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Sura 47
Aya 3
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ذٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ الَّذينَ كَفَرُوا اتَّبَعُوا الباطِلَ وَأَنَّ الَّذينَ آمَنُوا اتَّبَعُوا الحَقَّ مِن رَبِّهِم ۚ كَذٰلِكَ يَضرِبُ اللَّهُ لِلنّاسِ أَمثالَهُم

Ali Unal

That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood (in their beliefs, thoughts, and actions), while those who believe follow the truth from their Lord.1 Thus, God expounds to people what they are like.
  • The falsehood mentioned here is any system of belief, thought, or action that is based not on the Revelation, but on human desires and fancies that do not conform to, or even contradict, God’s ways of acting in the universe, which we improperly call “laws of nature,” and the moral laws He has established for life in the world. However, the truth is the system of beliefs, thoughts, and actions that is based on the Divine Revelation and, therefore, in conformity with the laws God has established for the operation of the universe and human life on the earth. So, as have previously mentioned, God has two collections of laws, one to govern human life and the universe, and the other for religious life. Both require obedience: obedience or disobedience to the former gives its results mainly in this world, while obedience or disobedience to the latter yields its results both in this world and in the Hereafter, but primarily in the Hereafter. Believers must obey both of them.