The Quranic Rules of Interpretation Arnold Yasin Mol 2008

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Qur’anic rules of InterpretationBy Arnold Yasin Mol 2008 DRC

How the Qur’an explains itself



Many translations and interpretations have been made of the Qur’an, but many of these

contain contradictions, uphold the belief in the supernatural, are discriminating towards the

female gender, do not present a practical useful system for a society and are mostly focussed

on the concept of worship and rituals. This is how the Qur’an has been mostly presented and

understood by the majority of the people on Earth, be it Muslims or non-Muslims. After years

of research I, and many scholars with me as Allama Mashriqi, Dr. Muhammed Shahrour, IbnRushd (Averoes), Dr. Shabbir, Allama G.A. Parwez, Allama Dr. M. Iqbal, Dr. Abdul Wadud,

Allama Muhammed Abduh, Allama Rashid Rida, Allama Sayid Jamal al-Din al-Afghani,

Allama Muhamed Asad, scholar Muhammed Ali, Muhammed Asadi, T.O.Shahavanas, Dr.

Maurice Bucaille and many more, have come to the conclusion that all the above concepts

were created due to the ignorance of the times, the influence of culture, tradition and older

religions on the Qur’anic understanding and more especially were controlled by the elite of

the Muslim world that did not want their wealth and position to be endangered by the

Qur’anic Message.

Because of this, I have created a list of Qur’anic rules how the Qur’an must be understood, all

of these rules come directly from the Qur’an itself. The Qur’an guides us into understandingthe workings of nature constantly, it tells us that God does not deviate from His Design in the

universe, that He is without need and that we must benefit mankind, put these together and

then we can start to understand how we must interpret and understand the Qur’anic Message.

Below are the guidelines to understand the Qur’an, these guidelines come from the Qur’an

itself presented in a simple manner, for detailed guidelines I refer to the writings of the above

mentioned scholars.

In the understanding of Grand Mufti Alim Muhamed Abduh, Mufti of Al-Azhar University

till 1905:

“ 1. The primary purpose of the Qur’an is to affirm the Tawhid, the unicity of God, and all

other subsequent doctrines that affirm God’s action of revelation, the sending of prophets,

and the reality of resurrection and human recompense.

2. The Qur’an is a complete and comprehensive revelation; believers cannot be selective in

what portions they choose to adhere to.

3. The Qur’an is the primary source for legislation for a righteous society. (While Abduh

endorsed the use of reason and science in understanding the text he insisted that social life is

to be organized according to the teachings of the Qur’an.)

4. Muslims should not imitate their forebears in interpreting the Qur’an, but must be

authentic and true to their own understanding.

5. Reason and reflection should be utilized in interpreting the Qur’an. (Abduh saw the Qur’anas urging people to search and think about the revelation as well as to know the laws and

principles that govern the universe in order to understand.)

“The Qur’an is worthy of being called the book of freedom of thought, of respect for reason

and for the shaping of the individual through research, knowledge and the use of reason and

reflection.”

[Tafseer Al-Fatiha, Muhammed Abduh, Rashid Rida (ed.). Cairo: Al-Manar, 1330H, pp 35-

53. He cites 10:101, 29:19, 22:46 and 18:17 as proof of the Qur’an’s insistence on rationality,

p 73.]



I will show in the next pages that his principles have nothing to with “modernism” or

apologetic behaviour, but come directly from the Qur’anic Message itself.

Arnold Yasin Mol

CEO of DRC-Deen Research Center

Member of the Ourbeacon Research Group

Leiden, The Netherlands, 2008

9:32 They seek to extinguish God’s light (the Qur’an) by their utterances.

But God will not allow this to pass, for He has willed to spread His light

in all its fullness even though the rejecters may detest it.

13:11 Each person has Divine laws surrounding him. They record his

actions according to the command of God. Most certainly, God does notchange the condition of a nation until they first change themselves. And

when God intends a nation to suffer punishment (as a consequence of

their misdeeds), there is none who can repel it. For, they have no

defender besides Him.

[8:53, 82:10-14. Hifz = Protect = Preserve = Save = Record = Guard. Ma

bi anfusihim = What is in themselves = What is in their own ‘self’ = What

is in their hearts = Their psyche = Their way of thinking = Their

intentions = Their will to change = Their innate ‘self’]

54:17 We have made the Qur’an easy to understand. Then, is there anywho will learn?



1. The Qur’an contains no contradictions within the Text itself and Reality.

4:82 Will they not then, try to understand this Qur’an? If it were from other than God they

would surely have found in it much contradiction [in its understanding of nature and reality].

2. There are no flaws in the Universal Design and so there is no need for

interfering or micro-management by God, it is created as a self-sustaining

and self-developing universe.

50:6 Do they not look at the sky above them how We have built it and beautified it, and there

are no flaws therein? [There are no flaws therein means the whole universe has a finished

design]

3. So God does not interfere in the universe except through communicationRevelation, Wahi, to mankind to guide them without interfering their free

will. God does not change His Laws in the universe and He does not make

any exceptions in the universe. His Will and Judgement is expressed by the

Universal laws. So all things happen according to His Laws.

30:30 Therefore, devote yourself to the Universal System turning away

from all that is false. Such is the natural aim of God’s creation of

humans. And God’s law of creation never changes. This is the perfect

System but most people do not know.

1:4 He is the Absolute Owner of the Era when all creation shall have completed their journey

of existence, evolution and action to the Ultimate Just outcome. The Divine Appointer and

Executer of the Laws and Rules, which control the Realm of Existence in this period of

Evolution.

18:27 (O Messenger) Convey to the world whatever of this Book is revealed to you from your

Developer of your Evolution. (6:19). There is none that can alter His Words. [And His Laws

in Theory (Kalimatillah), and His Laws in Practice as implemented in the universe

(=Sunnatillah), never change.] Tell them that you can find no refuge outside Allah, the

Lawmaker (and thus His Laws).

[kalimatillah means Decree, Commands, Design, Creation of God, Plan, Speech, Expression,

News, Sign, Prophecy. And thus directly refers to His Sunnatillah, His ways of Design]

48:23 This is God’s law that has been in force since older times. And you will never find any

change in God’s laws. [Sunnatillah = God’s laws in practice. Kalimatillah = God’s Word =

God’s laws in theory 3:139, 17:77, 33:38, 33:62, 35:43, 40:85, 48:23]

4:164-5 We sent Our messengers [to all nations] and mentioned some and of some others We

have not. (However, all of them were assigned a Common Mission.) And God spoke directly

to Moses. All messengers gave good news, as well as warning, so that humans would not have

an argument against God, after the messengers conveyed to them the guidance. God isAlmighty, having the knowledge that you need.



As the Laws in the universe will not change, it is clear that the belief in supernatural

events, acts that violate the Laws of nature, are clearly rejected by the Qur’an. Although

mankind must still discover many things on the workings of the universe, the belief in

miracles is strictly denied.

6:37 They say, “If only a miracle could come down to him from his Lord!” Say, “Allah surely

has the Power to send down a miracle, but most of them do not use their knowledge.” (He

does not wish to stun the human intellect with supernatural phenomena. He wants people to

reflect and use reason 12:108).

13:7 The rejecters of the Truth keep complaining, "Why has no miracle ever been bestowed

upon him from his Lord?" You (O Prophet) are but a Warner for every nation there is and

ever will be. (The Perfect Divine Guidance through the Prophet shall be preserved in the form

of the Qur’an for all times and all peoples 6:34, 6:91, 6:116, 10:64, 15:9 18:27, 41:53, 75:16-

19. And his prime duty is to counsel mankind that false individual or collective systems of life

only end up in disaster).

4:153 (O Prophet) People of the Scripture ask you to bring a published book from the sky.

They made a greater demand to Moses when they said, "Show us Allah face to face". And

their psyche was such that when a bolt of lightning struck around them, they fell in fear

(2:55). They had displaced the true belief with falsehood. After that, they chose the calf for

worship although they had seen the Manifest Truth. Yet, We pardoned them and gave Moses

evident authority (as a blessing for their guidance).

6:25 Some of them pretend to listen to you, but Our Law has already veiled their hearts from

understanding and caused deafness in their ears. Blind followers fail to believe even when

they see all kinds of proofs. When they come to argue with you, they say about the Qur’an,

"These are stories of the bygones."

6:35 If their rejection is hard on you, know that even if you dug a tunnel in the ground, or

climbed a ladder into the sky and brought a miracle for them, they still will not believe. If it

were Allah's Will, He could assemble them to Guidance. But, He wants them to make free

decisions (10:98-99). Be not among those who are carried away to ignore the Law.

