Qur'an 20080429

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

13. O mankind! We created you from of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know each other. Verily the most honored of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you, and Allah has full Knowledge, and is Well Acquainted.

14. The desert Arabs say, "We believe." Say, "You have no faith, but you say, 'We have submitted our wills to Allah,' for not yet has Faith entered your hearts. But if you obey Allah and God's Messenger, God will not belittle aught of your deeds, for Allah is Oft-forgiving, most Merciful."

15. Only those are Believers who have believed in Allah and God's Messenger, and have never since doubted, but have striven with their belongings and their persons in the Cause of Allah: such are the sincere ones.

16. Say, "What! Will you instruct Allah about your religion? But Allah knows all that is in the heavens and on earth. Allah has full knowledge of all things."

17. They impress on thee as a favor that they have embraced Islam. Say, "Count not your Islam as a favor upon me. Nay, Allah has conferred a favor upon you that God has guided you to the Faith, if you be true and sincere."

18. Verily Allah knows the secrets of the heavens and the earth, and Allah sees well all that you do.

The Chambers 49:13-18
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You have no faith, but you say, "We have submitted our wills to Allah," for not yet has Faith entered your hearts. But if you obey Allah and God's Messenger, God will not belittle aught of your deeds, for Allah is Oft-forgiving, most Merciful.

What! Will you instruct Allah about your religion? But Allah knows all that is in the heavens and on earth. Allah has full knowledge of all things.

Count not your Islam as a favor upon me. Nay, Allah has conferred a favor upon you that God has guided you to the Faith, if you be true and sincere.

Verse 13 is a confirmation of the various races and nations of humankind, the reason being that we may gain knowledge of and from each other. Righteousness has no gender, race or nation: it is simply the best of humanity. Some of those who profess "faith", just do with words. But if they back up their words with obedience to the laws set forth by Allah in the Qur'an, and the genuine teachings of the prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), then Allah will treat them with Mercy.

Sincere righteousness is not just a "leap of faith", but a "leap of faith with all-out-abandon". Ya Allah! You are my Witness! Even in my wanderings, I have never left You, insyaAllah! And the music that You gave me; even in its experimentation, is from data that You granted upon me. I gave You, and the music You gave me, everything I had, until all I have left are the bags I am able to carry on my back. Ya Allah! You are my Witness! Please forgive me for my weakness, for without You, I would have never got this far. The music that You gave me is my mission: please make my mission a success, and please make me conduct my mission with sincere righteousness.

Qur'an 20080424

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

15. Those who lagged behind: "When you march and take booty, permit us to follow you." They wish to change Allah's decree. Say, "Not thus will you follow us. Allah has already declared beforehand." Then they will say, "But you are jealous of us!" Nay, but little do they understand.

16. Say to the desert Arabs who lagged behind, "You shall be summoned to fight against a people given to vehement war. Then shall you fight, or they shall submit. Then if you show obedience, Allah will grant you a goodly reward, but if you turn back as you did before, God will punish you with a Grievous Penalty."

17. No blame is there on the blind, nor is there blame on the lame, nor on one ill. But he that obeys Allah and God's Messenger.... Will admit him to Gardens beneath which rivers flow. And he who turns back.... Will punish him with a Grievous Penalty.

The Victory 48:15-17
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Not thus will you follow us. Allah has already declared beforehand.

You shall be summoned to fight against a people given to vehement war. Then shall you fight, or they shall submit. Then if you show obedience, Allah will grant you a goodly reward, but if you turn back as you did before, God will punish you with a Grievous Penalty.

Qur'an 20080423

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

11. The desert Arabs who lagged behind will say to thee, "We were engaged in our flocks and herds, and our families, do thou then ask forgiveness for us?" They say with their tongues what is not in their hearts. Say, "Who then has any power in your behalf with Allah, if God's Will is to give you some loss, or to give you some profit? But Allah is well acquainted with all that you do."

