Calling Mankind to the Truth

Notes: 1. The Mutazilites deny that the Quran is eternal and the speech of God. For them, the Quran was created by God like other created creatures. They deny the uncreatedness of the Quran because for them only God is eternal and infinite. They want to defend the Divine unity when they deny the uncreatedness of the Quran. They hold that the Quran was revealed for human beings who are limited and finite. Whatever is created by God is limited and finite, so is the Quran, because it was created by God to be the book of guidance to all human beings. 2. An Arabic weight, Mithqāl is a unit of mass equal to 3.64 grams. 3. The Qamus explains the Sā (pl. suwā) as a certain vessel, a measure of capacity. Its invariable measure being, according to ancient authorities, four times the quantity of corn that fills the hands of a man of moderate size. 4. I’tikaf: A period of retreat in a mosque during the last ten days of the Fast of Ramadan; during which time the worshipper does not leave the place, except for emergencies. The time is spent in reciting the Quran, in prayer and in remembrance of God, contempleting in His blessing and wonders. 5. Mahr money or possessions paid by the groom, to the bride at the time of Islamic marriage as a mark of respect for the bride. A mahr is the obligation in Islamic Marriage law, without which marraige is not legal. 6. A litter used on an elephant or camel, in which the ladies travel. 7. A reservoir of water in the Heaven for the believers. 8. People of the Book. 9. The pre-Islamic times were known as the period of ignorance (jāhilīyah). 10. He meant that the ‘gift’ of earth was a token that the entire land of Iran would yield to the Muslims.