RECITE AND LISTEN QURAN-4

*Torah, Injil and Quran, believers and disbelievers as in Surah Al-E-Imran:

Surah Al-E-Imran

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

Alif. Lam. Mim . (1) Allah: There is no god but He, the Alive, the All-Sustaining. (2) He has revealed to you the Book with the truth, confirming what has been before it, and has sent down the Torah and the Injil (3) Earlier to give guidance to mankind, and has sent down the Furqan (the Criterion of right and wrong). Surely, those who have rejected the verses of Allah, for them there is severe punishment. Allah is Mighty, the Lord of Retribution. (4) Surely, Allah is such that nothing is hidden from Him, neither in the earth nor in the sky. (5) He is the One Who shapes you in the wombs as He likes. There is no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise. (6) He is the One who has revealed to you the Book (the Qur’an). Out of it there are verses that are Muhkamat (of established meaning), which are the principal verses of the Book, and some others are Mutashabihat (whose definite meanings are unknown). Now those who have perversity in their hearts go after such part of it as is mutashabih, seeking (to create) discord, and searching for its interpretation (that meets their desires), while no one knows its interpretation except Allah; and those well-grounded in knowledge say: “We believe therein; all is from our Lord.” Only the men of understanding observe the advice. (7) Our Lord, do not let our hearts deviate from the right path after You have given us guidance, and bestow upon us mercy from Your own. Surely, You, and You alone, are the One who bestows in abundance. (8) Our Lord, You are going to assemble all the people on a day in (the occurrence of) which there is no doubt. Verily, Allah does not back out of His promise.” (9) Surely, those who disbelieve, their wealth and their children shall not suffice them in the least against Allah. Those are the fuel of the Fire (10)A case similar to that of the House of Pharaoh and those before them. They denied our signs. So, Allah seized them for their sins. Allah is severe in punishment. (11) Say to those who disbelieve: “You shall soon be overcome and shall be gathered into Hell. Indeed, it is an evil bed (in which) to rest.” (12)

*Life in Heaven would be much better than this Worldly life as in Surah Al-E-Imran:

 There was a sign for you in the two groups who confronted each other: One group fighting in the way of Allah, and the other disbelieving, seeing themselves as twice their number, with open eyes. And Allah gives strength with His help to whomsoever He wills. Indeed, there is a lesson therein for those who have eyes.” (13) It has been made attractive for people to love the desired things; that is, women, children, hoarded heaps of gold and silver, branded horses, cattle and tillage. That is an enjoyment of the worldly life; but with Allah lies the beauty of the final resort. (14) Say: “Shall I tell you what is far better than that? For those who fear (Allah), there are gardens with their Lord, beneath which rivers flow, where they shall live forever, with purified wives, and approval from Allah. Allah is watchful over His servants”. (15) Those (are the ones) who say: “Our Lord, surely we have believed, so forgive us our sins and save us from the punishment of the Fire,” (16) And those who are) the patient, the truthful and the devout, who spend (in Allah’s way) and who seek forgiveness in pre-dawn hours.” (17) Allah bears witness that there is no god but He __ and (so do) the angels and the men of knowledge __ being the One who maintains equity. There is no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise. (18) Truly, the (recognized) religion in the sight of Allah is Islam . Those who have been given the Book did not differ (among themselves) until after the knowledge had come to them, (and all this) due to envy against each other. Whoever denies the verses of Allah, then, Allah is swift at reckoning. (19) Then, if they argue with you, say: “I have submitted myself to Allah, and (so did) those who have followed me.” And say to those who have been given the Book, and to the unlettered: “Do you submit?” If they submit, they will be on the right path. Yet, if they turn back, then you have only to convey the message. Allah is watchful over (all of) His servants. (20) Surely, those who reject the verses of Allah and slay the prophets unjustly, and slay those of the people who bid justice, give them ‘the good news’ of a painful punishment. (21) Those are the ones whose deeds have gone to waste in this world and in the Hereafter. For them there are no helpers. (22) Did you not observe those who have been given a share from the Book? They are invited to the Book of Allah, so that it may decide between them. Then, a group from them goes back, turning their faces away. (23) That is because they have said: “The Fire shall not touch us except for a few days.” Thus they are deceived in their faith by what they themselves used to invent. (24) Then, how (will it be) when We will gather them together on a day about which there is no doubt, and everybody will be paid in full for what he has earned, and they shall not be wronged? (25) Say: “O Allah, O Lord of the Kingdom, You give kingdom to whom You will, and take kingdom away from whom You will; and You bestow honor on whom You will, and bring disgrace to whom You will. In your hand lies the betterment (of everyone). You are surely powerful over everything. (26) You make the night enter into the day, and make the day enter into the night; and You bring the living out from the dead, and bring the dead out from the living, and You give to whom You will beyond measure.” (27) The believers must not take the disbelievers as friends instead of the believers. And whoever does that has no relation with Allah whatsoever, unless you (do so) as a protective measure (in order to) save yourself from them. Allah warns you of Himself, for unto Allah is the return. (28) Say: “Whether you conceal what is in your hearts or reveal it, Allah will know it.” He knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth. Allah is powerful over everything. (29) On the day when everybody shall find present before him whatever good he did and whatever evil he wrought, he will wish there would have been a wide space between him and that (day). Allah warns you of Himself, and Allah is compassionate to (His) servants. (30) Say (O Prophet): “If you really love Allah, then follow me, and Allah shall love you and forgive you your sins. Allah is Most-Forgiving, Very-Merciful.” (31) Say: “Obey Allah and the Messenger.” Then, should they turn back, Allah does not love the disbelievers.” (32)

