39 Preface ذٰلِكَ مِمّا أَوحىٰ إِلَيكَ رَبُّكَ مِنَ الحِكمَةِ ۗ وَلا تَجعَل مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلٰهًا آخَرَ فَتُلقىٰ في جَهَنَّمَ مَلومًا مَدحورًاYusuf AliThese are among the (precepts of) wisdom, which thy Lord has revealed to thee.1 Take not, with God, another object of worship, lest thou shouldst be thrown into Hell, blameworthy and rejected.2The moral law, as expounded in 17:23-39 is far in advance of the bare Decalogue in that it searches out motives, and draws pointed attention to the weak and helpless if we are to reach any spiritual understanding of God. It begins with a mention of the worship of God, the One True God and ends with a similar mention to close the argument, thus emphasizing the fact that the love of God embraces the love of man and practical help of our fellow-creatures. (R).“Blameworthy” carries us back by reminiscence to 17:29, between which and this verse there is mention of crimes committed out of covetousness and a selfish disregard of other people’s rights. “Rejected” carries back our reminiscence to 17:18, from which to here we have a reference to crimes that lead to deprivation of God’s grace. The latter is of course wider than the former. Note how subtly the two streams of thought are here conjoined.