[30] _St. Matthew_ XIV. 55-31. “And in the fourth watch of the night he came unto them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled saying, It is an apparition and they cried out for fear. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying: Be of good cheer, it is I, be not afraid. And Peter answered him and said: Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee upon the water. And Peter went down from the boat and walked upon the waters to come to Jesus. But when he saw the wind he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried, saying,: Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and took hold of him and said unto him: O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?” [31] Comp. _Quran_ XLII. 11: Nothing is like a likeness of Him. He is the hearing, the seeing. [32] Comp. _Genesis_ I. 27. [33] _Exodus_ III. 14. [34] _Quran_ XX. 12. It is generally supposed that Moses was ordered to take off his “leather shoes” out of respect for the sacred place. But Razi in his Commentary calls it an idiom and says that the Arabs used the word Na’al (shoe) for wife and family. The command to put off the shoes is therefore a metaphorical expression for making the heart vacant from care of family. See _Tafsir-i-Razi_ vol. VI. 19. Stamboul edition. [35] _Quran_ XXXIX. 97. The full text runs: And they have not honoured Allah with the honour due to him: and the whole earth shall be in his grip on the day of resurrection and the heavens rolled up in his right hand; glory be to him and may he be exalted above what they associate with him. [36] Ghazzali has dealt with the question fully in his work entitled ‘Iljamal awam’. He says that every object has four stages of existence. To use a figure: “Fire” is (1) written on paper: (2) pronounced as Fire (3) burns; and (4) is perceived by the mind to be inflammable. The first two are purely conventional but have an educational value. Similarly the anthropomorphism of the passages of the Scriptures should be studied in the light of the above stages. [37] _Quran_ XXIX. 69. [38] See Section vi of this book. [39] _Ihya_ III. 9. [40] _Quran_ IV. 172. [41] _Quran_ XXV. 7, 8; 21. [42] _Quran_ XLIII. 31. “And they say: why was not this Quran revealed to a man of importance in the two towns.” (Mecca and Taif). [43] _Quran_ XVIII. 28. [44] Ibn Abbas. [45] Trimizi: Abu Huraira’s report. [46] Comp. _Matt_ VI. 24 “No man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon”. [47] _Matt_ V. 3. [48] _Quran_ XVIII. 32-46. [49] _Ihya_ 115; IV. 7. [50] _Quran_ III. 102. [51] Tibrani and Abu Daud. [52] Muslim. [53] Bokhari and Muslim. [54] _Quran_ XVIII. 5. [55] Nasai and Bokhari. [56] Adu Mansur. [57] Rumi has beautifully described this story of Nasuh in _Masnavi_ Bk. V. [58] _Ihya_ IV. 6. [59] Bukhari and Muslim. [60] _Quran_ LXXVI. 1-3.