This is of utmost importance because only God can guide His servants to find the Right

Path that guarantees God's pleasure, mercy and good will and this refers to the code of

conduct contained in the Quran and Sunnah. By acting upon this code of divine guidance,

humans can hope to be successful in this world and the Hereafter where God alone will

be Supreme Judiciary or "Master of the Day of Judgment".

The two passages, 2:21-22 and 96:1-5 discuss God's special bounties for humankind.

96:1-5 refers to the uniqueness of humans against other creatures in terms of human

ability to read and write and acquire both worldly and divine knowledge. This is summarised

in the verses,

"Who created man from a clot of congealed blood......and taught man that which he did not

know".

This implies physical, intellectual and spiritual evolution of humankind. The command,

"Read in the name of your Lord" invites human attention to the important fact of remem-

bering and worshipping the Creator Lord without whose blessing humans can't acquire

anything on their own. Similarly, the passage 2:21-22 outlines God's special favour for the

survival and growth of humans in physical and spiritual spheres by using the expression,

"Who has made the earth your couch, and the heavens your canopy".

Here "earth” refers to the arrangements for man's physical growth, and "heavens” implies

spiritual development. Since it is God who made these arrangements for humans, the

Quran commands them to remember this, and so it says,

"O people! Adore your Guardian Lord”.

God, thus, expects from humans that they should acknowledge His power and endowments

by never committing shirk or polytheism.

God is aware of the vulnerability of humans before Satan and evils. The last 2 Surahs,

113 and 114, point to this human weakness and teach them to rely on God only. Surah 114

repeats God's attributes as "The Lord of mankind, King of mankind, God of mankind" in

order to strengthen humans' relation with God against all evils. The passage also warns

humans of the modus operandi' of Satan who "whispers and withdraws". This means humans

need to be always alert against their real enemy whose mission is to misguide humans
because, according to the Quran:

"Satan is an avowed enemy to man" (12:5, Yousaf).

Surah 99 gives a description of the end of time by referring to the convulsions" that the

earth would experience on that particular day. After giving details of the outcome of the

convulsions, it refers to God's power to dispense justice to the degree of absolute perfection.

The objective is to warn humans of the eternal reward of their deeds in the Hereafter.

The five passages, finally, teach humans to identify and adore the “Lord of the Worlds",

ve grateful to His countless favours by obeying His command and thus develop the genuine

tear of God's wrath as well as hope of His bliss in the Hereafter.