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AR-RA’AD

Surah Ar-Ra’ad “the thunder” takes its name from word Ar-Ra’ad used in verse 13. There is a considerable difference of opinion among the scholars and the commentators about its period of revelation. However, according to majority, it is a late Makkan Surah which was revealed in almost the same period in which Surah Yunus and Hud were revealed.

The main theme of this Surah is enunciated in its very first verse and that is that the Qur’an which has been revealed to Muhammad (PBUH) is the Truth. It has been revealed by Allah, the God and the Creator of the heavens and the earth, the sun and the moon, the hills, the flowing streams, fruits, orchards, date plams, etc. Those who wonder how they would be raised to life after death when they had become dust, in fact disbelieve in Allah Who has knowledge of every thing and Who is All-Powerful God. It is not difficult for Him to raise the dead to life. Thus Tauhid (oneness of God), revelation to the messengers, and resurrection of the dead for Judgement are the subjects around which the whole Surah revolves. The main teachings of this Surah can be summarized as under:

The Qur’an is the Truth revealed from All-Powerful God.

All creations of Allah including the Thunder and angels praise God.

Allah does not change the condition of a people until and unless they change themselves.

Those who do not respond to the call of Allah and reject the belief would face the consequences and would not be able to escape from Hell.

The disbeliever’s demand of miracles from Muhammad (PBUH) is absolutely unjustified. A messenger shows miracles only if Allah gives him miracles and permits him to do so. The disbelievers would not believe even if they are shown apparently impossible things to happen.

It is the remembrance of Allah in which the hearts find rest (v.28)

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Lesson-148 : Who is Allah

In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the

Most Merciful. 1. Alif, Lam, Mim, Ra. These are verses of the Book (the Quran). And that which has been revealed to you from your Lord is the Truth but most of the people do not believe. 2. Allah is He Who raised the heavens without pillars that you can see, then He mounted the Throne, and subjected the sun and the moon (to His law), each one is running in its course for an appointed term. He regulates all affairs; He explains the revelations in detail so that you may be certain of the meeting with your Lord.

3. And it is He Who has spread out the earth and placed therein firm hills and the rivers; and of all fruits He made therein two spouses (male and female), and He made the night cover the day. Verily, in these things there are signs for the people who reflect. 4. And in the earth there are tracts side by side, and gardens of grapes and cornfields, and date-palms with single or double trunks, watered with the same water, yet We have made some of them to excel others in taste. Verily, in these things there are signs for the people who have sense.

5. And if you wonder, then wondrous is their saying: When we are dust, shall we then be raised in a new creation? They are the people who disbelieve in their Lord; and they are those who will have chains on their necks, and they are the ones who are the owners of the Fire wherein they will abide.

6. They ask you to hasten on the evil rather than the good, when instances of exemplary punishments have indeed occurred before them. And verily, your Lord is Full of Forgiveness for mankind despite their wrong-doing. And verily, your Lord is (also) very strict in punishment.

7. Those who disbelieve say: Why some sign has not been sent down upon him (Muhammad) from his Lord? You are only a warner and to every people there has been (sent) a guide.

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8. Allah knows that which every female bears and He knows how the wombs contract and expand. And everything with Him has a due measure. 9. He is the Knower of the Invisible and Visible, (He is) the Great, the Most High. 10. It is the same (to Him) whether any of you speaks in secret or speaks aloud, whether he hides in the night or walks freely in daytime.

11. For him are angels ranged before him and behind him who guard him by the command of Allah. Verily, Allah does not change the condition of a people until they change that which is in their hearts. And when Allah intends misfortune for a people, there is none that can repel it, nor have they a defender besides Him.

Lesson-149 : All glorify Allah 12. It is He who shows you the lightening as a fear and a hope and raises heavy clouds.

13. The thunder hymns His praise and so do the angels for fear of Him. And He sends the thunder bolts and strikes with them whom He wills, while they dispute about Allah. And He is Mighty in strength.

14. To Him is the real prayer. And those whom they pray besides Him cannot answer them at all except as is the answer to one who stretches forth his hands towards water that it may reach his mouth but it is never going to reach him. And the prayer of the disbelievers (likewise) is nothing but an error.

15. And to Allah fall in prostration whosoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and so do their shadows in the mornings and in the evenings. 16. Ask them (O Muhammad): Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth? Tell them (if they do not answer): Allah. Say: Why have you then taken for protector others than Him who have no power of benefit or harm even for themselves? Say: Is the blind one equal to the seer, or is darkness equal to light? Or do they ascribe to Allah partners who created the like of His creation so that

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creation (by Allah and by them) seemed alike to them? Say: Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Almighty.

