Atheists in Quran (12) their odd wish

The Atheists requested an odd wish that their punishment be hastened instead of asking that they be given Allah’s guidance and praying for His grace and forgiveness. The Atheists have switched off all the abilities and talents Allah has given to them.

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The Surah No.13 of the Quran discusses the basic issue of faith, namely the revelation of Allah’s book, the Quran, and the truth it contains. This frames the foundation over which all the other issues of faith are built, including those of the oneness of Allah, belief in the hereafter, and the need to do good acts in this life.

All these comes out from the central point of believing that the One who commands us is Allah, and that the Quran is His revelation to the last Prophet Muhammad

The Surah starts with such panoramic scenes from the vast universe, but then speaks of people who remain uninspired by all these signs around them, visible in every aspect of creation. Their hearts and minds remain oblivious to the fact that behind all these marvels lies the great power of the Almighty Creator.

This is because their minds are in chains and their hearts bound.

They cannot contemplate the vast universal scenes around them.

The verses 13:5-6 say:

“But if you are amazed, amazing, too, is their saying:‘What! After we have become dust, shall we be raised [to life] in a new act of creation?’

Who say that? The Atheists who deny their Lord.

They are the ones who:

1. Carry their own manacles around their necks
2. Are ordained for the eternal fire wherein they will abide.

It is quite amazing that after all of Allah’ signs people should wonder:

‘What! After we have become dust, shall we be raised to life in a new act of creation?’

Allah has created the great universe and manages its affairs in meticulous fashion,

Is not He certainly able to resurrect human beings in a new act of creation.

And if you are wondering, because of their statement, then that [statement of theirs] itself is the cause for wonder, since man becomes a new creation in every minute, indeed, the world [itself] becomes a new creation at every moment by the changing of configurations, states, conditions and forms. How can one who has contemplated the world of engenderment and corruption with a heedful eye deny the [reality of] new creation? Those are the ones who, have been veiled from the essential vision of the acts and the self-disclosures of [His] Lordliness, and how much more so [are they veiled] from the self-disclosures of the divine attributes?

However, the Atheists refuse to believe this, lacking faith in their Lord who created them.

You will see their punishment will completed when the Angels throw them in the fire of hell where they will abide forever.

The Atheists have switched off all the abilities and talents Allah has given to man and has honored man on their account.

They have also accepted a low position in this life.

This earns them an even lower life in the hereafter, simply because they have lived their first life making no use of their abilities, talents, feelings and emotions.

Sinful Wrongdoers and odd wish

The Atheists wonder that Allah will bring them back to life after their death, yet it is their being amazed that is indeed amazing.

The Atheists at the time of the Prophet Muhammad ask that their punishment be hastened instead of asking that they be given Allah’s guidance and praying for His grace: “They ask you to hasten evil rather than good.”

Just as they do not look at the universe around them and do not contemplate its multitude of signs, they do not look at the fate of those communities before them.

Those communities adopted the same attitude, precipitating Allah’s punishment, and it came fast upon them, making of them a lesson to any future community:

“They ask you to hasten evil rather than good, although exemplary punishments have indeed come to pass before their time.”

Read the History of all messengers from Noah to Muhammad to know the outcome of the Atheists.

However, the Atheists are unaware even of the fate of the ancient generations that carry an effective lesson for those who wish to learn.

Look how the Quran answered them:

“Your Lord always extends forgiveness to people despite their wrongdoing.”

He bestows His mercy on them even if they commit injustice and wrongdoing, allowing them time to reevaluate and reconsider their position.

Allah allows them a chance to repent so that He will forgive them.

However, those Atheists who persist with their evil and wrongdoing, and remain unwilling to enter through the gate of Allah’s forgiveness, will find that Allah’s punishment is severe indeed.

“Your Lord is certainly severe in retribution.”

It should be emphasized that the verse puts Allah’s forgiveness ahead of His punishment to contrast it with those who pray for punishment rather than Allah’s guidance.

This demonstrates the great distance between the goodness that Allah wants for them and the evil they seek for themselves.

