As-salaam wa-alaikum, brothers and sisters.
Summary
Today’s selection is from Surah 25, Al-Furqân or The Criterion, verses 45-60. These verses discuss how Allah has made the night a mantle, sleep to rest and the day to work. Do not yield to the unbelievers, strive against them with the Qur’an and put your trust in the ever-living Allah.
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Verses
Bis-millahi ar-rahman, ar-raheem.
In the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful.Have you not seen how your Lord extends a shadow? If He wanted, He could make it constant. Then We made the sun an indication of it;[45] as the sun climbs up, We draw it in little by little towards Ourselves.[46] He is the One Who has made the night a mantle for you, and sleep a rest, and made the day to rise up again.[47] He is the One Who sends the winds as heralds announcing His Mercy and sends down pure water from the sky,[48] so that with it We may give life to a dead land, and quench the thirst of countless animals and men that We have created.[49] We distribute this water among them so that they may glorify Us, yet most people refuse to do anything except show ingratitude.[50] 25:[45-50]
Had it been Our Will, We could have sent a Warner to every town,[51] therefore, do not yield to the unbelievers, and strive (make Jihãd) against them with this Qur’an, a strenuous striving (mighty Jihãd).[52] He is the One Who has made the two seas rolling, the one sweet and fresh, the other salt and bitter, and set a rampart between them, an insurmountable barrier.[53] He is the One Who has created man from water, then made for him blood relationships and of marriage relationships, your Lord is indeed All-Powerful.[54] Yet they worship those deities besides Allah which can neither help nor harm them, over and above this, the unbeliever has become a helper of every rebel against his own Lord.[55] But O Muhammad! We have sent you only to proclaim good news and to give warning.[56] Say: “I ask of you no recompense for this work except that he who wants, may take the Right Way to his Lord.”[57] Put your trust in the Ever-Living (Allah) Who never dies: celebrate His praise, for He Alone is sufficient to be aware of the sins of His servants.[58] The One Who created the heavens and the earth and all that is between them in six days, and is firmly established on the Throne of authority; the Compassionate (Allah): as to His Glory, ask the one who knows.[59] When it is said to them, “Prostrate yourselves before the Most Compassionate,” they ask: “Who is that Most Compassionate? Are we to prostrate just because you order us to?” It merely increases their disdain. [60] 25:[51-60]
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.