In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
139. So also was Jonah among those sent.
140. When he ran away to the ship laden.
141. He cast lots, and he was condemned.
142. Then the big Fish did swallow him, and he had done acts worthy of blame.
143. Had it not been that he had glorified Allah,
144. He wsould certainly have remained inside the Fish till the day of Resurrection.
145. But We cast him forth on the shore in a state of sickness.
146. And We caused to grow over him, a spreading plant of the gourd kind.
147. And We sent him to a hundred thousand or more.
148. And they believed, so We permitted them to enjoy for a while.
149. Now ask then their opinion, is it that thy Lord has daughters, and they have sons?
150. Or that We created the angels female, and they are witnesses?
Those ranged in ranks 37:139-150
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Is it that thy Lord has daughters, and you have sons?
Did God create the angels female, and you are witnesses?
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
Qur'an 20080222
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
12. Truly does thou marvel, while they ridicule.
13. And when they are admonished, pay no heed,
14. And when they see a Sign, turn it into mockery,
15. And say, "This is nothing but evident sorcery!"
16. "What? When we die, and become dust and bones, shall we be raised up?"
17. "And also our fathers of old?"
18. Say, "Yea, and you shall then be humiliated."
19. Then it will be a single cry, and behold, they will begin to to see!
20. They will say, "Ah! Woe is us! This is the Day of Judgment!"
21. This is the Day of Sorting Out, whose Truth you denied!
Those ranged in ranks 37:12-21
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Yea, and you shall then be humiliated.
Today, I have been observing the Wealth of Allah. Not just massive amounts of money, food and property, but also the natural and supernatural abundance. I ask myself, "Is this what the greedy, the drunk and the arrogant have been wanting to see all this while?" The point is, they REFUSE to see it. I also found it odd that the skeptical would believe in magic and superstition over God. So I just took what was given to me this day, and continued my journey.
9:55 pm Friday, February 22, 2008: They still don't see it.
Some quotes I heard over the brainwaves:
"I was only joking!"
"I'm fucked up, I was just messing around!"
"I was just having fun."
"Don't take it personally, I wasn't being serious!"
"There's nothing wrong with a bit of laughter!"
12. Truly does thou marvel, while they ridicule.
13. And when they are admonished, pay no heed,
14. And when they see a Sign, turn it into mockery,
15. And say, "This is nothing but evident sorcery!"
16. "What? When we die, and become dust and bones, shall we be raised up?"
17. "And also our fathers of old?"
18. Say, "Yea, and you shall then be humiliated."
19. Then it will be a single cry, and behold, they will begin to to see!
20. They will say, "Ah! Woe is us! This is the Day of Judgment!"
21. This is the Day of Sorting Out, whose Truth you denied!
Those ranged in ranks 37:12-21
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Yea, and you shall then be humiliated.
Today, I have been observing the Wealth of Allah. Not just massive amounts of money, food and property, but also the natural and supernatural abundance. I ask myself, "Is this what the greedy, the drunk and the arrogant have been wanting to see all this while?" The point is, they REFUSE to see it. I also found it odd that the skeptical would believe in magic and superstition over God. So I just took what was given to me this day, and continued my journey.
9:55 pm Friday, February 22, 2008: They still don't see it.
Some quotes I heard over the brainwaves:
"I was only joking!"
"I'm fucked up, I was just messing around!"
"I was just having fun."
"Don't take it personally, I wasn't being serious!"
"There's nothing wrong with a bit of laughter!"
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Qur'an 20080220
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
74. Yet they take gods other than Allah, that they might be helped!
75. They have not the power to help them, but they will be brought up as a troop.
76. Let not their speech then grieve thee. Verily, We know what they hide as well as what they disclose.
77. Does not man see that it is We who created him from sperm? Yet behold! He is an open adversary!
78. And he makes comparisons for Us, and forgets his own creation. He says, "Who can give life to bones, and decomposed ones?"
79. Say, "God will give them life, Who created them the first time! For God is well-versed in every kind of creation!"
80. "The same Who produces for you fire out of the green tree, when behold! You kindle therewith!"
81. "Is not God Who created the heavens and the earth, able to create the like thereof?" Yea, indeed! For God is the Creator Supreme, of skill and knowledge!