6:109 They swear by Allah that if a miracle comes to them, they would surely believe in it

(the Book). Say, “All miracles are with Allah (if you reflect on the universe). What can make

you understand that even if a physical miracle came to them, they will find other excuses andstill not believe?

6:111 Even if We caused the angels to descend to them, and the dead to speak to them, and

We lined up all the miracles before them, they would not believe. People can be guided only

according to Allah’s Laws, but most of them choose the way of ignorance.

7:146 The Law stands* that those who are proud on earth without justification will turn away

from My revelations. Even if they went through the entire script, and saw clear evidence of

the Truth, their arrogance will keep them from believing. When they see the right guidance,

they do not accept it, but they readily accept straying. This is because they choose to pre-

emptively deny Our Revelations and to remain unaware of the wisdom in them. (*The





they reflect upon the wonders of creation in the skies and earth, saying,

"Our Lord! You have not created all this without purpose. glory to You!

Save us, then, from (being negligent in attaining knowledge and thus

from) the doom of the fire.”

[When humans harness the forces in nature and use them for the

common good of all, they move away from Hell, rightfully hoping toachieve Paradise in both lives. 13:17, 45:13-14]

(Reflecting on the universe and upon their own role on the Planet,

such people work for the betterment of humanity 13:17. They say), “Our

Lord! Any individuals and nations whom You admit into the fire, You

have brought them low (for failing to harness the forces in nature)."

There are no helpers for those who displace knowledge with conjecture

and thus wrong themselves. [Zaalimeen translated according to the

context]

"Our Lord! We have heard a caller calling to faith, “Believe in your

Lord!” So we have believed. Our Lord! Protect us from trailing behind in

humanity, blot out from us our iniquities, and let our end be in thecompany of those who have made room for others to advance in the

society." [2:186. The caller being the Qur’an. Abraar = Those who create

opportunities for others to make progress]

5. To understand God, His Power, His Wisdom, His Knowledge and His

Kalimat and Sunnitallah, we must investigate nature, the workings of the

universe, as this shows us the expression of God's Will. The Quran explains

also every Attribute of God which we must learn to understand His Nature.

88:17-21 Will they not, then, look at:

- the water-laden clouds, how they are made? (15:22).

- And at the sky, how it is raised high? (Without visible pillars 13:2).

- And at the mountains, how they are entrenched?

- And at the earth, how it is spread out? (That you do not even feel the

sphere, nor feel its speedy rotations 31:10, 39:5, 79:28-30).

(This is some evidence, O Messenger!) Remind them, for you are one

to remind.

2:118 Only those who fail to explore the realm of knowledge say, “Why does Allah not speak

unto us directly, nor is a miracle shown to us?” Even thus, as they now speak, spoke thosewho lived before their times. Their ways of thinking, their hearts and minds are all alike

(untouched by the passage of time.) Indeed, We have made all the Signs clear for people who

wish to attain conviction by exploring the intrinsic Truth in these Revelations and in the

universe. (2:108, 2:256, 18:29, 42:51, 76:3)

2:164 (Never does Allah propose blind faith.) Behold, there are ample Signs In the creation of

the Heavens and the Earth, and the alternation of the night and the day - and the ships that

roam the ocean for the benefit of mankind - and the water that Allah sends down from the sky,

thereby giving life to the land after it had been lifeless - and in dispersing a great variety of

creatures therein - and in the currents of winds - and the clouds subservient between the high

atmosphere and the Earth. All these are clear Signs for those who exercise their intellect. (The

universe is too organized to be the result of an accident 6:73.)



16:79 Have they not considered the birds enabled to fly in mid-air, with none but Allah

holding them aloft? (24:71). In this, behold, are messages for those who wish to attain

conviction through reason.

40:13 He it is Who shows you His Signs in the universe and sends down sustenance for youfrom the sky. Yet none learns a lesson except those who turn to seek the Truth.

42:33 And if He so wills He calms the winds so that they come to a halt on its surface. Herein,

behold, are signs for everyone who is patient (in reading the Book of nature) and grateful (for

what he learns).

10:5-6 He it is, Who appointed the sun as a splendid glow, and the moon as a cool light. He

appointed stages for the moon, in due measure. You make your calculations and calendars

accordingly (6:97, 17:12). Allah has created the universe as the Absolute Reality and for a

Purpose. (It is neither a dream, nor a reflection of the world of ideas). Allah details His Verses

for those who wish to learn. In the difference of day and night, and all that Allah has createdin the heavens and the earth, there are signs for those who wish to walk aright.

14:32 (Think about the Source of your wealth and provision). Allah it is Who has created the

heavens and the earth, and sends down water from the sky, thereby producing fruit and

vegetation as provision for you. And He makes ships and boats to be of service to you that

they sail in the sea by His Command, and has made of service to you the rivers.

See also: 17:12; 21:30-21:33; 25:61-25:62; 30:20-30:25; 31:10,31:31 and more below of the

article.

2:138 Hue of God! And who can give a better hue (to life) than God?

And it is He alone Whom we serve.

[Hue of God = We take our hue from God. Nearest to God are those

who have adopted His Sibghah = Hue or Color = His attributes in the

human capacity. 83:28. That means adopting the Divine Attributes in our

limited human capacity such as:

kindness – empathy - creativity – mercy - forgiveness – turning to people

in love and affection – (attaining) wisdom – knowledge (learning) –

compassion – clemency – taking care - peacefulness – remaining

informed and aware – sense of duty - determination – justice –

protecting others – generosity – unity - self-control – leniency -approachability - appreciation – moral strength – patience - showing light

– guiding - independence – truthfulness – maintenance of people and

things – keeping pledges – resolve – benefiting others – beautiful

designing – providing – listening – observing – being worthy of trust –

nobility of character – giving – sense of responsibility. Interestingly,

people can make a self-assessment by this spectrum as to where they

stand on the ascending ladder of Tazkiah = Self-actualization or

personal development]



6. The Qur’an is decider of the true account of an event, and no other

scriptures as the Bible can have any say over the Qur’anic Message, it is the

Qur’an that is the criterion, the Furqan. Also no story concerning the

Prophet can be contradicting to the Qur’an.

25:1 Most Blessed He is Who has revealed to His servant, the Criterion of right and wrong,

the Furqan, so that it might be a warning to the entire world.

7. The Qur’an demands you investigate everything you believe or hear

before you may have conviction in it.

17:36 And you shall not follow blindly any information of which you have no direct

knowledge. (Using your faculties of perception and conception) you must verify it for

yourself. In the Court of your Lord, you will be held accountable for your hearing, Sight, and

the faculty of reasoning. (And so, the insane and the disabled will have their incapacitiestaken into account in a court of law) [The Qur’an introduced the concept of testing and

verifying any theory before upholding it. This created the scientific rules that are still used

today.]

8. The Qur’an uses the Arabic language, and so we must investigate this

language in all its aspects and possibilities.

43:3 We have made it a Monograph in clear Arabic language that you may fully understand.

19:97 And only to this end We have made this (Qur’an) easy to

understand in your own tongue (O Prophet!). That you might convey

thereby glad news to the righteous and warn people given to futile

disputation.

44:58 Certainly, (O Prophet!) We have made this Qur’an easy in your

tongue, in order that they might take it to their hearts.

9. The Qur’an explains itself by explaining God and His purpose and by

repeating stories, words and subjects in different ways so they are explainedin how to understand approach them. This means that we have to collect all

the verses on a topic in order to understand it fully. This is the Divine

method of understanding the Qur’an.

75:17-19 It is up to Us to gather it and the reading of it. Thus, when We read it, follow the

reading. Then, it is for Us to explain it.

6:115 Perfected is the Word of your Lord in truth and Justice. None can

change His Words and His laws. And He is the Profound Hearer, the

Knower.



10:37 This Qur’an could not possibly have been devised by anyone

except God. Nay, it is a confirmation of the (truth in) the earlier

revelations, and a clear exposition of the Eternal law. Without any trace

of doubt, this Book is from the Lord of the worlds. (While it confirms the

surviving truth in the previous revelations, it is a Watcher over them and

ignores and, where necessary, corrects the human touch in them.[2:101, 5:48]

17:41 We have explained things in various ways by the use of repetition in this Qur’an so that

they understand, but in only increases their flight from the truth.

17:89 We have used every example in The Qur’an in many facets [to explain the Qur’an itself

and its Sytem] for mankind. However, most people (due to arrogance, prejudice or blind

following) remain ungrateful by rejecting such clear guidance.

18:54 Indeed, for the benefit of mankind We used every example in The Qur’an in many

facets [to explain the Qur’an itself and its Sytem]. However, man, above all otherimperfections, is given to contention.

10. And we must always follow the best explanation which takes in account

all given factors in this list and with the knowledge of the age.

