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PT. 17 AL-HAJJ CH. 22 أَلَمْ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي السَّمَاءِ Dost thou not know that. 71 وَالْأَرْضِ إِنَّ ذلِكَ فِي كِتَبِ إِنَّ ذلِكَ ?the heavens and the earth عَلَى اللهِ يَسِيرُ "Allah knows whatsoever is in Surely, it is all preserved in a Book, and that is easy for Allah. Allah that for which He has sent وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللهِ مَا لَمْ يُنَزِّلُ بِهِ And they worship beside. 72 سُلْطَنَّا وَ مَا لَيْسَ لَهُمْ بِهِ عِلْمٌ وَمَا down no authority, and that of لِلظَّلِمِينَ مِنْ نَّصِيرٍ which they have no knowledge. And for the wrongdoers there is no helper. 2500 وَإِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِمُ التُنَا بَيَّنَتٍ تَعْرِفُ فِي And when Our clear Signs. 73 are recited unto them, thou wilt وُجُوهِ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوا الْمُنْكَرَ يَكَادُونَ notice a denial on the faces of يَسْطُونَ بِالَّذِيْنَ يَتْلُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَيْتِنَا ط قُلْ آفَانَبِّئُكُمْ بِشَرٌ مِنْ ذَلِكُمُ النَّارُ ط وَعَدَهَا اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا something worse than that It is وَبِسَ الْمَصِيرُة those who disbelieve. They would well-nigh attack those who recite Our Signs to them. Say, dShall I tell you of the Fire! Allah has promised it to those who disbelieve. And a vile destination it is! '2501 & ª20:8; 27:66; 49:17. b7:72; 12:41; 53:24. 17:47; 23:67-68; 39:46. d5:61. 2500. Commentary: Three arguments have been given in this verse in support of belief in the Unity of God and against idolatry: (a) There is to be found no authority in any revealed book for idol worship; (b) human reason and conscience are against it and idolaters can give no sound argument based on personal experience and observation in support of it and (c) in the struggle during the ages between idolaters and | believers, the latter have invariably come off triumphant. Thus Divine revelation, human reason and the verdict of history are all against idolatry. This is a truth writ large on the history of all religions. 2501. Important Words: would attack) is formed from) يسطون he sprang. . . سطا به او عليه They say. سطا | their 2175 or rushed upon him and overpowered him; he made an assault or attack upon him. means, the horse