A Quranic Journal

Inside he is tied to a column, as animals are tied, without respect... The style also conveys warnings: "Woe; he will be flung into, the crushing one; Allah's kindled fire; which rages over men's hearts, it is closed on them; in towering columns." In all this there is a kind of harmony between imagery and feelings and the actions of the "taunting slanderer and backbiter". At the time of its revelation, the Qur'an was following up the incidents faced by the Islamic call and leading it simultaneously along its road. The Qur'an is the infallible weapon which destroys the cunning of the conspirators, shakes the hearts of enemies, and fills the believers with courage and steadfastness. Indeed we recognise two significant facts in Allah's care here as He denounces this sordid example: firstly, we are shown the ugliness of moral decline and how people are rendered so abject. Secondly, we realise that He defends the believers, preserves their souls against their enemies' insults, shows them that Allah knows and hates what is inflicted on them, and that He will punish the wrong doers. This is enough to elevate their souls and to make them feel their position high above any wicked designs