82. Verily, when God intends a thing, God's Command is "Be!" and it is.
83. So glory to God in Whose hands is the dominion of all things, and to God will you all be brought back.
Ya Sin 36:74-83
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God will give them life, Who created them the first time! For God is well-versed in every kind of creation!
The same Who produces for you fire out of the green tree, when behold! You kindle therewith!
Is not God Who created the heavens and the earth, able to create the like thereof?
We humans all have humble beginnings. As children we were helpless and dependent on our parents, in business we are dependent on much personal effort and capital. Then as we grow older and stronger, humans forget their lowly beginnings, and say and do things that are arrogant. Nothing mortal lasts forever! Even the arrogant know that- People grow weak and die, business becomes obsolete and fails. I sometimes wonder if it is a genetic trait for us humans to forget our weakness, and become arrogant. It is a blessing indeed to be constantly aware of our smallness, and have that reflect in our words and actions.
Ya Allah! Please protect my humility!
74. Yet they take gods other than Allah, that they might be helped!
75. They have not the power to help them, but they will be brought up as a troop.
76. Let not their speech then grieve thee. Verily, We know what they hide as well as what they disclose.
77. Does not man see that it is We who created him from sperm? Yet behold! He is an open adversary!
78. And he makes comparisons for Us, and forgets his own creation. He says, "Who can give life to bones, and decomposed ones?"
79. Say, "God will give them life, Who created them the first time! For God is well-versed in every kind of creation!"
80. "The same Who produces for you fire out of the green tree, when behold! You kindle therewith!"
81. "Is not God Who created the heavens and the earth, able to create the like thereof?" Yea, indeed! For God is the Creator Supreme, of skill and knowledge!
82. Verily, when God intends a thing, God's Command is "Be!" and it is.
83. So glory to God in Whose hands is the dominion of all things, and to God will you all be brought back.
Ya Sin 36:74-83
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God will give them life, Who created them the first time! For God is well-versed in every kind of creation!
The same Who produces for you fire out of the green tree, when behold! You kindle therewith!
Is not God Who created the heavens and the earth, able to create the like thereof?
We humans all have humble beginnings. As children we were helpless and dependent on our parents, in business we are dependent on much personal effort and capital. Then as we grow older and stronger, humans forget their lowly beginnings, and say and do things that are arrogant. Nothing mortal lasts forever! Even the arrogant know that- People grow weak and die, business becomes obsolete and fails. I sometimes wonder if it is a genetic trait for us humans to forget our weakness, and become arrogant. It is a blessing indeed to be constantly aware of our smallness, and have that reflect in our words and actions.
Ya Allah! Please protect my humility!
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Qur'an 20080216
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
38. Verily Allah knows the hidden things of the heavens and the earth: verily God has full knowledge of all that is in hearts.
39. God it is that has made you inheritors in the earth: if then, any do reject, their rejection against themselves: their rejection but adds to the odium for the unbelievers in the sight of their Lord: their rejection but adds to undoing.
40. Say, "Have you seen 'partners' of yours whom you call upon besides Allah? Show me what it is they have created in the earth. Or have they a share in the heavens?" Or have We given them a Book from which they clarify? Nay, the wrongdoers promise each other nothing but delusions.
The Originator of Creation 35:38-40
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Have you seen 'partners' of yours whom you call upon besides Allah? Show me what it is they have created in the earth. Or have they a share in the heavens?
If these people don't believe in God, then who is it they worship (besides themselves)? Or if these people believe that they are better than God, who is it that they call upon for help? Or if these people are just clueless, who is it they give credit to besides God?
Or is it that these people ignore God, because they only care about their own lusts and pleasures? Therefore do they only worship what stimulates their lusts and pleasures? If you were to tickle these people, and give them pleasure, would they worship you? Do they worship lovers and prostitutes? Do they worship rubber dolls and sex toys? Do they worship drugs and booze?
Do these people worship what they create? Are they so proud of what they create, that they boost their own pride with acts of worship/self-worship? Do these people worship what other people have created? Do they have a deal with these people to worship what they create? Do they worship what other people create because other people have been worshiping it? What do these creations do, that they worship them?
