The Guiding Light — Page 524
S u rah al-Gh a shiyah, Chapter 88 524 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. ’ n < Î ) u ρ Ç Ú ö ‘ F { $ # y # ø ‹ x. ô M y s Ï Ü ß ™ ∩∪ [88:21] And at the earth, how it is spread out? Commentary The verse purports to say that the earth has been spread out for the Companions of the Holy Prophet sa 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. ö Ï j. x ‹ s ù ! $ y ϑ ‾ Ρ Î ) | M Ρ r & Ö Å e 2 x ‹ ã Β ∩∪ [88:22] Admonish, therefore, for thou art but an admonisher;