Surah 40 (Ghãfir/Al-Mu’min), Verses 69-85 (Y6)

As-salaam wa-alaikum, brothers and sisters.

Summary:

Today’s selection concludes Surah 40, which goes by two names, Ghãfir which means Forgiver or Al-Mu’min or the Believer, verses 69-85. These verses assert that those who argue about the revelations in the Qur’an will soon learn the truth. God has sent many Messengers before Prophet Muhammad (pbuh); some are mentioned in the Qur’an and some are not. In another example, cattle are held up as a sign for people of understanding. Belief after seeing the scourge of God will not avail the disbelievers.

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Verses

Bis-millahi ar-rahman, ar-raheem.
In the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful.

Do you not see how those who argue about the revelations of Allah turn away from the Right Way?[69] Those who have denied the Book and the Message which We have sent through Our Rasools shall soon come to know the truth when they will be cast into the fire of hell:[70] when, with yokes and chains around their necks, they shall be dragged[71] through scalding fluid and burned in the fire of hell.[72] Then they shall be asked: “Where are those gods whom you invoked in worship[73] besides Allah?” They will answer: “They have forsaken us, now we have come to know that those whom we used to invoke, were in fact nothing.” Thus Allah confounds the disbelievers.[74] It will be said: “You have met this fate because during your life on earth, you took delight in things other than the truth and you led a wanton life.[75] Now enter the gates of hell to live therein forever. What an evil abode will be for the arrogant!”[76] So be patient, O Prophet, Allah’s promise is true. Whether We let you witness the evil consequences with which they are being threatened, or We recall you before We smite them, in any case, they shall all return to Us.[77] O Prophet, We have sent many Rasools before you; of them there are some whose stories We have relayed to you and others whose stories We have not relayed to you. It was not possible for any of those Rasools to bring a sign except by the leave of Allah. Then when the command of Allah came, the matter was decided with justice, and it was the wrongdoers who suffered the loss.[78] 40:[69-78]

It is Allah Who has provided you with cattle, that you may use some for riding and some for food;[79] and there are also other advantages in them for you; they take you where you wish to go carrying you on their backs as ships carry you by the sea.[80] Thus, He shows you His signs; then, which signs of Allah you will deny?[81] Have they never travelled through the earth and seen what was the end of those who have gone before them? They were more in number and superior in strength than these and they have left behind great traces of their power in the land; yet all that they did was of no avail to them.[82] When their Rasools came to them with clear revelations, they proudly boasted about their own knowledge; but the very forewarned scourge at which they mocked, hemmed them in.[83] When they saw Our scourge, they cried out: “We believe in Allah, the One and Only, and we reject all those deities whom we used to associate with Him.”[84] But after seeing Our scourge, their professing the faith (Islam) was of no use to them; such was the practice of Allah in dealing with His servants in the past, and thus the disbelievers were lost.[85] 40:[79-85]

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.