*When Allah decides a matter, He simply says to it ‘Be’, and it comes to be as in Surah Al-E-Imran:

Verily, Allah has chosen ’Adam and Nuh (Noah) and the House of Ibrahim and the House of ‘Imran over all the worlds (33) A progeny some of whom resembles the others (in faith). Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (34) Remember) when ‘Imran’s wife said: “O my Lord, I have vowed that what is in my womb will be devoted exclusively for You. So, accept (it) from me. You, certainly You, are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.” (35) So, when she delivered her, she said: “O my Lord, I have delivered her, a female child.”__And Allah knew better what she had delivered, and the male was not like the female  ___” I have named her Maryam, and I place her and her progeny under Your shelter against Satan, the rejected.” (36) So, her Lord accepted her, a good acceptance, and made her grow, a good growth, and made Zakariyya her guardian. Whenever Zakariyya visited her at the place of worship, he found food with her. He said: “Maryam, from where did you have this?” She said: “It is from Allah. Surely, Allah gives whom He wills without measure.” (37) Thereupon, Zakariyya prayed to his Lord. He said: “O my Lord, grant me from Your own (power) a goodly progeny. Verily, You are the One who listens to the prayer.” (38) So then, when he stood praying in the place of worship, the angels called out to him saying: “Allah gives you the good news of Yahya who shall come to confirm a word of Allah and shall be a chief, abstinent (from women), a prophet and one of the righteous.” (39) He said: “O my Lord, how shall I have a boy when old age has come upon me and my wife is barren?” Said He: “That is how Allah does what He wills.” (40) He said: “O my Lord, set for me a sign.” Said He: “Your sign is that you shall not be able to speak to people for three days except through gestures. Remember your Lord much; and proclaim His purity in the evening and the morning.” (41) And when the angels said: “O Maryam, Allah has chosen you and purified you and chosen you over the women of all the worlds. (42) O Maryam, stand in devotion to your Lord and prostrate yourself and bow down in Ruku‘ with those who bow.” (43) This is a part of the news of the unseen We reveal to you (O Prophet!). You were not with them when they were casting their pens (to decide) who, from among them, should be the guardian of Maryam, nor were you with them when they were quarrelling. (44) Remember the time) when the angels said: “O Maryam, Allah gives you the good news of a Word from Him whose name is Masih ‘Isa , the son of Maryam (the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary) a man of status in this world and in the Hereafter, and one of those who are near (to Allah). (45) He shall speak to people while (he is still) in the cradle, and also later, when he is of mature age; and he shall be one of the righteous.” (46) She said: “O my Lord, how shall I have a son while no human has ever touched me?” Said He: “That is how Allah creates what He wills. When He decides a matter, He simply says to it ‘Be’, and it comes to be. (47) He shall teach him the Book and the Wisdom, and the Torah and the Injil, (48) And (shall make him) a messenger to the Children of Isra’il (who will say to them): “I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, that is, I create for you from clay something in the shape of a bird, then I blow in it, and it becomes a living bird by the will of Allah; and I cure the born-blind and the leper, and I cause the dead to become alive by the will of Allah; and I inform you of what you eat and what you store in your homes. In this there is surely a sign for you, if you are (truly) believers. (49) I have come to you) confirming that (book) which is (sent down) prior to me, that is, the Torah, and to make permissible for you some of what was prohibited to you. I have come to you with a sign from your Lord. So, fear Allah and obey me. (50) Allah is surely my Lord and your Lord. So, worship Him. This is the straight path.” (51)