39:18 Those who listen to the Word, and follow the best of its application

(in a given situation), such are the ones whom God has guided, and they

are the ones endowed with insight.

11. Any interpretation must always be understood in a way that the Qur’an

is focused on benefiting mankind and assist mankind in its development.

13:17 He sends down water from the height causing the riverbeds to

flow according to their measure and the flood bears on its surface

swelling foam. When they use fire to refine metals for their jewelry or

equipment, foam is produced like it. In this way, God is citing for you the

example of the truth and falsehood. For, as far as the foam is

concerned, it passes away as scum upon the riverbanks - While what is

of benefit to mankind, abides on earth. This is how God uses analogiesfor you to understand. [The real existence on earth is of the person or

the system that benefits humanity]

16:90 God commands justice, creating balance in the society, benefiting

humanity, kindness to His creation, and giving to relatives. And He forbids all indecent deeds,

immodesty, stinginess and rebellion. He instructs you (again) so that you may take it

to heart. [ Ihsaan = Creating balance in the society, benefiting humanity, kindness

to God’s creation. Fahasha = Immodesty, lewdness, indecent deeds,

stinginess to the point of shame. Munkar = All deeds that the Qur’an

condemns and forbids. Baghii = Transgression, rebellion, crossing limits,

commit excesses]



2:112 Nay, whoever submits his whole being to God, and he is a doer of

good to humanity, his reward is with his Lord. Then, no fear shall come

upon them nor shall they grieve.

22:89 In those times people that do good to humanity and make way for

peace and security, will be best rewarded.

34:37 And it is not your wealth nor your children and party that will bring

you closer to Us in degree, but he who truly believes and helps others. It

is those who will have a twofold reward for their deeds. And they will

dwell in secure mansions. [25:75]

12. The Qur’an is about us, mankind, it is that we can attain a state of peace

and development. Allah has no needs, so the concept of worship is already

denied as Allah needs no acknowledgement of His Power. The wholeQur’an must be understood that it is guiding us to better society, not how to

worship Allah, so the Qur’an contains no worship, rituals or rules for

personal salvation.

14:8 Moses made it clear to his people that obedience to the Divine Commands was only

good for them, “If you deny the Truth, you and all those who live in the earth, know that

Allah is indeed Self-sufficient, Owner of Praise.”

3:97 .... One who denies verily, Allah, the Rich is Self-Sufficient, want-free of any

peoples.

27:40 ....He said, "This success is a blessing from my Lord, that He may try me whether

I am grateful or ungrateful. Whoever is grateful is grateful for his own good, and

whoever is ungrateful, should know that my Lord is Self-Sufficient, Supremely

Honorable.”

21:10-11 O mankind! Now We have revealed to you a Book that is all about

you and it will give you eminence. Will you not, then, use reason?

[21:24, 23:70, 43:43-44]

We (Our law) dashed into fragments many communities because

they ran unjust systems and We replaced them with other people.[ Zaalim = Wrongdoer = One who displaces something from its rightful

place = Unjust = Oppressor = Violator of human rights]

13. The interpretation can never go over the limits given in the Qur’an nor

contradict it.

6:114-115 Say, “Shall I seek for Judge and Ruler someone other than God?

He is the One Who has revealed this Book, well expounded in detail for

you.” Those whom We have given the Book know that this is revealed in

truth from your Lord. Be not among those who argue for the sake ofargument.



Perfected is the Word of your Lord in truth and Justice. None can


Knower. [6:34, 6:115, 10:64, 17:77, 18:27, 33:38, 33:62, 40:85, 48:23]

4:82 Will they not then, try to understand this Qur’an? If it were from other than God they

would surely have found in it much contradiction [in its understanding of nature and reality].

14. The customs, beliefs and traditions of the people on Earth in history and

present can never have any say in the Qur’anic interpretation. We must

follow always the best, never the consensus of the majority as God warns us

that many people will dislike its social message.

6:112 Remember, We have appointed to every prophet enemies. The rebellious among the

urban and the rural populations rose in opposition, (since the message struck at their personal

interests.) They plotted and inspired each other with fancy words. If your Lord willed, theywould not do that. Disregard them and whatever they fabricate.

Those who love quick gains and neglect the long-term benefits

and the Hereafter, are parties to such fabrications. Let them delight in it

and let them earn from it what they may.

6:116-117 (People will confront you with what the majority is doing.) Now if

you pay heed to, or get intimidated by majority of those who live on

earth, they will lead you astray from God’s way. Most of the people

follow nothing but conjecture and they only live by guesswork.

Only your Lord (shows the right path and) knows best those who

stray and those who are rightly guided.

31:6 But among people, there are those who invest their time in Hadith

which is unfounded, so as to lead those without knowledge away from

the path of God, making mockery of it (the Qur’an). For such there is a

humiliating punishment in store.

45:6-10 These are the verses of God We convey to you with truth. Then, in what HADITH, if

not in God and His verses, will they believe?

Woe to every fabricating impostor! [26:222. This draws our

attention to forged Ahadith]

(The impostor) who hears God’s verses conveyed to him, yet he ishaughtily obstinate, as though he never heard them. So, announce to

him grievous punishment.

For when he learns anything of Our verses, he belittles them.

Theirs is a humiliating punishment in store.

Ahead of them is Hell, and what they have earned will not avail

them, nor will the ‘awlia’ (saints, sufis, ‘imams’, clegy) whom they had

chosen besides God. Theirs will be an awesome suffering. [29:24,

79:36, 82:16]

We are warned not to uphold the beliefs and traditions of our ancestors blindly, but

always interpret the Qur’an anew in every age as the demands and knowledge changes

with every year.



7:28-29 (As an example) when people commit an indecency they say, "We found our

forefathers doing it and God has enjoined it upon us." (Made it natural for u ). Say (O

Prophet!), "God never enjoins indecency. Do you attribute to God that of which you have no

knowledge?" Say (O Messenger!), "My Lord enjoins justice and moderation and

to stand devoted to Him alone in complete obedience. Call unto Him,sincere in your faith in Him alone. He is the One Who brought you into

being in the first place, and to Him you will return.” (And this is how you

can regain your lost Paradise in both worlds.)

7:70 They said, "Have you come to us that we worship God alone and

give up what our forefathers worshiped? Bring upon us what you

threaten us with, if you are truthful.”

7:95-96 Then We changed their plight for better till they became affluent.

Then they said, “Even our forefathers were touched by suffering and

affluence.” We seized them all of a sudden when they least expected it.[They thought that hardships and prosperity were just a matter of

chance. To them the requital appeared sudden, but unjust systems

insidiously move toward disaster]If the people of the towns had believed in the Divine laws

and run their system right, We would have opened for them blessings from the heaven and the

earth. But they denied and what they earned with their deeds seized them.

7:173 Nor will any excuse avail them such as, “It was our forefathers

who took false gods and we inherited their belief system. Will you punish

us for what falsehood others practiced?” [You will not be questioned

what others used to do. No one will bear the load of another. 2:134,

39:7]

11:62-63 They said, "O Saaleh! We had placed great hopes in you before this! But now you

are telling us to move away from worshiping what our forefathers worshiped. Surely, now we

are in grave doubt, amounting to suspicion about the meaning of your call to us.” He said, "O

My people! Do you really see and think? What if I have clear evidence of the truth from my

Lord, and mercy from Him? Then, who can help me against God if I disobey Him? You can

only push me into ruin.

11:109-110 Be not in doubt about the end of those who worship idols in any form. They only

blindly follow their forefathers. They and their forefathers will get their due portion according

to Our law. People differed even when Moses was given the scripture. Had it not been for a

Word that had already gone forth from your Lord, the matter would have been judged

between them then and there. They are still in doubt, amounting to suspicion, concerning it.

16:35-37 The idolaters say, “If God had so willed, we would not have

worshiped or served anyone but Him, we and our forefathers. Nor would

we have forbidden things outside His command.” Thus did those before

them. But, are the messengers responsible for other than conveying the

message clearly? We have raised in every community a messenger, saying, “Serve God alone

and shun false gods in any form.” Then God guided some of the people (since they followed

the laws of guidance 4:88). And error took hold of others (who fell into arrogance or blindfollowing 18:29). So, travel through the earth, and see what the end was of the deniers. 16:37



(O Messenger!) In your compassion you desire everyone to be rightly guided, but God never

intervenes to guide those who choose straying. Such people have no helpers.

18:5 No knowledge whatsoever have they of Him, and neither did their

forefathers. An outrageous statement it is that comes out of their

mouths, and nothing but falsehood do they utter!

