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The Thunder

Alif-Lâm-Mîm-Râ. These are the Verses of the Book, and the truth that which is sent down to you from your Lord. But most people do not believe (become Mumin).

It is Allah who erected the (levels of) heavens without pillars that you see. Then, He established Himself upon the Heaven of Heavens and He has subjected the sun and the moon to His command. Each one pursues its course for an appointed term. He manages and regulates all matter. He explains the Verses in detail that you may be certain of reaching your Lord (of having your spirits reach Allah before death).

And He it is Who spreads out the earth. He created there mountains and rivers, and from all of the fruits He made therein two (opposite) mates. He makes the night cover the day. Most surely there are Signs (proofs) in this for a people who reflect.

In the earth there are neighbouring continents and gardens of vines and green crops and date-palms with branched and without branches. They are watered with the same water, and some of them We give more excellent than others (in taste and smell) to eat. Most surely there are Signs in this for a people who understand.

If you find it strange, then actually strange is their saying: “What! When we are dust, will we then certainly be raised in a new creation?” These are those who deny their Lord. And these are the ones who have chains on their necks, and they are the inmates of the Fire. In it they shall abide forever.

And they ask you to hasten on the bad before the good and indeed there have been many exemplary punishments before them. And most surely your Lord is the Owner of replacement of their sins with good in spite of all their tyrannies and most surely your Lord is Severe in requiting.

And those who disbelieve say: “Why has not a miracle been sent down upon him from his Lord”? You are only a Warner and for every people (at all times in all nations) has one who Return (Master).

Allah knows what every female bears and what the wombs decrease and increase. And everything with Him is by due measure.

He is the All-Knower of the Unseen and the seen (witnessed), the Most Great, the Most High.

It is the same (for Allah) among you he who conceals his words and he who speaks them openly, and he who hides himself by night and who continuous to walk by day.

For them (those in that nation) there are those who pursuing before them and behind them (the spirits of the Imam of the Time stretched from front to back). They guard them, being from the Command of Allah. Surely Allah does not alter what is in a people (He does not take away the spirit of the Imam of the Time from over their heads) unless they alter what is in their souls (their intention of remaining in Return). And when Allah wills punishment to a people, there is no averting it. And there is for them besides Him no protecting friend.

He it is Who shows you the lightning causing fear and hope and generates (organizes) the clouds, heavy (with rain).

The thunder and the angels glorify Him with His praise from fear of Him. And He sends the thunderbolts and smites with them whom He wills, as they struggle against Allah. And He is the One that impossible to resist.

To Him (to Allah Himself) is the call of the Truth (Allah). And those they call upon besides Him do not respond to them with a thing. They are like the one who stretches forth his palms towards water that it may reach his mouth. But it will not reach him. And the invitation of the disbelievers is only to Darkness (as the water cannot reach their mouths, those who are in Darkness cannot reach Return either).

Whoever is in the heavens and the earth and their shadows willingly and unwillingly bow down unto Allah day and night, [The shadows of the physical bodies are the soul (Nafs) and the spirit (Ruh). When the physical body bows down, the soul too bows down. The spirit bows down willingly with its characteristic qualities. The soul bows down unwillingly because of its vices. If the person has wished to reach Allah, when he attains to the soul’s cleansing stage, then it is the spirit that is preponderant, and the soul also bows down willingly.]

Say: “Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth?” Say: “Allah.” Have you then taken friends other than Him who do not possess even for themselves any benefit or any harm? Say: “Are the blind and the seeing equal, or the darkness and the light?” Or do they assign to Allah partners who created the like of His Creation, so that the creation seemed alike to them? Say: “Allah is the Creator of all things. And He is the only One, the most Powerful over everything and the Strongest”.

He sent down water from the sky. So, the valleys were filled with a torrent as far as was measure. And the torrent bore carried of foam that rose to the surface. There is also foam like it on which they heat (melt) in the fire, making nice adornments and utensils. Thus, Allah gives such examples for the truth and the falsehood. Then the foam passes away. But what profits the people remains in the earth. Allah sets forth such illustrations.

The Best of Best is prepared for those who answered their Lord and as for those who do not answer Him, if they had all that is in the earth and the like thereof with it they would certainly offer it for a ransom. As for those, there is an evil reckoning and their abode is Hell; how evil resting-place.

Is he then who knows that what has been sent to you from Lord is the truth like him who is blind? Only Ûli’l Elbâb (the owners of the divine secrets and the continuous praise) can communicate (with Allah).

They fulfill the Covenant of Allah (Ahdallâh) and do not break their oaths (subjugate Allah’s spirit, physical body, soul and will).

And they return to Him what (their spirit) Allah commands that it should be returned to Allah (before death). And they are the owners of takwa (spiritual armor) for their Lord and fear the evil reckoning (going to Hell).

