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PT. 19 ASH-SHU'ARĀ' 79. Who has created me, and it is He Who guides me; 2752 80. And Who gives me food and gives me drink; 81. And when I am ill, it is He Who restores me to health; 2753 82. And Who will cause me to die, and then bring me to life again;2754 83. And Who, I hope, will forgive me my faults on the Day of Judgment. 2754A 2752. Commentary: As against the powerlessness of the idols, Abraham, from this verse, begins to recount the great powers and attributes of God. 2753. Commentary: In this verse Abraham attributes all malady and ailment to himself and all remedy and cure to God. The verse is quite in keeping with another verse of the Quran (4:80) wherein it is stated that whatever good comes to a man is from God and whatever misfortune befalls him is from his own self. In fact, every misfortune that befalls a man is the result of the contravention by him of a particular law of nature, so he himself is responsible for it. On the other hand, God being the Fountainhead of all grace, all good should be regarded as emanating from Him. 2754. Commentary: CH. 26 الَّذِي خَلَقَنِيْ فَهُوَ يَهْدِينِ وَالَّذِي هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِي وَيَسْقِينِ وَإِذَا مَرِضْتُ فَهُوَ يَشْفِينِ وَالَّذِي يُمِيْتُنى ثُمَّ يُحْيِينِ وَالَّذِي أَطْمَعُ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لِي خَطِيئَتِي يَوْمَ الدِّينِ according to him death was not, and really is not, an evil thing to be dreaded or shunned. In fact, death is life and like life it is a great Divine the natural and necessary end of all an boon. Without death there would have been all chaos in the world and life would have become unbearable burden. For the righteous, death is the entrance through which they pass into the presence of their beloved Creator and Master. The sinners also, after having been purged of all spiritual dross in the purgatory called Hell, will march on the road to eternal life. 2754A. Important Words: For difference between 3) (sin) and (fault) see 4:113. Whereas aubs can be both intentional or unintentional, is intentional and has a wider scope than abs which applies to human weaknesses, frailties, faults and failings. i. e he دان is derived from دین While Abraham ascribes disease and ailment to himself, he attributes death to God which shows that, 2357 obeyed; he was or became submissive