The Guiding Light — Page 452
S u rah ash-Shams, Chapter 91 452 perfection and complete freedom from flaw or defect in the design and creation of man and the universe. Ç Ú ö ‘ F { $ # u ρ $ t Β u ρ $ y γ 8 y s s Û ∩∪ [91:7] And by the earth and its spreading out, < § ø t Ρ u ρ $ t Β u ρ $ y γ 1 § θ y ™ ∩∪ [91:8] And by the soul and its perfection — Commentary The verse means that all the properties and forces which the great heavenly bodies such as the sun and the moon, etc. , devote to the service of God’s creatures and to which reference has been made in the following verses bear witness to man having been endowed with similar qualities in a high degree. In fact, man is a universe in miniature and in his soul is represented, on a small scale, all that exists in the external universe. Like the sun he sheds his lustre over the world and enlightens it with the light of wisdom and knowledge. Like the moon he transmits to those who are in the dark the light of vision, inspiration and revelation which he borrows