The first human beings worshiped Satan were the Waldenses, Vallenses or Vaudois; these are names for a Christian movement, which started in Lyon, France and spread soon to the Cottian Alps in the late 1170s. However, the Quran is the first book on the Earth that mention the fact that man one day will worship Satan. Is this Historical miracle is one of the many miracles of the Quran or what?
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The verses 36:59-64 dwells on the scene of reckoning faced by the Atheists and unbelievers with all that it involves of criticism and blame. The verses say:
“But stand aside today, you guilty ones!
Children of Adam!
- Did I not enjoin on you that you should not worship Satan, as he is your open foe?
- And that You should worship Me alone? This is the straight path.
- He (Satan) had already led astray a great many of you.
- Could you not, then, use your reason?
This, then, is the hell that Our messengers were repeatedly warned you against:
Endure it today for your persistent rejection [of the truth].”
In these verses, we see that Scorn and Derision mark the dealing they receive.
At first, Allah commands them to stand aside, away from the believers.
Allah will say to them
- Stand apart, O you sinners, guilty, unbelievers
- Separate yourselves from the believers
Then, Allah addressed them as ‘Children of Adam,’ which is an address implying reproach.
“Children of Adam! Did I not enjoin on you that you should not worship Satan, as he is your open foe?”
Did I not charge you and command you, O children of Adam, by the tongues of My repeated messengers, and in the Scripture brought by the Messengers
- That you should not worship Satan,
- That you should not obey Satan
- That Satan is a manifest enemy to you, one whose enmity is quite evident,
It was Satan who caused the expulsion of their father, Adam, from heaven. He has declared his permanent enmity to Adam and his children, yet they continue to worship him.
On the other hand, Children of Adam were enjoined to do something that was certain to set them on a straight path, leading to Allah’s pleasure and a happy end in the Afterlife:
“You should worship Me alone. This is the straight path.”
They are reminded that this enemy led astray many generations.
For verily Satan has led astray from a great multitude of people before you and from among you
Did you not know what Satan did to them, and hence avoid following their path?
Did you not use to comprehend his enmity and his misguidance?
Did you not use to comprehend the chastisements that befell them in the life of this world?
Moreover, Allah will say to them in the Hereafter:
This is Hell, which Allah’ messengers have promised you!
Burn therein today [as chastisement] for that which you used to reject!’
Burn therein today because of your denial of the Scriptures and the messengers.
Hence, the pretentious question for them:
“Could you not, then, use your reason?”
At the end of this very hard and humiliating position, the dreaded sentence continues, given in connotations of reproach and derision:
“This, then, is the hell that you were repeatedly warned against: endure it today for your persistent rejection of the truth.”
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We know that Allah revealed the Quran unto the Prophet Muhammad via the great Angel Gabriel more than 1400 years ago.
At the time of the Prophet Muhammad, Humankind has never ever heard about worshipping of Satan.
As far as I know, the first human beings worshiped Satan were the Waldenses, Vallenses or Vaudois. Those are names for a Christian movement, which started in Lyon, France and spread soon to the Cottian Alps in the late 1170s.
In 1179, they gained the attention of the Church and were accused of worshipping Satan.
Hence, the Quran is the first book on the Earth that mention the fact that man one day will worship Satan.
Is this Historical miracle is one of the many miracles of the Quran or what?
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The verses 36:59-64vin different translations:
QARIB:
59-(And he will say): ‘distance yourselves, o sinners, this day.
60-Children of Adam, did I not make a covenant with you, that you should not worship Satan he is surely a clear enemy to you
61-And that you worship me? Surely, that is the straight path.
62-Yet he has led many a host of you astray, did you not understand?
63-This, then is gehenna (hell), that which you were promised.
64-Roast well therein this day for you were unbelievers. ‘
SHAKIR:
59-And get aside today, o guilty ones!
60-did I not charge you, o children of Adam! That you should not serve the Shaitan? Surely, he is your open enemy,
61-And that you should serve me; this is the right way
62-And certainly he led astray numerous people from among you. What! Could you not then understand?
63-This is the hell with which you were threatened
64-Enter into it this day because you disbelieved
PICKTHAL:
59-But avaunt ye, o ye guilty, this day!
60-Did i not charge you, o ye sons of Adam, that ye worship not the devil – lo! He is your open foe! –
61-But that ye worship me? That was the right path.
62-Yet he hath led astray of you a great multitude. Had ye then no sense?
63-This is hell which ye were promised (if ye followed him).
64-Burn therein this day for that ye disbelieved.
YUSUFALI:
59-“And o ye in sin! Get ye apart this day!
60-“Did I not enjoin on you, o ye children of Adam, that ye should not worship Satan; for that he was to you an enemy avowed?-
61-“And that ye should worship me, (for that) this was the straight way?
62-“But he did lead astray a great multitude of you. Did ye not, then, understand?
63-“This is the hell of which ye were (repeatedly) warned!
64-“Embrace ye the (fire) this day, for that ye (persistently) rejected (truth).”