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Chapter 37, The Ranks (Al-Saffat) · verses 1–5One of the secrets revealed through the Prophet is the existence of angels.Chapter 37, The Ranks (Al-Saffat) · verses 6–10‘The lowest heaven’ (as-sama’ ad-dunya) perhaps refers to that part of space which is nearer to man and which can be seen with the naked eye.Chapter 37, The Ranks (Al-Saffat) · verses 11–18The universe as we observe from the earth is so complicated and so extensive that the re-creation of human beings in the next world appears to be a work of comparatively smaller magnitude.Chapter 37, The Ranks (Al-Saffat) · verses 19–26In the present world, tidings of the future life or life in the Hereafter, are regularly communicated.Chapter 37, The Ranks (Al-Saffat) · verses 27–33This is a dialogue between leader and his community.Chapter 37, The Ranks (Al-Saffat) · verses 34–39When they were told that there was nobody worth worshipping except God, they behaved haughtily.Chapter 37, The Ranks (Al-Saffat) · verses 40–49The present world is a world of trial.Chapter 37, The Ranks (Al-Saffat) · verses 50–60Paradise will be a world of aesthetic and noble activity.Chapter 37, The Ranks (Al-Saffat) · verses 61–74Paradise will be a world of aesthetic and noble activity.Chapter 37, The Ranks (Al-Saffat) · verses 75–82When Noah’s own people turned against him, he called upon God to help him in his struggle with them.Chapter 37, The Ranks (Al-Saffat) · verses 83–87Abraham (Ibrahim) was of the same religion as Noah.Chapter 37, The Ranks (Al-Saffat) · verses 88–101The people of Abraham’s community were perhaps going out of town to participate in some festival.Chapter 37, The Ranks (Al-Saffat) · verses 102–113In the days of Abraham, polytheism was so dominant that its continuity in history had been long established.Chapter 37, The Ranks (Al-Saffat) · verses 114–122God helped the Prophet Moses and his community and relieved them from the oppression of Pharaoh.Chapter 37, The Ranks (Al-Saffat) · verses 123–132Elijah (Elias or Ilyas) was probably a descendant of Aaron (Harun).Chapter 37, The Ranks (Al-Saffat) · verses 133–138Lot was Abraham’s nephew.Chapter 37, The Ranks (Al-Saffat) · verses 139–148Jonah (Yunus) lived in the eighth century B.C. and was sent as a prophet to the ancient city of Nineveh in Iraq.Chapter 37, The Ranks (Al-Saffat) · verses 149–157Satanic inducements, together with erroneous interpretations and interpolations made by human beings distorted the facts.Chapter 37, The Ranks (Al-Saffat) · verses 158–166A belief has it, that the ‘jinn’ are both the opponents and equals of God.Chapter 37, The Ranks (Al-Saffat) · verses 167–175In ancient times, when the Arabs heard that the Jews and other peoples had rejected their prophets, they used to proudly say, ‘These people are unfortunate.Chapter 37, The Ranks (Al-Saffat) · verses 176–182The prophets used to warn their community about the consequences of denying God’s Message.