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The meaning of
THE HOLY QURAN
INTRODUCTION TO SURAH 25 AL FURQAN
RITES AND SYMBOLS FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH (continued)

C. 163.(25:45-77.)
But the Signs of Allah are everywhere

In creation. The Sun and the Shadow,
The Day and the Night, the Wind and the Rain All things in nature are symbols, and point
To the Law Divine, and the destiny, good
Or ill, of man. Will he not learn
And put his trust in Him, the Merciful?
His true servants ever adore Him
In humility and fear of wrong, in faith
And just moderation in life, in respect
For duties owed to Allah and men
And self, in avoidance of all that is false
Or futile, in strict and grateful attention
To Allahs Message, and in the wish
To put themselves and their families
In the van of those who love and honour Allah.
Text from the Quran

Al Furqan (The Criterion)
In the name of Allah,
Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
SECTION 5
45.Hast thou not turned
Thy vision to thy Lord?
How He doth prolong
The Shadow! If He willed,
He could make it stationary!
Then do We make
The sun its guide;
46.Then We draw it in
Towards Ourselves
A contraction by easy stages.
47.And He it is Who makes
The Night as a Robe
For you, and Sleep as Repose,
And makes the Day
(As it were) a Resurrection.

48. And He it is Who sends
The Winds as heralds
Of glad tidings, going before
His Mercy, and We send down
Pure water from the sky
49. That with it, We may give
Life to a dead land,
And slake the thirst
Of things We have created
Cattle and men in great numbers.
50. And We have distributed
The (water) amongst them, in order
That they may celebrate
(Our) praises, but most men
Are averse (to aught) but
(Rank) ingratitude.
* The Message of Islam, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Kitab Bhavan, New Delhi, 1939.
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51. Had it been Our Will,

We could have sent
A warner to every centre
Of population.
52. Therefore listen not
To the Unbelievers, but strive
Against them with the utmost
Strenuousness, with the (Quran).
53. It is He Who has
Let free the two bodies
Of flowing water:
One palpable and sweet,
And the other salt and bitter;
Yet has He
Made a barrier between them,
A partition that is forbidden
To be passed.
54. It is He Who has
Created man from water:
Then has He established
Relationships of lineage
And marriage: for thy Lord
Has power (over all things).
55. Yet do they worship,
Besides Allah, things that can
Neither profit them nor
Harm them: and the Misbeliever
Is a helper (of Evil),
Against his own Lord!
56. But thee We only sent
To give glad tidings
And admonition.
57. Say: No reward do I
Ask of you for it but this:
That each one who will
May take a (straight) Path

To his Lord.
58.And put thy trust
In Him Who lives
And dies not; and celebrate
His praise; and enough is He
To be acquainted with
The faults of His servants
59.He Who created the heavens
And the earth and all
That is between, in six days,
And is firmly established
On the Throne (of authority):
Allah, Most Gracious:
Ask thou, then, about Him
Of any acquainted (with such things.)
60.When it is said to them,
Adore ye (Allah) Most Gracious!,
They say, And what is (Allah)
Most Gracious? Shall we adore
That which thou commandest us?
And it increases their flight
(From the Truth).
SECTION 6
61.Blessed is He Who made
Constellations in the skies,
And placed therein a Lamp
And a Moon giving light;
62.And it is He Who made
The Night and the Day
To follow each other:
For such as have the will
To celebrate His praises
Or to show their gratitude.
63.And the servants of (Allah)
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Most Gracious are those

Who walk on the earth
In humility, and when the ignorant
Address them, they say,
Peace!;
64. Those who spend the night
In adoration of their Lord
Prostrate and standing;
65. Those who say: Our Lord!
Avert from us the Wrath
Of Hell, for its Wrath
Is indeed an affliction grievous
66. Evil indeed is it
As an abode, and as
A place to rest in;
67. Those who, when they spend,
Are not extravagant and not
Niggardly, but hold a just (balance)
Between those (extremes);
68. Those who invoke not,
With Allah, any other god,
Nor slay such life as Allah
Has made sacred, except
For just cause, nor commit
Fornication and any that does
This (not only) meets punishment
69. (But) the Penalty on the Day
Of Judgment will be doubled
To him, and he will dwell
Therein in ignominy
70. Unless he repents, believes
And works righteous deeds,
For Allah will change
The evil of such persons
Into good, and Allah is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful,

71.And whoever repents and does good
Has truly turned to Allah
With an (acceptable) conversion
72.Those who witness no falsehood
And, if they pass by futility,
They pass by it
With honourable (avoidance);
73.Those who, when they are
Admonished with the Signs
Of their Lord, droop not down
At them as if they were
Deaf or blind;
74.And those who pray,
Our Lord! Grant unto us
Wives and offspring who will be
The comfort of our eyes,
And gives us (the grace)
To lead the righteous.
75.Those are the ones who
Will be rewarded with
The highest place in heaven,
Because of their patient constancy:
Therein shall they be met
With salutations and peace,
76.Dwelling therein how beautiful
An abode and place of rest!
77.Say (to the Rejecters):
My Lord is not uneasy
Because of you if ye call not on Him:
But ye have indeed rejected
(Him), and soon will come
The inevitable (punishment)!
Al Furqan:45-77
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The meaning of

THE HOLY QURAN

INTRODUCTION TO SURAH 25 AL FURQAN

RITES AND SYMBOLS FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH (continued)

But the Signs of Allah are everywhere

Text from the Quran

(As it were) a Resurrection.

51. Had it been Our Will,

May take a (straight) Path

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Most Gracious are those

Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful,

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