Atheists in Quran (46) Historical Miracle

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).”

Angels in Islam (15) the Arabs worshiped female Angel gods

– The Angels are honored Allah’ servants who have no sex, they do not marry; they are not like us.

– Shall man have whatever he wishes for like worshipping the Angels?

– Shall man have the right to say that the Angels are Allah’s daughters and gives them feminine names although such man dishonors the girls?

– However, the Angels’ intercession in the Afterlife cannot avail in any way except after Allah gives them the permission for it.

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Throughout the history, man was confused about the nature of the Angels.

The scholars and the philosophers have four different belief concerning the nature of Angels and who they are:

1. The first party believes that they are the sons of God
2. The second party believes that they are the daughters of God
3. The third party believes that they are God
4. The fourth party believes that they are partners of God

The Quran denies and disproves all of the above belief.

In the article Angels in Islam (10) the Quran denies the Bible’s claim that the Angels are the sons of God who married the daughters of the People!(Genesis 6:2)

In the article Angels in Islam (11) the Quran says that neither Jesus nor the Angels who are close and favored, to Allah, would never disdain, scorn or reject haughtily, to be a slave of Allah.

In the article Angels in Islam (13) the Quran condemns the pre-Islamic belief of the daughters are to be for Allah, while the sons are to be for Arabs.

In the article Angels in Islam (14) the Quran declares that Satan was the source of the belief that the Angels are the daughters of Allah

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The Arabs before Islam believed that Allah is the Supreme Allah and the gate to Him is his daughters, the Angels. They had to worship His daughters to satisfy him; they gave the Angels feminine names as:

• al-Lat,
• al-Uzza,
• Manat, the third

According to the previous article, such belief and names are but Satanic invented stuffs.

The verses 53:19-31 say:

– Have you considered al-Lat and al-Uzza, and Manat, the third?

– Do these idols have the power over anything, such that you worship them besides Allah Who has the power over all that has been mentioned?’

– And because of their assertion also that the angels were Allah’s daughters, despite their aversion to daughters (they used to favor sons and dishonor girls) the Quran continues:

Are you to have males, and Allah females?

That, then, would indeed be an unfair division! Unjust division!

– These, the mentioned deities, are nothing but invented names which you and your fathers have named idols that you worship.

Allah has not revealed any warrant, any proof or evidence, for the worship of them.

– They follow nothing but conjecture, in their worship of them, and that which ignoble souls desire, of that which Satan adorned for them, that they may intercede for them before Allah, exalted be He, even though guidance has already come to them from their Lord, by the tongue of the Prophet Muhammad, with definitive proof; yet they do not desist from their ways.

– Or shall man, that is, shall every human being among them, have whatever he wishes for? Such as [their wish] that the idols intercede for them. No! It is not so.

– Yet to Allah belong the Afterlife and the former life, and so nothing comes to pass in them except what He, exalted, wills.

– And how many an angel, there is in the heavens, and how honored they are in Allah’s sight but, whose intercession cannot avail in any way except after Allah gives permission, to them for this intercession, for whomever He wills, of His servants, and, with whom, He is satisfied.

– Truly those who do not believe in the Afterlife give the angels the names of females, for they say: ‘They are Allah’s daughters’

– But they do not have any knowledge thereof, of this claim. They follow, in this respect, nothing but conjecture, which they have conjured up, and indeed conjecture can never substitute for the truth.

– So shun him who turns away from Our Remembrance that is, from the Quran, and desires nothing but the life of this world

Turn your face, O Muhammad from him who turns away from our remembrance, from our divine Oneness and Scripture and desires but that which is in the life of the world ignoring the Afterlife.

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The verses 53:19-31 (YUSUFALI translation):

19-20) have ye seen allat and al’uzza, and another, the third (goddess), manat?

21-22) What! For you the male sex, and for him (Allah), the female? Behold, such would be indeed a division most unfair!

23) These are nothing but names which ye have devised,- ye and your fathers,- for which Allah has sent down no authority (whatever). They follow nothing but conjecture and what their own souls desire!- even though there has already come to them guidance from their lord!

24-25) Nay, shall man have (just) anything he hankers after? But it is to Allah that the end and the beginning (of all things) belong

26) How many-so-ever be the angels in the heavens, their intercession will avail nothing except after Allah has given leave for whom he pleases and that he is acceptable to him.

27-28) those who believe not in the hereafter, name the angels with female names. But they have no knowledge therein. They follow nothing but conjecture; and conjecture avails nothing against truth.