23:24 But the leaders in his community who refused to acknowledge the

truth, said, "This is only a man like you who wants to become prominent

among you. God could have sent angels if He willed (to convey a

message to us). We never heard this from our forefathers.

26:74 They said, "Nay, but we found our forefathers doing this."

43:23 Likewise, whenever We sent before you a warner to any township,

its wealthy ones said, "Behold! We have found our forefathers following

a certain religion, and we will follow in their footsteps."[Ummah = A community with common beliefs = Those who share a

common religion. Mutrifeen = The wealthy = Those given to material

possessions = The social and financial elite = Those steeped in luxury =

Those who are used to enjoying the fruit of others’ labor = Those who

thrive on easy money = Who get wealthy without hard work]

15. The interpretations, decisions and formulation of Laws must always be

discussed in groups to come to the best conclusions.

42:38 They respond to their Lord by establishing Salaat, and conduct

their affairs by mutual consultation/Shura, and they keep open for the welfare

of others what We have given them. [Establishing Salaat = Establishing

the System where following of the Divine Commands is facilitated. Nafaq

= Open-ended tunnel = No hoarding]

16. The Qur’an contains the complete Message Allah has given us, so no

tradition, scripture, story or myth can be seen as being complete Truth or

uncorrupted. Being complete means also that the Qur’an contains all the

rules and demands of Allah to mankind, it is a complete guideline to HisSystem and how we can adapt and create it as long as the human species

will exist. So no other scripture or tradition can be seen as an obligation or

truth from God.

Allah has called the Qur’an "Tibyaanan li Kulli Shaiyin (16:89)". This means it explains

everything.

16:89 For, one Day, We shall raise from every community a leading

witness against them from among themselves. And We shall call you (O

Prophet!) to testify regarding those whom your message has reached.The Book We have revealed to you explains everything; a Guide and



grace and the glad tiding for all those who have submitted.

Allah’s revelation to the Prophet is written in the Qur’an:

6:19 Say (O Messenger!), "What could be the greatest witness?” Say,

“God is Witness between me and you. This Qur’an has been revealed tome so that I may warn you as well as whomever it reaches. Do you bear

witness that there are other deities besides God?” Say, “I bear no such

witness.” Say, “He is the One God. I disown what you associate with

Him.”

The Qur’an itself is light. So, it is not dependent on another source of light:

5:15 O People of the Book! Now has come to you Our messenger, to

make clear to you much of what you have been concealing from

yourselves and others. He ignores much of the irrelevant accounts and

pardons much of your misdeeds. Now has come to you from God a beacon of light and a clear Book.

10:37 This Qur’an could not possibly have been devised by anyone

except God. Nay, it is a confirmation of the (truth in) the earlier

revelations, and a clear exposition of the Eternal law. Without any trace

of doubt, this Book is from the Lord of the worlds. (While it confirms the

surviving truth in the previous revelations, it is a Watcher over them and

ignores and, where necessary, corrects the human touch in them.

[2:101, 5:48]

2:2 This is a Book whereof there is absolutely no doubt concerning its authority andauthenticity. And it leaves no doubts lingering in a seeking mind. It is a Guide for those who

wish to journey through life in honor and security.

[ Rayib includes the meanings given in the first three lines.]

6:38 (There are signs in the universe to behold.) There is not an animal

on the earth, nor a flying creature flying on two wings, but they are

communities like you. We have omitted nothing in the Book (that was

essential to be given through revelation.) Then to their Lord they will be

gathered.

The Qur’an contains its own Tasfeer, explanation, and is Tafseel, detailed in itsexposition, so no one can claim the Qur’an misses details or explanations, it needs no

explanation based on historic or religious books. The Qur’an guides us through the

Arabic language and the scientific knowledge.

25:33 And no question or objection do they bring to you but We reveal to

you the absolute truth and its best explanation. [The best Tafseer or

explanation of the Qur’an from within itself]

6:112-115 Remember, We have appointed to every prophet enemies. The rebellious among

the urban and the rural populations rose in opposition, (since the message struck at their

personal interests.) They plotted and inspired each other with fancy words. If your Lord

willed, they would not do that. Disregard them and whatever they fabricate.






Say, “Shall I seek for Judge and Ruler someone other than God?

He is the One Who has revealed this Book, well expounded in detail for

you.” Those whom We have given the Book know that this is revealed intruth from your Lord. Be not among those who argue for the sake of

argument.

Perfected is the Word of your Lord in truth and Justice. None can


Knower. [6:34, 6:115, 10:64, 17:77, 18:27, 33:38, 33:62, 40:85, 48:23]

6:126 And this (Qur’an) is the path of your Lord, a straight path.

Certainly, We have detailed Our revelations for those who pay attention

and take them to heart!

7:32 Say, "Who is there to forbid the beauty that God has brought forthfor His servants, and the good things of sustenance?” Say, “On the Day

of Resurrection, these things will be only for those who chose to believe

during the life of this world.” Thus do We detail Our messages for people

who make use of what they learn. [17:18-20, 20:117-123]

6:55 We explain Our laws to distinguish (between minor, unintended

violations and) the way of the criminals who steal the fruit of others’

labor.

30:28 He gives you an example from your own society. Would you agree

to make your employees equal partners in the provision We have

bestowed upon you? Are you as mindful of them as you are mindful of

yourselves? (So do you conceive of a ‘discriminating’ God!) Thus We

explain Our messages for people who use their intellect.

12:111 Indeed in the history of these men, there is a lesson for people of

understanding. As for this revelation, it could not possibly be a Hadith,

fabricated. It confirms the (surviving truth in) the previous scriptures, and

gives a detailed explanation of everything. And it is a beacon and mercy

for all those who accept it.

41:3 A scripture whose verses are clearly explained in detail, a Lecture

in Arabic, for people who would learn.

4:87 God! There is no god but He. He will summon all of you on the Day

of Resurrection about the advent of which there is no doubt. Who can

tell you a more reliable Hadith (saying) than God?

7:185 Can they not see (and correlate what he tells them with) the

Dominion of the heavens and earth and what God has created? Does it

ever occur to them that the end of their own life may be near (hence the

time to make the right decisions is not unlimited)? In what Hadith afterthis (Qur’an) are they going to believe then?







6:154-157 We had given Moses the scripture complete for him who would do good to others.

We gave him the scripture in detail as guidance and a mercy that they might believe in the

meeting of their Lord (and in that all actions are duly recompensed.) And now this Qur’an is

the Blessed Book that We have revealed.

So follow it and live upright so that you attain mercy (and your human

potential is guaranteed development, like the fetus grows in the mother’s

womb.) (Now the Qur’an has been given to you) lest you say, “The

scripture was sent down to two groups (Jews and Christians) before our

time, and we remained unaware of what they originally read.” [2:101]

Or lest you say, “If a Divine scripture had come to us, we would

have been better guided than they. Now has come to you a clearevidence of truth from your Lord. It is a beacon and mercy. Who can be

a greater transgressor than the one who denies the revelations of God

and turns away from them in disregard? Our Law of Requital will award

those who turn away from Our revelations, an awful suffering for their

disregard.

11:1 A.L.R. Alif–Laam-Ra. (Allah, Lateef the Unfathomable, Raaziq the

Provider, states that), A Divine writ this is, the verses wherein are

perfected and well expounded. It comes from One Wise, Aware.

7:52 We have given them a Book of knowledge that explains the

guidance in full detail. It is a mercy for those who accept it. (It has the

Power to change hellish societies into Paradise on earth.)

The Qur’an is the only Hadith, narration, of God, and no other Hadith, any narration,

scripture or belief, is allowed to be uphold next to it as having Divine Authority.

39:23 God has now revealed the best Hadith, a Book fully consistent

within itself. It marks out both ways (to success and failure) repeating its

messages in diverse forms. Herewith shiver the skins of those who havesome idea of the glory of their Lord, and then, their skins and their

hearts soften at God's reminder. This is the guidance of God, and with it

He guides one who seeks guidance. Whereas one who follows a path

that God has declared to be wrong, goes astray and he cannot find a

guide. [4:88, 15:87. Hadith = Narration]

45:6-10 These are the verses of God We convey to you with truth. Then, in what HADITH, if

not in God and His verses, will they believe? Woe to every fabricating impostor! [26:222.

This draws our attention to forged Ahadith] (The impostor) who hears God’s verses conveyed

to him, yet he is haughtily obstinate, as though he never heard them. So, announce to

him grievous punishment. For when he learns anything of Our verses, he belittles them.



Theirs is a humiliating punishment in store. Ahead of them is Hell, and what they have earned

will not avail them, nor will the ‘awlia’ (saints, sufis, ‘imams’, clegy) whom they had chosen

besides God. Theirs will be an awesome suffering. [29:24, 79:36, 82:16] 77:50 In what Hadith, after this, will they believe?

