As-salaam wa-alaikum, brothers and sisters.
Summary
Today’s selection concludes Surah 17, Al-Isrâ or the Night Journey, verses 94-111. In this selection, we are told that God sent a human messenger to humans, just as he would’ve sent an angel messenger if the dwellers of Earth were angels. Only disbelievers doubt life after death. Moses, himself, was given nine signs but people didn’t believe him. Now, the Qur’an has been revealed in sections to suit each occasion. Lastly, we are counseled to offer Prayers in a moderate voice, neither too loud, nor too soft.
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Verses
Bis-millahi ar-rahman, ar-raheem.
In the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful.Nothing prevented people from belief when guidance came to them except the excuse: “What! Has Allah sent a man like us to be a Messenger?”[94] O Muhammad, tell them: “Had there been in the earth angels walking about as settlers, We would certainly have sent down to them an angel from heaven as a Messenger.”[95] Say: “Sufficient is Allah as a witness between me and you. He is the One Who is Aware and Observant of His servants.”[96] Those whom Allah guides are rightly guided; and those whom He lets go astray, shall find no protector besides Him. On the Day of Judgment We shall gather them all, prone on their faces, blind, dumb and deaf. Hell shall be their abode: whenever its flames die down, We will rekindle for them the fierceness of the fire.[97] Thus shall they be rewarded: because they rejected Our revelations and said: “When we are reduced to bones and decayed particles, shall we really be raised to life in a new creation?”[98] Can they not see that Allah Who has created the heavens and the earth has power to create the people like them? He has set a deadline for their lives, there is no doubt about it: yet the wrongdoers refuse to do anything except to disbelieve.[99] Say to them: “If you had all the treasures of my Lord’s mercy at your disposal, you would have held them back for fear of spending. Man is ever so stingy!”[100] 17:[94-100]
To Moses We gave nine clear signs. Ask the Children of Israel, when he came to them and Pharaoh told him: “O Moses! I think that you are bewitched”.[101] Moses replied: “You know it very well that no one except the Lord of the heavens and the earth has sent down these signs as clear evidence, and O Pharaoh , surely I think that you are doomed to destruction.”[102] So Pharaoh resolved to remove Moses and the Israelites from the land of Egypt, but We drowned him and all who were with him.[103] Thereafter We said to the Children of Israel: “Settle down in the land and when the time of final promise shall come to pass, We shall assemble you all together.”[104] 17:[101-104]
We have revealed the Qur’an in Truth, and with the Truth it has come down: and O Muhammad, We have sent you only to give good news to the believers and to warn the unbelievers.[105] We have divided the Qur’an into sections so that you may recite to the people with deliberation, and We have sent it down in gradual revelations to suit particular occasions.[106] Say: “Whether you believe in it or not, it is true that those who were endowed with knowledge before its revelation (Jews and Christians like Abdullah bin Salaam and Salman Al Farsi) when it is recited to them, they fall upon their faces in prostration, [107] and say, ‘Glory be to our Lord! Our Lord’s promise has been fulfilled.'[108] They fall down upon their faces, weeping as they listen, and this increases their reverence.”[109] O Prophet, say to them: “Whether you call Him Allah or call Him Rahman; it is all the same by whichever name you call Him because for Him are all the Finest names. Offer your Salah neither in too loud a voice nor in too low a voice but seek a middle course[110] and say: “Praise be to Allah, the One Who has begotten no son and Who has no partner in His Kingdom; nor is He helpless to need a protector, and glorify His greatness in the best possible way.”[111] 17:[105-111]
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.