Page 34 - The Basic Concepts in the Qur’an

pleasures. He puts his mind to his minor benefits and selfish desires. His mind has surely a poor
grasp of Allah. That is why Allah calls on “men of understanding” to believe in Him:

(Moses ) said :Lord of the east and the west, and all between ! If you only had sense!

(Ash-Shura, 28)
It is interesting how the unbelievers are addressed to in the Quran; Allah and His
messengers call them to wisdom in the first step.“Nor did We send before you (as messengers)
any but men, whom we inspired - men living in human habitations. Did they not travel through
the land, and see what was the end of those who disbelieved before them? But the home of the
hereafter is best, for those who do right. Will you not then understand? (Joseph, 109)
People of the Book! Why do you dispute about Abraham, when the Law and the
Gospel were not revealed till after him? Have you no understanding? (Al-Imran, 65)
We have revealed for you (O men!) a book in which is a Message for you: will you
not then understand?
(Al-Anbiya, 10)

Say:
“Come, I will tell you what Allah has really prohibited you from doing: There are no
other gods besides Him; be good to your parents; do not kill your children on the plea
of destitution;- We provide sustenance for you and for them;- do not commit shameful
deeds, whether openly or in secret; do not take life, which Allah has made sacred,
except by way of justice and law: thus He commands you, so that you may learn
wisdom.”
(Al-Anaam, 151)

After them came an evil generation: They inherited the Book, but they chose for
themselves the vanities of this world, saying for excuse: “(Everything) will be forgiven
us.” Even so, if similar vanities came their way, they would again indulge in them.
Was not the covenant of the Book taken from them, that they would not ascribe to
Allah anything but the truth? And they have studied what is in the Book. But best for
the righteous is the home in the Hereafter. Will you not understand?
(Al-Araf, 169)

Say:

“If Allah had so willed, I should not have recited it (i.e. the Qur’an) to you, nor would
He have made it known to you. A whole life-time before this have I tarried amongst
you before it was revealed: will you not then understand?”
(Jonah, 16)

What is the life of this world but play and amusement? But best is the home in the
Hereafter, for those who are righteous. Will you not then understand?
(Al-Anaam, 32)

The only people who can grasp and understand the evidence of the creation of Allah and
the existence of Allah are men of understanding:

And in the earth are neighbouring tracts (diverse though) and gardens of vines and
fields sown with corn, and palm trees - growing out of single roots or otherwise:
watered with the same water, yet some of them We make more excellent than others
to eat. Behold, truly, in these things there are signs for those who understand!
(Al-Rad, 4)

Say: