Im sharing sum ayahs from Surah bani Israel....da commentary on ayahs is By abdullah yusuf ali.
Surah Bani Israel.
Ayah 9: **"Verily this Qur'an doth guide to that which is most right (or stable), and giveth the Glad Tidings to the Believers who work deeds of righteousness, that they shall have a magnificent reward;"
Ayah 10:**** "And to those who believe not in the Hereafter, (it announceth) that We have prepared for them a Penalty Grievous (indeed)."
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Ayah 11: "Man prays for evil as fervently as he prays for good; for man is given to hasty (deeds)."
Man in his ignorance or haste mistakes evil for good, and desires what he should not have. The wise and instructed soul has patience and does not put its own desires above the wisdom of Allah. He receives with contentment the favours of Allah, and prays to be rightly guided in his desires and petitions.
Ayah 12: "We have made the Night and the Day as two (of Our) Signs: the Sign of the Night have We made dark, while the Sign of the Day We have made bright; that ye may seek bounty from your Lord, and that ye may know the number and count of the years: all things have We explained in detail."
If we were to cry when it is night, we shall look foolish when it is day; for the night is but a preparation for the day: perhaps, as the last verse says, we pray for the day when we want rest for the night. Both are Signs from Allah. Darkness and light stand for ignorance and knowledge. "Where ignorance is bliss, its folly to be wise." Darkness and light may also stand for shadow and sunshine, sorrow and joy: both may be for our development.
* By the physical light we see physical facts. And this physical gift of Allah is good for us in two ways: (1) we can arrange for our livelihood, or we can attain the knowledge of the physical sciences and gain some control over the physical forces of nature; and (2) the daily rising and setting of the sun gives us the computation of days and years, for the physical natural year is the solar year.
Ayah 13:*"Every man's fate We have fastened on his own neck: On the Day of Judgment We shall bring out for him a scroll, which he will see spread open."
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Our real fate does not depend upon birds or omens or stars. It depends on our deeds; good or evil. Our true accusers are our own deeds.
Ayah 21: *"See how we have bestowed more on some than on others ; but verily the hereafter is more in rank and gradation and more in excellence."
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The spiritual ones rank far higher in dignity and real worth than the transitory ones. Therefore it is altogether wrong to compare the worldly prosperity of a wicked man with the apparent want of it to a man of spiritual worth. There is no comparison between them when measured by right standards.
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