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CH. 42 love as subsists ASH-SHŪRĀ PT. 25 يَقْتَرِفُ حَسَنَةً نَزِدْ لَهُ فِيْهَا حُسْنًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ between kindred. ' And whoso earns a good deed, We give him increase of good therein. Surely, Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Appreciating 3619 غَفُورٌ شَكُورُ أمْ يَقُولُونَ افْتَرَى عَلَى اللهِ كَذِبًا Do they say, “He has forged. 25 a lie against Allah?' If Allah had فَإِنْ يَّشَا اللهُ يَخْتِمُ عَلى قَلْبِكَ ، وَيَمْحُ so willed, He could seal thy heart. "But Allah is blotting out اللهُ الْبَاطِلَ وَيُحِقُّ الْحَقِّ بِكَلِمَتِهِ falsehood through thee and is establishing the truth by His words. Surely, He knows full well what is in the breasts. 3620 13:40. إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ 3619. Commentary: attaining nearness to God (the word nearness). This. . . قربة meaning قربي لا أسئلكم عليه أجرا إلا المودة في The expression is supposed to bear several interpretations. Some of these are as follows: (1) I ask of you no reward for calling you to the way of God except that, being related to you by ties of kinship, my solicitude for your spiritual well-being impels me to invite you to accept the message of truth. In this case is lit; (2) I ask of you no reward for the great work I am doing for your spiritual benefit except that you should learn to live and behave like blood relations; (3) I ask no reward or return for my solicitude and love for you except that in offering opposition to me you should at least have some regard for the ties of relationship that I have with you; and (4) I want no reward from you except that you should learn to develop a liking for 2834 last meaning agrees with 25:58 where the Holy Prophet is stated as saying to his people: "I ask of you naught in return for it except that he who will, may take a way to his Lord. " 3620. Commentary: The verse seems to administer a rebuke to disbelievers by saying to the Holy Prophet, "Do disbelievers have the hardihood to say that you are a liar and an impostor? Do they not look at your life and your work? Is the great work that you are doing the work of an impostor? Invention of lies against God is a deadly poison which causes moral death of the inventor and brings about his complete destruction. But your noble efforts in the cause of truth are producing excellent results. Moreover, the hearts of liars and