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Description <p><strong>Explanatory Note</strong></p> <p>Now the sūrah directs the Prophet to remain steady in following the divine faith which is consistent and based on the pure nature God has given to people. It is a single faith that cannot be pulled in different directions, like the unbelievers who were divided into groups and factions according to their desires. This directive to follow the true faith is given at the right time and the proper place, following the great round of signs drawn from the universe and the human soul. It thus addresses hearts that are ready to receive it, while those that have followed deviant beliefs find all their arguments devoid of substance. They stand alone without support. This is the powerful authority that is the Qur’ān and which no heart or mind can resist.</p> <p><strong>“Set your face steadily towards the true faith, turning away from all that is false,” </strong>and move straight towards it, for it protects you from the influence of divergent desires that have no right basis and which rely on no true knowledge. They are subject only to whim and passion, lacking control or evidence. When you set your face steadily towards true faith, you turn away from everything else. This is <strong>“in accordance with the natural disposition which God has installed into man.”</strong> Thus the sūrah links human nature with the nature of this faith. Both are made by God, in accordance with the law of existence; both are mutually harmonious in their natures and objectives. It is God who has created man and revealed this religion so that it can regulate human life and conduct its affairs, healing man of ills and deviation. God certainly knows best what He has created. Human nature is set on a firm basis, and so is divine religion. <strong>“Nothing can change God’s creation.”</strong> When people deviate from the proper path of nature, only divine religion turns them back to it, since it is in full harmony with both human and universal nature. <strong>“Such is the ever-true faith; but most people do not know it.”</strong> Because they do not know, they follow their desires and deviate from the true path that leads to true happiness.</p>

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