25 - Sura Furqan

25.
Sura Furqan (or The Criterion)
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Blessed is He Who revealed to His slave (Muhammad AS) Criterion

(of right and wrong, false and true worship, Message of God and forgeries of
men, real and fancies, etc etc.) that he may be a warner to the people. He, to
Whom belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. He has chosen no
son nor has He any partner in the sovereignty. He has created everything and
ordered them in due proportions. Yet the infidels have chosen other gods
besides Him who have created nothing; but are themselves created and have
no control of hurt or good to themselves. Nor they can control Death nor Life
nor Resurrection. The disbelievers viewed the Revelation as concocted lie,
forgery, false, tales of the ancients, etc. etc., supposed to be something which
did not exist in reality, but invented and fabricated by the Prophet with the aid
of other people. Say to them (O Muhammad) that the Qur-an was sent down
by the Lord, Who has the knowledge of all the mysteries in the heavens and
the earth. Verily He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. And they say that what
sort of an apostle was he who ate food and walked in streets? Why not an
angel being sent down with him for the admonition? or why not a treasure or a
garden for enjoyment been bestowed on him? They said to the believers that
they were following a bewitched individual! As such these wicked people
have surely gone astray and would not be able to find the right path.
Blessed is He Who, if had that been His Will, could have given you (O
Prophet) better than what they thought for you. They reject the Day of
Judgement to ever come true: On that Day the disbelievers would be gathered
together along with them whom they worshipped and thrown into the Blazing
fire. That will be their reward and final goal for ever, to be there burning in the
furious fire. Their gods will be asked then as were they who led His servants
astray, or did they astray from the Path by their own will? The reply will be:
Glory to You – O Lord! They did not know about their worship or considered
them as their protectors besides You. You bestowed on them and their
ancestors good things of life but on the way they forgot the Message and
became worthless and lost people. As a matter of fact the unbelievers will be
proved as liars and will not be able to avert the Penalty or get any help. Be
sure (O Men), who ever among you do wrong, he make himself liable for a
grievous Penalty. That all the apostles were all men who ate food and walked
through the streets. In God’s universal Plan, each unit or thing serves a
purpose. Some people are trials for others (e.g. rich for poor, poor for rich).
Have patience. For God is One Who Sees (all things).
Woe to the misbelievers who arrogantly demand to see God, yet reject
His Signs! Assuredly they think too highly of themselves, and have
transgressed excessively. On the Day, they shall not be allowed to enjoy any of
the facilities or peace. Their own past will stand as a barrier to shut them off.
The false hopes they built on in this life and the deeds they did under the
shadow of such false hopes will be dissipated as if they were dust flying about
in the wind. They will have no value whatsoever. For the righteous ones there
shall be no barriers. They shall be in the Gardens of bliss of that Day and that
is an excellent resting place. On the Day, the clouds will be disintegrated, the
angels shall descend towards the Judgement seat of God and goodness will be
vivid in an entirely new spiritual environment unimagined by mankind. As a
matter of fact it shall a most difficult Day for the disbelievers. They will be
sorry on themselves and wish not to have listned astray individual and would
have taken the straight path with the Apostle. Sin is always hostile to truth and
righteousness, but such hostility will not harm the righteous and need cause no
misgiving, because God will guide and help those who work in His cause.
Another frivolous objection of the disbelievers as to: Why the Qur-an was not
revealed atonce like the earlier scriptures? The reply to this was: Firstly,
superhuman patience, constancy and firmness were required in the task of the
Prophet; secondly, slow well-arranged stages were required as the occasion
demanded from time to time; thirdly, questions put and answers given. Indeed,
the disbelievers will be gathered on their faces into Hell: Such are worse in
plight and further from the right road.
Moses was given the Book and his brother Aaron was assigned to him
as his minister. They were commanded to go to the people who had rejected
God’s Signs. They rejected them. Hence they were destroyed. Such was also
the case with Noah. the people rejected him. They were destroyed and made
them a sign for the mankind. For the wrong-doers a grevious Penalty is
prepared in the Hereafter. Same was the fate of ’Ad and Thamud tribes and the
Companions of the Rass; and many generations between them. The
Unbelievers must have passed by their ruins of their settlements. But still did
not learn any lesson and fear not the Day of Resurrection. They on the
contrary mock at you (Prophet AS): “Is this the one whom God has sent as an
apostle? They feared that the Apostle would mislead them from their gods. But
they would come to the truth when they see the Penaltyin the Hereafter as who
was mislead in the Path! So (O Muhammad), you are not the disposer of their
affairs. They are just like cattle and are worse astray in Path.
Have you not observed how your Lord lengthens the shadow? And if
He had willed it, He could have made it stationary; the sun is its guide. It is He
Who has made night for rest and day for dispersion. It is He Who sends winds
before rain, so to revive the barren land and drinking water for His creatures.
And indeed the Qur-an is for His servants for their admonition. Hence (O
Muhammad) do not cater to the disbelievers; and strive against them with the
admonitions of the Qur-an strenuously. It is He Who has joined sweet and
saltish water rivers, but placed between them barrier. And He created man
from water and established relationships of lineage and pedigree. Thus
remembers and commemorates a long line of ancestors, to whom he is bound
by ties of piety. Further, there is the mystic union in marriage, by which
springs out further relationships – a complete society. Yet, they worship others,
besides God, which can neither benefit nor harm them. Tell them (O
Muhammad) whoso wishes take up the way to his Lord; you are just a bearer
of glad tidings and a warner to them and you do not ask for any reward from
them. O Muhammad! put your trust in your Lord – the Living One Who dies
not – celebrate His praises; and He is adequate as the Knower of sins of His
bondmen. It is He Who created the heavens and the earth and all between them
within six days. The Most Gracious is firmly established on the throne of
authority. So enquire about Him from those who possess knowledge. Those
who have no spiritual light cannot understand this precept about putting all our
trust in God. It seems to them foolish. They have no faith, or but a superficial
faith. They may possibly take the name of God on their lips, but cannot
understand the full significance of His title “Most Gracious”. Perhaps they are
afraid on account of their sins; perhaps they do not see how unbounded is the
Mercy of God.
Blessed is He Who has installed constellations in the skies and has

