Lecture Lahore — Page 12
12 but God’s power of creation is not dependent upon matter or time, nor is it in any way limited. This is because all His attributes are unique like Himself, and if even one of them was flawed, they would all be considered flawed. His Unity— Tau hi d —cannot be established unless He is seen to be peerless both in His Person and in His attributes. In the final part of these verses, the Holy Quran says that God is not the son of anyone, nor does He have a son. He is Self-Sufficient and has no need of a father or a son. This is the Unity of God— Tau hi d— which the Holy Quran teaches us and this is the basis of our faith. Now we come to the ethical and moral teachings which the Holy Quran has laid out in this comprehensive verse: 6 i. e. , God commands you to abide by justice and fairness. But if you wish to attain greater perfection, then treat people with compassion and do good even to those who have done you no good. And if you aspire to even higher perfection, then be of service to others out of personal sympathy and natural impulse, without any desire to win gratitude or to put anyone under obligation, and be kind to them just as a mother is kind to her children out of a natu- ral urge. God also forbids you to commit excesses, to remind people of the good you have done them, or to be 6 Al-Na h l, 16:91 [Publishers]