Surah al-`Ankabut (The Spider ) 29 : 51

Explanatory Note

Those people who demand physical miracles do not truly appreciate the great favour God has granted them with the Qur’ān. He bestowed this from on high so as to guide them. Their demands reflect an attitude of discontent with God’s great favour when, in fact, no amount of thanks and gratitude is adequate. Is it not enough for them that they actually live with this Qur’ān as it is revealed from on high. It tells them about what they feel within themselves, explains what takes place around them and makes them feel that God is watching over them, taking care of them, relating historical accounts that should educate them? What is man but a little creature, lost in God’s great universe? Indeed, mankind, the earth they live on and the sun around which it moves are no more than little particles in this great expanse. They are held in place only by God’s power. Yet He honours them, bestowing His revelations so that they are recited to them, and they are neither thankful nor satisfied.
 
“Indeed there is in it much grace and a reminder to people who will believe.” It is only believers who feel this grace. They appreciate His blessings as He invites them to come to Him when He is the Most High, the Supreme. Such people benefit by the Qur’ān, because it lives in their hearts, opens its treasures to them and enlightens their souls with true knowledge and supreme light.