17. He sends down water from the sky, so the valleys flow (taking it) according to their measure; and the flood bears on its surface the swelling foam like the scum which rises from that (ore) which they heat in the fire in order to make ornaments and articles of use. Thus does Allah depict the Truth and the Falsehood (by such parables). Then, as for the foam, it passes away as scum upon the banks, while as for that which is of benefit to mankind, it remains in the earth. In this way Allah sets forth parables (to clarify His verses).

18. For those who respond to their Lord’s call is excellent reward (i.e. Paradise). But for those who do not answer His call, even if they had all that is in the earth, with as much like it, they will offer it as ransom (but it would not be accepted). They are the ones who will have a terrible reckoning and their abode would be Hell, and that is the worst resting-place.

19. Is he who knows that what is revealed to you (O Muhammad) from your Lord is the Truth like him who is blind? But it is only the men of understanding who pay heed. 20. Those who keep the pact of Allah and do not break the covenant.

21. Those who join that (relationship) which Allah has commanded to be joined and fear their Lord, and fear the terrible reckoning.

22. And those who keep patience in seeking their Lord’s pleasure, and establish prayer, and spend secretly and openly out of that which We have given them and repel evil with good. For such there is the home of the Hereafter.

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23. Everlasting Paradise which they will enter, along with those who do good deeds, from their forefathers and their spouses and their offspring. And the angels shall enter to them from every gate.

24. (Saying): Peace be on you because you persevered. So how excellent is the home of the Hereafter?

Lesson-150 : Hearts find rest in remembrance of Allah 25. As for those who break the covenant of Allah after confirming it and cut asunder what Allah has commanded to be joined and create mischief in the land, they are such for whom there is curse and for them is the evil home.

26. Allah enlarges sustenance for whom He wants and straightens it (for whom He wants). And they rejoice in the life of the world; whereas the life of the world is but brief comfort as compared with the Hereafter.

27. And those who disbelieve say: Why has no sign been sent down to him from his Lord? Say: Verily, Allah sends astray whom He wants and guides to Himself those who turn (to Him).

28. Those who believe and whose hearts find consolation in the remembrance of Allah. Verily, it is in the remembrance of Allah that do the hearts find consolation. 29. Those who believe and do good deeds, for them is joy and beautiful place of return.

30. Thus have We sent you (O Muhammad) to a nation, before which other nations have passed away, that you may recite to them what We have revealed to you, while they disbelieve in the Beneficent. Say: He is my Lord; there is no God save Him. In Him do I place my trust and to Him is my return.

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31. Even if there could be a Quran with which mountains could be moved or the earth could be torn asunder or the dead could be made to speak, (still the disbelievers would not have believed). But the command of all things is with Allah. Are the believers not then satisfied that if Allah willed, He would have certainly guided the whole of mankind. And as for those who disbelieve, the disaster will not cease to afflict them or it will settle near their homes because of what they do, until the promise of Allah comes to pass. Verily, Allah does not fail His promise.

32. And indeed the Messengers of Allah were ridiculed before you, but I gave respite to those who disbelieved. Then I seized them and how awful was My punishment. 33. Is He Who watches over every soul as to what it has done (is equal to one who is aware of nothing)? Yet they attribute partners to Allah. Say: Tell their names (to me). Is it that you would inform Him of something which He does not know in the earth or is it just an expression of mere words? Nay, but their evil schemes are made fair-seeming to those who disbelieve and they are debarred from the right path. And he whom Allah sends astray, for him there is no guide.

34. For them there is torment in the life of the world and the torment of the Hereafter is surely more painful, and for them there is none to protect (them) from Allah. Lesson-151 : Description of Paradise 35. The description of the Paradise which has been promised to the pious is this: Rivers flow underneath it; its fruit as well as its shade are everlasting; such is the reward of those who fear God, while the reward of the disbelievers is Fire.

36. Those to whom We gave the Scripture rejoice at that which is revealed to you, while there are some of the factions who deny a part of it. Say: I am commanded to worship Allah only and not to join partners with Him: To Him I call and to Him is my return.

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37. And thus have We revealed it (the Quran), a commandment in Arabic. And now if you follow their desires after the knowledge which has come to you, then you will have no protector or defender against Allah.

38. Indeed We have sent messengers before you and made for them wives and offspring. And it was not possible for a messenger that he should bring a miracle except by Allah’s permission. For every period there is a book.

39. Allah effaces what He wills and establishes (what He wills), and with Him is the Mother (master copy) of the Book.

40. Whether We show you (O Muhammad) something of that which We have promised them or make you die (before that), your duty is to convey the message and on Us is to take account. 41. Do they not see how We are gradually reducing the land (of the disbelievers) from its sides? And when Allah commands, there is none who can reverse His command, and He is swift in taking account.

42. And verily those who were before them had devised plans, but all planning belongs to Allah. He knows that which each soul earns. And the disbelievers will soon come to know for whom will be the good home (in the Hereafter).

