As-salaam wa-alaikum, brothers and sisters.
Summary
Today’s selection concludes Surah 41, Fussilât (or Expounded), verses 33-54. This selection starts by praising those who call others towards God, do good deeds and declares their submission to Allah. Next are some examples of Allah’s signs. Lastly, nothing has been revealed to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) which was not said to prior Messengers and it is affirmed that the holy book given to Prophet Moses (pbuh) (the Torah) was similar to the Qur’an.
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Verses
Bis-millahi ar-rahman, ar-raheem.
In the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful.Who is better in speech than the one who calls people towards Allah, does good deeds and says: “I am a Muslim?”[33] Good deeds are not equal to the evil ones. Repel other’s evil deeds with your good deeds. You will see that he with whom you had enmity, will become as if he were your close friend.[34] But none will attain this quality except those who patiently endure and none will attain this quality except those who are truly fortunate.[35] 41:[33-35]
If any time you are tempted by Shaitân, seek refuge with Allah. It is He Who hears all and knows all.[36] Among His signs are the night and the day and the sun and moon. Do not prostrate yourselves before the sun or the moon; rather prostrate yourselves before Allah, Who created them, if you truly are His worshippers.[37] So if the unbelievers disdain His worship, let them remember that the angels who are nearest to your Lord, glorify Him day and night, and never feel tired.[38] And among His other signs is the earth that you see barren; but when We send down rain upon it, it stirs to life and its yield increases. Surely, He Who gives it life, will raise the dead to life. Surely, He has power over all things.[39] 41:[36-39]
Those who pervert Our revelations are not hidden from Us. Just consider who is better? The one who is cast into the fire or the one who emerges safe on the Day of Resurrection? Do as you like; surely, He is watching all your actions.[40] Those who reject this reminder when it comes to them shall be punished. And indeed, it is a mighty Book.[41] No falsehood can approach it from before or from behind. It is a revelation from the One Who is Wise and Praiseworthy.[42] 41:[40-42]
Nothing is said to you (O Muhammad) except what was said to the Messengers before you: that surely your Lord is the Lord of forgiveness, and at the same time the Lord of painful retribution.[43] Had We revealed this Qur’an in a foreign language, they (the same people) would have said: “Why have not its verses been made clear in our language? Why a foreign language, while the audience and the Prophet are Arabs?” Say O Prophet: “To the believers, it is a guide and a healing; and to the ones who do not believe, it is merely their deafness and their blindness; because they act as if they are being called from a far-off place, so they neither hear nor understand.”[44] 41:[43-44]
Before this Qur’an, We had given the Book to Musa and it was similarly disputed. If your Lord had not already given a word, the Judgment would have been passed between them; grave though their suspicions are about it.[45] He who does good deeds, does it for his own soul; and he who commits evil, does so at his own peril: Your Lord is never unjust to His servants.[46] 41:[45-46]
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.