*When Allah said: “O ‘Isa , I am to take you in full and to raise you towards Myself as is in Surah Al-E-Imran:

 So, when ‘Isa sensed disbelief in them, he said: “Who are my helpers in the way of Allah?” The disciples said: “We are helpers of Allah. We believe in Allah; so be our witness that we are Muslims.” (52) Our Lord, we have believed in what You have revealed, and we have followed the messenger. So, record us with those who bear witness (to the Truth).” (53) They (the opponents of ‘Isa ) devised a plan, and Allah devised a plan. And Allah is the best of all planners. (54) When Allah said: “O ‘Isa , I am to take you in full and to raise you towards Myself, and to cleanse you of those who disbelieve, and to place those who follow you above those who disbelieve up to the Day of Doom. Then to Me is your return, whereupon I shall judge between you in that over which you have differed. (55) As for those who disbelieve, I shall punish them a severe punishment in this world and in the Hereafter; and for them there are no helpers.” (56) As for those who believe and do good deeds, He (Allah) will give them their rewards in full. Allah does not like transgressors. (57) This We recite to you of the Verses and the Message that is full of wisdom. (58) Surely, the case of ‘Isa , in the sight of Allah, is like the case of ’Adam . He created him from dust, then He said to him, “Be”, and he came to be. (59) The truth is from your Lord. So, do not be of those who doubt. (60)

*Invitation to people of book as in Surah Al-E-Imran:

