God hereby swears by those who form their ranks to start the battle
And by the angles who are in charge of driving the cloud
And by the angles who bring the verses of Qur’an down to mankind
That your God is One and that there is Only One God
Director of the heavens and the earth and anything between and Lord of the easts [perhaps a reference to the easts and wests and global shapes of the planets]
I (God) have adorned the innermost universe [the one being discovered by astronomy] with exotic planets
I have guarded it against any evil devil [to destroy its existing order.]
These satans cannot break into the communication system of those who are close to God as they are on defensive
They have already been condemned to an everlasting torture
If one of them dares to escape the lower universe, a flashing projectile will be charged against him
Vs.11-deals with the following question: “Is it difficult for God to recreate man to face the Day of Judgment?”
Ask the disbelievers, who are created from the mud [organic matter]: “Are they more difficult for God to be recreated [on the Day of Resurrection] or the awesome realm of creation?”
While the believers are at awe [with God’s creative power], the disbelievers making fun [of the possibility of Resurrection.]
When the disbelievers are warned, they take it lightly
When a revelation of God comes to the disbelievers they recourse to the mockery
They say: “This is nonsense …
that we will be raised with bone and flesh after our death.”
They jokingly ask: “How about our ancestors?”
Say to them, “absolutely; and you are helpless [on that Day that you are laughing at its happening.]
It will take a snap for them to be recreated and look around [and face the Day of Resurrection.]
Then they will say: “Shame and pity to us; this is indeed the Day of Judgment.”
It will be confirmed to them: “Yes, this is the same Day of Judgment that you used to deny.”
Then it will be commanded: “Gather all the unjust people and their associates and those idols that they used to worship, instead of God, and drag them in the road that leads to Hell.”
“Then take a break and ask why they are not helping each other [as they were used to say:…
“Do not worry, I will take the responsibility”.”
Of course on that Day they will all submit [but it will be too late.]
That will be an opportunity for mutual blaming
The followers will ask their leaders: “You used to swear that you were our well-wisher [and that in an improbable Day of Judgment you will carry our sins.]”
The leaders will reply: “[Do not blame us.] You yourself chose the disbelief.”
[They will continue]: “We did not have any power over you; it was you who chose the rebellion.”
“The Lord’s Judgment against us was just; now we have to accept the punishment.”
“We offered you the disbelief for the simple reason that we had chosen the disbelief ourselves.”
Thus on that Day the disbelievers and their followers will be sentenced to punishment
This is the way that I deal with the disbelievers [that being misled is not an acceptable excuse]
These are the same people that when they were told: “There is no other god beside God”, they revealed their arrogant nature
They used to say: “Shall we give up our gods for the sake of a crazy poet [as they referred to Mohammad.]”
While he (Mohammad) had come with the truth [as presented by the Prophets before him and nothing of new], confirming the truthfulness of the previous Prophets [who had repeated the same message again and again before Mohammad.]
It will be said to the disbelievers: “You deserve to taste the awful punishment.”
“Your punishment is proportionate to your deeds.”
Only the sincere worshippers of God will be saved
They deserve the blessing which is in reserve for them
All kind of fruits will be at their disposition and they will be honored
In the Gardens of Paradise
They will sit face to face in luxurious couches
They will be offered cups of pure drinks
How delightful will be those drinks
The kind of a drink which will neither harm you nor make you intoxicated
They will be married to the chaste women with shy beautiful eyes
As delicate as an egg under its shell
Then they will engage in conversation
One of them will say:…
“I had a friend [in my previous life on earth] who used to make fun of me asking if believe in this “nonsense” …
of being resurrected and judged after our death and after our bones being turn into dust.”
He will be said: “watch [perhaps in an interactive kind of device].”
He will see his friend at the bottom of the Hell
Then he will start to communicate with him saying: “By Lord! you were too close in convincing me to follow you in disbelief.”
“How grateful I am to my Lord who led me to the right path.”
“Now you tell me whether or not the death is the end of everything and that…
there will not be any judgment for our worldly deeds.”
Being admitted to Paradise is…
the greatest success that everyone should strive for
Is the feast of Paradise [as explained before] better or eating the bitter fruit of…
the devilish tree of “zaqqum” given to the wicked one
Zaqqum is the name of a tree which grown at the bottom of the Hell
With devilish looking buds
Forced by hunger, the people of Hell [who do not have nothing else to eat] will fill up their bellies with this devilish fruit
Then they will top it with a disgusting boiling drink
Once the eating “break” is over, they will be herded back to the Hell
These are the same people who followed their traditional religions
Knowing that their religion was keeping them in the wrong path [, they were not brave enough to break up with their wrong beliefs]
Their wrong religions were established by those before them to whom God sent…
warnings through His Prophets
Now see how terrible is the destiny of those who rejected God’s warnings
Only those who sincerely devoted themselves to worship the Lords are saved
[Long before them] Noah [at the height of his desperation and after having invited people to the way of God for some years,] called upon Me. Note what a positive response he got from his Lord
I (God) saved him and his followers from the great catastrophe
And established them on the earth
And left for him praise among generations to come
Peace is with Noah forever [as none will ever talk evil of him]
This is the way that your Lord rewards the righteous
Noah is indeed one of My believing servants
As to the wicked of Noah’s nation, I drowned them all
Abraham was one of the followers of Noah
He submitted whole heartedly to his Lord
He said to his father and his people: “What are these things that you worship?”
“Do you recourse to the gods that you yourself have fabricated instead of God?”
“What do you think about the Organizer of the universe?”
[As he could not get any convincing answer,] Abraham concentrated his attention toward the stars [to find what he was missing]
Being disappointed,] he said: “I feel bad.”
