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In the name
of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful |
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SECTION: 1
Hă M'ďm.[1] This Book is revealed from Allah, the All-Mighty,
the All-Wise.[2] Surely in the heavens and the earth there are
signs for the true believers.[3] and in your own creation and
that of animals which are scattered through the earth,
there are signs for those who are firm in faith,[4] and in the
alternation of night and day, in the sustenance that Allah sends
down from heaven with which He revives the earth after its death
and in the changing of the winds, there are signs for those who
use their common sense.[5] These are the revelations of Allah,
which We are reciting to you in all truth. Then, in what report
will they believe if not that of Allah and His revelations?[6]
Woe to each lying sinner[7] before whom the revelations of Allah
are recited: he hears them, yet he arrogantly persists as though
he never heard them; announce to him a painful punishment.[8]
And when something of Our revelations come to his knowledge, he
takes them as a joke; for all such people there will be a
humiliating punishment.[9] Beyond them there lies hell, and
nothing of what they have earned in this world will be of any
benefit to them, nor those whom they have taken as their
protectors besides Allah, and they shall have grievous
punishment.[10] This Qur’an is the true Guidance. As for
those who deny the revelations of their Rabb, there will be a
terribly painful punishment.[11]
45:[1-11] |
Food
for thought to those who are seeking the signs of Allah
If they do not believe in Allah and His revelations then in what
report will they believe? |
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SECTION: 2
It is Allah Who has subjected the sea to you, so that ships may
sail upon it by His command, and that you may seek His bounty
and be grateful to Him.[12] He also subjected to you whatever is
between the heavens and the earth; all from Himself. Surely
there are signs in this for those who think.[13] O Prophet,
tell the believers to bear with those who do not fear the coming
of the bad days from Allah, so that He may Himself
recompense those people according to what they have earned.[14]
He that does a righteous deed, does it for his own good; and he
that commits an evil, does so at his own peril. In the end, you
all will be brought back to your Rabb.[15] We gave the Book to
the Children of Israel and bestowed on them rulership and
Prophethood. We provided them with good things of life, exalted
them above the nations,[16] and gave them clear instructions
relating to the matters of religion through revealing to them
the Torah. Then they differed among themselves, not
because of ignorance but, after the knowledge had come to
them, out of envy among themselves. Surely your Rabb will judge
between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning the matters
in which they have set up differences.[17]
45:[12-17] |
Allah has subjected the seas and all that is between the heavens
and the earth for human beings
The Israelites made sects in their religion after the knowledge
had come to them through Torah |
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O Prophet, We have put you on the
Right Way (Shari'ah) concerning the religion, so follow
it, and do not yield to the desires of ignorant people;[18] for
they can in no way protect you against Allah. In fact, the
wrongdoers are protectors of one another, while the protector of
the righteous is Allah Himself.[19] These (the Qur’an and
Shari'ah) are the eye openers for mankind; a guidance and a
blessing to the true believers.[20] Do the evil doers think that
We shall hold them equal with those who believe and do good
deeds, and that their lives and deaths shall be alike? Worst is
the judgment that they make![21]
45:[18-21] |
The
Wrongdoers are protectors of one another while the protector of
righteous is Allah Himself |
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SECTION: 3
Allah has created the heavens and the earth to manifest the
truth, and to reward each soul according to its deeds, and none
of them shall be wronged.[22] Have you considered the case of
such an individual who has made his own desires as his god,
and Allah having knowledge let him go astray, and sealed his
hearing and heart and drew a veil over his sight? Who is there
to guide him after Allah has withdrawn His guidance? Will
you not learn a lesson?[23] The disbelievers say: “There
is nothing but our life of this world. We live and die; nothing
but time destroys us." In fact, they have no knowledge
concerning this. They are merely guessing.[24] When Our clear
revelations are recited to them, they have no other argument but
to say: “Bring our forefathers back if what you say is
true!”[25] O Prophet tell them: “It is Allah Who gives
you life and later causes you to die; then it is He Who will
