As-salaam wa-alaikum, brothers and sisters.
Summary
Today’s selection is from Surah 77, Al-Mursalãt or Those Sent Forth, verses 1-28. In these verses, Allah swears that the Day of Judgment will be established and woe to the disbelievers on that Day.
Also, a short tafseer on the contrast of the living and the dead in verses 25-26.
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Verses
Bis-millahi ar-rahman, ar-raheem.
In the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful.By the emissary winds, which are sent forth one after another.[1] By the raging hurricanes.[2] By the winds that lift up and scatter the clouds to their distant places,[3] then separate them one from another.[4] By those who bring down the reminder,[5] either to remove the excuse or to convey the warning.[6] Surely, that which you are being promised, shall be fulfilled.[7] It is going to be fulfilled when the stars will lose their light,[8] heaven will cleft asunder,[9] the mountains will crumble into dust,[10] and when the Messengers will be brought together at the appointed time.[11] For what Day has all this been deferred?[12] For the Day of Judgment![13] And what will explain to you, what the Day of Judgment is?[14] Woe on that Day to the disbelievers![15] Did We not destroy the former generations for their evil deeds?[16] And We shall do the same to later generations who will follow them.[17] Thus do We deal with the guilty.[18] Woe on that Day to the disbelievers![19] Have We not created you from an unworthy fluid,[20] which We placed in a secure resting-place (womb),[21] for an appointed term?[22] We have estimated its term – how excellent an estimator We are![23] Woe on that Day to the disbelievers![24] Have We not made the earth a home for both[25] the living and the dead,[26] set on it lofty mountains, and given you sweet water to drink?[27] Woe on that Day to the disbelievers![28] 77:[1-28]
Ameen.
Tafseer
Concerning the parable of the living and the dead mention in verse 25-26
The earth is a place where death and life, decay and growth, green grass, stubble and fuel, corruption and purification jostle together – one often leading to the other. The drama which we see with our own eyes in this world should enable us to appreciate the wonders in the spiritual world where the despised and rejected receive the highest honour. Lazarus rests in Abraham’s bosom, and the Pharaoh is led in chains for his arrogance and his sin.
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.