As-salaam wa-alaikum, brothers and sisters.
Summary:
Today’s selection is from Surah 40, which goes by two names, Ghãfir which means Forgiver or Al-Mu’min or the Believer, verses 51-68. These verses assert that God does help his Messengers and the believers in this world’s life and will help them in the hereafter. We must call on God to answer our prayers. But no one has the right to be worshiped except Allah, Creator and Lord of the worlds.
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Verses
Bis-millahi ar-rahman, ar-raheem.
In the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful.We surely will help Our Messengers and the believers both in this world’s life and on the Day when the witnesses will take a stand to testify.[51] On that Day, no excuses shall avail the wrongdoers. The curse shall be their lot and the worst place will be their home.[52] As you can see We gave Musa the Book of guidance and We made the Children of Israel to inherit that Book,[53] which was a guide and an admonition to the people of understanding.[54] So be patient, the promise of Allah is true. Implore forgiveness for your sins and celebrate the praises of your Lord evening and morning.[55] Those who dispute the revelations of Allah with no authority bestowed on them; they nurture in their hearts arrogant ambitions which they shall never attain. Therefore, seek refuge with Allah; It is He Who hears all and sees all.[56] Certainly the creation of the heavens and the earth is a greater task than the creation of men; yet most people do not understand.[57] The blind and those who can see are not alike, nor are the believers who do good deeds equal to the wicked; yet you seldom think.[58] The hour of Doom is sure to come, there is no doubt about it; yet most people do not believe it.[59] And your Lord says: “Call on Me, I will answer your prayers. Surely those who are too arrogant to worship Me shall soon enter hell in humiliation.”[60] 40:[51-60]
It is Allah Who has made for you the night to rest in and the day to see your way around. Surely Allah is bountiful to mankind, yet most of the people are not thankful.[61] Such is Allah your Lord, the Creator of all things. There is no god but Him. None has the right to be worshiped except Him, so how are you being deluded?[62] Thus were deluded those who denied the revelations of Allah.[63] It is Allah Who has made the earth a resting place for you, and the sky a canopy. He has molded your bodies and molded them well, and has provided you with good things. Such is Allah your Lord. So glory be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.[64] He is the Ever-Living. There is no god but Him. Therefore call upon Him with your sincere devotion. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.[65] O Prophet, tell them: “I have been forbidden to invoke those whom you invoke besides Allah. How can I do this when clear revelations have come to me from my Lord, and I have been commanded to submit myself to the Lord of the worlds.”[66] It is He Who has created you from dust, then from a sperm, then from a leech-like mass, then He delivers you from the womb of your mother as a child, then He makes you grow to reach the age of full strength, then He makes you grow to reach an old age – though some of you die earlier – so that you may complete your appointed term and grow in wisdom.[67] It is He Who gives you life and causes you to die. It is He Who when He decides to do something, needs only to say: “Be,” and it is.[68] 40:[62-68]
Ameen.
This concludes today’s episode of the 17 Verses Podcast. I hope that this selection has helped increase your understanding of the holy Qur’an just a little bit.
Thank you and be well.