We are warned not to believe blindly in the Hadith, narrations of the past.





5:44 We did send down the Torah containing guidance and a light. By it

the prophets who always sincerely submitted to God, judged the Jews.

And the rabbis and the priests judged according to God’s scripture as

they were commanded to observe. For, to them was entrusted the protection of God’s Book, and they were witnesses to it. So, fear not

people, but fear Me and do not trade away My revelations for petty

gains. Whoever does not judge and does not rule according to what God

has revealed, such are the disbelievers.

75:18 Thus, when We read it, follow the reading.

7:2-3 This Book has been revealed to you (O Messenger!), so you shall

harbor no doubt about it in your heart – in order that with it you may

warn (the erring). And it is a reminder for the believers. [Sadr = Chest =

Breast = Heart. Haraj = Difficulty = Burden = Doubt = Hardship = Loss =

Tightness in chest]

You shall all follow what has been revealed to you from your Lord

and follow no masters other than Him. How seldom do you keep this in

mind! [ Awliya = Protecting friends = Allies = Masters]




The Qur’an contains the complete law and Islam is perfected:

5:3 This Day, I have perfected your law for you, completed My favor upon you, and chosen

for you Submission (Al-Islam) as the System of Life. [Deen=System=Law]

The Qur’an is a Healing for mankind:

41:44 If We had made it a Qur’an in a non-Arabic tongue they would

surely have said, "Why is it that its verses have not been made clear?

Why - a foreign tongue and an Arab?" Say, "For those who accept it, this

is a guidance and healing for a wholesome life. But as for those who will

not believe (Arabs or non-Arabs), in their ears is deafness, and so itremains obscure to them. They are like people who are called from afar.



17. God judges people’s deeds, never their beliefs or thoughts. What is

important is the relation between what a person believes and how it affects

their actions.

11:117-118 Your Lord never destroys a community for wrong beliefs alone

as long as its people are reformers, setting right their own, and one

another’s condition.

[The Qur’an is consistent in its theme that people will be rewarded for

what they do (Ya’maloon), and not for what they know (Ya’lamoon). The

Book stresses on the right belief system, for, people are strongly

influenced in their behavior by what they think and believe. Muslihoon =

Reformers = Those who help their own and fellow humans’ condition =

Those who set things right in their environment. This is one of the most

revolutionary verses in the Qur’an. It throws out all dogmatic assertions

that are the hallmark of a ‘religion’. As we have seen, Islam is not a

‘religion’ consisting merely of a set of some dogmas, rites and rituals. Itis Ad-Deen, the Divinely Prescribed Collective way of Life. Allama

Muhammad Asad, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Allama Inayatullah Khan Al-

Mashriqi et al are in complete agreement with the meaning of this verse

11:117 as translated here]

Had your Lord so willed, He could have made all mankind one

single community, (but He has granted them free will as against other

creatures who are driven by instinct). Therefore, they will continue to

hold divergent views. [5:48]

18. mankind is meant to be as one nation. All humans, no matter race,gender, culture, age or ability, are equal in the eyes of the Qur’anic System

and God and we must not be devided into factions.

10:19 All mankind were but one community (and are meant to be so);

then they differed. Had it not been for a Word that went forth from your

Lord (the Law of Free Will), He would have judged their disputes

immediately. [2:30, 2:213, 2:256, 11:118, 16:9, 76:2-3]

2:213 mankind were one single community (but selfishness divided

them). So, God sent prophets as bearers of good news and warnings.He sent down with them the scripture in absolute truth that it might judge

between people wherein they differed. But again, out of mutual rivalry,

they divided themselves after all evidence of the Right had come to

them! So, God shows the lighted road to those who would acknowledge

the truth and thus resolve their disputes. And God guides to the straight

road him who wills to be guided.

4:1 [The development of human personality can be easier achieved in a

benevolent society (9:111, 16:71, 43:32, 59:9). In that situation, the

individual and the society complement each other (14:34). At the outset,

it is imperative to know that all people have a common origin]O mankind! You have a common origin. Your Lord began the creation of



life at the unicellular level. There was one life cell that divided into two,

male and female (6:99). (Evolution took place, as has been alluded to in

this Book (16:8, 20:50, 21:30, 22:45, 30:20, 31:28, 51:49). Eventually,

numerous men and women came into existence on the earth. Since all

of you have this common origin, you must consider all mankind as one

community (10:19, 57:25). Your first step in that direction is tostrengthen your family relations. Be careful of your duty to God in

Whose Name you expect rights from one another. God ever watches

over you.

17:70 Surely, We have conferred dignity on the children of Adam (as a

birth right, regardless of where the child is born), and provided them with

transport on land and sea and given them decent things of life. And We

have favored the humans far above a great many of Our creation.

6:159 (There is only one straight path) O Messenger! Those who break

the unity of their Deen and become sects, you have nothing to do withthem whatsoever. Their case will go to God and He will then tell them

what they had been doing.

2:35 "And We told early mankind, Adam, and all by which it is united, Azwaj

[adama=mankind, Azwaj=That in which individuals are united/mingle, meaning their culture,

language, traditions and goals], reside in this existence where you can find everything for

your nourishment and development [Jannah=Garden with such extensive growth the ground is

hidden by the foilage representing development and nourishment] and partake the fruit

(results) thereof as you please. But do not go near the dispute of who is of better origins [Al-

Shajara=matter of controversy, dispute, stock or origin of a person, tree]. Or, you will

become those that displace your goals and equality from its rightful place and will become

oppressors, Zalimeen.”

[Adam=Human skin, Human being, Man, Person, Intelligent Person, Brown Man, Human

Race, mankind, Civilized Person, Person who is created from different substances, Person in

possession of different powers, One who has heirs, One who enjoys the conforts of Life, One

who is by nature social and hard. Azwaj= That in which individuals are united/mingle, mate,

companion, individual when consorting with one another, kind, species, class of sex, pair,

couple, each of a pair. Jannah= Garden with such extensive growth the ground is hidden by

the foilage, coming from the root JNN= hidden/covered. Al-Shajara= Matter of controversy,

dispute, stock or origin of a person, tree, plant having a trunk. Zalimeen= Those that displacesomething from its rightful place, Those that replace good with evil, Those that oppress,

Those that do wrong against mankind. Coming from Zulm = To displace something from its

rightful place = Replace good with evil = Relegate the truth = Transgression = Oppression =

Violation of human rights = Wrongdoing.

We must not form sects within the people as this is the root of all conflict.

2:176 This is so, because God has revealed the Book in absolute truth;

therein is no contradiction. Obviously, those who set their own views

against the Book, split deeply into sects and fall into mutual disputes.

[4:82, 25:30. Shaqq and derivatives = To split = Fall apart = Schism =Fall into disputes = Opposition = Oppose one another = Splitting of



personality = Break apart the unity = Enmity]

23:53 But they (mankind) have torn their affair of unity between them

into sects, each sect rejoicing in what it has. [30:32]

30:32 Those who split up their religion becoming sects, each sectdelighting in whatever beliefs they have. [3:104, 6:160, 23:53, 42:13.

Sectarianism is invariably based on taking humans as ‘authorities’]

42:13-14 He has ordained for you all, the same System of Life that He

enjoined upon Noah - And We have revealed to you (O Prophet!) the

same message as We enjoined upon Abraham, Moses, and Jesus:

"Establish the Divine System of Life and make no sects in it.” (O

Prophet!) The unity you call to, it is hard upon the idolaters. God draws

to Himself everyone who is willing, and guides to Himself everyone who

turns to Him for guidance.” [Sects vs. Unity: 3:32, 3:104, 6:160, 30:31,

42:13, 45:17-18] And they became sects for no reason but through rivalry among themselves,after the knowledge had come to them. Had it not been for a Word that has already gone forth

from your Lord for an appointed term, all matters would have been decided among them. The

later generations who inherited the scripture of the old still keep harbouring doubts about it.

[The Word = The Law of Free Will = The Law of Respite]

19. mankind has been given complete Free Will.

18:29 And proclaim, "This is the truth from your Lord. Whoever accepts

it let him accept it, and whoever rejects it, let him reject it.”

27:92 And to convey this Qur’an (to mankind). Whoever, then, goes

right, goes right only for the good of his own ‘self’. As for him who goes

astray, say, “I am only a warner!”

41:46 (This revelation shows mankind how to grow their own ‘self’.)

Whoever does good to others, does good to his own ‘self’, and whoever

causes imbalance in the lives of others, hurts his own ‘self’. Your Lord is

never unjust to His servants.

