Atheists in Quran (26) Noah vs. their limitless pride

The Atheists’ pride and arrogance are limitless. In their rotten arguments with Noah, they said nasty statements to testify their unbelieving thoughts. Noah remains unaffected by their false accusations; He applies his own values and maintains his own standards. Noah does not make false claims or accusations as they have done.

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The Atheists’ pride and arrogance are limitless.

The Atheists who were the council, notables, the respected elders and the chieftains of Noah’s people claim that:

• Noah wants to force us to accept his religion
• Noah claims his religion and his prophet hood to gain money
• We will never ever sit with Noah and listen to him unless he drives away those who are the most abject, lowly, and weak and the riffraff among us, who have followed him before us. We commanded Noah to drive them away

This is an example of the Atheists’ Rotten arguments

They said such nasty statements to testify their unbelieving thoughts

Noah remains unaffected by the false accusations, insolence and blind rejection with which his people have received his message.

He applies his own values and maintains his own standards. He does not make false claims or accusations as they have done. Nor does he try to give himself any false image or impart anything alien to his message.

However, Allah inspired Noah the answers for their rotten arguments.

Noah addresses his Atheists people with kindness and friendliness stressing his relationship to them:  O My people

O my people, have you considered if I am acting upon a clear proof from my Lord and He has given me the mercy of prophet hood and it has been obscured from you

Bethink you, if I rely on a clear exposition, which has come down from my Lord

Allah favored me with his mercy that come unto me.  It is the prophet hood and the religion.

• Can we compel you to it, while you are averse to it?
• Are we able to force you to accept it, while you are antagonistic to it?
• can we inspire it or teach it to when you are deniers of it

We are not able to do that.

Noah continued, O my people,

• I do not ask of you any wealth that you should give me for conveying the Allah’s Message.
• I ask of you no wealth, no price in exchange for believing in Allah’s divine Oneness.
• My wage, my reward, falls only upon God
• I will not drive away those who believe, as you have commanded me.
• I am not going to thrust away those who believe because of what you say. Lo! they have to meet their Lord and report me to Him,
• Those believers shall surely meet their Lord, at the Resurrection, and
• Allah will requite them and exact vengeance for them from those who wronged them, mocked them and drove them away.
• I see you are a people who are ignorant, of the consequence of your affair.
• I see you a folk that are ignorant of the command of Allah.

Moreover, Noah said:

O my people, who would help, defend and save me against Allah’s chastisement, if I drive the believers away due to what you say?

There is none to help, defend and save me.

Will you not then remember?

When you admonished by what I say and hence believe?

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Some of the important lessons of this story:

• I seek no financial gain for my call
• Noah’s reward rests with none but Allah
• Noah cannot favor the rich over the poor
• All people are equal; Allah does not make any distinction based on their wealth, power, race, color, position

Herein, one has to be alert about the relationship between preaching and money.

The true and real relationship between preaching and money is that they are not related.

The true honest genuine preacher never ever asks for money or accept money for his job; he knows that his reward rests with none but God.

Hence, any preacher asks for donation is relying on the money not on the Lord of the universe.

I have to tell you that some kind readers who are interested in my posts keep blaming me that I do not have a donation button to donate my website.

In fact, I do not have any answer but that of the great Prophet Noah: “My reward rests with none but Allah”

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The verses 11:28-30 in different translations:

QARIB:

28-He said: ‘what do you think my nation? If I have a clear proof from my lord and he has given me mercy from him, though it is hidden from you, can we compel you to accept it when you hate it?

29-My nation, for this I do not ask you for your wealth for my wage is only with Allah. Nor will I drive away the believers, for they will surely meet their lord. but, I can see that you are ignorant.

30-Were i to drive you away my nation, who would help me from Allah? Will you not remember?

SHAKIR:

28-He said: o my people! tell me if I have with me clear proof from my lord, and he has granted me mercy from himself and it has been made obscure to you; shall we constrain you to (accept) it while you are averse from it?

29-And, o my people! I ask you not for wealth in return for it; my reward is only with Allah and i am not going to drive away those who believe; surely they shall meet their lord, but i consider you a people who are ignorant:

30-And, o my people! Who will help me against Allah if i drive them away? Will you not then mind?

