The Thunder
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[13:21]
and who keep together what God has bidden to be joined, and stand in awe of their Sustainer and fear the most evil reckoning [which awaits such as do not respond to Him];

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* v.21 : This refers to all ties arising from human relationships – e.g., the bonds of family, responsibility for orphans and the poor, the mutual rights and duties of neighbours – as well as the spiritual and practical bonds which ought to exist between all who belong to the brotherhood of Islam (cf. 8:75 and the corresponding notes). In its widest sense, the phrase “what God has bidden to be joined” applies to the spiritual obligation, on the part of man, to remain conscious of the unity of purpose underlying all of God’s creation, and hence – according to Rāzī – man’s moral duty to treat all living beings with love and compassion.