placed therein the lamp (sun) and the luminary moon. He made night and the
day succeed each other. Thus the scenes of the phenomenal world are the
Signs of the Self-Revelation of God, for those who understand and have the
will to merge their wills in His. This they do by praising Him and by gratitude
to Him. The servants of the Most Gracious are those who walk on earth in
humanity and when ignorant address them they just say: “peace (to you)”. The
pass night prostrate and standing before their Lord and say: “O Lord! avert
from us the torment of Hell – its torment is no doubt most calamitous and is an
obnoxious place as an abode”. These people when spend are neither prodigal
nor stingy. But are moderate on both the ends. Further, they do not invoke
other than God only and do not commit homicide which their Lord has
forbiddened, except in equity. They do not lead away from virtue; and whoso
does it, he shall receive the retribution; – his punishment on Day of Judgement
shall be doubled and he shall abide therein disgraced; – except those who
repent and do righteous deeds, then God, Forgiving and Merciful, shall change
their bad deeds intogood deeds. Nevertheless, whoever repents and does good
has truly turned to God with an acceptable conversion, He would be pleased at
their return to Him. Further more, God is pleased to refer to certain other traits
of His devotees as; – those who give no evidence that is false and do not assist
at anything which implies fraud or falsehood and any sort of futilities i.e. vain
random talk, unedifying jokes, useless show, etc, – are all condemned. If a
righteous person finds himself in such an affair, he must withdraw from it in
an honourable, dignified way, not in a fussy arrogant way; – those who when
admonished with the Signs of their Lord, do not droop down at them as if
they were deaf or blind; – and those who pray, “Our Lord! Grant to us wives
and offspring who will be the comfort of our eye, and give us the grace to lead
the righteous”. Such people will be rewarded in the Hereafter because of their
patient constancy. They shall be greeted with salutation and peace in a
beautiful abode. Say (O Muhammad) to the rejectors that their Lord was not
uneasy because they did not call on Him and rejected Him. But soon to them
would come the inevitable punishment – Fire of Hell.

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25.

Sura Furqan (or The Criterion)

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Blessed is He Who revealed to His slave (Muhammad AS) Criterion

Blessed is He Who has installed constellations in the skies and has

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