12. Nay, you thought that the Messenger and the Believers would never return to their families. This seemed pleasing to your hearts, and you conceived an evil thought, for you are a people lost.

13. And if any believe not in Allah and God's Messenger, We have prepared for the unbelievers, a blazing Fire!

14. To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. God forgives whom God wills, and God punishes whom God wills; but Allah is Oft-Forgiving, most Merciful.

The Victory 48:11-14
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Who then has any power in your behalf with Allah, if God's Will is to give you some loss, or to give you some profit? But Allah is well acquainted with all that you do.

Generally, human nature is to "catch up to" mistakes. This includes wrongs done to another person, by asking that person for mercy. The righteous person must try to forgive. God is the best at granting Forgiveness, but there are some things that God does not forgive.

In the Qur'an, we can find Allah complaining about the Arabs several times. Being that the Qur'an is in Arabic, the prophet Muhammad (peace be on him) was an Arab, his mission was to the Arab people, and all the stuff going on in that area nowadays, it should be easy to guess why. But let's not be prejudiced. People are both good and evil, whether it be Arab, non-Arab, male, female, black, white, brown, yellow, pink or whatever. God knows your intentions, and can make your intentions manifest to everyone. Be sincere in righteousness.

Qur'an 20080414

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

21. Mention one of 'Ad's brethren: behold, he warned his people about the winding sand-tracts. But there have warners before him, and after him: "Worship you none other than Allah; truly I fear for you the Penalty of a Mighty Day."

22. They said, "Hast thou come to turn us aside from our gods? Then bring upon us that with which thou dost threaten us, if thou art telling the truth!"

23. He said, "The knowledge is only with Allah. I proclaim to you the mission with which I have been sent, but I see that you are a people in ignorance!"

24. Then when they saw it, a cloud traversing the sky, coming to meet their valleys, they said, "This cloud will bring us rain!" Nay, it is what you were asking to be hastened: a wind wherein is a Grievous Penalty!

25. Everything will it destroy by the command of its Lord! Then by the morning they... nothing was to be seen but their houses! Thus do We recompense those given to sin!

26. And We had firmly established them in a power which We have not given to you, and We had endowed them with hearing, seeing, heart and intellect: but of no profit to them were their hearing, seeing, heart and intellect when they went on rejecting the Signs of Allah. And they were encircled by that which they used to mock at!

Winding sand-tracts 46:21-26
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Many people guess that the 'Ad people flourished some time between Sodom and Gomorrah, and the people of Moses, in the vicinity of the Arabian peninsula. The prophet who was assigned to their case was the prophet Hud. Apparently, he saw evidence of climactic change in the waveforms carved out by the wind in the desert sand. The 'Ad were polytheists, so the prophet Hud warned them that God was ready to give them reckoning for their bad faith.

Just like everyone else, the 'Ad told the prophet Hud to "bring it on". The 'Ad were wiped out by a hurricane. None of the skills and powers that they had did them any good, because they thought it more important to reject God. Sad to say, verse 21 states that this is a general human trait, and the 'Ad was one of many populations to be wiped out for the same reason.

Qur'an 20080412

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

2. The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom.

3. We created not the heavens and the earth, and all between them but for just ends, and for a term appointed. But those who reject Faith turn away from that whereof they are warned.

4. Say, "Do you see what it is you invoke besides Allah? Show me what it is they have created on earth, or have they a share in the heavens? Bring me a Book before this, or any remnant of knowledge, if you are telling the truth!"

5. And who is more astray than one who invokes, besides Allah, such as will not answer him on the Day of Judgment, and who are unconscious of their call?

6. And when mankind are gathered together, they will be hostile to them, and reject their worship.

7. When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, the unbelievers say of the Truth when it comes to them, "This is nothing but evident sorcery!"