29-30) therefore shun those who turn away from our message and desire nothing but the life of this world. That is as far as knowledge will reach them. Verily thy lord knoweth best those who stray from his path, and he knoweth best those who receive guidance.

31) Yea, to Allah belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: so that he rewards those who do evil, according to their deeds, and he rewards those who do good, with what is best.

This is Allah (39) How Noah Conveyed Allah’s message

Noah, the Great Prophet

Noah’s Mission Was to Give Good Counsel Unto his People But Who Cared?

Noah Said unto his People: I know from Allah what you do not Know of Torment, if Disbelieve

Noah’s People Marveled that a Prophet is a Man From Among Them

Noah’s people were blind to the truth; disbelievers in Allah

 

This series is an attempt to help the people to know Allah, their Creator.  

Verses 7:62-64 of the Noble Quran talk about:

1) Allah’s messages were conveyed by Noah, the Great Prophet,

2) Noah’s mission was to give good counsel unto his people but who cared? 

3) Noah said unto his people: I know from Allah what you do not know of torment, if you disbelieve,

4) Noah’s people marveled that a prophet is a man from among them and

5) Noah’s people  were blind to the truth; disbelievers in Allah.

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The meaning of verse 7:62

I convey unto you the messages of my Lord, by explaining commands and prohibition and give good counsel unto you,

I am advising you, I desire good,

I warn against the torment and call you to repentance and faith,

and I know from Allah what you do not know of torment, if you do not believe.

 

The meaning of verse 7:63

Do you then, deny, marvel that a prophet, a reminder, an admonition, from your Lord by means of a man among you, a human being like you, should come to you through, the tongue of, a man from among you,

and that you may keep from evil, and that you obey Allah and ward off worship of other than Him,

that he, the prophet, may warn you, of chastisement if you do not believe, and that you may fear, Allah, and that haply you may find mercy and not be tormented.

 

The meaning of verse 7:64

But they denied him, and so Allah delivered him and those with him, from drowning, in the Ark, in the ship, and Allah drowned those who denied His signs, by means of the Flood. Truly they were blind to the guidance and to the truth.  Truly they were disbelievers in Allah.

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Verses 7:62-64 in different English translations of the meanings of Arabic Quran:

QARIB:

62- (Sent) to convey to you the messages of my lord and to advise you, for i know from Allah what you do not know.

63- Do you wonder that a remembrance should come to you from your lord to a man from yourselves in order that he may warn you and that you may be cautious so that mercy comes upon you? ‘

64- (But) they belied him, so we saved him and those who were with him in the ark, and we drowned those who belied our verses. surely, they were a blind nation.

 

SHAKIR:

62- I deliver to you the messages of my lord, and i offer you good advice and i know from Allah what you do not know

63- What! do you wonder that a reminder has come to you from your lord through a man from among you, that he might warn you and that you might guard (against evil) and so that mercy may be shown to you?

64- But they called him a liar, so we delivered him and those with him in the ark, and we drowned those who rejected our communications; surely they were a blind people

PICKTHAL:

62- I convey unto you the messages of my lord and give good counsel unto you, and know from Allah that which ye know not.

63- Marvel ye that there should come unto you a reminder from your lord by means of a man among you, that he may warn you, and that ye may keep from evil, and that haply ye may find mercy.

64- But they denied him, so we saved him and those with him in the ship, and we drowned those who denied our tokens. lo! they were blind folk.

YUSUFALI:

62- “I but fulfil towards you the duties of my lord’s mission: sincere is my advice to you, and i know from Allah something that ye know not.

63- “Do ye wonder that there hath come to you a message from your lord, through a man of your own people, to warn you,- so that ye may fear Allah and haply receive his mercy?”

64- But they rejected him, and we delivered him, and those with him, in the ark: but we overwhelmed in the flood those who rejected our signs. they were indeed a blind people!

This is Allah (24) Was Allah absent from the conveyance of His messengers?

How does Allah decide who have lost their souls?

Was Allah lacking from the response of the people when it came to pass?

Allah says: the weighing of your deeds on the day the Day of Judgment is the true

The Precise and Fair Scale on the day the Day of Judgment

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Many people do not know Allah. This series is an attempt to help them in order to know and acknowledge their Creator.

Verses 7:7-9 of the Noble Quran talk about:

1) Allah decides who have lost their souls,

2) Was Allah absent from the conveyance of His messengers?

