As-salaam wa-alaikum, brothers and sisters.
Summary
Today’s selection is from Surah 19, Maryam or Mary, verses 66-82. These verses discuss the lives of believers and unbelievers in this world as contrasted with their lives in the Hereafter.
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Verses
Bis-millahi ar-rahman, ar-raheem.
In the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful.Man says: “What! Once I am dead, shall I be raised to life again?”[66] Does not man remember that We created him before out of nothing?[67] By your Lord, We will call them to account in the company of all their shaitãns and set them on their knees around the Fire of Hell;[68] then from every sect We will certainly drag out its stoutest rebels against the Compassionate (Allah).[69] Certainly We know best who deserves most to be burned therein.[70] There is not a single one of you, who shall not pass over it, this absolute decree of your Lord is unavoidable;[71] then We will deliver those who were pious during their life on earth and leave the wrongdoers therein humbled on their knees.[72] 19:[66-72]
When Our Clear Revelations are recited to them the unbelievers say to the believer: “Which one of the two of us have fine dwelling and better companions?”[73] Don’t they see, how many generations have We destroyed before them, who were far greater in riches and in splendor?[74] Tell them: “Anyone who has gone astray, Allah prolongs his respite and extends an opportunity until they see about which they were warned; – be it a worldly scourge or the Hour of Doom – then they will realize whose is the worst dwelling and whose are the weak companions.[75] In fact, Allah increases in guidance those who seek guidance; everlasting are only the good deeds, which are the best in the sight of your Lord to earn you a better reward and yield you the best fruit?”[76] 19:[73-76]
Have you noticed the words of that person who rejects Our Revelations yet boasts: “I shall always be given wealth and children.”[77] Has he gained knowledge of the Unseen or has he been awarded a contract by Allah?[78] By no means! We write down what he says and We will make his punishment long and terrible.[79] We will inherit all that he boasts of, and he will come back to Us all alone leaving all these things behind.[80] They have taken other deities for worship besides Allah, so that they should be a source of strength to them.[81] By no means! Those very deities will renounce their worship and turn against them on the Day of Judgment.[82] 19:[77-82]
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.