This is Allah (50) Allah’s Mercy is Near to the Righteous

Allah Does Not Love the Aggressors in Their Supplications

How To Call Upon Allah? Openly or in Secret; in Fear or in Hope?

Could Allah Have Created the Heavens and the Earth in an Instant Instead of Six Days?

Thorne in English and Arsh in Arabic

The Stars, the Sun, and the Moon Have Been Made Subservient by Allah’s Command

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This series is an attempt to help you to know  Allah your Creator.

Verses 7:54-56 of the Noble Quran talk about:

1) Allah’s Mercy is near to the righteous,

2) Allah does not love the aggressors in their supplications,

3) How to call upon Allah? Openly or in secret; in fear or in hope?,

4) Could Allah have created the heavens and the earth in an instant instead of six days? And

5) the stars, the sun, and the moon have been made subservient by Allah’s command.

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The meaning of verses 7:54-56

The meaning of verse 7:54

Surely your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, each day the equivalent of a thousand years. Had He willed He could have created them in an instant; but the reason for His not having done so is that He wanted to teach His creatures to be circumspect. 

Then Allah presided upon the Throne, a presiding befitting of Him.

He cloaks the night with the day, that is, He covers each one with the other: each following the other in swift pursuit, i.e. the day is in haste to follow the night and the night is in haste to follow the day,

And the sun and the moon and the stars have been made subservient, have been subdued, by His command, by His power.

His verily is all creation, the creation of the heavens and the earth (and what are between them) and His verily is all the commandments i.e. the judgment of people on the Day of Judgment.

Blessed, Magnified, be Allah, the Possessor of grace; it is also said that this means: elevated is Allah; as it is said that this means: far exalted is Allah, the Lord, the Master of the Worlds!

 

The meaning of verse 7:55

O mankind! Call upon your Lord respectfully openly and in secret.  In other words, call upon your Lord humbly, in subservience, and quietly, in secret. Truly, He does not love the aggressors, who are braggarts and loud-mouthed in their supplications.  In other words, He does not love the aggressors, in their supplications, by calling for that which is not permissible for them against the righteous.

 

The meaning of verse 7:56

And work not corruption in the land, through idolatry, sins and invitation to other than Allah and acts of disobedience, after it has been set right, as a result of the sending forth of messengers to it, and call upon Him, worship Him in fear, of His punishment and His torment, and in hope, of His mercy that you shall enter His Paradise. Surely the mercy of Allah is near to the virtuous, the obedient.  In other words, Lo! the mercy of Allah, the Paradise of Allah is nigh unto the good, the believers who are good in their words and works.

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Verses 7:54-56in different English translations of the meanings of Arabic Quran:

Verse 7:54

QARIB:

54) Your Lord is Allah, who, in six days created the heavens and the earth, and then willed to the throne. he throws the veil of night over the day. swiftly they follow one another. the sun, the moon, and the stars are compelled to his order. his is the creation, his is the command. blessed is Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

55) Supplicate to your Lord with humility and in secret. he does not love the transgressors.

56) Do not make mischief in the earth after it has been put right. pray to him with fear and hope; his mercy is near to the righteous.

 

SHAKIR:

54) Surely your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six periods of time, and he is firm in power; he throws the veil of night over the day, which it pursues incessantly; and (he created) the sun and the moon and the stars, made subservient by his command; surely his is the creation and the command; blessed is Allah, the Lord of the worlds

55) Call on your Lord humbly and secretly; surely he does not love those who exceed the limits

56) And do not make mischief in the earth after its reformation, and call on him fearing and hoping; surely the mercy of Allah is nigh to those who do good (to others)

 

PICKTHAL:

54) Lo! Your Lord is Allah who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then mounted he the throne. he covereth the night with the day, which is in haste to follow it, and hath made the sun and the moon and the stars subservient by his command. his verily is all creation and commandment. blessed be Allah, the Lord of the worlds!

55) (O mankind!) call upon your Lord humbly and in secret. lo! he loveth not aggressors.

56) Work not confusion in the earth after the fair ordering (thereof). and call on him in fear and hope. lo! the mercy of Allah is nigh unto the good.

 

YUSUFALI:

54) Your guardian-Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority): he draweth the night as a veil o’er the day, each seeking the other in rapid succession: he created the sun, the moon, and the stars, (all) governed by laws under his command. is it not his to create and to govern? blessed be Allah, the cherisher and sustainer of the worlds!

55) Call on your Lord with humility and in private: for Allah loveth not those who trespass beyond bounds.

56) Do no mischief on the earth, after it hath been set in order, but call on him with fear and longing (in your hearts): for the mercy of Allah is (always) near to those who do good.

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N.B.:

Arsh in the classical Arabic language is throne,

Al- Arsh means the throne 

Literally, Al- Arsh means the elevated seat on which a king sits.

