Qur'an 20080315

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

2. A revelation from the most Gracious, most Merciful.

3. A Book, from which the verses are explained in detail- a Qur'an in Arabic, for people who understand.

4. Giving Good News and Admonition. Yet most of them turn away, and so they hear not.

5. They say, "Our hearts are under veils from that to which thou dost invite us, and in our ears is a deafness, and between us and thee is a screen. So, you do yours, we'll do ours".

6. Say thou, "I am but a man like you. It is revealed to me by inspiration that your God is One God. So stand true to God, and ask for God's forgiveness." And woe to those who join gods with Allah.

7. Those who practise not regular charity, and even deny the Hereafter.

8. For those who believe, and work deeds of righteousness, is a reward that will never fail.

9. Say,"Is it that you deny God who created the earth in 2 Days? And do you join equals with God? God is the Lord of the worlds."

10. "God set on that mountains standing firm, high above it, and bestowed blessings on the earth, and measured therein all things to give them nourishment in due proportion, in 4 Days, in accordance with those who seek."

11. Moreover, God comprehended in God's design the sky, and it had been smoke. God said to it and the earth, "Come you together, willingly or unwillingly." They said, "We do come, in willing obedience."

12. So God completed them as 7 firmaments in 2 Days, and God assigned to each heaven its duty and command. And We adorned the lower heaven with lights, and with guard. Such is the Decree of the Exalted in Might, Full of Knowledge.

13. But if they turn away, say thou, "I have warned you of a stunning Punishment, like that of the 'Ad, and the Thamud!"

Expounded 41:2-13
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I am but a man like you. It is revealed to me by inspiration that your God is One God. So stand true to God, and ask for God's forgiveness.

Is it that you deny God who created the earth in 2 Days? And do you join equals with God? God is the Lord of the worlds.

God set on that mountains standing firm, high above it, and bestowed blessings on the earth, and measured therein all things to give them nourishment in due proportion, in 4 Days, in accordance with those who seek.

I have warned you of a stunning Punishment, like that of the 'Ad, and the Thamud!

The Qur'an is so dense, most people think they are not getting enough information, but actually they are getting too much information. Language too, is part of the key- an Arabic Qur'an, with the prophet Muhammad (peace be on him) being an Arab, whose mission was the Arabs, which pertains all the stuff going on in that area nowadays. Too bad it is not the Plan of God to save everybody. The evidence of that is the apathy of most people regarding piety, and their indulgence in material affairs. So be it. No, it is not a blessing.

Being the Lord of the Worlds means being the Lord of the Multiverse. The universe itself is but one world, there are an infinite number of different times and spaces. Black holes, for instance. Another example is, what would have happened toyou if your father had married someone else before you were born? Perhaps you would still have been born, but it is unlikely that you would have the same life. you would say that it's just probability, but probability is real, because it is mathematics. People call it "luck", but it is mathematics. Then you might say, "I am because I am here today!" But you weren't when your father got married. Then God created the circumstance that was you. The Probability of God is One.
Athiests might say that the probability of God is zero, but that would only be possible if the topic of God had never ever been brought up.

Time distortion is an easy game for God to play. Believers of the Faith know that God created the heavens and the earth in 6 Days. First of, the Qur'an states that a Day in God's time is 1,000 years in human time. The earth spins on its axis for 1 revolution, let's call it a day. We have such small minds! Being human, sometimes I get weak and impatient, and wish that I can kick some ass now, but real Power can control time. In the beginning, there probably wasn't any axis to spin on, just a lot of gas. All that gas must occupy a greater amount of space, perhaps 1,000 x 365 times as much. The universe itself spins on an axis... perhaps that is God's Day? As for impatience, we all know that when things happen, they can happen in microseconds. Like a nuclear bomb.

Anyway, verse 9 is 2 Days. Verse 10 is 4 Days. 2 + 4 = 6 Days. Verse 11 and 12 are "also" clauses- God also made the sky at the same time. God fit those 2 Days within the 6 Days. Infinite Power creates time distortion! Note that God speaks of adorning the lower heaven with lights, and with guard. Meaning that we can't see past the stars of a universe, with no access to the Multiverse.

Lastly, the people of 'Ad were wiped out by a hurricane or tornado, and the people of Thamud were wiped out by an earthquake.