43. And those who disbelieve say: You are not a messenger. Say: Allah is sufficient witness (of my messenger-ship) between me and you, and so are those who have true knowledge of the Scripture.

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IBRAHIM

This Surah belongs to the last group of Makkan revelation. It draws its name from verse 35 wherein the name of Prophet Abraham has appeared. His prayer has been mentioned in verses 35-41 which he made to God when he was settling his eldest son Ismael in the uncultivable valley of Makkah. In his prayer he expresses disapproval of polytheism and prays to God to provide his posterity with fruits for food in the wilderness of the vally of Faran. Makkah became a place of pilgrimage and with the advent of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), it also became a centre of Islam, world’s second biggest religion, so not only the fruits but also the best of everything from all over the world started coming to this city for use of the children of Abraham. This is how the great Prophet’s prayer was fulfilled.

The opening verse of the Surah declares the purpose of the revelation of the Quran by Allah to Muhammad (PBUH) and that is that the mankind may be brought from darkness into light. The last verse concludes with declaration that the Quran is message for the whole of mankind and that God is One. Otherwise the theme of this Surah is almost the same as that of other Makkan Surahs of this group i.e. the truth of revelation to the Prophets who were sent to warn their people and the consequences for the wrong doers who rejected the truth. Parables of good and bad tree have been cited to show the fate of the good and bad words (and of good and bad deeds). The former get rewards while the latter get punishment. Allah’s torment on the disbelievers of the earlier messengers has been quoted to warn the pagans of Makkah who were disbelieving the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) despite severe warnings and admonititions which had already been administered on them.

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Lesson-152 : Moses and other messengers

In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

1. Alif Lam Ra. This is a Book which We have revealed to you (O Muhammad) so that you may bring mankind out of darkness to light by their Lord’s permission to the path of the Almighty, the Owner of Praise.

2. Allah, to Whom belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. And woe to the disbelievers from a terrible doom.

3. Those who love the life of the world more than the Hereafter, and hinder others from the way of Allah and seek to make it crooked; they have gone far astray.

4. And We have not sent any messenger except with the language of his own people so that he might make (the message) clear to them. Then Allah leads astray whom He wills and guides whom He wills. And He is Almighty, the Wise.

5. And indeed We sent Moses with Our revelations, saying: Bring out your people from darkness to light, and remind them of the days of Allah. Verily, therein are signs for every steadfast, grateful person.

6. And (remember) when Moses said to his people: Recall Allah’s favours to you when He delivered you from Pharaoh’s people who subjected you to dreadful torment, slaughtered your sons and spared your women. And in this there was a great trial for you from your Lord.

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7. And when your Lord announced: If you give thanks, I will give you more; but if you are ungrateful, then My punishment is indeed severe.

8. And Moses said: If you disbelieve, you and all who are in the earth together, then (you should know that) Allah verily is Self-Sufficient, Owner of Praise. 9. Has not the news of those reached you who were before you; the nation of Noah, Aad and Thamud, and those after them? None knows them except Allah. Their messengers came to them with clear proofs, but they thrust their hands in their mouths, and said: Verily, we reject that (message) wherewith you have been sent and we are really in serious doubt regarding that to which you call us.

10. Their messengers said: Are you in doubt about Allah Who is the Creator of the heavens and the earth? He calls you (to His true religion) that He may forgive you your sins and reprieve you to appointed term. They said: You are nothing but men like us, you intend to turn us away from what our forefathers used to worship. Then bring us some clear warrant.

11. Their messengers said to them: We are only men like you, but Allah gives grace (messenger-ship) whom He pleases of His slaves. And it is not possible for us to bring you a warrant except by Allah’s permission. And in Allah let the believers put their trust.

12. And why should we not put our trust in Allah, when He has indeed guided us to our (right) ways (of life). And we shall certainly bear with patience all the harm you may do to us. And in Allah let them, who want to trust, put their trust.

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13. And those who disbelieved said to their messengers: Surely, we will drive you out of our land or you will have to return to our religion. Then their Lord revealed to them: We shall definitely destroy the wrong-doers.

14. And certainly We shall make you to dwell in the land after them. This is (reward) for him who fears to stand before Me (on the Day of Judgment) and also fears My threat (of doom). 15. And they (the messengers) prayed for (help and) victory and (so) every rebellious, obstinate was destroyed.

16. Hell is in front of him and he will be given festering water to drink. 17. Which he will sip but will not be able to swallow. And death will come to him from every side, yet he will not die, and beyond that there will be terrible doom.

Lesson-153 : Disbelievers and Satan 18. A parable of those who disbelieve in their Lord is that their deeds are as ashes on which the wind blows furiously on a stormy day. They have no control, not in the least, of that which they have earned. That is the straying far away (from the road to success).

19. Have you not seen that Allah has created the heavens and the earth with Truth? If He wishes, He can remove you and bring a new creation (in your place). 20. And this is not at all difficult for Allah.