 If someone argues with you (O Prophet) over this after the knowledge that has come to you, say (to him), “Come, let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, then (let us) pray and invoke the curse of Allah upon the liars. ” (61) This is, indeed, the true narration. There exists no god but Allah. Allah is surely the Almighty, the All-Wise. (62) So, should they turn back, Allah is fully aware of the mischievous people. (63) Say, “O people of the Book, come to a word common between us and between you, that we worship none but Allah, that we associate nothing with Him and that some of us do not take others as Lords instead of Allah.” Then, should they turn back, say, “Bear witness that we are Muslims.” (64) O people of the Book, why do you argue about Ibrahim, while the Torah and the Injil were not revealed until after him? Have you, then, no sense? (65) Look, this is what you are - you have already argued about matters concerning which you have knowledge; why then do you argue about matters of which you have no knowledge? Allah knows and you do not know. (66) Ibrahim was neither a Jew nor a Christian. But he was upright, a Muslim, and was not one of those who associate partners with Allah. (67) The closest of people to Ibrahim are those who followed him, and this prophet, and those who believe; and Allah is the Guardian of all believers. (68) A group from the people of the Book loves to mislead you, while they mislead none but themselves, and they do not realize. (69) O people of the Book, why do you disbelieve in the verses of Allah (revealed in the former Scriptures to foretell about the advent of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W)) while you are yourselves witnesses (to those verses)? (70) O People of the Book, why do you confound the truth with falsehood, and conceal the truth when you know (the reality)? (71) And a group from the people of the Book said (to their people), “Believe in what has been revealed to the believers in the early part of the day, and disbelieve at the end of it, so that they may turn back. (72) But do not believe (for real) except in those who follow your faith.” Say, “(Real) guidance is the guidance of Allah.” (But all that you do is due to your envy) that someone is given what is similar to that which you have been given, or that they argue against you before your Lord.” Say, “The bounty is in the hands of Allah. He gives it to whom He wills. Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing. (73) He chooses for His grace whom He wills. Allah is the Lord of great bounty.” (74) Among the people of the Book there is one who, if you entrust him with a heap (of gold or silver), will give it back to you; and among them there is one who, if you entrust him with a single dinar (a coin of gold), he will not give it back to you, unless you keep standing over him. This is because they have said, “There is no way we can be blamed in the matter of the unlettered.” And they tell lies about Allah knowingly. (75) Why (will they) not (be blamed)? Whoever fulfils his pledge and fears Allah, then, Allah loves the God-fearing. (76) Surely, those who take a small price by (breaking) the covenant of Allah and their oaths, for them there is no share in the Hereafter, and Allah will neither speak to them, nor will He look towards them on the Day of Judgment, nor will He purify them. For them there is a painful punishment. (77) Among them there is indeed a group who twist their tongues while (reading) the Book, so that you may deem it to be from the Book, while it is not from the Book. They say, “It is from Allah”, while it is not from Allah; and they tell lies about Allah knowingly. (78) It is not (possible) for a man that Allah gives him the Book, the wisdom and the prophethood, then he starts saying to the people “Become my worshippers, aside from Allah” rather, (he would say), “Be men of the Lord; as you have been teaching the Book, and as you have been learning it.” (79) Nor is it (possible for him) that he bids you to hold the angels and the prophets as Lords. Shall he bid you to disbelieve, after your having become Muslims? (80) When Allah made the prophets enter into a covenant: (saying) “If I give you a book and wisdom, then comes to you a messenger verifying what is with you, you shall have to believe in him, and you shall have to support him.” He said, “Do you affirm and accept my covenant in this respect?” They said, “We affirm.” He said, “Then, bear witness, and I am with you among the witnesses.” (81) Then those who turn back after this, they are the sinful. (82) Are they, then, seeking a religion other than that of Allah, while to Him alone submit all those in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwilling, and to Him they shall be returned? (83) Say, “We believe in Allah and in what has been revealed to us and in what was revealed to Ibrahim, Isma‘il, Ishaq , Ya‘qub and the descendants, and in what has been given to Musa, ‘Isa and the prophets, from their Lord: We do not differentiate between any of them; and to Him we submit ourselves.” (84) Whoever seeks a faith other than Islam, it will never be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers. (85) How shall Allah give guidance to a people who disbelieved after they had accepted Faith and testified that the Prophet is true and the clear signs had come to them? Allah does not give guidance to the unjust people. (86) The punishment of such people is that upon them is the curse of Allah, of the angels and of the human beings altogether. (87) They will remain under it forever. Neither will the punishment be lightened for them, nor will they be given respite, (88) Except those who repent afterwards and mend their ways. Then, Allah is All-Forgiving, Very-Merciful. (89) Those who disbelieve after having accepted Faith and then increase in disbelief, their repentance shall never be accepted. They are the ones who have lost the right path. (90) Those who disbelieve and die as disbelievers, even an Earth-full of gold shall never be accepted from any of them, even if one were to offer it as ransom. They are the ones for whom there is a painful punishment, and for them there are no helpers. (91) You shall never attain righteousness unless you spend from what you love. Whatsoever you spend, Allah is fully aware of it.(92) Every (kind of) food was lawful for the children of Isra’il, except what Isra’il had made unlawful for himself, well before the Torah was revealed. Say, “Then, bring the Torah and recite it, if you are true.” (93) Then those who forge the lie against Allah, after all this,__ they are the transgressors. (94) Say, “Allah has told the truth. So, follow the Faith of Ibrahim, the upright one. He was not one of those who ascribe partners to Allah.” (95)