PICKTHAL:

28-He said: o my people! bethink you, if I rely on a clear proof from my lord and there hath come unto me a mercy from his presence, and it hath been made obscure to you, can we compel you to accept it when ye are averse thereto?

29-And o my people! i ask of you no wealth therefor. my reward is the concern only of Allah, and I am not going to thrust away those who believe – lo! they have to meet their lord! – but I see you a folk that are ignorant.

30-And, o my people! Who would deliver me from Allah if i thrust them away? Will ye not then reflect?

YUSUFALI:

28-He said: “o my people! see ye if (it be that) I have a clear sign from my lord, and that he hath sent mercy unto me from his own presence, but that the mercy hath been obscured from your sight? Shall we compel you to accept it when ye are averse to it?

29-“And o my people! I ask you for no wealth in return: my reward is from none but Allah: but I will not drive away (in contempt) those who believe: for verily they are to meet their lord, and ye i see are the ignorant ones!

30-“And o my people! Who would help me against Allah if I drove them away? Will ye not then take heed?

Angels in Islam (23) every man will see them-B

Upon their death, the unbelievers will see the Angels while they are angrily smiting their faces and their backs with iron skewers.

Upon their death, the believers will see the Angels while they are smiling and saying to them: ‘Peace be on you!

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In the previous article (22), the unbelievers wanted to see the Angels face to face.

The Quran says unto them: Do not worry, you will see them for sure BUT!

But, when you see them, you will blame yourself.

The meanings of the verses 47:27-28:

Then how will it be, their predicament, when the Angels knock their faces and their backs with hooked iron rods.

Upon their death, when the Angels take away their souls, they are angrily smiting their faces and their backs with iron skewers!

That, is because they followed what angers Allah, and because they were averse to what pleases Him. Therefore Allah has made their works fail.

That smiting and punishment will be because they did not followed Allah’ Straight Path and they followed Satan’s footsteps.

They denied Allah’s divine Oneness.

Therefore He has made their actions vain

Allah annulled the good actions which they performed in the life of this world

It is said that this verse revealed about the Jews which know that Muhammad is the last Prophet but they denied him (Also the Jews denied Jesus and still they do).

 

On the other hand, the verse 16:32 talks about the eventual event of the believers when they see the Angels, it says:

For those who are good, pure of any unbelief and from associating any partners with Allah, the Angels will smilingly say to them upon death: ‘Peace be on you!

And the Angels will say to them in the Hereafter: Enter Paradise because of your faith and because of what you you have done in your life..

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The verses 47:27-28 indifferent translations:

QARIB:

27-How shall it be when the Angels (of death) take them and beat them on their face and back?

28-That is because they follow what angers Allah and hate his pleasure, therefore he has annulled their deeds.

SHAKIR:

27-But how will it be when the Angels cause them to die smiting their backs

28-That is because they follow what is displeasing to Allah and are averse to his pleasure, therefore he has made null their deeds

PICKTHAL:

27-Then how (will it be with them) when the Angels gather them, smiting their faces and their backs!

28-That will be because they followed that which angereth Allah, and hated that which pleaseth him. Therefor he hath made their actions vain.

YUSUFALI:

27-But how (will it be) when the Angels take their souls at death, and smite their faces and their backs?

28-This because they followed that which called forth the wrath of Allah, and they hated Allah’s good pleasure; so he made their deeds of no effect.

 

The verses 16:32 in different translations:

QARIB:

Whom the Angels take while they are goodly, saying: ‘peace be on you. Enter paradise for what you were doing. ‘

SHAKIR:

Those whom the Angels cause to die in a good state, saying: peace be on you: enter the garden for what you did

PICKTHAL:

Those whom the Angels cause to die (when they are) good. They say: peace be unto you! Enter the garden because of what ye used to do.

YUSUFALI:

(Namely) those whose lives the Angels take in a state of purity, saying (to them), “peace be on you; enter ye the garden, because of (the good) which ye did (in the world).”

Allah Asks you (29) will you then submit to Allah’ Will?

Allah Says that Muhammad is a Mercy to all the worlds

Satan says the opposite!

where are you in this crucial issue?

