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Chapter 43, Ornaments of Gold (Al-Zukhruf) · verses 1–4The Original Book, or the Mother of Book (ummul kitab), refers to the preserved tablet (lawh mahfuz), which is with God.Chapter 43, Ornaments of Gold (Al-Zukhruf) · verses 5–8Today there are countless people in the world who speak of previous prophets with reverence.Chapter 43, Ornaments of Gold (Al-Zukhruf) · verses 9–14In every period, the majority of people have admitted, that the Creator and Lord of the Universe is God, and that it is He who has provided them with the wherewithal for the sustenance of life.Chapter 43, Ornaments of Gold (Al-Zukhruf) · verses 15–19One way of ascribing partners to God is to assume that He can have offspring, for example, holding angels to be the daughters of God, or Christ to be the son of God, or subscribing to the theory of the unity of existence (wahdat al-wujud) or monism which interprets all things of the universe to be part and parcel of God.Chapter 43, Ornaments of Gold (Al-Zukhruf) · verses 20–25A man may do whatever he wants in this world, because he has ample opportunities to do so.Chapter 43, Ornaments of Gold (Al-Zukhruf) · verses 26–30Abraham’s proclamation of the Unity of God as mentioned here was made by him during the last days of his mission.Chapter 43, Ornaments of Gold (Al-Zukhruf) · verses 31–35When the Prophet Muhammad appeared in Makkah, he seemed to the people to be an ordinary man.Chapter 43, Ornaments of Gold (Al-Zukhruf) · verses 36–39Man’s turning away from good advice means his rejection of reality.Chapter 43, Ornaments of Gold (Al-Zukhruf) · verses 40–45Let a man close his eyes and he will see nothing.Chapter 43, Ornaments of Gold (Al-Zukhruf) · verses 46–50Moses presented the message of the unity of God to Pharaoh and showed him the miracles of the rod and the shining palm of his hand.Chapter 43, Ornaments of Gold (Al-Zukhruf) · verses 51–56The rejecters of Truth have always done so after looking at the ordinary position of the preacher of Truth.Chapter 43, Ornaments of Gold (Al-Zukhruf) · verses 57–62In this world it is possible for a man to derive a perverse meaning from every statement.Chapter 43, Ornaments of Gold (Al-Zukhruf) · verses 63–65Here ‘wisdom’ means the spirit of religion and ‘straight path’ means the upholding of the virtues that are mentioned in the verse, namely, fear and worship of God, prayer to Him and obedience to the Prophet.Chapter 43, Ornaments of Gold (Al-Zukhruf) · verses 66–73Man is not free.Chapter 43, Ornaments of Gold (Al-Zukhruf) · verses 74–80Hope always alleviates feelings of distress.Chapter 43, Ornaments of Gold (Al-Zukhruf) · verses 81–83This statement indicates that the belief declared by the Prophet was considered by him to be the absolute Truth.Chapter 43, Ornaments of Gold (Al-Zukhruf) · verses 84–85Heaven and earth are continuously at work in perfect harmony.Chapter 43, Ornaments of Gold (Al-Zukhruf) · verses 86–89In the Hereafter, on the Day of Judgement, human beings will stand in the divine court to be judged.