Quran The Final Testament

Verse of the day“With pain there is gain.”Cooling the Temper, 94:5

The KeyAl-FãtehahBeginSura 1, 7 verses

Chapters

The KeyAl-Fãtehah1 The HeiferAl-Baqarah2 The AmramitesÃli-'Imrãn3 The WomenAl-Nesa'4 The FeastAl-Ma'edah5 The LivestockAl-An'am6 The PurgatoryAl-A'araf7 The Spoils of WarAl-Anfal8 UltimatumBara'ah9 JonahYounus10 HoodHud11 JosephYousuf12 The ThunderAl-Ra'ad13 AbrahamIbrahîm14 The Hijr ValleyAl-Hijr15 The BeeAl-Nahl16 The Children of IsraelBanî Israel17 The CaveAl-Kahf18 MaryMaryam19 T-HTãHã20 The ProphetsAl-Anbyã’21 The PilgrimageAl-Hajj22 The BelieversAl-Mu’minûn23 The LightAl-Noor24 The Statute BookAl-Furqãn25 The PoetsAl-Shu‘arã’26 The AntAl-Naml27 The HistoryAl-Qasas28 The SpiderAl-‘Ankaboot29 The RomansAl-Room30 LuqmaanLuqmãn31 ProstrationAl-Sajdah32 The PartiesAl-Ahzãb33 ShebaSaba’34 InitiatorFãter35 Y-SYãSîn36 The ArrangersAl-Sãffãt37 SSaad38 The ThrongsAl-Zumar39 ForgiverGhãfer40 DetailedFussilat41 ConsultationAl-Shoorã42 The OrnamentsAl-Zukhruf43 The SmokeAl-Dukhãn44 The KneelingAl-Jãtheyah45 The DunesAl-Ahqãf46 MuhammedMuḥammad47 VictoryAl-Fatt-h48 The WallsAl-Hujurãt49 QQãf50 Driver of the WindsAl-Dhãreyãt51 Mount SinaiAl-Toor52 The StarsAl-Najm53 The MoonAl-Qamar54 The GraciousAl-Rahmaan55 The InevitableAl-Waaqe‘ah56 IronAl-Hadeed57 The DebateAl-Mujaadalah58 The ExodusAl-Hashr59 The TestAl-Mumtahanah60 The ColumnAl-Suff61 FridayAl-Jumu‘ah62 The HypocritesAl-Munaafeqoon63 Mutual BlamingAl-Taghaabun64 DivorceAl-Talaaq65 ProhibitionAl-Tahreem66 KingshipAl-Mulk67 The PenAl-Qalam68 IncontestableAl-Haaqqah69 The HeightsAl-Ma‘aarej70 NoahNuh71 JinnsAl-Jinn72 CloakedAl-Muzzammil73 The Hidden SecretAl-Muddath-thir74 ResurrectionAl-Qeyaamah75 The HumanAl-Insaan76 DispatchedAl-Mursalaat77 The EventAl-Naba’78 The SnatchersAl-Naaze‘aat79 He FrownedAbasa80 The RollingAl-Takweer81 The ShatteringAl-Infitaar82 The CheatersAl-Mutaffifeen83 The RuptureAl-Inshiqaaq84 The GalaxiesAl-Burooj85 The Bright StarAl-Taareq86 The Most HighAl-A‘alaa87 OverwhelmingAl-Ghaasheyah88 DawnAl-Fajr89 The TownAl-Balad90 The SunAl-Shams91 The NightAl-Layl92 The ForenoonAl-Duhaa93 Cooling the TemperAl-Sharrhh94 The FigAl-Teen95 The EmbryoAl-‘Alaq96 The DestinyAl-Qadr97 The ProofAl-Bayyinah98 The QuakeAl-Zalzalah99 The GallopersAl-‘Aadeyaat100 The ShockerAl-Qaare‘ah101 HoardingAl-Takaathur102 The AfternoonAl-‘Asr103 The BackbiterAl-Humazah104 The ElephantAl-Feel105 Quraish TribeThe Quraish Tribe106 CharityAl-Maa‘oon107 BountyAl-Kawthar108 The DisbelieversAl-Kaaferoon109 TriumphAl-Nassr110 ThornsAl-Masad111 AbsolutenessAl-Ikhlaas112 DaybreakAl-Falaq113 PeopleAl-Naas114