So they left him alone and went [to some kind of general gathering.]
[At their absence,] Abraham went to the temple and [started to talk to the idols and] said: “Do you want something to eat?”
Then he asked: “How come you do not talk?”
Then he strokes them down with his right hand [with a sword or a weapon of some kind.]
[When people returned, they concluded that the only present one in the city, i.e., Abraham could have destroyed their gods so] they rushed toward Abraham [asking in rage why he has done it.]
Abraham said: “Why do you worship something that you have carved with your own hands?”
“Whereas it is God who [should be worshipped as He is the One Who has] created you and whatever you make”
They said: “Let us make a big fire and throw him in [and see how his God will save him.]
They plotted a plan against him and God defeated them in their own plan [as the fire did not have any effect upon Abraham.]
Then Abraham said: “Now I am leaving you, putting my trust in God.”
One day Abraham prayed: “O Lord, grant me a righteous son.”
God [answered his prayers in appropriate time and] gave him the good news: a wonderful son
When the boy grew up, one day Abraham told him: “My son, I have seen in my dream that I am sacrificing you; what do you think about it?” The son said: “My dear father, do whatever God has ordered you to do. God willing, I will bear in this process.”
When they both submitted [to what they were thinking is the Lord’s order]….
and Abraham started to slaughter his son, I (God) called out:…
“O Abraham, you fulfilled what you saw in your dream [he saw that he is sacrificing not that he has sacrificed]. Thus I reward the righteous [by not letting them being hurt in their trials.]
This was indeed a great test
Then I asked them to sacrifice an animal
Praise is for Abraham for generations to come [as millions of people gather every year in celebration of the event where it took place.]
Peace is with Abraham
This is the way that God rewards the righteous
Abraham was indeed one of My believing servants
Then I gave Abraham the good news of the upcoming birth of Isaac; a righteous Prophet to be
I blessed Abraham and Isaac. Now among their offspring some are righteous and some are wicked
I also blessed Moses and Aaron
I delivered them and their people from a great distress (Pharaoh’s slavery.
I supported them till they succeeded
I revealed to them the scriptures
And guided them to the right path
Praise is for them both for generations to come
Peace is with Moses and Aaron
This is the way that God rewards the righteous
They were indeed among my believing servants
Elias was also one of My Prophets
He invited his people to be righteous
He said: “How do you dare to worship an idol known as Ba’al instead of the Supreme Creator?”
“God is your Lord as well as the Lord of your forefathers.”
The people of Elias did not listen to him; therefore, they will be called to answer for their disbelief
Except those among them who served God whole heartedly
Praise is for Elias for generations to come
Peace is with Elias and his followers
This is the way that God rewards the righteous
Elias was indeed one of our believing servants
Lot also was a Prophets
I saved him and his household from the disaster [which overtook his people]
Except [his] old ugly woman who had to be punished [for not obeying him]
The rest were completely destroyed
You pass by their ruins [when you travel] by day and night; …
will you not take a lesson
Jonah was also one of My Prophets
Once he escaped [from a predicament] by taking refuge in a loaded ship
[Due to the overweight, they had to throw some people out.] He agreed to participate in the casting of lots and lost
Eventually a big fish swallowed him and he was the only one to be blamed for his destiny [as he fled his place of mission without asking God’s permission]
If it was not in account of his sincere recourse to God,…
he would have stayed in the belly of the fish till the Day of Resurrection
I ordered him to be thrown out in a bare shore; absolutely exhausted
I ordered a fruit tree to grow so that he may eat from its fruit
Then I appointed him as a Prophet to a nation of some hundred thousand people
As they chose to believe in him, we let them live [comfortably] until the day that they were supposed to face their natural deaths. The next few verses deals with the man’s attributing children to God in account of his ignorance
Ask the disbelievers: “How come you want to have only sons [and kill your daughter considering having them a matter of shame] and then you say that God has daughters?”
Why do they say that the angels are of female gender? Were they present in their creation
Saying that God has begotten a son is an insult to the God’s dignity. …
Such people are nothing but plain liars
Has God begotten a girl instead of a son?…
What is wrong with these people
Why don’t they use their brain before saying something of such blasphemy magnitude
Do they have any logical proof for their assigning children to God
Bring your book [the book in which it is written God has begotten children] as a proof if you are not a bunch of liars
They even [fantasize and] say that there is a blood relationship between God and the Extra-Terrestrials (Jinns); though Jinns know very well that they are the creatures of the Lord
Glory to God Who is far above their descriptions
Only those servants of God who have devoted themselves wholeheartedly to him are in the right path
Indeed the disbelievers (and whatever they worship) …
can not over power the Lord…
and will all be burnt in the Hell
The Angels declare:…
“[Not to speak of being God’s children], we all have our ranks. …
We are the ranged servant and the glorifiers of God”
The Disbelievers used to say
“Had we received the correct (authentic/pure and nothing added to) guidance from…
the previous generations, We would have been sincere worshippers of God.”
Now that their wish is granted to them, they prefer to continue their way of disbelief
My decision is already…
revealed to My Prophets: They will have the final victory
Victory belongs to the soldiers of God
So (Mohammad), leave them alone for a while
And look forward to [their punishment] as they are looking forward to also
Why do they want to face [as they jokingly used to ask Mohammad to hasten] their punishment as soon as possible
It will be a miserable Day when they face their punishment. They are sufficiently warned
So leave them alone for a while
And look forward to as they are looking forward to also
Glorified is your Lord, Lord of Honor and far above their claims [of having a child, not being able to recreate them, having partners, etc.]
My salutations to the Prophets
All praise is only for God; the Lord of the universe