8. Or do they say, "He has forged it"? Say, "Had I forged it, then can you obtain nothing for me from Allah. God knows best whereof you talk! Enough is God for a witness between me and you! And God is Oft-Forgiving, most Merciful."

9. Say, "I am no bringer of new-fangled doctrine among the messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me, or with you. I follow that which is revealed to me by inspiration. I am but a Warner, open and clear."

10. Say, "Don't you see? If this be from Allah, and you reject it, and a witness from among the Children of Israel testifies to its similarity, and has believed while you are arrogant. Truly, Allah guides not a people unjust."

Winding sand-tracts 46:2-10
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Do you see what it is you invoke besides Allah? Show me what it is they have created on earth, or have they a share in the heavens? Bring me a Book before this, or any remnant of knowledge, if you are telling the truth!

Had I forged it, then can you obtain nothing for me from Allah. God knows best whereof you talk! Enough is God for a witness between me and you! And God is Oft-Forgiving, most Merciful.

I am no bringer of new-fangled doctrine among the messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me, or with you. I follow that which is revealed to me by inspiration. I am but a Warner, open and clear.

Don't you see? If this be from Allah, and you reject it, and a witness from among the Children of Israel testifies to its similarity, and has believed while you are arrogant. Truly, Allah guides not a people unjust.

Ya Allah, please free me and my wife of the guilt of worshipping others besides You. We are both absolutely dependant on You, and whatever advantage or power we have in this world is due to Your kindness and mercy to us.

Ya Allah, please free me and my wife of the guilt of being worshipped as idols. We are average people, from average families. We live in this world due to Your kindness and mercy to us, and we shall grow old, and die. Please grant us happiness and security in this life, and the Hereafter. Please bless our work, may our work please You.

Qur'an 20080410

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

22. Allah created the heavens and the earth for just ends, and in order that each soul may find the recompense of what it has earned, and none of them be wronged.

23. Then seest thou such a one that takes as his god his own vain desire? Allah has knowingly left him astray, and sealed his hearing and his heart, and put a cover on his sight. Who then, will guide him after Allah? Will you not then receive admonition?

24. And they say, "What is there but the life of this world? We shall die and we live, and nothing but time can destroy us." But of that they have no knowledge: they merely conjecture.

25. And when Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, their argument is nothing but this: they say, "Bring our forefathers, if what you say is true!"

26. Say, "It is Allah who gives you life, then gives you death. Then God will gather you together for the Day of Judgment about which there is no doubt." But most men do not understand.

The kneeling down 45:22-26
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It is Allah who gives you life, then gives you death. Then God will gather you together for the Day of Judgment about which there is no doubt.

Desire. All religions seem to address the concept of desire. Even atheism, as a religion, recognizes desire. Desire can itself be a religion for some people, if all they care about is their desire. Desire becomes all-consuming, it influences all their judgments and decisions. Their goal in life is to let their desires run wild and free.

That is the intent of God, is to leave these people clueless to everything else, and increase in transgressions until their transgressions pile up, and become monsters. When the consequences of their actions catch up to them, these consequences will be the size of monsters.

"What consequences?" some say. "What if I die first?" Again, humans have no grasp of time. Maybe 70 years of human life, humans has no evidence that their lives are over, when compared to millions of years. But most people want something NOW. So how can these people ever understand consequences?

Qur'an 20080401

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

78. Verily We have brought the Truth to you, but most of you have a hatred for Truth.

79. What? Have they settled some plan? But it is We who settle things.

80. Or do they think that We hear not their secrets, and their private counsels? Indeed! And Our messengers are by them, to record.

81. Say, "If the Most Gracious had a son, I would be first to worship."

The Gold Adornments 43:78-81
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If the Most Gracious had a son, I would be first to worship.

People don't want to change themselves, and their habits. That is why most people hate the truth.

One of the most distinct differences between Islam and Christianity is that Islam does not recognize God as having any offspring. Here's the logic: being immortal, God does not need children.