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PT. 5 AN-NISA' has certainly suffered a manifest loss. 586 CH. 4 them and raises vain desires in b يَعِدُهُمْ وَيُمَنِّيْهِمْ ، وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ He holds out promises to. 11 الشَّيْطَنُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا أُولَئِكَ مَأُونَهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَلَا يَجِدُونَ they whose 122. These them, and Satan promises them nothing but vain things. 587 are abode shall be Hell and they shall find no way of escape from it. 588 586. Important Words: "14:23; 17:65. 14:22. (will cut) is derived from They say i. e. he cut it or severed it, or slit it, or cut it off entirely, or plucked it out (Lane). Commentary: The opening part of the verse is a continuation of the speech of Satan begun in the last verse, and the latter part embodies a pronouncement of the judgement of God. As a mark of their dedication to false deities, the Arabs used to cut the ears of dedicated animals in order to distinguish them from other animals. This foolish practice persists even to this day among some ignorant people in India and elsewhere. The "alteration of God's creation" can be, and is, generally done in four ways: (1) by deifying God's creation; (2) by changing and corrupting the religion of God; (3) by deforming or disfiguring the body of a newborn child; (4) by turning to an evil use that which God has created for a good purpose. For instance, God has 705 all endowed man with many faculties by making a right use of which he can great progress in make departments of life, but not unoften he seeks to alter God's creation by making an evil use of them and as a result thereof "suffers a manifest loss". 587. Important Words: vain things is derived from) غرورا They say i. e. he deceived him; he beguiled him; he made him desire what was vain or false. (ghurūr) means, false or vain thing; vanity or what is false or vain; a deception; a thing by which one is deceived. (gharūr), (e. g. 31:34), with different what deceives one, the Devil; also the vowel point, means, very deceitful, or present world (Lane). Commentary: The promises made by Satan and the desires raised by him in the hearts of his votaries, as against the works decrees of God, and materialize. 588. Important Words: never (way of escape) is derived from