Chapter 6 of the Quran (41) Allah has the power to…

Allah has the power to send forth upon you a chastisement from above you as He did on the people of Noah and the people of Lot. Allah has the power to send forth upon you a chastisement from beneath your feet or make the earth swallow you as it swallowed Korah. Allah has the power to…

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In the previous article, Ayah 6:63 says:
Who delivers you from the darkness and from the hardships and tumults of the land and the sea during your journeys? When, you call upon Him humbly, openly and secretly, saying: “Verily, if we were delivered from hardships and tumults, we shall truly be among the thankful of the believers.

Ayah 6:64 says:
Say to them O Muhammad: ‘Allah delivers you from the hardships of the sea and the land and from every other distress and turmoil. Yet you associate others with Him’.

Ayah 6:65 says:
Say to them O Muhammad:
Allah has the power to send forth upon you a chastisement from above you as He did on the people of Noah and the people of Lot.
Allah has the power to send forth upon you a chastisement from beneath your feet or make the earth swallow you as it swallowed Korah (Qaroun), See the verses 28:76-82
Allah has the power to confound you, to confuse you, in parties, sects with differing whims, make divide into conflicting sects as He did with the Children of Israel after the prophets and Allah has the power to make you taste the violence of one another’, through fighting.
[When this was revealed, the Prophet Muhammad said, ‘I seek refuge with Your Countenance!’]
See O Muhammad how Allah display the revelations, how Allah expound in the Qur’n the events of past nations and that which Allah did with them so that they may understand Allah’s command s and His divine Oneness; that perhaps they might understand , that they might realise that what they follow is falsehood.

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The verses 6:64-65 in different translations

QARIB:
64) Say: ‘Allah saves you from them, and from all afflictions. then, you associate (with him). ‘
65) Say: ‘he is able to send forth upon you punishment from above you or beneath your feet, or to divide you into discordant factions, and to make some of you taste the affliction of the other. ‘Look how we make plain our verses, in order that they understand .

SHAKIR:
64) Say: Allah delivers you from them and from every distress, but again you set up others (with him)
65) Say: he has the power that he should send on you a chastisement from above you or from beneath your feet, or that he should throw you into confusion, (making you) of different parties; and make some of you taste the fighting of others. see how we repeat the communications that they may understand

PICKTHAL:
64) Say: Allah delivereth you from this and from all afflictions. Yet ye attribute partners unto him.
65) Say: he is able to send punishment upon you from above you or from beneath your feet, or to bewilder you with dissension and make you taste the tyranny one of another. See how we display the revelations so that they may understand .

YUSUFALI:
64) Say “it is Allah that delivereth you from these and all (other) distresses: and yet ye worship false gods!”
65) Say: “he hath power to send calamities on you, from above and below, or to cover you with confusion in party strife, giving you a taste of mutual vengeance – each from the other.” see how we explain the signs by various (symbols); that they may understand .

Chapter 6 of the Quran (40) His is the judgement

On the Day of Judgement, Humans will return back to Allah, their true God whom they ought to have worshipped, but they did not worship Him truly as He ought to have been worshipped. On that Day, surely, His is the judgement.
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Ayah 6:62 says:
To Allah is our return, on the Day of Judgement, through resurrection..
Then the entire human beings were restored to their Lord, their Protector, their Possessor, the True, the Eternal, the Just, so that He might requite them. Surely His is the judgement, the decree that will be carried out in their case. He is the swiftest of reckoners.
It is said that, on the Day of Judgement, they will return back to Allah, their true God whom they ought to have worshipped, but they did not worship Him truly as He ought to have been worshipped. On the Day of Judgement, objects of worship other than Allah were void. Surely His is the judgement

Ayah 6:63 says:
Say, O Muhammad to the unbelievers:
‘Who delivers you from the darkness and from the hardships and tumults of the land and the sea during your journeys? When, you call upon Him humbly, openly and secretly, saying: “Verily, if we were delivered from hardships and tumults, we shall truly be among the thankful of the believers.

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The verses 6:62-63 in different translations

QARIB:
62) Then, they were returned to Allah their guardian, the true. Surely, the judgement is for him, he is the swiftest of reckoners. ‘
63) Say: ‘who saves you from the darkness of the land and sea, when you call out to him humbly and in secret, (saying:) “if you save us from this, we will be among the thankful.”

SHAKIR:
62) Then were they sent back to Allah, their master, the true one; now surely his is the judgment and he is swiftest in taking account.
63) Say: who is it that delivers you from the dangers of the land and the sea (when) you call upon him (openly) humiliating yourselves, and in secret: if he delivers us from this, we should certainly be of the grateful ones

PICKTHAL:
62) Then were they restored unto Allah, their lord, the just. Surely his is the judgment. and he is the most swift of reckoners.
63) Say: who delivereth you from the darkness of the land and the sea? ye call upon him humbly and in secret, (saying): if we were delivered from this (fear) we truly will be of the thankful.

YUSUFALI:
62) Then were men returned unto Allah, their protector, the (only) reality: is not his the command? And he is the swiftest in taking account.
63) Say: “who is it that delivereth you from the dark recesses of land and sea, when ye call upon him in humility and silent terror: ‘if he only delivers us from these (dangers), (we vow) we shall truly show our gratitude’?”