21. And they all will come before Allah. Then those who were weak (in the world) would say to those who were (powerful and) proud: We were certainly your followers. Now can you do anything to avert from us the torment of Allah! They will say: Had Allah given us guidance, we would have guided you? Now it is the same for us whether we worry or endure it with patience, for there is no escape for us.

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22. And the Satan will say when the matter stands decided: Verily, Allah promised you a promise of truth; and I promised you but I betrayed you. And I had no power over you except that I invited you (to evil) and you obeyed me. So blame me not, rather blame yourselves. I cannot help you nor you can help me. I deny that you had associated me (with God) before. Verily, for wrong-doers, there is a painful doom.

23. And those who believed and did good deeds they will be admitted to Paradise, beneath which rivers flow; therein they will abide forever by the permission of their Lord. Their greeting in it will be: Peace.

24. Do you not see how Allah gives example of a good word: that it is like a good tree whose roots are firmly fixed (in the ground) and its branches reach in the sky. 25. It gives its fruit in every season by the permission of its Lord. Allah sets examples for mankind in order that they may reflect.

26. And the example of a bad word is as a bad tree uprooted from the surface of the earth having no stability.

27. Allah makes the believers firm by a firm word in the life of the world and in the Hereafter and Allah sends the wrong-doers astray. Allah does what He pleases.

28. Have you not seen those who exchanged the blessings of Allah for disbelief and led their people down into the House of Destruction?

29. That is to Hell, wherein they will enter. And it is an evil place to live.

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30. And they set up rivals to Allah in order to mislead the people from His way. Say: You may enjoy yourselves (for a while), but your destination is surely the Fire. Lesson-154 : Abraham’s prayer 31. Say (O Muhammad) to My slaves who have believed, to establish prayer and spend of that which We have given them, secretly and publicly, before the Day comes on which there will be no bargaining nor friendship.

32. Allah is He Who created the heavens and the earth and sends down water from the sky, and thereby produces fruits as provision for you. And He has made the ships subservient to you that they may run upon the sea by His command, and He has made the rivers to be of service to you.

33. And He has (also) made the sun and the moon to be of service to you, both are constantly pursuing their courses, and has made of service unto you the night and the day. 34. And He has given you of all that you asked of Him. And if you want to count the favours of Allah, you would not be able to count them. Verily, man is certainly unjust and ungrateful. 35. And (remember) when Abraham said: My Lord! Make this city a place of peace and keep me and my sons away from the worship of the idols.

36. O my Lord! They have indeed led many of the mankind astray. So he who follows me, he verily is of me. And he who disobeys me, then surely, You are Forgiving, Merciful. 37. Our Lord! I have settled some of my offspring in an uncultivable valley near Your Sacred House, our Lord, that they may establish prayer properly; therefore, make the hearts of some people incline toward them and provide them with fruits so that they may give thanks (to You).

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38. Our Lord! Surely, You know what we hide and what we proclaim. In fact, nothing in the earth or in the heaven is hidden from Allah.

39. All (praises and) thanks be to Allah Who has blessed me (sons like) Ismael and Isaac in my old age. Verily, my Lord is indeed the Hearer of prayer. 40. My Lord! Make me and my offspring regular in establishing prayer; our Lord, and accept my supplications.

41. Our Lord! Forgive me and my parents and the believers on the Day when the account (of deeds) is cast.

Lesson-155 : The Doomsday 42. Do not think that Allah is unaware of what the wicked people are doing. He is only giving them a respite till a Day when eyes will stare in terror.

43. And they will come hurrying (on that Day) with their heads raised, their gaze returning not to them, and their hearts flying as air (because of fear). 44. And warn (O Muhammad) mankind of the Day when the torment will come upon them, and the wrongdoers will say: Our Lord! Grant us reprieve for a little while, we will obey your call and follow the messengers. (It will be said to them): Had you not sworn before that you will have no end?

45. And you had lived in the dwellings of those who wronged themselves, and it was explained to you how We had dealt with them, and We had quoted examples for you (to make you understand the consequences of evil deeds).

46. Indeed they have plotted their schemes and their all schemes are with Allah, even though their schemes were such which could move the mountains. 47. Therefore, do not think that Allah will break His promise which He made with His messengers. Surely, Allah is All-Mighty and Capable of Retribution.

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48. On the Day when the earth will be changed into a different earth and the heavens (also will be changed), and all would come forth to Allah, the One, the Irresistible. 49. And you will see the guilty on that Day bound together in chains. 50. Their garments will be of tar and their faces will be covered with Fire. 51. That Allah may repay each soul according to that which it has earned. Verily, Allah is swift in settling accounts.

52. This (the Quran) is a clear message for mankind so that they may be warned thereby and they may know that He only is the One God, and that men of understanding may take lesson.

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