Do these people worship the things besides God that helped them achieve social status, and power? Is it the public eye that they worship? Is it their buddies that they worship? Do they have a deal to worship each other? Do they worship what other people tell them to worship? Is it other people that they worship?
Is it a thing that these people worship? Do they save money over the years to buy that thing so that they could worship it? Would they worship that thing anyway, if they could not afford to buy it? What does the thing do, that they worship it?
Is it money that these people worship? If they made lots of money, would they still worship money? If they lost all their money, would they still worship money? Do they spend money worshiping money? If they were too sick or too old to enjoy money, would they still worship money? If somebody gave them lots of money, would they worship that person? Is it the things money buys, that they worship? So, these people worship things? What does the thing do, that they worship it?
It's a lot less confusing for me to only worship Allah, and to remain constant in my worship of Allah so that I don't lapse into confusion.
38. Verily Allah knows the hidden things of the heavens and the earth: verily God has full knowledge of all that is in hearts.
39. God it is that has made you inheritors in the earth: if then, any do reject, their rejection against themselves: their rejection but adds to the odium for the unbelievers in the sight of their Lord: their rejection but adds to undoing.
40. Say, "Have you seen 'partners' of yours whom you call upon besides Allah? Show me what it is they have created in the earth. Or have they a share in the heavens?" Or have We given them a Book from which they clarify? Nay, the wrongdoers promise each other nothing but delusions.
The Originator of Creation 35:38-40
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Have you seen 'partners' of yours whom you call upon besides Allah? Show me what it is they have created in the earth. Or have they a share in the heavens?
If these people don't believe in God, then who is it they worship (besides themselves)? Or if these people believe that they are better than God, who is it that they call upon for help? Or if these people are just clueless, who is it they give credit to besides God?
Or is it that these people ignore God, because they only care about their own lusts and pleasures? Therefore do they only worship what stimulates their lusts and pleasures? If you were to tickle these people, and give them pleasure, would they worship you? Do they worship lovers and prostitutes? Do they worship rubber dolls and sex toys? Do they worship drugs and booze?
Do these people worship what they create? Are they so proud of what they create, that they boost their own pride with acts of worship/self-worship? Do these people worship what other people have created? Do they have a deal with these people to worship what they create? Do they worship what other people create because other people have been worshiping it? What do these creations do, that they worship them?
Do these people worship the things besides God that helped them achieve social status, and power? Is it the public eye that they worship? Is it their buddies that they worship? Do they have a deal to worship each other? Do they worship what other people tell them to worship? Is it other people that they worship?
Is it a thing that these people worship? Do they save money over the years to buy that thing so that they could worship it? Would they worship that thing anyway, if they could not afford to buy it? What does the thing do, that they worship it?
Is it money that these people worship? If they made lots of money, would they still worship money? If they lost all their money, would they still worship money? Do they spend money worshiping money? If they were too sick or too old to enjoy money, would they still worship money? If somebody gave them lots of money, would they worship that person? Is it the things money buys, that they worship? So, these people worship things? What does the thing do, that they worship it?
It's a lot less confusing for me to only worship Allah, and to remain constant in my worship of Allah so that I don't lapse into confusion.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Qur'an 20080209
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
34. Never did We send a Warner to a population but the wealthy ones among them said, "We believe not in that with which you have been sent."
35. They said,"We have more in wealth and in sons, and we cannot be punished."
36. Say, "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Provision to whom God pleases, but most men understand not."
37. It is not your wealth nor your sons that will bring you nearer to Us in degree: but only those who believe and work righteousness- these are the ones for whom there is a multiplied Reward for their deeds, while secure they are in dwellings on high!
38. Those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them, will be given over into Punishment.
39. Say, "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Sustenance to such of God's servants as God pleases: and nothing do you spend in the least but God replaces it: for God is the Best of those who grant Sustenance."
Sheba 34:34-39
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Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Provision to whom God pleases, but most men understand not.
Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Sustenance to such of God's servants as God pleases: and nothing do you spend in the least but God replaces it: for God is the Best of those who grant Sustenance.
