| This Tafsir was reported from Muqatil bin Hayyan, and it is very good | In this case the external conflict and his anguish and agony might increase, but if he has adopted the Way sincerely, internal peace and satisfaction will necessarily accrue |
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| The mosquito lives as long as it needs food, but when it gets fat, it dies | Here, it should be understood well that the parable of many ill-tempered and contesting masters cannot apply to the images of stone, but it only applies to living masters, who practically give contradictory commands to man and keep pulling him to themselves in actual reality |
He will turn down every such desire of the self as goes against the Divine Commands, or whose fulfillment may clash with the demands of God-worship.
| Allah is not ashamed to propound the parable of a gnat, or even of something more lowly | |
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| But He does not let anyone go astray thereby except those who are sinful | Ignoring this covenant constitutes breaking it |
Swahili - Al-Barwani : Mwenyezi Mungu amepiga mfano wa mtu mwenye mabwana washirika wanao gombana na wa mtu mwengine aliye khusika na bwana mmoja tu Je Wako sawa katika hali zao Alhamdulillahi Sifa njema zote ni za Mwenyezi Mungu Lakini wengi wao hawajui• On the contrary, the person who is the slave or servant of only one master, would be living a life of ease and comfort because he will not have to serve and seek the pleasure of another master.
| Those who fulfill the covenant of Allah and break not the Mithaq bond, treaty, covenant | Likewise, everything that Allah's religion has declared as good and virtuous should be protected and defended by the law, developed by the administrative forces, impressed in the minds and instilled in character by the entire system of education and training, infused from the religious pulpit, admired by the society and followed by it practically and enforced in every economic enterprise |
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| Those who believe know that it is the truth from their Lord; but those who disbelieve say: What doth Allah wish to teach by such a similitude? Adoption of the Way of Tauhid also has two forms, which lead to different results: First, that an individual should decide to become the servant of One God individually but his environment is hostile | Allah is not ashamed to propound the parable of a gnat, or even of something more lowly |
He also took a covenant from them to obey His commands and refrain from His prohibitions, knowing that His Messengers would bring proofs and miracles that none among the creation could ever produce.
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