
MAN / WIFE / CHILDREN:
64: 14 - O ye who believe! truly among your wives and your children are (some that are) enemies to
yourselves: so beware of them! But if ye forgive and overlook and cover up (their faults) verily
Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful. 54945495
5494 In some cases the demands of families, i.e., wife and children may conflict with a man's moral and spiritual
convictions and duties. In such cases he must guard against the abandonment of his convictions, duties, and ideals to
their requests or desires. But he must not treat them harshly. He must make reasonable provision for them, and if they
persist in opposing his clear duties and convictions, he must forgive them and not expose them to shame or ridicule,
while at the same time holding on to his clear duty. Such cases occurred when godly men undertook exile from their
native city of Makkah to follow the Faith in Madinah. In some cases their families murmured, but all came right in the
end. (64.14)
5495 For the different words for "forgiveness", see n. 110 to ii. 109. (64.14)
30:30 - So set thou thy face steadily and truly to the Faith: (Establish) Allah's handiwork according
to the pattern on which He has made mankind: no change (let there be) in the work (wrought)
by Allah: that is the standard Religion: but most among mankind understand not. 354035413542
3540 For Hanif see n. 134 to ii. 135. Here "true" is used in the sense in which we say, "the magnetic needle is true to the
north." Those who have been privileged to receive the Truth should never hesitate or swerve but remain constant, as
men who know. (30.30)
3541 As turned out from the creative hand of Allah, man is innocent, pure, true, free, inclined to right and virtue, and endued
with true understanding about his own position in the Universe and about Allah's goodness, wisdom, and power. That
is his true nature, just as the nature of a lamb is to be gentle and of a horse is to be swift. But man is caught in the
meshes of customs, superstitions, selfish desires, and false teaching. This may make him pugnacious, unclean, false,
slavish, hankering after what is wrong or forbidden, and deflected from the love of his fellow-men and the pure
worship of the One True God. The problem before the Prophets is to cure this crookedness, and to restore human
nature to what it should be under the Will of Allah. (30.30)
3542 Din Qaiyim here includes the whole life, thoughts and desires of man. The "standard Religion," or the Straight Way is
thus contrasted with the various human systems that conflict with each other and call themselves separate "religions"
or "sects" (see verse 32 below). Allah's standard Religion is one, as Allah is One. (30.30)
33:72 - We did indeed offer the Trust to the Heavens and the Earth and the Mountains: but they
refused to undertake it being afraid thereof: but man undertook it he was indeed unjust and
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3777 The Trust is something given to a person, over which he has a power of disposition; he is expected to use it as
directed or expected, but he has the power to use it otherwise. There is no trust if the trustee has no power, and the
trust implies that the giver of the trust believes and expects that the trustee would use it according to the wish of the
creator of the trust, and not otherwise. (33.72)
3778 Cf. lix. 21, where the hypothetical sending down of the Qur-an to the Mountains is mentioned, and it is mentioned that
such Parables are put forth in order to aid men to reflection. (33.72)
3779 The Heavens, the Earth, and the Mountains, ie., other creatures of Allah, besides man, refused to undertake a Trust
or a responsibility, and may be imagined as happy without a choice of good or evil being given through their will. In
saying that they refused, we imply a will, but we limit it by the statement that they did not undertake to be given a
choice between good and evil. They preferred to submit their will entirely to Allah's Will, which is All-Wise and Perfect,
and which would give them far more happiness than a faculty of choice, with their imperfect knowledge. Man was too
audacious and ignorant to realise this, and the result has been that man as a race has been disrupted: the evil ones
have betrayed the Trust and brought Punishment on themselves, though the good have been able to rise far above
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