CONTENTS. CHAP. XLI. ENTITLED SURAT AL FUSSILAT (EXPLANATION). XLII. ENTITLED SURAT AL SHORÍ (CONSULTATION) LIV. ENTITLED SURAT AL QAMR (THE MOON) LV. ENTITLED SURAT AL RAHMAN (THE MERCIFUL) LX.-ENTITLED SURAT AL MUMTAHINA (SHE WHO LXI.—ENTITLED SURAT AL SAF (BATTLE-ARRAY). LXIV. ENTITLED SURAT AL TAGĦABÚN (MUTUAL LXV. ENTITLED SURAT AL TALÁQ (DIVORCE) LXVI. ENTITLED SURAT AL TAHRIM (PROHIBITION) LXVII. ENTITLED SURAT AL MULK (THE KINGDOM) LXVIII. ENTITLED SURAT AL QALAM (THE PEN) LXIX.-ENTITLED SURAT AL HÁQQAT (THE INFAL- LXXXVI. ENTITLED SURAT AL TARIQ (THE STAR LXXXVII.—ENTITLED SURAT AL ÁLÁ (THE MOST HIGH) LXXXVIII. ENTITLED SURAT AL GHASHIYA (THE OVER- LXXXIX. ENTITLED SURAT AL FAJR (THE Daybreak) XC.-ENTITLED SURAT AL BALAD (THE TERRI- XCI.-ENTITLED SURAT AL SHAMS (THE SUN) XCII. ENTITLED SURAT AL LAIL (THE NIGHT) XCIII. ENTITLED SURAT AL ZUHÁ (THE BRIGHTNESS) PAGE XCV. ENTITLED SURAT AL TÍN (THE FIG) XCVI. ENTITLED SURAT AL ALAQ (THE CONGEALED C. ENTITLED SURAT AL ADIYÁT (THE WAR- CI. ENTITLED SURAT AL QÁRIÁ (THE STRIKING) CV.-ENTITLED SURAT AL FÍL (THE ELEPHANT) CVI. ENTITLED SURAT AL QURAISH (THE QURAISH) CVIII.—ENTITLED Surat al Kauthar (AbundANCE) CIX. ENTITLED SURAT AL KÁFIRÚN (THE UNBE- CX.-ENTITLED SURAT AL NASR (ASSISTANCE) CXI. ENTITLED SURAT AL ABU LAHAB CXIII. ENTITLED SURAT AL FALAQ (THE DAYBREAK) CXIV. ENTITLED SURAT AL NÁS (MEN) THE QURAN. CHAPTER XLI. ENTITLED SURAT AL FUSSILAT (EXPLANATION). Revealed at Makkah. INTRODUCTION. In some manuscripts this chapter is entitled Worship or Adoration, "because," says Sale, "the infidels are herein commanded to forsake the worship of idols and to worship God; but the thirty-second chapter bearing the same title, that which we have here prefixed is, for distinction, generally used." According to Hishám, 186 (Coussin de Perc, i. 375 seq.), the design of Muhammad in enunciating the revelations of this chapter was the conversion of Utba bin Rábia to Islám. This story accords well enough with the teaching of the chapter, but there is nothing in it to bar the idea of a more general application. There is little in this chapter to distinguish it from other Makkan Suras, unless it be the vehemence with which Muhammad asserts his own prophetic claims and the inspired character of the Quran. The Qurán is declared to be the Word of God (vers. 1-3, 41, 42), which has been revealed in the Arabic language (vers. 2 and 44) in order that the Quraish might have no good excuse for rejecting it (ver. 44). The Quraish are, however, charged with having rejected it (vers. 3 and 4); but this was not to be regarded as affording any evidence of the falsity of its claims, but rather of the contrary, inasmuch as the writings of Moses had met with similar treatment (ver. 45). The unbelievers are therefore threatened with the fate of the VOL. IV. A |