Only Allah Knows when the Day of Resurrection is

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In the Noble Quran, Allah is asking mankind some important questions.

It seems compulsory for the serious one who is looking for the truth to have a look at those questions and if possible to answer them.

Allah’ questions are many. In this series, these questions are chosen randomly.

Allah is asking mankind this question: Say: it is only revealed to me that your God is one, Allah; will you then submit? But if they turn back, say: I have given you warning in fairness; although I do not know whether nigh or far that which you are promised of chastisement is with respect to the Day of Resurrection that comprises this chastisement; only Allah knows it.

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The question in this article is to all the disbelievers:

Say: it is only revealed to me that your God is one, Allah; will you then submit? But if they turn back, say: I have given you warning in fairness; although I do not know whether nigh or far that which you are promised of chastisement is with respect to the Day of Resurrection that comprises this chastisement; only Allah knows it.

If you submit yourself to Allah then you are a Muslim and if not, you are not.

You totally have the freedom of belief, but are you ready for the “Hour”?

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Verses 21:107-110 give the question of this article and talk about it

The meanings of Verses 21:107-110

 

Verse 21:107 says:

We did not send you O Muhammad, except as a mercy to all the worlds, the worlds of mankind and jinn through you; that shields from chastisement for the peoples from among the Jinn, humans and all those who believe in you; it is also said that mercy here means blessing.

Herein, there is a very important question:

Allah, the Creator of the worlds says that He sent Muhammad as a mercy to all the worlds.

On the other hand, Satan and his hosts say the opposite.

Well, where are you in this crucial issue?

Verse 21:108 says:

Say O Muhammad: It is inspired unto me in this Quran that your God is One; Allah Who has no children or partners.  So will you submit?

Will you then surrender unto Him?

will you accede to affirming the Oneness of the Divine that is being revealed to me? 

will you then believe and be sincere in your worship and profession of Allah’s divine Oneness!

 

Verse 21:109 says:

If you submit yourself to Allah then you are a Muslim and if not, you are not.

You totally have the freedom of belief, but are you ready for the “Hour”?

But if they turn away from faith and sincerity, then say to them, O Muhammad:

I have warned you, I have informed you, and as such you and I have become all alike both of us are openly aware of the matter and there is no secret, that is to say, you are all equal in having knowledge of this: I shall not proceed independently without having first informed you, in order for you to make preparations, although I do not know whether nigh or far that which you are promised of chastisement is with respect to the Day of Resurrection that comprises this chastisement; only Allah knows it.

 

Verse 21:110 says:

Indeed He, exalted be He, knows whatever is spoken aloud, and what you and others do, and He knows what you conceal, both you and others, of secrets of words and deeds, just as He knows the time of your chastisement.

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Verses 21:107-110 in different translations:

QARIB:

107) We have not sent you (Prophet Muhammad) except as a mercy to all the worlds.

108) Say: ‘it is revealed to me that your god is one god, do you then surrender? ‘

109) If they turn back, say: ‘I have warned you all alike, though I cannot tell whether what you are promised is imminent or distant.

110) He knows your spoken words and what you hide.

 

SHAKIR:

107) And we have not sent you but as a mercy to the worlds

108) Say: it is only revealed to me that your Allah is one Allah; will you then submit?

109) But if they turn back, say: I have given you warning in fairness and I do not know whether what you are threatened with is near or far;

110) Surely he knows what is spoken openly and he knows what you hide;

 

PICKTHAL:

107) We sent thee not save as a mercy for the peoples.

108) Say: it is only inspired in me that your Allah is one Allah. will ye then surrender (unto him)?

109) But if they are averse, then say: I have warned you all alike, although I know not whether nigh or far is that which ye are promised.

110) Lo! he knoweth that which is said openly, and that which ye conceal.

 

YUSUFALI:

107) We sent thee not, but as a mercy for all creatures.

108) Say: “what has come to me by inspiration is that your Allah is one Allah: will ye therefore bow to his will (in islam)?”

109) But if they turn back, say: “I have proclaimed the message to you all alike and in truth; but I know not whether that which ye are promised is near or far.

110) “It is he who knows what is open in speech and what ye hide (in your hearts).