3) Was Allah lacking from the response of the people when it came to pass?

4) Allah says: the weighing of your deeds on the day the Day of Judgment is the true,

And 5) The Precise and Fair Scale on the day the Day of Judgment

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The meaning of verse 7:7

In the previous article, you have seen that verse 7:6 says that: Then verily Allah shall question those to whom the Message was sent, that is, Allah shall question those communities, about their response to the messengers, and to what extent they implemented that which was conveyed to them; and We shall question the messengers, about the conveying of that Message.

Then verse 7:7 says: And We shall narrate to them with knowledge, We shall inform them, with previous knowledge, of what they did; for verily We were not absent, when the messengers were conveying the Message, nor were We absent during the time of bygone communities and what they did.

In other words, Allah shall narrate unto them, inform them with knowledge, with elucidation, for verily Allah was not absent from the conveyance of the messengers and the response of the people when it came to pass.

This will happen on the Day of Judgment 

The meaning of verse 7:8

The weighing, of deeds or of the scrolls of these deeds shall be  in a balance that has a tongue and two palms as scales, on that day, that is, on the day of the questioning mentioned, namely, the Day of Resurrection, the true [weighing], the fair [weighing]. As for those whose scales are heavy, with good deeds, they are the successful, the triumphant.

In short, the weighing of works on that day the Day of Judgment is the true just weighing. As for those whose scale is heavy with good deeds, they are the successful the ones who escape Allah’s wrath and torment.

The meaning of verse 7:9

And as for those whose scales are light, because of evil deeds, those are the ones who have lost their souls, by causing them to travel towards the Fire, because they mistreated, they knowingly and willingly denied, Our signs.

In other words, as for those whose scale is light with good deeds: those are they who lose their souls by being punished (because they disbelieved Our revelations, Muhammad and the Quran.

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Verses 35:44-45 in different English translations of the meanings of Arabic Quran:

QARIB:

7) With knowledge we will narrate to them, for we are never absent.

8) On that day, the weighing is true. he whose scales are heavy those are the prosperers,

9) But he whose scales are light those have lost their souls because they were harmful towards our verses.

SHAKIR:

7) Then most certainly we will relate to them with knowledge, and we were not absent

8) And the measuring out on that day will be just; then as for him whose measure (of good deeds) is heavy, those are they who shall be successful;

9) And as for him whose measure (of good deeds) is light those are they who have made their souls suffer loss because they disbelieved in our communications

PICKTHAL:

7) Then verily we shall narrate unto them (the event) with knowledge, for we were not absent (when it came to pass).

8) The weighing on that day is the true (weighing). as for those whose scale is heavy, they are the successful.

9) And as for those whose scale is light: those are they who lose their souls because they used to wrong our revelations.

YUSUFALI:

7) And verily, we shall recount their whole story with knowledge, for we were never absent (at any time or place).

8) The balance that day will be true (to nicety): those whose scale (of good) will be heavy, will prosper:

9) Those whose scale will be light, will be their souls in perdition, for that they wrongfully treated our signs.

Chapter 6 of the Quran (89 the outcome of Men seeking Devils’ Help

The men who seek devils’ help will say: “But now we have arrived at the term which you have appointed for us’, that is, the Day of Judgment.” This statement expresses extreme regret on their part. Allah will say to them: ‘The Fire is your lodging, your abode, to abide therein’

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Ayah 6:128 describes the outcome of those unbelievers who seek help of the jinn (devils) in order to fight against the truth and mentioned in the article “Chapter 6 of the Quran (78) the Prophet Enemies” of this series; the verse says:

And mention, the day when Allah shall gather them all His creatures together, and it will be said to them: ‘O assembly of jinn, you have seduced and put away much of mankind’ by misleading them.

Then their friends, those who disbelieved and obeyed them will say,

‘Our Lord, we enjoyed one another, mankind enjoyed what the jinn adorned for them of desires, while the jinn enjoyed mankind’s obedience to them; how many human beings have erred by seeking help in you.

But now we have arrived at the term which you have appointed for us’, that is, the Day of Judgment.

This statement expresses extreme regret on their part.

Allah, exalted be He, will say, to them, by the tongues of the angels:

‘The Fire is your lodging, your abode, to abide therein’ — except what Allah wills, of those times when they will exit from it in order to drink boiling water, which is located outside it, as Allah, has said: Then they shall return to the Hell-fire [Read the verse 37:68];

According to the scholars, this pertains to those whom Allah knows will believe.