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Appendices

Introduction One of the Great Miracles1 God's Messenger of the Covenant2 We Made the Quran Easy3 Why Was the Quran Revealed in Arabic?4 Heaven and Hell5 Greatness of God6 Why Were We Created?7 The Myth of Intercession8 Abraham: Original Messenger of Submission9 God's Usage of the Plural Tense10 The Day of Resurrection11 Role of the Prophet Muhammad12 The First Pillar of Submission13 Predestination14 Religious Duties: Gift from God15 Dietary Prohibition16 Death17 Quran is All You Need18 Hadith and Sunna: Satanic Innovations19 Quran: Unlike Any Other Book20 Satan: Fallen Angel21 Jesus22 Chronological Order of Revelation23 Two False Verses Removed from the Quran24 End of the World25 The Three Messengers of Islam26 Who Is Your God?27 Muhammad Wrote God's Revelations With His Own Hand28 The Missing Basmalah29 Polygamy30 Evolution: A Divinely Guided Process31 The Crucial Age of 4032 Why Did God Send a Messenger Now?33 Virginity/Chastity: A Trait of the True Believers34 Drugs & Alcohol35 What Price A Great Nation36 Criminal Justice in Islam37 The Creator's Signature38

The Thunder

Al-Ra'ad

Sura 13 · 43 verses · Revealed 96th

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

13:1

A. L. M. R.^* These (letters) are proofs of this scripture. What is revealed to you from your Lord is the truth, but most people do not believe.

*13:1 These initials constitute a major component of the Quran's built-in proof of divine authorship, the miraculous mathematical code. See Appendix 1.

13:2

GOD is the One who raised the heavens without pillars that you can see, then assumed all authority. He committed the sun and the moon, each running (in its orbit) for a predetermined period. He controls all things, and explains the revelations, that you may attain certainty about meeting your Lord.

13:3

He is the One who constructed the earth and placed on it mountains and rivers. And from the different kinds of fruits, He made them into pairs—males and females. The night overtakes the day. These are solid proofs for people who think.

13:4

On earth, there are adjacent lots that produce orchards of grapes, crops, palm trees—dioecious and non-dioecious. Although they are irrigated with the same water, we prefer some of them over others in eating. These are solid proofs for people who understand.

Belief in the Hereafter Required For Salvation

13:5

If you ever wonder, the real wonder is their saying: "After we turn into dust, do we get recreated anew?" These are the ones who have disbelieved in their Lord. These are the ones who have incurred shackles around their necks. These are the ones who have incurred Hell, wherein they abide forever.

13:6

They challenge you to bring doom upon them, rather than turning righteous! Sufficient precedents have been set for them in the past. Indeed, your Lord is full of forgiveness towards the people, in spite of their transgressions, and your Lord is also strict in enforcing retribution.

13:7

Those who disbelieved say, "If only a miracle could come down to him from his Lord (we will then believe)." You are simply a warner—every community receives a guiding teacher.

13:8

GOD knows what every female bears, and what every womb releases, or gains. Everything He does is perfectly measured.

13:9

The Knower of all secrets and declarations; the Supreme, the Most High.

13:10

It is the same whether you conceal your thoughts, or declare them, or hide in the darkness of the night, or act in the daylight.

13:11

Shifts (of angels) take turns, staying with each one of you—they are in front of you and behind you. They stay with you, and guard you in accordance with GOD's commands. Thus, GOD does not change the condition of any people unless they themselves make the decision to change. If GOD wills any hardship for any people, no force can stop it. For they have none beside Him as Lord and Master.

13:12

He is the One who shows you the lightning as a source of fear, as well as hope, and He initiates the loaded clouds.

13:13

The thunder praises His glory, and so do the angels, out of reverence for Him. He sends the lightning bolts, which strike in accordance with His will. Yet, they argue about GOD, though His power is awesome.

13:14

Imploring Him is the only legitimate supplication, while the idols they implore beside Him, cannot ever respond. Thus, they are like those who stretch their hands to the water, but nothing reaches their mouths. The supplications of the disbelievers are in vain.

All Creation Has Submitted to God

13:15

To GOD prostrates everyone in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and so do their shadows in the mornings and the evenings.^*

*13:15 Even the disbelievers prostrate; they cannot, for example, control their heartbeats, their lungs, or peristalsis. The shadows are predetermined by God's design of the solar and the lunar orbits, and by the peculiar shape of the planet earth which causes the four seasons. The absolute precision of the sun/earth relation is proven by the invention of solar clocks and their shadows.

13:16

Say, "Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth?" Say, "GOD." Say, "Why then do you set up besides Him masters who do not possess any power to benefit or harm even themselves?" Say, "Is the blind the same as the seer? Is darkness the same as the light?" Have they found idols besides GOD who created creations similar to His creations, to the point of not distinguishing the two creations? Say, "GOD is the Creator of all things, and He is the One, the Supreme."

The Truth vs Falsehood

13:17

He sends down water from the sky, causing the valleys to overflow, then the rapids produce abundant foam. Similarly, when they use fire to refine metals for their jewelry or equipment, foam is produced. GOD thus cites analogies for the truth and falsehood. As for the foam, it goes to waste, while that which benefits the people stays close to the ground. GOD thus cites the analogies.

13:18

Those who respond to their Lord deserve the good rewards. As for those who failed to respond to Him, if they possessed everything on earth—even twice as much—they would readily give it up as ransom. They have incurred the worst reckoning, and their final abode is Hell; what a miserable destiny.