20. There is no compulsion in the Qur’anic System of Deen.

2:256 (Although this message has been sent down by the Almighty)

there is absolutely no compulsion or coercion in Religion. Whoever

rejects false gods (such as the clergy, human ‘authorities’) and attains

conviction in God, has grasped the Unbreakable Support. God is

Hearer, Knower.

[18:29, 31:22. No compulsion in matters of religion - This Rule shall

have no exceptions since Right has been distinguished from Wrong.

(3:4). At-Taaghoot = Those who, in rebellion to the One True God, claim

to have Divine powers or try to portray themselves as Hisrepresentatives = Sufis, mystics, priesthood, clergy, tyrants. Tagha =



Rebellion. Idols of stones cannot rebel, therefore, they cannot be At-

Taaghoot ]

21. The Qur’an rejects the concepts of Personal Salvation and Forgiveness

as the Qur’an tells us there is no overlooking of any deed, not one forgiven.People must compensate the harm they have done by doing good and

benefit society.

Common misunderstood words:

Ithm=to drag behind as a tail/to harm someone, Zulm=to displace something, Salat=To

follow the 1st horse/to be shaped as a twig into an arrow/attachment, Ghafara=to be

protected from dirt or harm, Ghafour=The Protector, a helmer or armour. Ghafour-

Raheem=The Provider of Protection (by guiding us with the Qur’an), commonly

mistranslated as "the Forgiver, the Merciful", Tauba=To return to the path afterdiscovering the wrong road has been taken.

Forgiveness is not present in the Qur’an:

69:18-20 On the Day you will be brought, not a single hidden deed of yours will

remain hidden. Then he who is given his record in his right hand, will say, “Come

all of you around! Read this my record. Behold, I always thought that my

account would be given to me.”

99:7-8 Then whoever has done an atom's weight of good, will see it.

And whoever has done an atom's weight of evil, will see it.

21:47 We will set up the Scales of justice on the Day of Resurrection, and no

person will be wronged in the least. Though the good or evil be of the weight

of a mustard seed, We will bring it forth. We are Sufficient for reckoning and

none can take account as We do.

Forgiveness means the ignoring of deeds done, the overlooking of deeds, which the above

verses clearly deny as EVERY deed will count on the scales of Universal Justice. Also

forgiveness is about PERSONAL salvation while the Qur’an focuses on Universal

development (13:17). The Qur’an is very practical, one must compensate for the deeds

done:

11:114 Strive to establish and consolidate the Divine System, day and night.[iqama-salat=to

establish the following of the Qur’an] Actions that create balance in the society/Al-Hassanat

remove the ill effects of inequities/Al-Sayyi.Good deeds remove bad deeds. This is a

Reminder for those who pay attention.

[Al-Hassanat=Ha-Siin-Nun = To be handsome, make good, seem

good/beautiful/comely/pleasing, be excellent, make or render a thing good or goodly, to

beautify/embellish/adorn a thing, strive or compete in goodness, to do good or act well, act or

behave with goodness or in a pleasing manner towards a person, confer a benefit or benefits

upon a person, act graciously with a person, know a thing well, beautify/embellish/adorn

oneself, reckon/account/esteem a person to be good/beautiful/pleasing.



Al-Sayyi=Siin-Waw-Alif = to treat badly, do evil to disgrace, be evil/wicked/vicious, ill,

anything that makes a person sad and sorrowful, bad action, mischief and corruption, sin, evil

doer, wretched or grievous, vex, annoy. su'atun (pl. suat) - corpse, external portion of both

sexes, shame.]

And Allah’s Law of compensation is easy for us:

6:160 Whoever brings a good deed will receive a tenfold reward. And

whoever brings an ill deed will be requited for one. And they will not be

wronged.

1 good deed=10x

1 bad deed=1x

This is a practical way of looking at judgement as one can asses easily what he himself

has done for the benefit of mankind. The concept of forgiveness is based on emotion,uncertainty and takes away the responsibility of one’s actions and is not focussed on

benefiting mankind, but on attaining their own selfish salvation. The belief in

forgiveness has created the concepts of celibacy, rituals, worship and created a means

for the priesthood and elite to control the people as they devised false conceptions on

how salvation is attained. The Qur’anic concept of compensation is clear, logical, and

makes humans directly responsible for their own deeds and makes them strive for the

good of mankind as their focus is not attaining salvation by pleasing God through

worship, but by retaining his position within the Universal Evolution after death by

purely doing good to others.

22:89 In those times people that do good to humanity and make way for

peace and security, will be best rewarded.

34:37 And it is not your wealth nor your children and party that will bring

you closer to Us in degree, but he who truly believes and helps others. It

is those who will have a twofold reward for their deeds. And they will

dwell in secure mansions. [25:75]

6:164 Say, "Shall I seek anyone other than God as a lord when He is the

Sustainer of all things? No ‘self’ benefits but from its own works, and

none bears the load of another. Then to your Lord is your return and Hewill make you understand wherein you differed.

17:15 So, whoever goes right, does it for his own ‘self’, and whoever

strays, strays against his own ‘self’. No person bears the load of

another. And We never punish any people until We have sent a

messenger. [The Eternal messenger now is the Book of God]

2:48 And beware of the Day (when all actions will encounter absolute

justice, and contrary to your thinking), no person will avail another in the

least. And neither intercession will be accepted, nor shall compensation

be taken from anyone. And they will not be helped. [6:164][Shafa'ah = Stand up as witness to the truth = Intercession = Clearing a



falsehood assigned to someone. 2:123, 6:50-51, 6:70, 32:4, 39:44,

40:17-18, 10:3, 19:87. Not even the messengers of God are exempt

from the Divine law of Recompense. 6:15, 10:15, 39:13, 72:20-21]

22. The Qur’an rejects war or aggression and only allows Self-defense,peace, tolerance and democracy.

2:190 (All mankind should agree upon and mark their calendars for four

months of peacetime. However, following of the Divine System of Life

will meet with harsh opposition.) So, fight in the cause of God those who wage war against

you, but do not commit aggression. Indeed, God does

not love aggressors.

3:167 And that He might mark out those afflicted with hypocrisy. Theyhad been told, “Come! Fight in the cause of God, or at least defend (the

city).” They answered, “If we knew that confrontation was forthcoming,

we would have joined you.” On that day they were closer to disbelief

than belief, uttering with their mouths something that was not in their

hearts. But God was best Aware of what they were trying to conceal.

22:38-40 Surely, God will defend the community of true believers. Indeed, God does not love

those who betray the Divine System ordained in this Book, and thus show ingratitude for the

magnificent guidance they have received.

Permission to fight is granted to those against whom war is

wrongfully waged. God is Able to support them.Those who have been evicted from their homes unjustly, for no

reason other than saying, "Our Lord is God!" For, if God had not enabled

people to defend themselves against one another, monasteries,

churches, synagogues, and masjids, where the Name of God is oft

mentioned, would surely have been destroyed. And God will certainly

help those who help Him. God is Mighty, Powerful.

9:4 [Fight those that fight you] Except those idolaters with whom you have a treaty and they

have not subsequently failed you, nor have they helped others against you. You shall fulfill

your treaty with them till their term. Surely, God loves those who are mindful of His laws.

9:6 (O messenger) If anyone of the idolaters seeks your protection or a safe passage, grant

him protection from the State. Convey to him the Word of God, and then send him to a place

where he feels safe and secure. This kindness on your part is mandatory because they are

people who have not yet seen the beauty of the Divine System.

4:90 Do not fight the hypocrites who join a people with whom you have signed a peace treaty.

And do not fight those who come to you wishing not to fight you or their believing relatives.

Had God willed they could have fought you. Therefore, if they leave you alone, and offer you

peace, God has opened no way for you but the way of peace. [Your prime duty remains the

establishment and defense of the Divine Order in which there is no room for revenge. 24:22]



4:91 You will find others who desire peace for their people and make peace with you. But at

the slightest opportune moment they come to fight against you. If they neither leave you

alone, nor offer peace, nor hold their hands, subdue them regardless of which group they

belong to. In their case, God has given you a clear authority to fight.

8:61 When they incline to peace, you shall incline to it, and trust in God. He is the Hearer, theKnower.

42:38-43 They respond to their Lord by establishing Salaat, and conduct

their affairs by mutual consultation, and they keep open for the welfare

of others what We have given them. [Establishing Salaat = Establishing

the System where following of the Divine Commands is facilitated. Nafaq

= Open-ended tunnel = No hoarding]

And whenever gross injustice is inflicted upon them, they defend

themselves and stand up for their rights. [In the Divine System, the

oppressed is helped and the oppressor is requited. Yastansiroon carries

the meanings of defending and standing up for rights]But requiting evil may become an evil in itself! So, whoever

pardons and makes peace, his reward rests with God. Surely, He does

not love the violators of human rights.

