As-salaam wa-alaikum, brothers and sisters.
Summary
Today’s selection is from Surah 51, Adh-Dhariyat or The Winds That Scatter Dust, verses 47-60. These verses are the last of Surah 51 and discuss the mission of Prophet Muhammad as a herald of mankind.
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Verses
Bis-millahi ar-rahman, ar-raheem.
In the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful…We have built the heaven with Our hands and We have the power to extend its vastness.[47] We have spread out the earth; how excellent a spreader We are![48] We have created everything in pairs, so that you may learn a lesson from it.[49] O Prophet, say to mankind: “Rush towards Allah, surely, I am assigned by Him as a plain Warner to you all.[50] Do not set up any other god besides Allah, surely, I am assigned by Him as a plain Warner to you all.”[51] It has been the case that whenever a Messenger came to the peoples before them, they said about him: “He is a sorcerer or a madman.”[52] Have they transmitted this statement from one generation to the next? Nay, but they are all rebellious people.[53] So, O Prophet, ignore them; you are not at fault.[54] But keep on admonishing them, for admonition is beneficial to the true believers.[55] 51:[47-55]
I (Allah) have not created jinns and mankind except to worship Me (Alone).[56] I require no sustenance from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me.[57] Surely, it is Allah Who is the giver of all sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Invincible.[58] Surely, those who are wrongdoers, shall have their portion of torment similar to the portion of their predecessors; so let them not challenge Me to hurry it on.[59] Woe then to the unbelievers, on that Day with which they are being threatened![60] 51:[56-60]
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.