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Chapter 38, Sad (Sad) · verses 1–3The Quran calls upon people to accept the realities that already exist in human nature.Chapter 38, Sad (Sad) · verses 4–8The Prophet Muhammad is a great name today, because subsequent history has glorified him.Chapter 38, Sad (Sad) · verses 9–16God’s blessing of guidance is not meted out in such a way that one who is favoured with worldly greatness is also granted God’s guidance.Chapter 38, Sad (Sad) · verses 17–20Islam attaches immense importance to patience, however an unpleasant situation can only be borne patiently by one who leads a God-oriented life.Chapter 38, Sad (Sad) · verses 21–22It is said that David had fixed each of the three days for different purposes—one day for holding court and deciding cases, a second day for spending with his family and a third day for remaining in solitude and praying to God.Chapter 38, Sad (Sad) · verses 23–25The two intruders presented their case before David.Chapter 38, Sad (Sad) · verse 26A ruler always has two options before him—to decide cases according to his own whims or in consonance with principles of justice.Chapter 38, Sad (Sad) · verses 27–29The system governing the functioning of our world is bound by wise and firm principles, when a random and unreliable system could very well have existed in its place.Chapter 38, Sad (Sad) · verses 30–33Solomon, the son of David was the ruler of a great empire.Chapter 38, Sad (Sad) · verses 34–40Every human being is liable to err.Chapter 38, Sad (Sad) · verses 41–44Job was one of the Israeli prophets who lived probably in the ninth century B.C.Chapter 38, Sad (Sad) · verses 45–48For which special assignment does God choose messengers from amongst human beings?Chapter 38, Sad (Sad) · verses 49–54Paradise will be for those servants of God who submit to Him while He is invisible.Chapter 38, Sad (Sad) · verses 55–64Hell would also be everlasting and will be an amalgam of all troubles and tortures which can be imagined in the present world.Chapter 38, Sad (Sad) · verses 65–70It is stated in the Quran that Satan had become man’s enemy from the very first day.Chapter 38, Sad (Sad) · verses 71–78God made man a creature of exalted stature and, as a token thereof, He ordered the angels and the jinn to prostrate themselves before him.Chapter 38, Sad (Sad) · verses 79–85In the present world of trial, Satan has been given every opportunity to misguide man.Chapter 38, Sad (Sad) · verses 86–88The chosen (mukhlas) subject of God is one who is free of mental perversion.