Blessed be Allah, the Best of creators | It is only those who have knowledge among His servants that fear Allah |
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30:22 Similarly, animals and cattle vary in their colors, even within one species, and a single animal may have patches of different colors | meaning, only those who have knowledge truly fear Him as He should be feared, because the more they know about the Almighty, All-Powerful, All-Knowing Who has the most perfect attributes and is described with the most beautiful Names, the more they will fear Him |
Verily, Allah is Almighty, Oft-Forgiving.
He obeys His commands and is certain that he will meet Him and be brought to account for his deeds | '' Al-Hasan Al-Basri said, "The knowledgeable person is the one who fears Ar-Rahman with regard to the Unseen, who likes that which Allah wants him to like, and who shuns that which angers Allah |
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And likewise, men and moving creatures and cattle are of various colors | means, the same is true of living creatures too, humans and animals, all creatures which walk on their feet, and cattle |
These are all different too, for among mankind there are Berbers, Ethiopians and some non-Arabs who are very black, and Slavs and Romans who are very white, and the Arabs who are in between, and the Indians | |
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