25: The Criterion
This rather long chapter of six
sections consists of 77 Meccan verses. and VV. 68- 70
in section vi which date from Madina. It was revealed after Ya-Sin 36 and
before
Originator 35. The purpose of its message is to make associators reflect
on the
future.
The Standard mentioned refers to man's intellectual faculties and his power
of
distinguishing right from wrong. It begins with a statement directed against
those
associators who accused Muhammad of copying others and not being a Prophet
in his own right, and likewise against their objects of worship (I-II).
It ends in a
long hymn to God's creation, His power, and the parable of The Two Seas
(V).