The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 134
T HE L IGHT OF T HE HOLY Q U R’AN—NUM BE R T WO T HE L IGHT OF T HE HOLY Q U R’AN—NUM BE R T WO 134 1 ٌزْيِزَع ِهْيَلَع اَم ْمُّتِنَع ٌصْيِرَح ْمُكْيَلَع Meaning that: ‘O disbelievers! This Prophet is so compassionate that he cannot bear to see your pain, and is ardently desirous that you be saved from these afflictions. ’ Then He says: 2 َكَّلَعَل ٌعِخاَب َكَسْفَّن اَّلَا اْوُنْوُكَي َنْيِنِمْؤُم ۰۰ Meaning that, ‘Will you grieve yourself to death as to why these people do not believe?’ The purport is that, your compassion has reached such a level that you are near death in sorrow at their plight. Then, on another occasion, He says: 3 اْوَصاَوَت ِرْبَّصلاِب َو اْوَصاَوَت ِةَمَحْرَمْلاِب ۰۰ Meaning that, true believers are those who exhort one another to perseverance and mar h amat [compassion]. This means that they say ‘be patient in face of difficulties’, and ‘be kind to God’s creatures. ’ Here, too, mar h amat means ‘com- passion’ because the word mar h amat is used for ‘compassion’ in the Arabic language. Therefore, the true purport of the Quranic teaching is that love, the reality of which is to become coloured in the hues of the beloved, is permitted only when it is for God 1. S u rah at-Taubah, 9:128 [Publisher] 2. S u rah ash-Shu‘ar a’ , 26:4 [Publisher] 3. S u rah al-Balad, 90:18 [Publisher]