Surely your Lord is Wise, in His actions; He is the Knower of His creatures.

Allah wills that they abide in hell for eternity.

Lo! Your Lord is Wise; He decreed that they will abide in hell for ever,

Your Lord is Aware of them and of their punishment.

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The verse 6:128 in different translations

QARIB:

On the day when he assembles them all together, ‘o company of jinn, you have seduced mankind in great numbers.‘

And their guided ones among the humans will say: ‘lord, we have enjoyed each other.

But now we have reached the term which you have appointed for us. ‘He will say: ‘the fire shall be your lodging, and there you shall remain for ever except as Allah will.‘

Your lord is wise, knowing.

SHAKIR:

And on the day when he shall gather them all together: o assembly of jinn! You took away a great part of mankind.

And their friends from among the men shall say: our lord! Some of us profited by others and we have reached our appointed term which thou didst appoint for us.

He shall say: the fire is your abode, to abide in it, except as Allah is pleased; surely your lord is wise, knowing

PICKTHAL:

In the day when he will gather them together (he will say): o ye assembly of the jinn! Many of humankind did ye seduce.

And their adherents among humankind will say: our lord! We enjoyed one another, but now we have arrived at the appointed term which thou appointedst for us.

He will say: fire is your home. Abide therein for ever, save him whom Allah willeth (to deliver).

Lo! Thy lord is wise, Aware.

YUSUFALI:

One day will he gather them all together, (and say): “o ye assembly of jinns! Much (toll) did ye take of men.”

Their friends amongst men will say: “our lord! We made profit from each other: but (alas!) we reached our term – which thou didst appoint for us.”

He will say: “the fire be your dwelling-place: you will dwell therein for ever, except as Allah willeth.”

For thy lord is full of wisdom and knowledge.

Chapter 50 of the Quran (8) Man’s Obligatory Driver

The verse 50:20 says:

 

And the Horn or the Trumpet will be blown, for resurrection

This is the biggest sign of the hour.

It is said that it is like a huge electromagnetic shock with unbearable sound that everyone on the earth will hear it while he is shaken vigorously like the one subjected to a massive high voltage electric shock.

Hearing and feeling that means that we are on the day of the blast, it is the Day of Judgment.

It is the Day of the Promised Threat, of chastisement, for the disbelievers.

This is the threatened Day of the entire mankind.

 

Now, how man will come at the Day of Judgment.

Keep in mind that the earth is totally destroyed.

No houses, no roads, no plants, no mountains, no lands, no seas, everything on the earth and the earth itself is but nothing.

Then, man is just a flying tiny piece in the huge space around.

How then we know our way to go to the place wherein Allah will enquire man for his deeds?

 

The verse 50:21 solves this problem; it says:

 

And every soul will come, to the site for the Gathering, accompanied by a driver and a witness.

For each man there will be a driver to leads him to the site for the Gathering.

For each man there will be a witness to testify to his deeds.

 

Do you remember that Allah has engaged two angels for every man; their job is recording a person’s deeds.

One angel is at your right side and he is recording your good deeds.

The other angel is at your left side and he is recording your evil deeds.

 

This means that the two recording angels who were with every man in the life of this world will lead him to the gathering place and will testify either for him or against him.

 

It is should be emphasized that man’s witness at the Day of Judgment are not only the Angels in charge of recording his deeds but there are other built-in witnesses which man could not belied; they are:

• Man’s tongue
• Man’s hands
• Man’s feet
• Man’s…

 

Man’s tongue will testify saying: I said so and so.

Man’s hands will testify saying: I did so and so, I wrote so and so, I killed so and so etc.

Man’s feet will testify saying: I walked to so and so and I did so and so.

 

Then, the disbelievers and the evil-doers will be socked and would never and could never belie or deny their own organs. Would they? Could they?

 

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The verses 50:20-21 in different translations

 

QARIB:

20) And the horn shall be blown; that is the day of threat!

21) Each soul shall come with a driver, and a witness.

 

SHAKIR:

20) And the trumpet shall be blown; that is the day of the threatening

21) And every soul shall come, with it a driver and a witness

 

PICKTHAL:

20) And the trumpet is blown. This is the threatened day.

21) And every soul cometh, along with it a driver and a witness.

 

YUSUFALI:

20) And the trumpet shall be blown: that will be the day whereof warning (had been given).

21) And there will come forth every soul: with each will be an (angel) to drive, and an (angel) to bear witness.