Allah Is My Guide

The Qur’aan informs us that the people of Prophet Lot were destroyed for their sin of homosexuality. The following Verses describe how they were destroyed

Qur’aanic Verses 15.74 to 15.77:

Transliterations

74. FajaAAalna AAaliyaha safilaha waamtarna AAalayhim hijaratan min sijjeelin

75. Inna fee thalika laayatin lilmutawassimeena

76. Wa-innaha labisabeelin muqeemin

77. Inna fee thalika laayatan lilmu/mineena

Translations:

74. We turned the place upside down, and rained stones of baked clay upon the people.

75. In this indeed are signs for those with insight.

76. And indeed it is located on an established road.¹²

77. Indeed there is a sign in this for the believers.

Study Note:

12. I surfed the Net for any Muslim attempt at finding archeological remains of the site; but found none. Some Christian attempts have been made, but those are unsatisfactory. It is generally believed that the sites are located somewhere in the Dead Sea area. The Verse here informs us that it is on a road that is still in use. I appeal to Muslim archeologists to conduct their attempts on the basis of this Verse. The next Verse, 77, does indeed invite the believers to conduct the search for the site. This episode of Lot and his people is also narrated in Verses 11.77 to 11.83.

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Qur’aanic Verses 15.13 to 15.18:

 

Transliterations:

 13. La yu/minoona bihi waqad khalat sunnatu al-awwaleena

14. Walaw fatahna AAalayhim baban mina alssama-i fathalloo feehi yaAArujoona

15. Laqaloo innama sukkirat absaruna bal nahnu qawmun mashooroona

16. Walaqad jaAAalna fee alssama-i buroojan wazayyannaha lilnnathireena

17. Wahafithnaha min kulli shaytanin rajeemin

18. Illa mani istaraqa alssamAAa faatbaAAahu shihabun mubeenun

Translations:

 13. They believe not in it (the divine Message brought by the Messenger), just as the earlier peoples, that passed away, did not believe (in the divine Messages brought to them by Messengers sent to them).

14. And they won’t believe, even if We open to them a gateway into the skies above, and they keep on ascending thereinto.

15. They would still only say, “Our sights.have been intoxicated. Rather, we are an enchanted people.”

16. And certainly We have made constellations in the skies above and We have made it look beautiful for the beholders.

17. And We guard it against every accursed Satan.

18. Except that a visible flame follows the one that manages to steal a celestial secret.³

Study Note:

3. Verses 14 to 18 herein above seem to foretell modern man’s forays into outer space and powerful telescopes like the Hubble space telescope, which is taking breathtaking pictures of star constellations and other innumerable wonders of the Universe. These Verses point out to the sad fact that despite Allah facilitating mankind to have this knowledge about the mind-boggling workmanship of His, most men still have no belief in the Creator as He is depicted in the Qur’aan. As regards a visible flame following a satanic person stealing a secret, we are aware of some ventures into space meeting fiery ends. Maybe, those were examples of astronauts persisting in their atheistic ways despite being witnesses to divine wornders.

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The above is extracted from yet-to-be-published Qur’aanic Studies - Volume XXVII. It will be published, in due course, inshaAllah on the website INVITATION TO SALVATION, in continuation of Volumes I to XXVI already published and freely available thereon.

Mohammad Shafi
Author of ‘ISLAM & INTEREST‘

Qur’aanic Verse 14.52:

 

Transliteration:

 52. Hatha balaghun lilnnasi waliyuntharoo bihi waliyaAAlamoo annama huwa ilahun wahidun waliyaththakkara oloo al-albabi

Translation:

52. This (Qur’aan) is a sufficient and eloquent exposition of the divine Message for the people that they may be warned thereby, that they may know that He is the One and Only Being worthy of being worshipped, and that people of understanding may remember it and remind other people about it.

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The above is extracted from yet-to-be-published Qur’aanic Studies - Volume XXVI. It will be published, in due course, inshaAllah on the website INVITATION TO SALVATION, in continuation of Volumes I to XXV already published and freely available thereon.