Undoubtedly, most people crave wealth, because they relate to the stuff and "security" that it brings. We all know that you can't take all that stuff with you when you die. Some people build mausoleums, which are great for grave robbers. As for security, you can make a lot of money buying and selling houses. Then you spend that money building more houses, but then nobody can afford to buy any of it. Broke!
Whether it's houses or whatever, having all that money can make you spend (invest) too much of it, and become broke. Sometimes it doesn't matter how cautious, or responsible you are. That's because humans are not self-sufficient. People rely on others to survive, moreover people rely on God. How about a nice blizzard to wipe out that wheat harvest. Or a father getting brain damage from a stroke, leaving sons fighting and killing each other for the family business.
God is the great Provider. Maybe you built your bakery on a microscopic thermal fissure that stimulates the dough to rise nice and fluffy. Or maybe one day you were shooting at some food, and up through the ground comes a bubblin' crude.
What matters to God is correctness of faith, and good deeds. From those will God determine our sustenance, not just in this life , but also in the hereafter. Those who spend their wealth to defy God, and commit evil, will be delivered their Punishment. Some of may get a time break, so that they can pile up their penalty. And it usually is what you accumulate, that becomes your penalty. It could be your children. It could be that nice car which you backed up on your child. And that doesn't include what's coming in the Hereafter!
Let's not be fooled by appearances, either. Some of the weathiest people in the world wear jeans and t-shirts. Some hang out with bums. Some were bums. Whatever, again it is God who determines our sustenance.
34. Never did We send a Warner to a population but the wealthy ones among them said, "We believe not in that with which you have been sent."
35. They said,"We have more in wealth and in sons, and we cannot be punished."
36. Say, "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Provision to whom God pleases, but most men understand not."
37. It is not your wealth nor your sons that will bring you nearer to Us in degree: but only those who believe and work righteousness- these are the ones for whom there is a multiplied Reward for their deeds, while secure they are in dwellings on high!
38. Those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them, will be given over into Punishment.
39. Say, "Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Sustenance to such of God's servants as God pleases: and nothing do you spend in the least but God replaces it: for God is the Best of those who grant Sustenance."
Sheba 34:34-39
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Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Provision to whom God pleases, but most men understand not.
Verily my Lord enlarges and restricts the Sustenance to such of God's servants as God pleases: and nothing do you spend in the least but God replaces it: for God is the Best of those who grant Sustenance.
Undoubtedly, most people crave wealth, because they relate to the stuff and "security" that it brings. We all know that you can't take all that stuff with you when you die. Some people build mausoleums, which are great for grave robbers. As for security, you can make a lot of money buying and selling houses. Then you spend that money building more houses, but then nobody can afford to buy any of it. Broke!
Whether it's houses or whatever, having all that money can make you spend (invest) too much of it, and become broke. Sometimes it doesn't matter how cautious, or responsible you are. That's because humans are not self-sufficient. People rely on others to survive, moreover people rely on God. How about a nice blizzard to wipe out that wheat harvest. Or a father getting brain damage from a stroke, leaving sons fighting and killing each other for the family business.
God is the great Provider. Maybe you built your bakery on a microscopic thermal fissure that stimulates the dough to rise nice and fluffy. Or maybe one day you were shooting at some food, and up through the ground comes a bubblin' crude.
What matters to God is correctness of faith, and good deeds. From those will God determine our sustenance, not just in this life , but also in the hereafter. Those who spend their wealth to defy God, and commit evil, will be delivered their Punishment. Some of may get a time break, so that they can pile up their penalty. And it usually is what you accumulate, that becomes your penalty. It could be your children. It could be that nice car which you backed up on your child. And that doesn't include what's coming in the Hereafter!
Let's not be fooled by appearances, either. Some of the weathiest people in the world wear jeans and t-shirts. Some hang out with bums. Some were bums. Whatever, again it is God who determines our sustenance.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Qur'an 20080208
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
27. Say: "Show me those who you have joined with God as partners: by no means. Nay, God is Allah, the Exalted in Power, the Wise."
28. We have not sent thee but as a universalist to men, giving them glad tidings, and warning them, but most men understand not.
