seekeroftruth
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Quran 34: In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
1. Praise be to God, to Whom belongs everything in the heavens and the earth; and praise be to Him in the Hereafter. He is the Wise, the Expert.
2. He knows what penetrates into the earth, and what comes out of it, and what descends from the sky, and what ascends to it. He is the Merciful, the Forgiving.
3. Those who disbelieve say, “The Hour will not come upon us.” Say, “Yes indeed, by my Lord, it will come upon you. He is the Knower of the unseen.” Not an atom's weight in the heavens and the earth, or anything smaller or larger, escapes His knowledge. All are in a Clear Record.
4. That He may recompense those who believe and do good works. Those will have forgiveness, and a generous provision.
5. As for those who strive against Our revelations, seeking to undermine them—for them is a punishment of a painful plague.
6. Those who received knowledge know that what is revealed to you from your Lord is the truth; and it guides to the path of the Majestic, the Praiseworthy.
7. Those who disbelieved said, “Shall we point out to you a man, who will tell you that, once torn into shreds, you will be in a new creation?
8. Did he invent a lie about God, or is there madness in him?” Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter are in torment, and far astray.
9. Do they not reflect upon what lies before them and behind them, of the heaven and the earth? If We will, We can make the earth cave in beneath them, or make pieces of the sky fall down on them. In that is a sign for every devout servant.
So this is the beginning of the chapter.... about the town of Sheba.The title of this chapter is taken from that of a city of the same name, i.e, Saba’, which was situated in Yaman and was destroyed by a flood. The warning given in this chapter applies to all nations that are made great and prosperous but fall into luxurious habits. Ease engenders evil, which brings decay and ruin. Hence it was a warning to the Quraish, no doubt, but it is equally a warning to all nations who are made masters of the earth but fall into the ways of ease and luxury and suffer the consequences.
And this is the commentary on these verses.The verse states the immutable law that every deed is followed by a consequence, and nothing should be looked upon as too small to produce an effect. The two verses that follow are an illustration of this law; good meets with a good reward and evil with an evil punishment. It should be noted that the Qur’ån here speaks of an atom and also of something less than an atom. As less than an atom could only be a part of an atom, evidently the suggestion here is that an atom could be broken into pieces.
This is the ever-recurring argument of the Holy Qur’ån. The disbelievers deny the last Resurrection, the life after death, the sublime principle of the accountability of human actions, which forms the only basis of high morals, and they are told that, as a proof of the truth of the Resurrection, they will be brought low in this very life for standing in the way of the advancement of Truth. It is compared with the coming of a portion from heaven because they would not be able to avert it.
If you ask my daughter, my oldest daughter, what I taught her... in a nutshell.... she will tell you "every deed is followed by a consequence".I know things are a lot different now that the pandemic has imprinted itself in our daily lives. It was a long time before things got normal for kids after Polio. It'll take time for the CORONA to get out of our way. When it first happened.... how did you deal with the "doing without stuff"? How did you deal with not being able to slide by the fast food joint on the way home.... flash a credit card and boom dinner is served?
When I look back.... that was an important lesson I taught them. Looks like it's going to pay off.....
Oh... and check out verse 3.... who told them we were going to be studying the possibility of splitting atoms? This book was written in the middle and late 600's. Who told them about atoms?
Everything has a consequence.... Everything.... Luxurious Habits turn everyday after a while.
The biggest left over from the Pandemic is the demise of the Luxurious Habits!
