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45. THE KNEELING

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In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1. Haa Miim. 2. The sending down of the book is from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise. 3. In the skies and the earth there are certainly signs for the believers, 4. and in your own creation (too), and (in) that which He has spread from among the living beings there are signs for a people who are certain, 5. and (in) the alternation of the night and the day and (in) the provision which Allah sends down from the sky then gives life through it to the earth after its death, and (in) the changing of winds, there are signs for a people who understand. 6. These are the communications of Allah which We recite to you with truth, then in which statement after (that of) Allah and His signs, will they believe? 7. Sorrowful is the state of every sinful liar, 8. who hears the signs of Allah when they are recited to him, then persists proudly as if he did not hear them, so convey to him the news of a painful punishment. 9. And when he comes to know of any of Our signs, he takes it as mockery, for them there will be a disgraceful punishment. 10. Beyond them is hell, and nothing of that which they earned will be of any use to them, nor that which they had taken as guardians besides Allah (will be of any use), and for them there is a great punishment. 11. This is the guidance. And those who do not believe in the signs of their Fosterer, for them there is a painful punishment of weakening uneasiness. (Rl) 12. It is Allah Who subjected to your service the sea, that the ships may sail in it by His command and that you may seek of His grace and that you may be grateful,

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13. and subjected to your service that which is in the skies and that which is in the earth, all from Him { l }. Certainly there are signs in that for a people who reflect. 14. Say to those who believe (that) they should forgive those who do not expect the days of Allah, that He may reward people according to that which they used to earn. 15. One who does righteous work, then it is for (the benefit of) his own soul and one who does evil then (the harm of it) is on him alone, then towards your Fosterer will you be returned. 16. And We gave the book to the children of Israel and (also) wisdom and prophethood, and We provided them with the good things and We made them excel (others in) the worlds, 17. and We gave them clear explanations of the (religious) affair, and they did not disagree except after the knowledge which had come to them, (because of) envy among themselves. Your Fosterer will certainly judge between them on the day of resurrection, concerning that about which they used to disagree. 18. Then We made you to follow a procedure in the (religious) affair, so follow it and do not follow the desires of those who have no knowledge, 19. they will certainly not make you independent of any (punishment) from Allah. And those who are unjust are friends of each other, while Allah is the Guardian of those who guard (against evil). 20. These are (items of) insight for mankind and guidance and mercy for a people who are certain. 21. Or do those who keep themselves busy in evil works, think that We will make them like those who believe and do righteous works, (so that) their life and their death (become) equal? That which they judge is evil. ( R 2 ) 22. And Allah created the skies and the earth in reality, so that every soul may be rewarded for that which it earned and

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(that) they may not be dealt with unjustly.

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23. Then have you seen him who takes his desire for his god while Allah has left him to stray on (the basis of his) knowledge, and has set a seal on his hearing and his heart and has placed a covering on his sight? So who can guide him after Allah? Will you not then be mindful? 24. And they say, There is nothing but our life of this world, we die and we live and nothing destroys us but time, and they have no knowledge of that, they do nothing but guess. 25. And when Our clear signs are recited to them, their argument is nothing but that they say, Bring (back) our fathers, if you are the truthful ones. 26. Say, Allah gives you life then He causes you to die, then He will gather you towards the day of resurrection, about which there is no doubt, but the majority of human beings does not know. (R3)

27. And Allahs is the kingdom of the skies and the earth. And the day the hour of doom will be established, on that day, those who followed falsehood will be at a loss. 28. And you will see every community kneeling, every community will be called towards its record, this day you are rewarded for that which you used to do. 29. This is Our record which speaks about you with truth. We certainly got recorded that which you used to do. 30. Then as for those who believed and did righteous works, their Fosterer will make them enter into His mercy, that is a clear achievement. 31. And as for those who did not believe, (it will be said), Then were not Our signs recited to you? But you considered yourselves great and you were a criminal people.

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32. And when it was said, The promise of Allah is certainly true and the hour of doom, there is no doubt about it, you said, We do not know what the hour of doom is, we think that it is nothing but a guess and we are not of those who are certain (about it). 33. And the evil which they did will be made manifest to them and that which they used to mock at, will engulf them. 34. And it will be said, This day We will forget you as you forgot the meeting of this day of yours, and your settling place is the fire, and there are no helpers for you. 35. That is because you took the signs of Allah for mockery and the life of the world deceived you, so this day they will not be brought out from it, nor will they be able to seek goodwill. 36. So praise is due only for Allah, Fosterer of the skies and Fosterer of the earth, Fosterer of the worlds. 37. And to Him belongs greatness in the skies and the earth and He is the Mighty, the Wise. (R 4, P 25)

Summarized Commentary
Chapter 45 (Revealed at Makkah)

Vs 1 Haa Miim are Arabic alphabets. Such alphabets appear at the beginning of many Suras. Their meanings are not known, nevertheless they are regarded as part of the Quran. Vs 2 The Quran was sent down by Allah (SWT). Vs 36 There are signs of existence of Allah (SWT) and His powers, in His creation. Vs 711 Conditions of sinners are described. Vs 1213 Everything has been fine tuned to suit human life on earth, this is the gist of The Anthropic Principle of the Universe too. Vs 1415 Instructions are given to believers.

Vs 1617 For more details see commentary Ch.19 Vs.51-55 page No.416 Vs 1821 Instructions are given to believers. Vs 22 The purpose of the creation of the universe is to test human beings. Vs 23 Some of the so called learned people follow their own ideology and mislead themselves. See also Vs No. 28:50. Vs 2426 Abu Hurairah (RA) reports that prophet Muhammed (PBH) had said, Allah (SWT) says that man vilifies time (Dhar) and inflicts pain on Me, although I am Time, all the

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affairs are in My hands, I am the One Who alternates the day and night. [Collected by Bukhari and Muslim]. In verse No 24 the statement, They have no knowledge of that, appears to mean that they have no knowledge of what Time really means, had they the knowledge of its real meaning given by prophet (PBH) they would not have said it, because, knowing its meaning had they said it, it would be as good as, accepting that Allah (SWT) causes death, being the supreme Authority, which the infidels deny. It was reported in BBC news on 26th April 2002 that TIME existed before the

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BIG BANG 13 to14 billion years back. It is reported in another hadees in mishkat vol. P.458 There was nothing before Allah(SWT), that is before the universe came into existence, there was only Allah (SWT) that is time. This appears to be a scientific proof of the existence of god that is Allah(SWT). Vs 2737 The happenings on the day of resurrection and day of judgment are described.

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