Editing Screen: Surah al-Hajj 22 : 66

Editing: al-Hajj

Description <p><strong>Explanatory Note</strong></p> <p>The sūrah completes its reference to aspects of God’s power and the perfection of natural laws by speaking of the human soul. It talks of human existence, life and death. The first life is a miracle renewed with every child born at every moment of the night and day. Its secret continues to fill man’s mind with wonder and to leave a vast area for us to contemplate. Death is also a secret that man cannot fathom. It occurs within a brief moment, yet the gulf between the nature of life and that of death is vast indeed, leaving a similarly vast area for contemplation. Life after death is something that lies beyond our faculties of perception, but our present life provides ample evidence for it. This is a further area for contemplation.</p> <p>Yet man seldom reflects or contemplates, because man is<strong> "bereft of all gratitude."</strong> The sūrah shows all these aspects and draws our attention to them within the context of assuring victims of oppression that they will have God’s support as they try to repel such hostility. Such is the Qur’ānic method in using universal scenes to arouse human feelings, and in linking the laws of justice to the laws governing universal existence.</p>

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