Page 191 - Tafsir of surat at tawba repentance

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“Who are neither extravagant nor stingy when they spend; but
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between that is a just stand.”
And in the case of salaah, Allaah advises:

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“Do not be loud voiced nor extremely soft in your salaah, but seek a
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path between them.”

Another example of beautiful expression may be found in the concept that
hearing is not like seeing. In the West, a more extreme version of this concept is
often quoted as, “Seeing is believing.” However, life is too full of instances where
we believe in things without seeing them (magnetism, the mind, wind, etc.) for
that saying to be accurate. The Islaamic precept is that seeing a thing produces a
stronger belief than merely hearing about it. Hence, when Prophet Ibraaheem
requested that Allaah show him how He brings life to the dead, Allaah said,

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“Do you not believe?” He replied, “Of course (I believe), but (seeing)
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would put my heart at rest.”

3. The Mathal Mursal (Formless)

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Soorah al-Furqaan (25):67.
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Soorah al-Israa’ (17):110.
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Soorah al-Baqarah (2):260.

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