The Guiding Light — Page 361
S u rah al-Baqarah, Verse 255-258 361 which word, as shown above, gives a number of meanings. Taking it in the first-mentioned sense i. e. , the handle of a mug, etc. the Qur’ a n compares Islam to the pure life-giving liquid which is put into a mug, and the believer is represented as taking fast hold of the handle thereof. Taking the word in the second sense, i. e. , anything which is grasped and clung to for support, the true faith is represented as something on which complete reliance can be placed in all circumstances. If one adheres to it, there is no fear of one’s stumbling or falling down. Following the third significance, i. e. , a pasture that remains green even in the time of draught, Islam has been likened to a grazing ground the herbage of which is everlasting. There can be no spiritual famine in Islam. Following the last-mentioned meaning of ﻋﺮوہ (‘ urwah ) Islam is represented as store- house of spiritual treasures that are without equal.