Allah Is My Guide

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 14.19:

 

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 11.7:

 

Transliteration:

 7. Wahuwa allathee khalaqa alssamawati waal-arda fee sittati ayyamin wakana AAarshuhu AAala alma-i liyabluwakum ayyukum ahsanu AAamalan wala-in qulta innakum mabAAoothoona min baAAdi almawti layaqoolanna allatheena kafaroo in hatha illa sihrun mubeenun

Translation:

 7. And He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods of time - and His Throne was on ether¹ - that He might test you as to which of you are better in deeds.² And if you say, ‘You shall indeed be raised up after death’, those who suppress the Truth would certainly say, ‘This is nothing but mere delusion.’

Study Notes:

1. The Qur’aan informs us here that before the creation of the heavens and the earth, all spce was filled with a fluid-like thing, ether, which supports the propagation of electromagnetic waves. 

2. The Qur’aan also reveals here the purpose of creating the heavens and the earth: just to test mankind. And what is this test for? The test is simply whether man recognizes the existence of his Creator without actually seeing Him. For this purpose, unlike other living creatures on earth, man is endowed with freedom of action. He (man) is given more intelligence, besides being guided through the divine Book, Qur’aan, which is divinely guaranteed to be incorruptible. As the latter part of this very Verse indicates, Allah Almighty will resurrect mankind to reward those who pass His test, and to punish those who do not.

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Mohammad Shafi
Author of ‘Why Do I Believe In Islam‘