Mohammad Shafi
Author of ‘ISLAM & INTEREST‘

Qur’aanic Verse 14.24:

 

Transliteration:

 24. Alam tara kayfa daraba Allahu mathalan kalimatan tayyibatan kashajaratin tayyibatin asluha thabitun wafarAAuha fee alssama/-i

Translation:

 24. Don’t you see how Allah exemplifies a good word as a good tree with firm roots and with its branches spread out in the sky,

Qur’aanic Verse 14.25:

 

Transliteration:

 25. Tu/tee okulaha kulla heenin bi-ithni rabbiha wayadribu Allahu al-amthala lilnnasi laAAallahum yatathakkaroona

Translation:

 25. Yielding its fruits every season by its Lord’s leave? ⁵ And Allah gives examples for the benefit of mankind so that they may ponder and remember.

Study Note:

5. Through this example, we understand that a good word is anything written or spoken that is firmly based on truth and reality. It gives solace to those who hear or read it, and benefits them repeatedly as well. A good example of a good word is the Qur’aan itself. It is firmly based on Truth. It gives solace to those who read and ponder over it. And history is witness to the fact that it has benefited nondescript communities to become the most potent forces on earth - culturally, economically and militarily. This good word has not been seen yielding fruits nowadays as most people listen to it not in order to understand and implement its teachings. They have relegated it to just ritualistic reading.

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Qur’aanic Verse 14.19:

 

Transliteration:

 19. Alam tara anna Allaha khalaqa alssamawati waal-arda bialhaqqi in yasha/ yuthhibkum waya/ti bikhalqin jadeedin

Translation:

 19. Do you not see that Allah created the heavens and the earth in truth? If He wills He will take you off and bring a new creation.⁴

Study Note:

4. The creation of the heavens and the earth could, by no stretch of imagination, be considered purposeless. The purpose, as clarified in Verse 11.7, is to test the human race by making its members His vicegerents on earth. All His creation is, apparently and essentially, to serve that purpose. If any section of the human race proves itself to be incapable of holding on to that high office, it is liable to be replaced by the Almighty Creator with a new generation.

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Qur’aanic Verse 14.9:

 

Transliteration:

 9. Alam ya/tikum nabao allatheena min qablikum qawmi noohin waAAadin wathamooda waallatheena min baAAdihim la yaAAlamuhum illa Allahu jaat-hum rusuluhum bialbayyinati faraddoo aydiyahum fee afwahihim waqaloo inna kafarna bima orsiltum bihi wa-inna lafee shakkin mimma tadAAoonana ilayhi mureebun

Translation:

 9. Have you not heard of those before you - of the people of Noah and Aad and Samood, and those after them? None knows them but Allah. Their Messengers come to them with clear signs. And they thrust their hands into their mouths in astonishment while witnessing those signs, but said, “We do not believe in the Message that you are sent with, and we are indeed utterly in doubt about what you invite us to.”³

Study Note:

3. Those ancient peoples were astonished to see the miraculous signs Allah’s Messengers had brought to them, and yet they did not believe in the divine Message they had brought! And today’s modern peoples are no better. They too refuse to believe in the divine Message given to them through the last Prophet, even when He has opened to them a vast reservoir of His infinite knowledge of innumerable miraculous happenings, day in and day out, throughout the universe. Glimpses of these miraculous happenings are shown, inter alia, in TV channels like Discovery Channel, National Geographic, Animal Planet etc. They dismiss these discoveries as just wonderful nature, but refuse to believe in any Intelligent Creator behind their creation.

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The above is extracted from yet-to-be-published Qur’aanic Studies - Volume XXVI. It will be published, in due course, inshaAllah on the website INVITATION TO SALVATION, in continuation of Volumes I to XXV already published and freely available thereon.

Mohammad Shafi
Author of ‘ISLAM & INTEREST‘