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PT. 25 ASH-SHŪRĀ CH. 42 شَرَعَ لَكُمْ مِّنَ الدِّينِ مَا وَضُى بِهِ نُوحًا He has prescribed for you. 14 the religion which He enjoined وَالَّذِى اَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ وَمَا وَصَّيْنَابِةٍ on Noah, and which We have now revealed to thee, and which اِبْرهِيمَ وَمُوسَى وَعِيسَى أَنْ أَقِيمُوا We enjoined on Abraham and الدِّينَ وَلَا تَتَفَرَّقُوْا فِيْهِ كَبُرَ عَلَى Jesus, saying Moses and 'Establish obedience to Allah in الْمُشْرِكِينَ مَا تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَيْهِ اللهُ the earth, and be not divided therein'. Hard upon the يَجْتَبِي إِلَيْهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي إِلَيْهِ idolaters is that to which thou مَنْ يُنيب callest them. Allah chooses for Himself whom He pleases, and turns to Him. 3611 guides to Himself him who وَمَا تَفَرَّقُوا إِلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَهُمُ And they did not become. 15 الْعِلْمُ بَغْيًا بَيْنَهُمْ وَلَوْلَا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ come to them, through jealousy divided but after knowledge had b among themselves. And had it مِنْ رَّبِّكَ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى لَّقُضِيَ not been for a word that had بَيْنَهُمْ وَإِنَّ الَّذِينَ أُورِثُوا الْكِتَبَ مِنْ already gone forth from thy Lord for an appointed term, the 45:18; 98:5. 10:20; 20:130; 41:46. relationship that exists between attributes though the two possess some very remote and incomplete resemblance. husband and wife. 3611. Commentary: The words, is nothing whatever like unto Him, are meant to remove a possible misunderstanding to which It is worthy of special note that the sentence, "God has made a pair of while for great Prophets such as everything", might have given rise, Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus the viz. that God also needs a consort to expression (He has prescribed) make a pair. The words signify that it has been used, for the Holy Prophet a is impossible to conceive of anything different expression, viz. (We like God. He is far above human have revealed) has been used which perception and comprehension. It is, shows that though other Prophets also therefore, foolish to try to find a received Divine revelation, yet the likeness between Divine and human | most Perfect and Complete revelation 2829