The Qur’an For All Humanity
After Death
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AFTER DEATH
By the snorting war steeds, which strike fire with
their hoofs, as they gallop to the raid at dawn, and
with a trail of dust, split apart a massed army;
man is ungrateful to his Lord! To this he himself
shall bear witness.
And truly on account of his love of wealth he is
niggardly. Is he not aware that when the dead are
thrown out from their graves and men’s hidden
thoughts are laid open, their Lord will on that day
have full knowledge of them all?
(The Qur’an 100:1-11)
The horse is an extremely faithful animal. It
sacrifices itself to the uttermost for its master, even
at the cost of its life.
It expresses symbolically what man should be like,
i.e. that he should have faith in his Lord, just as the
horse trusts its master. But in practice this does not
happen.