And those who stand up for their rights and defend themselves,

when they have been wronged, for such, there is no blame.

The blame is on those who oppress people and cause disorder on

earth resorting to aggression, unprovoked. They are the ones for whom

there is an awful doom.

Certainly, whoever is patient and forgives, that is from the strength

of character.

4:75-76 What has happened to you that you do not fight in the cause of

God? Defenseless men, women, and children are being oppressed and

crying, "Our Lord! Rescue us from this town whose people are

oppressors, and raise for us protectors and helpers." [God does not fight

in person, nor does He send His armies or angels in physical form.

22:39]

Those who believe fight in the cause of God (against persecution or

in self-defense … benign aggression). But the unbelievers fight in the

cause of Taaghoot (tyrannical, aggressive forces … malignant

aggression). So fight against those friends of the devil. The devil’sstrategy is ever weak. [Taaghoot = False gods = Tyrants = Oppressors =

Deceptive clergy = An oppressive system = Those who play god]

13:21-22 Build bridges of goodwill between people, and strengthen ties of

human relationships as God has commanded, and stand in awe of their

Sustainer. (not relegating His commands to others’ utterances), and fear

the eventuality of a tough accountability,

They persevere in the face of adversities seeking the Approval of

their Sustainer, help establish and consolidate the Divine System, and

uphold the Permanent Values, spend on others of the provision We

have given them, in secret and in public, and they counter harshnesswith kindness. Theirs will be the Eternal Home. [2:27]



23. The Qur’an is focused on feeding of the poor, justice and striving for a

social global welfare and economy system.

2:177 (One consequence of this schism is their pre-occupation with

rituals, with each sect leaving the revelation aside and taking delight in

its own set of dogmas they call religion. 30:320.)

Righteousness and exponential development of the ‘self’ depends not

on whether you turn your faces to East or West. But righteousness is

that:

- One has conviction in God,

- And the Last Day,

- And the Angels,

- And the Book,

- And the prophets.- And that he gives of his cherished wealth to:

- Family and relatives,

- Orphans,

- Widows,

- Those left helpless in the society,

- And those whose hard-earned income fails to meet their

basic needs,

- Those whose running businesses have stalled,

- The ones who have lost their jobs,

- Whose life has stalled for any reason,

- The disabled,- The needy wayfarer, son of the street, the homeless, the

one who travels to you for assistance,

- Those who ask for help, and

- Those whose necks are burdened with any kind of

bondage, oppression, crushing debts and extreme hardship of labor.

- (And righteous are) those who strive to establish the

institution of Salaat, (2:3. 2:53)

- And help set up the Economic System of Zakaat.

- They are true to their pledge whenever they make one.

- And they remain steadfast in physical or emotional

distress and in times of peril.It is those who have proven themselves to be true, and it is those who

are living upright.

[2:4, 3:91-92 Yateem, Miskeen, Ibn-is-Sabeel, Fir-Riqaab, carry all the

meanings rendered above. Please also note that the Qur’an has named

above the well-known five “Articles of faith.” But belief in Taqdeer =

Predetermined destiny, has been interjected in the fabricated Ajami

accounts as the sixth article of faith by ‘Imams’, making Muslims

fatalistic in their thought and behavior. The Qur’an nowhere mentions

Taqdeer or the predestined fates of individuals. Qadar or Taqdeer

always denote the law, the due measure of all things appointed by God.

And man determines his own destiny by following or defying those laws]



4:36 Obey God and associate no partner with Him!

- Treat kindly your parents, relatives,

- The orphans,

- And those who have been left alone in the society.

- Take care of the needy,

- The disabled,- Those whose hard earned income is insufficient to meet their needs,

- And those whose businesses have stalled,

- And those who have lost their jobs.

- You shall treat kindly your related neighbors,

- And unrelated neighbors,

- Companions by your side in public gatherings,

- Or public transportation.

- Be generous to the needy wayfarer,

- the homeless son of the street,

- and the one who reaches you in a destitute condition.

- Be nice to people who work under your care.God does not love the proud and boastful.

4:37 Those who are stingy and advise others to be stingy, and hide what

God has given them of His bounty, for such ungrateful disbelievers We

have prepared a humiliating punishment.

51:19 And in their wealth was the Divinely ordained right of those who

ask and those who are deprived.

76:8-9 And they feed, for the love of nobility, the indigent, the orphan and

the captive.

(They do all this selflessly) saying, "We provide for you for the sake

of God alone. We want no return from you, not even a word of thanks.

89:17-18 Nay, nay, you do not honor the orphan.

[You forget to realize your acts of commission and omission. Yateem =

Orphan = Widow = Left alone in the society = Helpless. A benevolent

society makes room for the ‘Yateem’]

And you fail to encourage one another to feed the needy (and

establish a benevolent society). [The term used for ‘feeding’ is highly

inclusive. Here it indicates failing to establish the ideal society that takes

care of all individuals. Miskeen = Poor = Needy = Whose life is strandedfor any reason = Whose business has stalled = Who has lost his job =

Whose life has been hampered by circumstances. Ta’aam = Feeding =

Food = Provision = Basic needs of life. A benevolent society takes care

of the basic needs of life. None would sleep hungry therein]

90:13-18 Freeing others from bondage, physical or mental, and from any

social, economic or political oppression. [Freeing the neck includes all

the above meanings and establishing the System wherein the only

Master is God]

- Feeding in times of hunger, famine, wars and natural disasters.

- Taking special care of those who, despite being a part of thecommunity, feel left out. [ Za maqrabah = Near one = Relative = Part of



the community]

- Helping him who remains needy though he toils in the dust.

- Being of those who have chosen to be graced with belief, and

become living reminders of perseverance and living reminders of

compassion.

- Such are the companions of the right hand (immersed in bliss).

107:1-7 Have you seen him who proclaims allegiance to the Divine

System, but denies it in action? [53:33, 75:32-33, 95:7. Takzeeb = To

give lie = Deny in practice = Reject in daily life]

Indeed, he is the one who repels the orphan, the widow, the

helpless, the one in a lonely state. [89:10, 69:34]

And urges not the feeding of the needy. And participates not in

helping those who have lost their jobs, whose businesses have stalled,

and whose hard earned income is insufficient to meet their basic needs.

Ah, woe to the praying ones!

Those who know not what their Salat is meant to be.They only want to be seen and praised. [9:54. They go through

the motions of prayer and keep announcing it]

And, with all this, they hinder the flow of sustenance (by

hoarding). [ Ma'n = Running water. Mu’eein = Source of sustenance with

plenty of fresh water springs. 23:50] [The people are not busy with creating a System where

the WHOLE of Humanity is fed, they are busy with praying and rituals and personal

salvation. In verse 4 Salat is used as worship prayer, but in verse 5 we are pointed it out that

the true Salat is the feeding of the poor and taking care of all human needs.]

4:135 O You who have chosen to be graced with belief! Stand up firmly

for justice, witnesses for God, even if it is against yourselves, your

parents and your relatives, and whether the case is of a rich person or a

poor person. God is nearer to them than you are. Do not follow your

emotions lest you fall short of justice. If you distort your testimony or turn

away from this command, God is Aware of all your actions.

6:152 God commands you further: vi. Do not approach the wealth of the

orphan except to improve it until they come of age with full maturity of

body and mind. vii. Give full weight and full measure in all your dealings.

Uphold justice in all aspects of your life. Our commands are meant to

widen your human potential. We do not assign any ‘self’ responsibility beyond its means. viii. And when you voice an opinion, be just, even if it

is against a relative. ix. Fulfill your Covenant with God, the unwavering

allegiance to the Divine System (1:4-5, 9:111). This He commands for

you to bear in mind.

7:29 Say (O Messenger!), "My Lord enjoins justice and moderation and

to stand devoted to Him alone in complete obedience. Call unto Him,

sincere in your faith in Him alone. He is the One Who brought you into

being in the first place, and to Him you will return.” (And this is how you

can regain your lost Paradise in both worlds.)

2:112 Nay, whoever submits his whole being to God, and he is a doer of



good to humanity, his reward is with his Lord. Then, no fear shall come

upon them nor shall they grieve.

4:94 O You who have chosen to be graced with belief! When you go

forth in the cause of God (to meet the armed challenge), use your

discernment. And do not say, out of a desire for the fleeting gains of thisworldly life, to anyone who offers you the greeting of peace, “You are not

a believer.” For with God are abundant gains. Remember, once you

were ignorant, and you were weak like the disbelievers are now. God

has been Gracious to you, so be gracious to His servants (9:128, 90:17).

