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6193 The kingdom of Allah is everything. Other things are incidental, and really do not matter. Worldly greatness or success
may be a means to an end, but it may also be a hindrance to true spiritual greatness. Allah is the goal of the righteous
man's whole attention and desire. (94.8)
(Unite)
66:8 - O ye who believe! turn to Allah with sincere repentance: in the hope that your Lord will
remove from you your ills and admit you to Gardens beneath which Rivers flow the Day that
Allah will not permit to be humiliated the Prophet and those who believe with him. Their Light
will run forward before them and by their right hands while they say "Our Lord! perfect our
Light for us and grant us Forgiveness; for Thou has power over all things." 554255435544
5543 Whatever may have been the faults of the past, unite in good deeds, and abandon petty sectional jealousies, and
Allah will remove your difficulties and distresses, and all the evils from which you suffer. Indeed He will grant you the
Bliss of Heaven and save you from any humiliation which you may have brought on yourselves by your conduct and
on the revered Prophet and Teacher whose name you professed to take. (66.8)
(Warn)
6:51 - Give the warning to those in whose (hearts) is the fear that they will be brought (to
judgment) before their Lord: except from Him they will have no protector nor
intercessor: that they may guard (against evil). 869
869 There are some men - sinners - who yet believe in Judgement; let them be warned of their personal responsibility to
guard against evil; let them not rely upon protectors or intercessors before God; their sins can only be forgiven by
God's own Mercy. (6.51)
1924 Zawal = decline from the zenith, as that of the sun, decline from the highest point reached by a heavenly body in its
course through the sky. The ungodly are apt to think that their power will remain in the ascendant, on account of some
material advantages given them temporarily by Allah, but they are constantly receiving warnings in history and
revelation and from the example of others before them. There is a warning to the contemporary Pagan Makkans here;
but the warning is perfectly general, and for all time. (14.44)
See under “Warnings”
36:14 - When We (first) sent to them two apostles they rejected them: but We strengthened them
with a third: they said "Truly we have been sent on a mission to you." 3958
3958 Allah sends His messengers or teachers of Truth by ones and twos, and where the opposition is great and He
considers it necessary, he supports them with others. Their mission is divine, but they do not claim to be more than
men. This is used by the unjust and the ungodly as if it were a reproach, whereas it should commend them to men, for
mankind is glorified by such commission and by Allah's Self-revelation. The Message is clearly expressed in human
language, but because it exposes all evil, men think it unlucky, as it checks their selfishness. It is often the poorest
and most despised of mankind, from the outskirts or "farthest parts of the City", that accept the Message and are
willing to work and die for it. The stiff-necked resist and accomplish their own destruction. (36.14)
36:15 - The (people) said: "Ye are only men like ourselves; and (Allah) Most Gracious sends no
sort of revelation: Ye do nothing but lie." 39593960
3959 Cf. Acts, xiv. 15, where Paul and Barnabas say, in the city of Lystra near the modern Konia, "We also are men with
like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should tum from these vanities..." (36.15)
3959 They not only reject the mission of the particular messengers, but they deny the possibility of Allah's sending such
mission. Note how they convict themselves of inconsistency by using Allah's name "Most Gracious", even though
they may mean it ironically! (36.15)
36:16 - They said: "Our Lord doth know that we have been sent on a mission to you: 3961
3961 Just as a Messenger whose credentials are doubted can refer to the authority granted by his Principal, as the highest
proof of his mission, so these messengers of Allah invoke the authority of Allah in proof of their mission. In effect
they say: "The knowledge of Allah is perfect, and He knows that our mission is from Him; if you do not, it is your own
misfortune." (36.16)
36:17 - "And Our duty is only to proclaim the clear Message." 3962
3962 Then they proceed to explain what their mission is. It is not to force them but to convincethem. It is to proclaim
openly and clearly Allah's Law, which they werebreaking,-to denounce their sins and to show them the better
path. If they were obstinate, it was their own loss. If they were rebellious against Allah, the punishment rested with
Allah. (36.17)
36:18 - The (people) said: "for us We augur an evil omen from you: if ye desist not we will certainly
stone you and a grievous punishment indeed will be inflicted on you by us." 3963
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