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Chapter 42, Mutual Consultation (Al-Shura) · verses 1–6If man were to be blessed with boundless vision, he would see with his own eyes that there is one God alone who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth in their entirety.Chapter 42, Mutual Consultation (Al-Shura) · verse 7The real aim of the prophets’ call was to make the people conscious of the fact that they were going to be presented before God, after which, in accordance with their deeds, the decision in respect of some would be eternal Paradise, while in respect of others, it would be eternal Hell.Chapter 42, Mutual Consultation (Al-Shura) · verses 8–10God Almighty has provided man with extraordinary access to His Grace, such as has not been provided for any other living creature: that is the grant of discretionary power to man to adopt His guidance voluntarily, and as a consequence thereof to become entitled to exceptional rewards from Him.Chapter 42, Mutual Consultation (Al-Shura) · verses 11–12The phenomena of the heavens and the earth before us are so gigantic that it is absolutely unimaginable that they were brought into existence by any of those false gods whom the people revere and respect instead of God Almighty.Chapter 42, Mutual Consultation (Al-Shura) · verse 13The prophets came into this world with the same religion and that is the religion of the oneness of God.Chapter 42, Mutual Consultation (Al-Shura) · verse 14To differ after being given knowledge means that, even after receiving the call for Truth, man ignores it or opposes it.Chapter 42, Mutual Consultation (Al-Shura) · verses 15–16Here the ‘Book’ means the original religion which was revealed through the prophets and ‘desire’ (ahwa’) refers to the fabrications which human beings on their own added to the original religion of Truth.Chapter 42, Mutual Consultation (Al-Shura) · verses 17–18Just as a balance is meant for weighing material things, so in order to weigh intangible, ethereal realities God has revealed His book.Chapter 42, Mutual Consultation (Al-Shura) · verses 19–20The life of this world is for the purpose of putting man to the test.Chapter 42, Mutual Consultation (Al-Shura) · verses 21–23If a man insists that something is true, in spite of the fact that it is not so proved by the book of God, it means that he is holding others equal to God.Chapter 42, Mutual Consultation (Al-Shura) · verses 24–26According to the law governing this world, Truth appears here in the form of Truth and falsehood in the form of falsehood.Chapter 42, Mutual Consultation (Al-Shura) · verses 27–29Human life on earth depends on water, but the supply of water is completely in God’s hands.Chapter 42, Mutual Consultation (Al-Shura) · verses 30–31The present world has been created and made subject to the law of cause and effect.Chapter 42, Mutual Consultation (Al-Shura) · verses 32–35Man sails his ships on the seas and flies his aircraft in the sky.Chapter 42, Mutual Consultation (Al-Shura) · verse 36Only that person who reposes faith in God can be desirous of the Hereafter.Chapter 42, Mutual Consultation (Al-Shura) · verses 37–43When a man attains Faith in the real sense, this brings about a revolution in him and a new personality emerges.Chapter 42, Mutual Consultation (Al-Shura) · verses 44–46In this world, guidance is revealed through logic, this being the law of God for this world.Chapter 42, Mutual Consultation (Al-Shura) · verses 47–48The real test of man in the present world is his ability, irrespective of the circumstances, to give a proper and correct reaction.Chapter 42, Mutual Consultation (Al-Shura) · verses 49–50Religion is based on the concept that every kind of power in the universe resides in the one and only God.Chapter 42, Mutual Consultation (Al-Shura) · verses 51–53In the present world, no human being can directly talk to God.