The verse illustrates how misguided, blind and abject the Atheists are.

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The verses 13:5-6 in different translations:

QARIB:

5-If you would wonder, then wondrous is their saying: ‘when we are dust, shall we be raised to life again, a new creation? ‘Such are those who disbelieve in their Lord. their necks shall be fettered. They shall be the inhabitants of the fire, in it they shall live forever.

6-They bid you to hasten the evil before the good, yet examples have passed away before them. Your Lord is forgiving to people despite their evildoing; yet your Lord is stern in retribution.

SHAKIR:

5-And if you would wonder, then wondrous is their saying: what! When we are dust, shall we then certainly be in a new creation? These are they, who disbelieve in their Lord, and these have chains on their necks, and they are the inmates of the fire; in it they shall abide

6-And they ask you to hasten on the evil before the good, and indeed there have been exemplary punishments before them; and most surely your Lord is the Lord of forgiveness to people, notwithstanding their injustice; and most surely your Lord is severe in requiting (evil)

PICKTHAL:

5-And if thou wonderest, then wondrous is their saying: when we are dust, are we then forsooth (to be raised) in a new creation? Such are they who disbelieve in their Lord; such have carcans on their necks; such are rightful owners of the fire, they will abide therein.

6-And they bid thee hasten on the evil rather than the good, when exemplary punishments have indeed occurred before them. But lo! Thy Lord is rich in pardon for mankind despite their wrong, and lo! Thy Lord is strong in punishment.

YUSUFALI:

5-If thou dost marvel (at their want of faith), strange is their saying: “when we are (actually) dust, shall we indeed then be in a creation renewed?” they are those who deny their Lord! They are those round whose necks will be yokes (of servitude): they will be companions of the fire, to dwell therein (for aye)!

6-They ask thee to hasten on the evil in preference to the good: yet have come to pass, before them, (many) exemplary punishments! But verily thy Lord is full of forgiveness for mankind for their wrong-doing, and verily thy Lord is (also) strict in punishment.

Allah asks you (10) which is harder in Creation, the man or the heaven?

1)    Allah has set firm the Mountains on the face of the Earth

2)    The Quran says: Allah has Created the Earth like an Egg-shaped ball

 

Allah is asking mankind this question: Which is harder in Creation, you or the heaven?  Which is more difficult to create, you the little man or this unlimited heaven?

Allah made the heaven rise high; He made its vertical extension high even and flawless.  And Allah made the earth like an Egg-shaped ball; this is a scientific fact that has been discovered after the revelation of the Quran by about 1400 years! 

 

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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.

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The question in this article is to all the disbelievers:

Which is harder in Creation, you or the heaven?

Which is more difficult to create, you the little man or this unlimited heaven?

Allah made the heaven rise high; He made its vertical extension high even and flawless.   And He made the earth like an Egg-shaped ball; this is a scientific fact that has been discovered after the revelation of the Quran by about 1400 years! 

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Verses 79:27- 32 give the question of this article and talk about it

 

The meanings of Verses 79:27- 32

 

Verse 79:27 says:

Are you, the deniers of the Resurrection, harder or difficult to create (to resurrect) or the heaven which Allah has made, (built, constructed)?

 

Verse 79:28 says:

He made it (the heaven) rise high

He made its vertical extension high even and flawless

 

Verse 79:29 says:

And He made dark the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof) and He made its day and sun clear.

 

Verse 79:30 says:

And He spread out the earth: even then He spread it on the water; He made it flat,

However, the Arabic word used in the verse to describe the shape of the earth is “Da-ha-ha”, it means He made the earth like an Egg-shaped ball.  This indicates that the Quran gave the exact shape of the earth, the egg-like; this scientific fact was discovered after the revelation of the Quran by about 1400 years!

 

Verse 79:31 says:

He has brought forth from the earth its waters, by making its springs gush forth, as well as the water buried deep in the belly of the earth and its pastures thereof, what cattle graze, of trees and herbage, and what humans consume of foods and fruits 

 

Verse 79:32 says:

And has set firm the mountains (He made fast the hills), on the face of the earth so that it stays still.  This verse describes in one word the role played by the mountains that makes the Earth still.  This scientific meaning was only discovered after the revelation of the Quran by about1400 years!

