The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 535
PT. 8 AL-A'RĀF CH. 7 قُلْ أَمَرَ رَبِّي بِالْقِسْطِ وَأَقِيمُوا Say, “My Lord has enjoined. 30 justice. And fix your attention وُجُوهَكُمْ عِنْدَ كُلِّ مَسْجِدٍ وَادْعُوهُ aright at every time and place of worship, and call upon Him, making yourselves sincere towards Him in religion. As He brought you into being, so shall you return. '931 مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ كَمَا بَدَاكُمْ تَعُودُونَ فَرِيقًا هَدَى وَفَرِيقًا حَقَ عَلَيْهِمُ الضَّللَهُ Some has He guided, and. 31 as for others error has become اِنَّهُمُ اتَّخَذُوا الشَّيطِيْنَ أَوْلِيَاء مِنْ دُونِ their desert. They have taken اللهِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ مُهْتَدُونَ ) evil ones for friends to the exclusion of Allah, and they think that they are rightly guided. a4:59; 16:91; 57:26. '16:37; 22:19. foul deeds, says the verse. As for Satan, the people do not understand the object of his creation. Satan is only a trial for men. He serves the purpose of a hurdle in a hurdle race. The hurdles are placed there not to block our progress but to make us vigilant and to cause us to increase our efforts. The careless and negligent person who stumbles over a hurdle and thus loses the race should blame himself and not the person who puts it in his way in order to try and prove his mettle. 931. Important Words: (time and place of worship) is derived from i. e. he prostrated himself; or he bent himself down towards the ground and put his forehead on it; he lowered his head and bent himself; he was lowly, humble or submissive. means, a place in which one performs the act of i. e. the act of prostrating before God; a place in which one performs acts of worship or devotion; a place in which a person says his Prayers; a house of Prayer; a mosque or a Muslim temple (Lane). Being aw the word may also mean, time of worship. 975 Commentary: We are told in this verse that when the time of Prayer approaches and we are about to go to a mosque, we should fix our attention aright, setting our face to God and taking our minds away from the cares and thoughts of the world. The ablution performed before every Prayer also serves the useful purpose of turning our thoughts towards God and putting us in the right state for Prayers. The words, As He brought you into