*House in Makkah, People of Book as in Surah Al-E-Imran:

 The first house set up for the people is surely the one in Makkah having blessings and guidance for all the worlds. (96) In it there are clear signs: The Station of Ibrahim! Whoever enters it is secure. As a right of Allah, it is obligatory on the people to perform Hajj of the House - on everyone who has the ability to manage (his) way to it. If one disbelieves, then Allah is independant of all the worlds. (97) Say, “O people of the Book, why do you reject the verses of Allah while Allah is witness to what you do?” (98) Say, “O people of the Book, why do you hinder the believers from the way of Allah, trying to create crookedness in it, while you yourselves are witnesses (to its being the right way)? Allah is not oblivious of what you do.” (99) O you who believe, if you obey a group from those who have been given the Book (i.e. the Christians and the Jews), they will turn you into infidels after you have embraced the faith. (100)How could you disbelieve while you are the ones to whom the verses of Allah are recited, and present amidst you is His Messenger? Whoever holds on to Allah, is surely led to the straight path. (101) O you who believe, fear Allah, as He should be feared, and let not yourself die save as Muslims. (102) Hold fast, all of you, to the cord of Allah, and be not divided. Remember the blessing of Allah upon you: When you were enemies to each other, and He brought your hearts together, so that, you became brothers through His blessing. You were at the brink of a pit of Fire, then He saved you from it. This is how Allah makes His signs clear to you, so that you may take the right path. (103)

*Importance of Preaching as is in Surah Al-E-Imran:

 There has to be a group of people from among you who call towards the good, and bid the Fair and forbid the Unfair. And it is these who are successful. (104) Do not be like those who became divided and fell into disputes after the clear signs had come to them. Those are the ones for whom there is a grave punishment (105) On a day when some faces shall turn bright, and some faces shall turn dark. As for those whose faces turn dark, (they shall be questioned): “Did you disbelieve after you had accepted the Faith? Now taste the punishment, because you used to disbelieve.” (106) As for those whose faces turn bright, they will rest in Allah’s mercy. They will live there forever. (107) These are the verses of Allah We recite to you with all veracity. Allah does not intend to do injustice to (anyone in) the worlds. (108) To Allah belongs what is in the heavens and what is in the earth. To Allah all matters are returned. (109) You are the best ‘Ummah ever raised for mankind. You bid the Fair and forbid the Unfair, and you believe in Allah. If the people of the Book had believed, it would have been better for them. Among them, there are believers, while most of them are sinners. (110) They shall never (be able to) cause you any harm except a little hurt. If they fight you, they will turn their backs on you, then they shall not be helped. (111) Disgrace has been stamped over them wherever they are found, unless (saved) through a source from Allah and through a source from men, and they have returned with wrath from Allah, and misery has been stamped over them. All this is because they used to deny the signs of Allah, and to slay the prophets unjustly. All this is because they disobeyed and transgressed the limits. (112)

Note: Allah has shown us the straight path as is in Surah Al-Fatiha

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful (1) 

Praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds (2) The All-Merciful, the Very-Merciful. (3) The Master of the Day of Requital. (4) You alone do we worship, and from You alone do we seek help. (5) Take us on the straight path (6) The path of those on whom You have bestowed Your Grace, Not of those who have incurred Your wrath, nor of those who have gone astray. (7)