Surah Qasas emphasises new points: how the recipient of inspiration is prepared for his high destiny, even in the growth of his ordinary life, and how the rejection of Allah's Message by groups of men or by individuals is caused by overweening arrogance or avarice. The plight of those who reject the Truth is contrasted with the reward of the righteous. Surah Ankabut is the last of the series began with Surah 17, in which the growth of the spiritual man as an individual is considered, especially illustrated by the way in which the great Prophets were prepared for their work and received their...

Surah Mominun deals with the virtues which are the seed-bed of Faith, especially in an environment in which truth is denied and its votaries insulted and persecuted. But Truth is One and must prevail. Those who do wrong will be filled with vain regrets when it is too late for repentance. Faith, coupled with humility in prayer, charity, abstinence from vanity and from indulgence in appetites, and strict probity, must lead to final success, even though people mock and accuse the righteous and false motives, as did the contemporaries of Noah, of Moses, and of Jesus.The prophets of Allah and the...

We begin a series of Surahs Surah 34 to Surah 39 which recapitulate some of the features of the spiritual world. This Surah leads off with emphasis on Allah's Mercy and Power and Truth. - In Surah Fatir we are told how angels manifest the Power of Allah, and how different is Good from Evil and Truth from Falsehood. - Surah Yasin is devoted to the Holy Prophet and the Quran that came through him. - In Surah Saffat the emphasis is on the snares of the Evil One; - in Surah Saad, on the conquest of evil by wisdom and power as in the case of David and Solomon, and by Patience and Constancy as in...