This is Allah (42) Allah Has Brought Man a Clear Book; Has He Read It?


by Safaa Abdel-Aziz - Date: 2008-10-17 - Word Count: 916 Share This!

This series is an attempt to help you to know  Allah your Creator.Verses 7:52-53 of the Noble Quran talk about: 1) This is Allah (42) Allah Has Brought man a clear Book; Has he read it? 2) Is the Quran a Book of Mercy, How and for Who? 3) When the Disbelievers Hope to Return Back to the Life of this World Again? 4) The Disbelievers are waiting the Day of Judgment; when it comes it will be too late, and 5) Who Have Lost their Souls by Missing Paradise and Abiding in Eternal Fire?

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In the previous articles (35 through 41), Allah describes the outcome of the believers versus the disbelievers.  Also, Allah illustrates the fate of the Men of the Heights who are not yet in Paradise or Hell; those whose Good Deeds and Evil Deeds are equal, What is their Hope and What they Say when they Look at the Dwellers of the Fire in the Hereafter.  Nevertheless, Those who disbelieve in Allah, Muhammad, the Noble Quran, the Angels and/or the Day of Judgment will end up in the Eternal Fire.  Have not they got Allah's message to mankind through His Noble Book?

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The meaning of verse 7:52  

And indeed Allah has sent them, that is, the disbelievers,  Muhammad and brought them a Book, the Quran, which Allah has detailed, which Allah has made clear through tidings and the Promise of reward and the Threat of punishment, with Allah has brought them the Quran with knowledge, a guidance and a mercy from torment for a people who believe in Muhammad and the Quran.However, the disbelievers are suspicious! 

The meaning of verse 7:53 

Are the disbelievers waiting? they are not waiting for anything but its fulfillment, the consequences of what is in it? In other words, what do the disbelievers wait for when they have refused to believe aught save the fulfillment thereof the consequence of what Allah has promised them in the Quran? On the day which is the Day of Judgment.On the day when its fulfillment comes, which will be on the Day of Judgment, those who were forgetful of it before, those who neglected to believe in it, shall say, ‘Indeed, our Lord's messengers came with the truth, with the exposition of the resurrection, Paradise and hell but we denied all.  Have we then any intercessors, that they may intercede for us to avoid the torment? Or shall we be returned, to the world, that we may act otherwise than we used to act?', and instead affirm Allah's Oneness and refrain from associating others with Him. It will then be said to them, ‘No!' Allah, exalted be He, says: Verily they have lost their souls by missing Paradise and abiding in hell,  for they have ended up in perdition, and that which they used to invent, in alleging that Allah has a partner, has a son, has failed, has abandoned, them

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Verses 7: 7:52-53 in different English translations of the meanings of Arabic Quran: 

Verse 7:52 

QARIB: we have brought to them a book which we have made plain based upon knowledge, a guidance and a mercy to believers.

SHAKIR: and certainly we have brought them a book which we have made clear with knowledge, a guidance and a mercy for a people who believe

PICKTHAL: verily we have brought them a scripture which we expounded with knowledge, a guidance and a mercy for a people who believe. Y

USUFALI: for we had certainly sent unto them a book, based on knowledge, which we explained in detail,- a guide and a mercy to all who believe. 

Verse 7:53 

QARIB: are they waiting but for its fulfillment? on the day when it is realized, those who have forgotten it will say: 'the messengers of our lord have surely come with the truth. have we then any intercessors to intercede for us, or shall we be returned to do other than that we have done? ' they have lost their souls, and that which they invented will have gone astray from them.

 SHAKIR: do they wait for aught but its final sequel? on the day when its final sequel comes about, those who neglected it before will say: indeed the messengers of our lord brought the truth; are there for us then any intercessors so that they should intercede on our behalf? or could we be sent back so that we should do (deeds) other than those which we did? indeed they have lost their souls and that which they forged has gone away from them

PICKTHAL: await they aught save the fulfilment thereof? on the day when the fulfilment thereof cometh, those who were before forgetful thereof will say: the messengers of our lord did bring the truth! have we any intercessors, that they may intercede for us? or can we be returned (to life on earth), that we may act otherwise than we used to act? they have lost their souls, and that which they devised hath failed them.

YUSUFALI: do they just wait for the final fulfilment of the event? on the day the event is finally fulfilled, those who disregarded it before will say: "the messengers of our lord did indeed bring true (tidings). have we no intercessors now to intercede on our behalf? or could we be sent back? then should we behave differently from our behaviour in the past." in fact they will have lost their souls, and the things they invented will leave them in the lurch.


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