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Chapter 45, Kneeling (Al-Jathiyah) · verses 1–6To say that the Quran is a revelation from the All-Powerful and Wise God amounts to giving on His behalf a definite standard on the basis of which its veracity can be demonstrated.Chapter 45, Kneeling (Al-Jathiyah) · verses 7–11Very often, an admission of the Truth is synonymous with the surrendering of a high position.Chapter 45, Kneeling (Al-Jathiyah) · verses 12–13God has made water subject to such natural laws that large ships may sail back and forth across deep oceans and safely reach their destinations.Chapter 45, Kneeling (Al-Jathiyah) · verses 14–15Those who do not firmly believe that the Day of Judgement is going to dawn on them, venture to oppress others.Chapter 45, Kneeling (Al-Jathiyah) · verses 16–20According to verse 16, God exalted the Children of Israel over the peoples of the world.Chapter 45, Kneeling (Al-Jathiyah) · verses 21–22One who thinks that it is all the same whether a man leads a virtuous life or a life of evil—since either way he ultimately has to die and perish—is nurturing an extremely erroneous idea.Chapter 45, Kneeling (Al-Jathiyah) · verse 23To make desire one’s deity means giving it the supreme position in one’s life.Chapter 45, Kneeling (Al-Jathiyah) · verses 24–26‘Nothing but time destroys us.’Chapter 45, Kneeling (Al-Jathiyah) · verses 27–29Those who, in this world, rise with the Message of God, do so, in fact, on the basis of Truth; and those who stand up on any other basis, do so, in fact, on the basis of falsehood.Chapter 45, Kneeling (Al-Jathiyah) · verses 30–32Here arrogance does not imply contempt for God, it is directed rather against the messenger of God.Chapter 45, Kneeling (Al-Jathiyah) · verses 33–35In the present world when a man commits evil, its bad results do not at once appear before him.Chapter 45, Kneeling (Al-Jathiyah) · verses 36–37The universe is of infinite immensity.