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Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 1–2A prophet’s call is always based on sound and strong reasoning.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 3–4Studies indicate that the appearance of the many different kinds of natural phenomena in the universe did not occur at one time, but gradually over a period.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 5–6The sun is at the most appropriate distance from our earth.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 7–10God has revealed the realities of the Hereafter by means of symbols.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 11–12It is the law of God that when an individual performs a praiseworthy deed, it is immediately included in the record of his deeds.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 13–14The prophets addressed their communities with clear arguments, (baiyinat), but they did not accept them.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 15–17‘Then We made you their successors (khala’if, sing. khalifah) in the land.’Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 18–19The events that occur in this world of ours seem, outwardly, to be the result of certain material causes, but the reality is that God’s control and management have been the underlying factors in all these events.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 20–21When the people of Makkah persisted in their rejections of the Truth, God caused them to be plagued by a famine which went on for seven years.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 22–23Man is an extremely sensitive being.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verse 24The life of this world is for the purpose of putting man to the test.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 25–27Man is deceived by the apparent conditions of the world.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 28–30All of the observances of shirk (attributing partners to God) are based on false hopes.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 31–33Man needs sustenance.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 34–36Except for God, no being who has been given the status of godhead, either from among human beings or non-human beings, has the power to bring anything into existence.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 37–39The Quran is its own proof.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 40–44One who does not embrace the Faith is, in the eyes of God, mufsid (a disturber of the peace) because it is only by disturbing his nature that it is possible for anyone to prevent himself from accepting the truth.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 45–47Certain rejectors of Truth are clearly such right from the beginning.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 48–52Man finds himself free in this world.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 53–56The Prophet Muhammad told the Arab people that if they did not reform themselves, they would be set upon by the punishment of the Hereafter.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 57–60Man is a psychological being.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 61–65All of God’s gifts to man—whether agricultural produce or other things which are useful to man—are divine provision (rizq).Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 66–67Who has created heaven and earth; and who is sustaining them?—These questions have been the central point of the human quest in every age.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 68–70Imagining the sons and daughters of God is like imagining God on the lines of a human being.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 71–73Noah (Nuh) was a Prophet of the most ancient period.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verse 74In this verse ‘transgressors’ refers to those who, once having rejected the Truth, stick to that position, make it a prestige issue and then go on continuously ignoring the Truth so that their religious knowledge and their being on the right path do not become doubtful in others’ eyes.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 75–78Because of their arrogance, Pharaoh and the chiefs of his people did not accept the word of Moses and Aaron.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 79–82When Pharaoh called upon expert magicians to perform, it was not because he thought that he would actually subdue Moses with their help.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 83–86Acceptance of thinking which breaks fresh ground is always at the cost of the individual having to face numerous unforeseen problems in his society.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verse 87The word ‘qiblah’ in Arabic means a place to be turned towards or a centre of attention.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 88–89Those who are anxious about the Hereafter are generally slow to accumulate worldly things as compared to those who, completely neglecting the Hereafter, rush towards worldly benefits.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 90–92The mission of Moses in Egypt was two-sided—firstly to call upon Pharaoh and his people to accept the oneness of God and the Hereafter and, secondly, to lead the Israelites out of Egypt into the open atmosphere of the desert and to train them there.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verse 93The Israelites were the bearers of God’s religion in ancient times.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 94–95Prophets have always come to the world with the divine Truth without any kind of human addition, but obedience to such a call has always been the most difficult task for man.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 96–98When the Truth appears before a man, his mind testifies to its correctness.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 99–100‘Had your Lord pleased, all the people on earth would have believed in Him,’ means that it was possible for God to have made the system of the world of human beings one in which everything is completely regulated by the commands of God.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 101–103In the universe surrounding us, there are innumerable signs which prove God’s existence.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 104–107The preacher first of all gives his sermon in the language of reason.Chapter 10, Jonah (Yunus) · verses 108–109The real task of the call of Truth—conveying the message of God to a specific group—is fulfilled when the preacher proves that he is quite serious about his goals and finally makes the Truth known, with the help of sound reasoning.