First Favour, Second Favour

First Favour, Second Favour Some statements are axiomatic, that is, they are self-evident truths. They need no further explanation or reasoning to uphold them. For example, there is a mathematical principle that if two lines are parallel they can never meet. This needs no proof. While parallel lines are examples of entities in the material world which are measureable and can be reasoned about, there are immeasurable, intangible things in the spiritual world which are palpably true and need no further explanation. The attributes and powers of God as are given above in the Ayat al-Kursi are just such examples. The statement made in this verse needs no additions of details. To subject them to any such interpretation would be to lessen their strength and diminish their glory. First Favour, Second Favour A ddressing the Prophet Moses, God says: “Indeed, We showed Our favour to you before also.” (The Quran, 20:37) The background of this verse is that the Prophet Moses was born into an Israelite family in ancient Egypt. Pharaoh, the king in those days, wanted to exterminate the Israelites and, to this end, had ordered the killing of any male child born into an Israelite home. Moses would have met the same fate, if God had not saved him by divine intervention.