tion Almighty God says through the verse’s allusive tongue: “O humankind! I put in the hand of one of my servants who trusted in Me a staff that draws the water of life from wherever he wishes, if you too rely on the laws of My mercy, you may obtain an implement resembling it or close to it. So, come on and do so!” And one of the most important contributions to human progress was the creation of an implement that causes water to flow forth from most of the places it is struck. The verse traces farther goals and limits, and points beyond that, just as the previous verse specified final points far ahead of today’s aircraft

And for example,

I shall heal the blind and the leper and I shall quicken the dead, by God’s leave,(3:49)

which concerns a miracle of Jesus (Upon whom be peace). Just as the Qur’an explicitly urges humankind to follow Jesus’ (Upon whom be peace) high morals, so it allusively encourages it towards the elevated art and dominical medicine of which Jesus was the master. The verse suggests the following: “Remedies may be found for even the most chronic ills. In which case, O humanity!, O calamity-afflicted children of Adam! Don’t despair! Whatever the ill, a cure may be found. Search for it and you will find it. It is possible even to give a temporary tinge of life to death.” And by implication Almighty God is saying through the figurative tongue of this verse: “O humankind! I gave two gifts to one of My servants who abandoned the world for Me. One was the remedy for spiritual ills, and the other the cure for physical sicknesses. Moribund hearts were raised to life through the light of guidance, and sick people who were as though dead found health through his breath and cure. You too may find the cure for every ill in the pharmacy of My wisdom. Work to find it! If you seek, you will certainly find.” Thus, this verse traces the limit which is far ahead of man’s present progress in medicine. It hints at it and urges him towards it.

And for example, the verses:

And We made the iron soft for him.(34:10) ∗ And We gave him wisdom and sound judgement in speech and decision,(38:20)

which are about David (Upon whom be peace), and,

And We made a font of molten copper to flow for him,(34:12)

which is about Solomon (Upon whom be peace). These indicate that the softening of iron is one of the greatest of divine bounties, through which is shown the virtue of one of the greatest prophets. Indeed, softening iron, that is, making it soft like dough, and smelting copper, and discovering minerals and extracting them is the origin and source, and basis and foun-