 

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Verses 79:27- 32 in different translations:

 

Verse 79:27

QARIB:

27) What, are you harder to create than the heaven which he has built?

28) He raised it high and leveled it,

29) And darkened its night and brought forth its morning.

30) And the earth he extended after that;

31) And then brought from it its water and pastures.

32) And the mountains he set firm

 

SHAKIR:

27) Are you the harder to create or the heaven? he made it

28) He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state

29) And he made dark its night and brought out its light

30) And the earth, he expanded it after that

31) He brought forth from it its water and its pasturage

32) And the mountains, he made them firm,

 

PICKTHAL:

27) Are ye the harder to create, or is the heaven that he built?

28) He raised the height thereof and ordered it;

29) And he made dark the night thereof, and he brought forth the morn thereof.

30) And after that he spread the earth,

31) And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasture thereof,

32) And he made fast the hills,

 

YUSUFALI:

27) What! Are ye the more difficult to create or the heaven (above)? (Allah) hath constructed it:

28) On high hath he raised its canopy, and he hath given it order and perfection.

29) Its night doth he endow with darkness, and its splendour doth he bring out (with light).

30) And the earth, moreover, hath he extended (to a wide expanse);

31) He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture;

32) And the mountains hath he firmly fixed;-

Chapter 50 of the Quran (3) Nature = Allah’s Open Book

The Quran’s Policy: Study of Nature leads to Allah.
The Quran’s Law: Nature is but Allah’s Open Book.

For mankind in general and especially for those who deny Muhammad, the Quran and the Resurrection after death, the verse 50:6 says:

Have they not looked, with their own eyes, at the sky, being, above them, in order to take heed by their own minds of the consequences for them?
Have they not thought how Allah has built it without supports?
Have they not observed how Allah has constructed it without pillars?
Do not they see how Allah has adorned it with planets and beautified it with stars?
Have they observed that there are no cracks in it?
Have they seen that there are no fissures blemishing it?
Have they observed that there are no rifts or defects therein?

The verse 50:7 says:
Have they not thought how Allah has spread the earth out and has rolled it across the face of the water?
Have they not seen how Allah has cast and has flung in the earth firm mountains and firm hills to support it?
Have they not seen how Allah has caused every delightful kind of plants to grow in it?

The verse 50:8 says:
Looking at the sky, the earth, the mountains, the plants etc. is but a vision and a lesson so that you may learn from it and you may look for who create all of these things.
These things are sources of evidence to guide man to believe in the oneness of His Almighty Creator and to show gratitude to Him
This is but an insight and a reminder for every penitent servant, who devotes his heart purely to His Creator and, who turns to Allah and His obedience.

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The verses 50:6-8 in different translations

QARIB:
6) What, have they never observed the heaven above them, (and seen) how we built and adorned it, leaving no crack?
7) We spread out the earth and set upon it firm mountains and we cause every delightful thing to grow in it
8) As a lesson and a reminder to every penitent worshiper.

SHAKIR:
6) Do they not then look up to heaven above them how we have made it and adorned it and it has no gaps?
7) And the earth, we have made it plain and cast in it mountains and we have made to grow therein of all beautiful kinds,
8) To give sight and as a reminder to every servant who turns frequently (to Allah)

PICKTHAL:
6) Have they not then observed the sky above them, how we have constructed it and beautified it, and how there are no rifts therein?
7) And the earth have we spread out, and have flung firm hills therein, and have caused of every lovely kind to grow thereon,
8) A vision and a reminder for every penitent slave.

YUSUFALI:
6) Do they not look at the sky above them?- how we have made it and adorned it, and there are no flaws in it?
7) And the earth- we have spread it out, and set thereon mountains standing firm, and produced therein every kind of beautiful growth (in pairs)-
8) To be observed and commemorated by every devotee turning (to Allah).