gather you all on the Day of Resurrection, about which there is
no doubt, yet most people do not understand."[26]
45:[22-26] |
He who has made his own desires as his god, Allah lets him go
astray and sets a seal upon his ears and heart |
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SECTION: 4
To Allah belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth. On
that Day when the Hour of Judgment will be established, those
who have denied His revelations shall be doomed to loss.[27] You
shall see every nation on its knees. Every nation shall be
summoned to its book of record, and Allah will say:
“Today you shall be rewarded for your deeds.[28] This book of
Ours speaks about you with the truth. Surely We have recorded
all your deeds."[29] As for those who believed and did righteous
deeds, their Rabb will admit them into His mercy. That will be a
glorious achievement.[30] But as to those who disbelieved,
Allah will say: “Were My revelations not recited to you? But
you showed arrogance and became a people of criminals."[31] When
it was said, "the promise of Allah is true and the Hour of
Judgment is sure to come. You used to say, 'We don’t know
what the Hour of Judgment is: we think it is just a
conjecture, we are not convinced.'"[32] Then the evil of their
deeds will become manifest to them, and they will be completely
encircled by that which they used to mock at.[33] It will be
said: “Today We will forget you as you forgot the meeting of
this Day of yours! Hellfire will be your home and none will be
there to help you.[34] This is because you used to take Allah’s
revelations as a joke and you let the worldly life deceive you."
Therefore, on this Day neither shall they be taken out of hell,
nor shall they be given a chance for amending their ways to
please their Rabb.[35] So, praise be to Allah, the Rabb of
the heavens, the Rabb of the earth and the Rabb of the
worlds.[36] To Him belongs greatness throughout the heavens and
the earth, and He Alone is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.[37]
45:[27-37]
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Allah's address to the disbelievers on the Day of Judgment
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Major Issues, Divine
Law and Guidance:
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* If the disbelievers do not believe in
Allah and His revelations then in what report will they believe!
* Allah has subjected the seas and all that is between the
heavens and the earth for human beings.
* Israelites made sects in their religion after the knowledge
has come to them through the Torah.
* Allah is the protector of righteous people.
* He that makes his own desires as his god, Allah will let him
go astray and set a seal upon his ears and heart.
* Allah’s address to the disbelievers on the Day of Judgement.
It answers the doubts and objections of
the disbelievers of Makkah about Tawhďd and the Hereafter and
warns them regarding the attitude that they had adopted against
the message of the Qur’an.
This discourse begins with the arguments for Tawhďd. In this
connection, reference has been made to the countless signs that
are found in the world, from man’s own body, to the earth and
heavens, and it is pointed out that everywhere around him, man
finds things which testify to Tawhďd which he refuses to
acknowledge. If man sees carefully the variety of animals, the
day and night, the rainfall and the vegetation growing thereby,
the winds and his own creation, and ponders over them
intelligently, he will find these Signs sufficiently convincing
of the truth that this universe is not Godless, nor under the
control of many gods, but it has been created by One God, called
Allah, and He Alone is its Controller and Ruler. The countless
forces and agencies that are serving his interests in the
universe have not come into being just accidentally, nor have
they been provided by gods and goddesses, but it is One God
Alone Who has supplied and subjected them to him from Himself.
If only a person uses his mind properly and rightly, his own
intellect will proclaim that God Alone is man’s real Benefactor
and He Alone deserves that man should pay obedience to Him.
About the hereafter Allah says: “It is utterly against reason
and justice that the good and the bad, the obedient and the
disobedient, the oppressor and the oppressed, should be made
equal ultimately. Just as you did not become living of your own
accord, but became living by Our power, so you do not die of
your own accord, but die when We send death on you. And a time
is certainly coming when you will all be gathered together. You
may not believe in this because of your ignorance today, but the
time will come when you will see it yourself. You will be
presented before Allah and your whole book of conduct will be
laid open bearing evidence against each of your misdeeds. Then
you will come to know how dearly has your denial of the
Hereafter and your mockery of it cost you.” |
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