Believers Versus Disbelievers (1) The Believers

13:19

Is one who recognizes that your Lord's revelations to you are the truth equal to one who is blind? Only those who possess intelligence will take heed.

13:20

They are the ones who fulfill their pledge to GOD, and do not violate the covenant.

13:21

They join what GOD has commanded to be joined, reverence their Lord, and fear the dreadful reckoning.

13:22

They steadfastly persevere in seeking their Lord, observe the Contact Prayers (Salat), spend from our provisions to them secretly and publicly, and counter evil with good. These have deserved the best abode.

13:23

They enter the gardens of Eden, together with the righteous among their parents, their spouses, and their children. The angels will enter to them from every door.

13:24

"Peace be upon you, because you steadfastly persevered. What a joyous destiny."

(2) The Disbelievers

13:25

As for those who violate GOD's covenant after pledging to keep it, and sever what GOD has commanded to be joined, and commit evil, they have incurred condemnation; they have incurred the worst destiny.

God Controls All Provisions

13:26

GOD is the One who increases the provision for whomever He wills, or withholds it. They have become preoccupied with this life, and this life, compared to the Hereafter, is nil.

13:27

Those who disbelieve would say, "If only a miracle could come down to him from his Lord (we would believe)." Say, "GOD sends astray whomever He wills, and guides to Him only those who obey."

13:28

They are the ones whose hearts rejoice in remembering GOD. Absolutely, by remembering GOD, the hearts rejoice.

13:29

Those who believe and lead a righteous life have deserved happiness and a joyous destiny.

God's Messenger of the Covenant

13:30

We have sent you (O Rashad)^* to this community, just as we did for other communities in the past. You shall recite to them what we reveal to you, for they have disbelieved in the Most Gracious. Say, "He is my Lord. There is no god except He. I put my trust in Him alone; to Him is my ultimate destiny."

*13:30 If we add the gematrical value of "Rashad" (505), plus the value of "Khalifa" (725), plus the sura number (13), plus the verse number (30), we get 505+725+13+30 = 1273 = 19x67. God thus specifies the name of His messenger (see Appendix 2 for the details).

Mathematical Miracle of the Quran

13:31

Even if a Quran caused mountains to move, or the earth to tear asunder, or the dead to speak (they will not believe). GOD controls all things. Is it not time for the believers to give up and realize that if GOD willed, He could have guided all the people? The disbelievers will continue to suffer disasters, as a consequence of their own works, or have disasters strike close to them, until GOD's promise is fulfilled. GOD will never change the predetermined destiny.

All Messengers Must Be Ridiculed

13:32

Messengers before you have been ridiculed; I permitted the disbelievers to carry on, then I punished them. How terrible was My retribution!

13:33

Is there any equal to the One who controls every single soul? Yet, they set up idols to rival GOD. Say, "Name them. Are you informing Him of something on earth that He does not know? Or, are you fabricating empty statements?" Indeed, the schemes of those who disbelieve have been adorned in their eyes. They are thus diverted from the right path. Whomever GOD sends astray can never find a guiding teacher.

13:34

They have incurred retribution in this life, and the retribution in the Hereafter is far worse. Nothing can protect them against GOD.

Heaven Allegorically Described

13:35

The allegory of Heaven, which is promised for the righteous, is flowing streams, inexhaustible provisions, and cool shade. Such is the destiny for those who observe righteousness, while the destiny for the disbelievers is Hell.

13:36

Those who received the scripture rejoice in what was revealed to you; some others may reject parts of it. Say, "I am simply enjoined to worship GOD, and never associate any idols with Him. I invite to Him, and to Him is my ultimate destiny."

Divine Authorization of the Quran's Mathematical Code

13:37

We revealed these laws in Arabic, and if you ever acquiesce to their wishes, after this knowledge has come to you, you will have no ally, nor a protector, against GOD.

*13:37 The verse number (38) = 19x2. Placing the values of "Rashad" (505) and "Khalifa" (725) next to 13:37-38, gives 505 725 13 37 38, or 19x26617112302 (Appendix 2).

13:38

We have sent messengers before you (O Rashad), and we made them husbands with wives and children. No messenger can produce a miracle without GOD's authorization, and in accordance with a specific, predetermined time.

13:39

GOD erases whatever He wills, and fixes. With Him is the original Master Record.

13:40

Whether we show you what we promise them, or terminate your life before that, your sole mission is to deliver (the message). It is us who will call them to account.

13:41

Do they not see that every day on earth, brings them closer to the end, and that GOD decides their life span, irrevocably? He is the most efficient Reckoner.

13:42

Others before them have schemed, but to GOD belongs the ultimate scheming. He knows what everyone is doing. The disbelievers will find out who the ultimate winners are.

13:43

Those who disbelieved will say, "You are not a messenger!" Say, "GOD suffices as a witness between me and you, and those who possess knowledge of the scripture."