29. They say,"When is this promise, if you are telling the truth?"
30. Say: "The appointment to you is for a Day, which you cannot put back for an hour, nor put forward."
Sheba 34:27-30
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Show me those who you have joined with God as partners: by no means. Nay, God is Allah, the Exalted in Power, the Wise.
The appointment to you is for a Day, which you cannot put back for an hour, nor put forward.
27. Say: "Show me those who you have joined with God as partners: by no means. Nay, God is Allah, the Exalted in Power, the Wise."
28. We have not sent thee but as a universalist to men, giving them glad tidings, and warning them, but most men understand not.
29. They say,"When is this promise, if you are telling the truth?"
30. Say: "The appointment to you is for a Day, which you cannot put back for an hour, nor put forward."
Sheba 34:27-30
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Show me those who you have joined with God as partners: by no means. Nay, God is Allah, the Exalted in Power, the Wise.
The appointment to you is for a Day, which you cannot put back for an hour, nor put forward.
Friday, February 8, 2008
The Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip is unusual in being a densely settled area not recognized as a de jure part of any extant country.
From the beginning, the area's chief economic and social problem was the presence of large numbers of Palestinian Arab refugees living in extreme poverty in squalid camps. The Egyptian government did not consider the area part of Egypt and did not allow the refugees to become Egyptian citizens or to migrate to Egypt or to other Arab countries where they might be integrated into the population. Israel did not allow them to return to their former homes or to receive compensation for their loss of property.
Living conditions in the Gaza Strip are typically poor because of its dense and rapidly increasing population (the area's growth rate is one of the highest in the world); inadequate water, sewage, and electrical services; and high rates of unemployment.
In politically stable times, as much as one-tenth of the Palestinian population travels daily to Israel (where they are not allowed to stay overnight) to work in menial jobs. Political tension and outbreaks of violence have often led Israeli authorities to close the border for extended periods, putting many Palestinians out
of work.
(Encyclopaedia Brittanica 2007)
From the beginning, the area's chief economic and social problem was the presence of large numbers of Palestinian Arab refugees living in extreme poverty in squalid camps. The Egyptian government did not consider the area part of Egypt and did not allow the refugees to become Egyptian citizens or to migrate to Egypt or to other Arab countries where they might be integrated into the population. Israel did not allow them to return to their former homes or to receive compensation for their loss of property.
Living conditions in the Gaza Strip are typically poor because of its dense and rapidly increasing population (the area's growth rate is one of the highest in the world); inadequate water, sewage, and electrical services; and high rates of unemployment.
In politically stable times, as much as one-tenth of the Palestinian population travels daily to Israel (where they are not allowed to stay overnight) to work in menial jobs. Political tension and outbreaks of violence have often led Israeli authorities to close the border for extended periods, putting many Palestinians out
of work.
(Encyclopaedia Brittanica 2007)
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Qur'an 20080207
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
3. The unbelievers say, "Never to us will come the Hour." Say, "Nay! But most surely by my Lord, it will come upon you- by God who knows the unseen- from Whom is not hidden the least little atom in the heavens or on earth: nor is there anything less than that, or greater, but is in a Record Perspicuous."
4 That God may reward those who believe and work deeds of righteousness: for such is Forgiveness, and a Sustenance most Generous.
5. But those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them- for such will be a Penalty- a Punishment most humiliating.
6. And those to whom Knowledge has come see that this sent down to thee from thy Lord- that is the Truth, and that it guides to the Path of the Exalted, Worthy of all praise.
Sheba 34:3-6
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Nay! But most surely by my Lord, it will come upon you- by God who knows the unseen- from Whom is not hidden the least little atom in the heavens or on earth: nor is there anything less than that, or greater, but is in a Record Perspicuous.
This revelation camedown approximately 615 AD. Note that God speaks of an atomized universe.
3. The unbelievers say, "Never to us will come the Hour." Say, "Nay! But most surely by my Lord, it will come upon you- by God who knows the unseen- from Whom is not hidden the least little atom in the heavens or on earth: nor is there anything less than that, or greater, but is in a Record Perspicuous."
4 That God may reward those who believe and work deeds of righteousness: for such is Forgiveness, and a Sustenance most Generous.
