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b. 13:3; 55:8. (close)

a. 13:3; 55:8. (close)

4701. Commentary:

And just as the heaven has been raised high, so will the Holy Prophet, the spiritual heaven, be exalted. Or the verse may mean that just as God has placed the sun, the moon, the stars and planets in the physical heaven and through them He sustains the physical world, so will the spiritual sun (the Holy Prophet), the spiritual moon (the Promised Messiah), the spiritual planets and stars (Muslim divines) sustain the spiritual world. (close)

c. 50:8. (close)

b. 50:8. (close)

4702. Commentary:

The verse may signify that like mountains the believers are firm in their faith, or like mountains which secure the earth against earthquakes and violent commotions and render it stable, the righteous servants of God are the cause of the stability of the spiritual world. But for them the violent earthquakes of disbelief and sin should shake the spiritual earth to its foundations and cause great havoc in it. (close)

d. 50:8; 79:31. (close)

3331. The four verses (vv. 18-21) teach a Muslim the supreme moral lesson that (1) he should be generous like the clouds, (2) exalted like the heaven, (3) of fixed resolve like the mountains, and (4) soft and humble like the earth. (close)

a. 50:8; 79:31. (close)

4703. Commentary:

The verse purports to say that the earth has been spread out for the Companions of the Holy Prophet that they might carry the Message of Islam far and wide. The four verses (vv. 18-21) teach a Muslim the supreme moral lesson that he should be generous like the clouds, exalted like the heaven, of fixed resolve like the mountains, and soft and humble like the earth. (close)

e. 6:108; 39:42; 42:7. (close)

b. 6:108; 39:42; 42:7. (close)

4704. Commentary:

The verse constitutes a wonderful commentary on the Divine origin of the Quran. The Surah was revealed at Mecca in the early years of the Call when only a handful of weak and poor persons had accepted Islam and yet the verse hints that a time would come when the Holy Prophet would be given power and authority, and he is enjoined in advance that when he should have power he should not use it for imposing his opinions on others. (close)

4705. Commentary:

These last two verses show that the subject which had commenced in Surah Al-A‘la has come to an end here and disbelievers are told that they shall return to God to render account of their deeds and actions. (close)