Summary
Today’s selection is from Surah 23, Al-Mu’minun or the Believers, verses 51-77. In these verses Allah declares that there is but one religion and but one Lord. God does not charge any soul with more than it can bear. Lastly, those who do not believe in the hereafter will stray further and further away from the Right Path.
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Verses
Bis-millahi ar-rahman, ar-raheem.
In the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful.O Messengers! Eat of pure things and do good deeds, certainly I have knowledge of all your actions.[51] In fact, your religion is one religion, and I am your only Lord: so fear Me Alone.[52] Yet people have divided themselves into factions and each faction rejoices in its own doctrines[53] – well! Leave them in their heedlessness for an appointed time.[54] Do they think that, in giving them wealth and children,[55] We are eager for their welfare? By no means! They do not understand the reality of the matter.[56] Surely those who live cautiously for fear of their Lord,[57] who believe in the revelations of their Lord;[58] who do not commit shirk with their Lord,[59] who give to charity whatever they can give, and their hearts are full of fear by the very idea that they shall have to return to their Lord,[60] it is they who rush in doing good deeds and try to be the first in attaining them.[61] 23:[51-61]
We charge no soul with more than it can bear; We have a Book of record which shall clearly tell the truth, and they shall not be treated unjustly.[62] But their hearts are blind to all this; and their deeds are also different from the believers. They will continue doing their misdeeds[63] until when We seize those of them who live in comfort with punishment; lo! Then they start crying for help in supplication.[64] We shall say: “Do not cry for help this Day, for surely from Us you shall receive no help.[65] My revelations were recited to you, but you used to turn back on your heels[66] in arrogance, talking nonsense about The Qur’an like one telling fables by night.[67] Do they not ponder over the Word of Allah or has anything new come to them which did not come to their forefathers?[68] Or is it because they do not recognize their Messenger, who is a member of their own community, that they deny him?[69] Or are they really convinced that he is a madman? Nay! In fact he has brought them the Truth and most of them dislike the Truth.[70] – Had the Truth followed their appetites, the heavens, the earth and everything therein would have been disrupted. Nay! We have given them their reminder, but they are heedless to their reminder.[71] Or is it that you are asking them for some recompense? But the recompense of your Lord is the best, for He is the best provider of sustenance.[72] As a matter of fact, you (O Muhammad) are calling them to the Straight Way;[73] and surely those who do not believe in the hereafter will ever stray from the Straight Way.[74] If We show them mercy and relieve them of their affliction, they would obstinately persist in their rebellion, blindly wandering to and fro;[75] for even now, when We have inflicted punishment on them, they have neither submitted to their Lord nor humbled themselves towards Him.[76] Until when We open upon them a gate of severe punishment, you will see that they are plunged in utter despair.[77] 23:[62-77]
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.