5. But those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them- for such will be a Penalty- a Punishment most humiliating.
6. And those to whom Knowledge has come see that this sent down to thee from thy Lord- that is the Truth, and that it guides to the Path of the Exalted, Worthy of all praise.
Sheba 34:3-6
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Nay! But most surely by my Lord, it will come upon you- by God who knows the unseen- from Whom is not hidden the least little atom in the heavens or on earth: nor is there anything less than that, or greater, but is in a Record Perspicuous.
This revelation camedown approximately 615 AD. Note that God speaks of an atomized universe.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Qur'an 20080206
In the name of Allah,Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
63. Men ask thee concerning the Hour: say, "The knowledge thereof is with Allah, and what will make thee understand? Perchance the Hour is nigh!"
64. Verily Allah has cursed the unbelievers and prepared for them a blazing fire
65. to dwell therein forever: no protector will they find, nor helper.
66. The Day that their faces will be turned upside down in the Fire, they will say: "Woe to us! Would that we had obeyed Allah, and obeyed the Messenger!"
67. And they will say: "Our Lord! We obeyed our chiefs and our great ones, and they misled us as to the path."
68. "Our Lord! Give them double penalty, and curse them with a very great curse!"
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The knowledge thereof is with Allah, and what will make thee understand? Perchance the Hour is nigh!
Today, I accidently put my clock in the washing machine and killed it.
Anyway, skeptics of Judgement Day want to know exactly when it is. Why? Will they be any less skeptical? Most likely it would make no difference to them. Such information is privy to the Almighty Allah only. The prophet Muhammad (peace be on him) didn't know it. The believers don't know it. I don't know it. The concept is that it could happen anytime. Just because it hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean that it won't happen, and happen anytime.
Oblivion is the modus operandi of unbelievers. Which is a shame, because the punishment is really intense. Their skepticism commanded them not to prepare, not even as an option. What these people see is other people, telling them what to do and what to believe, which is great if it is for the better, but it isn't. There can be no compensating for reaction when it comes to belief in God: the probation is now, so prepare now. But I guess regret is more important than preparation for most people.
Instead most people follow bosses and politicians, for whatever reason. Often we see within an establishment people blaming each other when something goes wrong. This will be true again on Judgement Day, when unbelievers start blaming their bosses and politicians in the presence of God. And treacherous too, as we often see, when they demand more severe penalties for those they blame. E Pluribus Unum.
63. Men ask thee concerning the Hour: say, "The knowledge thereof is with Allah, and what will make thee understand? Perchance the Hour is nigh!"
64. Verily Allah has cursed the unbelievers and prepared for them a blazing fire
65. to dwell therein forever: no protector will they find, nor helper.
66. The Day that their faces will be turned upside down in the Fire, they will say: "Woe to us! Would that we had obeyed Allah, and obeyed the Messenger!"
67. And they will say: "Our Lord! We obeyed our chiefs and our great ones, and they misled us as to the path."
68. "Our Lord! Give them double penalty, and curse them with a very great curse!"
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The knowledge thereof is with Allah, and what will make thee understand? Perchance the Hour is nigh!
Today, I accidently put my clock in the washing machine and killed it.
Anyway, skeptics of Judgement Day want to know exactly when it is. Why? Will they be any less skeptical? Most likely it would make no difference to them. Such information is privy to the Almighty Allah only. The prophet Muhammad (peace be on him) didn't know it. The believers don't know it. I don't know it. The concept is that it could happen anytime. Just because it hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean that it won't happen, and happen anytime.
Oblivion is the modus operandi of unbelievers. Which is a shame, because the punishment is really intense. Their skepticism commanded them not to prepare, not even as an option. What these people see is other people, telling them what to do and what to believe, which is great if it is for the better, but it isn't. There can be no compensating for reaction when it comes to belief in God: the probation is now, so prepare now. But I guess regret is more important than preparation for most people.
Instead most people follow bosses and politicians, for whatever reason. Often we see within an establishment people blaming each other when something goes wrong. This will be true again on Judgement Day, when unbelievers start blaming their bosses and politicians in the presence of God. And treacherous too, as we often see, when they demand more severe penalties for those they blame. E Pluribus Unum.
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