They are the ones who remain patient, seeking the Essence of their Lord (to reach His Essence, and see Him), and keep up the prayer, and spend out secretly and openly of what We endowed them and repel evil with good. Here is the (beautiful) result of this abode (worldly life) prepared for them –

Gardens of Eden which they will enter along with those who had reached the righteousness (Salâh) from among their parents and their spouses and their offspring. And the angels will enter in upon them from every gate (and say to them):

“Peace be upon you due to your patience. How excellent is the end of the worldly abode“.

And those who break (Ahdallâh) the Covenant of Allah, (who do not submit their spirits, physical bodies, souls and free wills to Allah in spite of their covenant) after their Oaths (given to Allah in the pre-eternity concerning the fact that they should submit their spirits, physical bodies, souls and free wills to Allah). And interrupt that Allah commanded to return to Him (they will not return their spirit to Him), and to those who spread lawlessness on earth (keeping other people from the Sıratı Mustakîm): here for them is a curse and an evil abode (Hell).

Allah amplifies and straitens the means of subsistence for whom He wills. They rejoice in the life of the world, whereas the life of this world is nothing compared with the Hereafter but a temporary enjoyment.

And those who disbelieve say: “Why has a Sign not been sent down upon him from his Lord?” Say: “Surely Allah leaves in Darkness whom He wills, and returns to Himself (spirit) those who turn to Him.

Those who became amenu (wished spirit to reach Allah before death) and their hearts have been satisfied with the praise of Allah. Now surely with the praise of Allah the hearts find satisfaction, do they not?

How wonderful for those who become âmenû (those who wish their spirits to reach Allah before death) and do righteous deeds, prepared the best of the Meab (refuge) is for them.

And thus We have sent you among a nation before which other nations have passed away in order that you might recite (read and explain) to them what We have revealed to you. They deny the most Beneficent. Say: “He is my Lord. There is no god but He. In Him I have put my trust and to Him is my repentance, my comeback (my return as the one whose repentance has been accepted)”.

And if there had been a Qur’ân with which the mountains are moved or the earth is torn asunder, or the dead are made to speak, all things (commands) belong to Allah. Have not yet those who believe (who are âmenû) despaired of their becoming believers? If Allah had willed, He would certainly have turned (to Himself the spirit) of all people. Those who disbelieve do not cease to be struck by calamity (punishment), for what they have done or for it to descend near their home until there comes the promise of Allah. Certainly Allah does not turn away from His Promise.

And I swear that Messengers before you were mocked at as well. But I gave time to those who disbelieved. Then I seized (destroyed) them. How then was My requital?

Then who is Aware of what all souls have earned? And yet they gave associates to Allah! Say: “Name them (invite them with their names and see that they cannot respond)! Are you informing Him of what He does not know in the earth or are you just talking idle?” Rather, their plotting is made to appear fair-seeming to those who disbelieve, and they are driven away from the Way (of Allah). And whomever Allah leaves in Darkness, there is then for him no person who of Return - (Mahdi).

For them is a torment in the life of this world and certainly, even harder is the torment of the Hereafter. And there is for them no protector from (the torment of) Allah.

Heaven that is promised for the owners of takwa (spiritual armor) is like the (garden) that rivers flow beneath it; its fruits and its shadow are perpetual. This is the end of those who are the owners of takwa (spiritual armor) . Yet the end of the disbelievers is the Fire.

Those who are given the Book rejoice in what has been sent down to you. Tell the groups who deny a part of it: “I am only commanded that I should serve Allah and not associate anything with Him. To Him I invite and to Him is my comeback (refuge).”

And thus have We sent it down as a law in Arabic. If you follow their low desires after what has come to you of knowledge, there is for you no protecting friend or defender, except Allah.

And I swear We sent Messengers before you and made for them wives and offspring. It is not (possible) for a Messenger to bring a Verse except by Allah’s Leave. For every time-period, there is a Book.

Allah erases, demolishes what He wills and makes fixed (what He wills) and He has the Ummul Kitâb (the Main of the Books which contains all the originals of the Holy Books, records, tablets, conversations).

Whether We show you part of what We have promised them or cause you to die, your duty is only to convey (the Message) and on Us is the Reckoning.

Do they not see how coming to the earth, we reduce of its sides (outlying borders)? And Allah judges, there is none to repel His Judgment. And he is Swift at reckoning.

Those before them did devise plots (as well). Yet all plotting is Allah’s. He knows what each soul earns, and the disbelievers will soon know for who the end of this abode is (Mecca).

And those who disbelieve say: “You have not been sent as a Messenger”. Say: “Sufficient as a Witness between me and you is Allah and those too who have the knowledge of the Book.”

13:1

Yusuf

Ibrahim

المر ۚ تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ ۗ وَالَّذِي أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ الْحَقُّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Alif leam mim rea tilka eayeatul kiteab(kiteabi), vallazee unzila ilayka min raabbikal haakku va leakinna aksaran neasi lea yu’minoon(yu’minoona).

Alif-Lâm-Mîm-Râ. These are the Verses of the Book, and the truth that which is sent down to you from your Lord. But most people do not believe (become Mumin).

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