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{ أَفَلاَ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلإِبْلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ }

Will they not consider the camels, how they are made?In its inner meaning it is a command for the believers to humble themselves before Him and declare their neediness for Him. He says: ‘Consider the camels, how they have been created and how, notwithstanding their make up and their strength, they yield to a boy driving them without showing bewilderment (taḥayyur), and without choosing to do anything else.’ Thus, you are not incapable of being with your Lord as the camel is with its owner, and this is why the Messenger said: ‘Be for your Lord as the yielding camel’, meaning compliant (miṭwāʿ). But God, Glorified and Exalted is He, knows best.His words, Exalted is He:

Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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