Indeed, We sent down the Torah, in which was guidance and light.

It is not for the Prophet and those who have believed to ask forgiveness for.

And Allah will surely make evident those who believe, and He will surely make evident.

Say, 'Who provides for you from the heaven and the earth? Or who controls hearing.

And blessed is He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth.

His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained.

And affection from Us and purity, and he was fearing of Allah.

Now, the tnan to whom We had shown both the paths, adopted the easy down-hill path and abandoned the toilsome path, which leads to the heights.'īut he has not broken through the difficult pass. The other path is easy which descends into chasms, but does not require any toil from man one only needs to give free reins to oneself, then one automatically goes on rolling down the abyss. Thus, the verse means: 'One of the two paths that We have shown him, leads to heights but is toilsome and steep man has to tread it against the desires of his self and the temptations of Satan. Iqtiham means to apply oneself to a hard and toilsome task, and 'aqabah is the steep path that passes through mountains for ascending heights. *11) The words in the original are: fa-lagtaham-al- aqabah.

*11 But he has not broken through the difficult pass. (90:11) But he did not venture to scale the difficult steep. Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi Yet he has not been eager to challenge his way through the path of virtue and attempt the difficult path of overcoming self-interest

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