Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 31
31 (4) Good further commands: اسم ربک الاعلى - الذي خلق فسوى - والذي قدر فهدى سبح والذي أخرج المرعلى - فجعله غثاء أحولى - سنقرئك فلا تنسى - الا ماشاء الله - انه يعلم الجهر و ما يخفى ـ و نيسرك لليسرى - فذكر ان نفعت الذكرى - سيذكر من يخشى - ويتجنبها الاشقلى. الذي يصللي النار الكبرى (13-872. O man! glorify thy Excellent Lord. . Here a question arises, how is one to know that the Lord الذي خلق فسونی is the Excellent. Says the Lord in answer نهدی (He then set a limit to man's progress والذي قدر (He made man and made him free from all crookedness). (and laid the rules for attaining to different stages, that is, if one wanted to be an ordinary momin (believer) there was a particular course, and if one wanted to be a high-class believer, there was a particular way he should take to, and so is the case with regard to the stages of Shaheed or Siddiq. In speaks of the different spiritual grades قدر فهدى ,other words laid down by Allah the Excellent for man prescribing at the same time the way to work to that end. for the entireالذي خلق الانسان means الذي خلق ,In fact context is related to man. For instance, here "Guidance" has been mentioned. It is evident that "Guidance" is for men and not for trees, nor for beasts. He, therefore, says-men cannot know the law of God in respect of themselves nor what laws are in respect of the other creatures. He draws man's attenوالذي أخرج المرعى فجعله غثاء أحوى : tion to crops and vegetation pointing out that they become totally useless and black after a time and are reduced to naught. But compared to these, the spirit of human goodness endures. We cannot partake of the fruit of last year. But the teachings of Adam are