Use your discernment. God is always Aware of what you do.

24. The Qur’an demands the use of Reason and Logic.

2:18 Deaf, dumb and blind of reason! They will not return to journey in

the right direction (unless they use their perceptual and conceptualfaculties. 8:22, 16:76, 17:36).

5:58 When you call to prayer, they mock it and make a jest of it, simply

because they are a people who do not use reason.

6:32 The life of this world is a play and a passing delight in comparison

to the Eternal Life. The abode of the Hereafter is far better for those who

live according to the Divine laws. Will you not use Reason?

6:50 Say, (O Messenger!), “I do not claim that I have the Treasures of

God, nor do I have the knowledge of the Unseen, nor do I tell you that I

am an angel. I follow what is revealed to me. (You blindly follow your

ancestors.) Say, “Is the blind of the heart the same as the seer who uses

reason? Would you not reflect?”

13:16 Ask them, "Who is the Sustainer of the heavens and earth?” Say,

“It is God!” (23:84-90, 29:21-23). Then ask, “Why then, do you take as

protectors besides Him those who have neither benefit, nor harm even

for themselves?” (When you acknowledge Him as God of the heavens,

what stops you from acknowledging Him as God of the earth, and thus,

as the law-giving authority? (6:3, 21:21-22, 43:84). Say, “Is the blind ofreason equal to the seer, or is darkness equal to light?” (11:24, 35:19).

Have their so-called partners of God created something like He has

created, so that this act of creation appears to them to be similar? Say,

“God is the Creator of all things. He is the One, Dominating.”

40:58 But then, the blind of reason and the seer at heart are not equal.

And neither are those who attain faith, and help others, equal to those

who create imbalance in people’s lives. How seldom do you use your

mind!



25. The Qur’an warns us against religious and aristocrat authority as they

are against a fair social system.

7:30 But there will be two parties among people. Some of them will live

upright according to the Divine laws of guidance while others will ally

with Satans as their friends. They take their religious leadership as their

masters instead of God, and think that they are rightly guided. [7:3,

22:13]

2:49 Also remember when We saved you from Pharaoh’s people. They

persecuted you by assigning hard tasks and with a dreadful torment.

They slaughtered your sons and let your women live for slavery and

shameful acts. That was a great tribulation, a test from your Lord

Supreme.

7:66 The elite among his people who were disbelieving said, "Ah! Wesee that you are in folly, and we think that you are a liar.”

27:87-89 And on the Day when the Trumpet is sounded, everyone of the

elite and of the humbled will be horrified, except such as God wills to

exempt. All will present themselves to Him in humility. [6:74, 18:99,

20:102, 27:89, 39:68. ‘Exempt’ probably indicates true believers who

have benefited others, since the Qur’an repeated asserts that such will

have nothing to fear or grieve]

And the powerful elite that you deem firm as mountains, will float

around like weightless clouds. Such is the Design of God Who disposes

off all things in perfect order. Surely, He is fully Aware of what you do.In those times people that do good to humanity and make way for

peace and security, will be best rewarded. [21:103, 27:87]

34:34-35 Whenever We sent a warner to any community its rich elite

declared, “We reject the message you are sent with.”

They further said, "We are more abundant in wealth and children

and we cannot be overpowered."

43:23 Likewise, whenever We sent before you a warner to any township,

its wealthy ones said, "Behold! We have found our forefathers following

a certain religion, and we will follow in their footsteps."[Ummah = A community with common beliefs = Those who share a

common religion. Mutrifeen = The wealthy = Those given to material

possessions = The social and financial elite = Those steeped in luxury =

Those who are used to enjoying the fruit of others’ labor = Those who

thrive on easy money = Who get wealthy without hard work]

43:24 He said, “What! Even though I bring you better guidance than that

you found your ancestors following?" They replied, "Certainly, we deny

that there is any truth in what you (prophets) are sent

with.”

5:63 Why do not the rabbis and the priests forbid them from their downgrading assertions andillicit earnings? Indeed condemnable is what they manufacture. (A great many religious



leaders, rabbis, priests, monks, Mullahs, yogis, and mystics devour the wealth of people

deceptively, and hinder them from the way of God 9:34)

9:31 They take their rabbis, priests and monks to be their Lords* besides

God. And they take as their Lord, the Messiah son of Mary. Yet they

were commanded to worship but One God. There is no god but He. praise and glory to Him, He is far too Glorious for what they ascribe to

Him.

[*Talmud shows the Jewish superstition of ascribing divinity to Ezra,

rabbis, saints, doctors of law and learned men. And the doctrine of

Papal infallibility, divinity of saints and praying to them are common in

the Roman Catholic Church]




9:34 O You who have chosen to be graced with belief! A great manyreligious leaders, rabbis, priests, monks, Mullahs, yogis, and mystics

devour the wealth of people in falsehood, and bar them from the path of

God. All those who hoard up gold and silver and do not spend it in the

cause of God, to them give tidings (O Prophet!) of a painful doom.

[ Ahbaar = Clergy of any religion. Ruhbaan = Monks and Sufis]

6:112-113 Remember, We have appointed to every prophet enemies. The rebellious among

the urban and the rural populations rose in opposition, (since the message struck at their

personal interests.) They plotted and inspired each other with fancy words. If your Lord

willed, they would not do that. Disregard them and whatever they fabricate.




[Jinn= Concealed ones, was also used for kings and the elite as their lives are out of reach for

the common people and they live in houses sealed off from the common people.]

26. Male and Female are completely equal in laws, rights, obligations,

positions and rewards or requital. The Qur’an only acknowledges

differences in biological makeup and functions as pregnancy and thedifference in the role of a mother or father.

30:21 And among His signs is this: He created for you mates from

yourselves, so that you might find comfort in them. And He ordained

between you love and kindness. In that are signs for those who reflect.

[ Azwaaj = Husband + Wife, that are mates to, and complement, each

other’s personality]

4:124 And whoever fulfills the needs of the people, whether male or

female, and is a believer, will enter Paradise. And not the least injustice

will be done to them (not amounting to the ‘speck on a date-stone’ 4:53,

35:13.)



16:97 Whoever - male or female - does works that help others and is a

believer, We shall certainly cause them to live a good life, and We shall

grant them the rewards considering the best of their actions.

40:40 Whoever has destabilized another person’s life, will not be repaid but the like of it. And whoever has helped others, whether male or

female, and is a believer, such will enter the Garden wherein they will be

blessed with sustenance without measure.

33:35 Surely, for Muslim men and Muslim women, believing men and

believing women, devoted men and devoted women, truthful men and

truthful women, steadfast men and steadfast women, humble men and

humble women, charitable men and charitable women, abstinent men

and abstinent women (abstaining from all vices), chaste men and chaste

women, men who remain mindful of God and women who remain

mindful (of God), for them, God has readied forgiveness and animmense reward. [3:194, 4:124. Maghfirah = Forgiveness = Protection

against detriment = Erasing the imprints of faults = Absolving

imperfections]

9:71-72 And the believers, men and women, are colleagues of one another.

They encourage virtue and discourage vice. Together, they help

establish the Divine System, and set up the Economic Order of Zakaat.

(This is how) they obey God and His messenger. These are the men

and women on whom God will shower His mercy. God is Exalted in

Power, Wise.

[The believing men and women do not deliver empty lectures. They

enjoin virtue and forbid vice by personal example, knowing that the

Qur’an is the Eternal Criterion of right and wrong. 2:185. ‘Good’ and

‘Evil’, ‘Right’ and ‘Wrong’ are not vague entities. The Qur’an clearly

defines them. 2:177 and many other verses. In short, good is all that

helps people and evil is all that hurts them]

God promises to the believers, both men and women, Gardens

underneath which rivers flow, wherein they will live forever, and

magnificent dwellings in the Gardens of Eden. And God’s Approval is

the greatest of all blessings. That is the Supreme Triumph.

3:195 Thus their Lord accepts and answers their prayer, “Indeed, I never

let the work of any worker, male or female, go to waste. You are

members of one another. So, those who emigrate, and are driven from

their homelands, and suffer harm in My cause, and fight, and are slain, I

shall certainly blot out their faults, erasing the imprints of their misdeeds

on their ‘self’. And certainly, I shall admit them into Gardens with

streams flowing beneath - a handsome return from God's Presence. For,

with God is the fairest return of actions. [2:186] 36:55-56 "Those who merit Paradise, this Day are enjoying the new life.”

They and their spouses in pleasant shades, on thrones of honorreclining.



40:8 “Our Lord! Admit them into the Gardens of Eden that you have

promised them, and the righteous among their ancestors, their spouses

and their descendants. Surely, You, only You, are the Mighty, the Wise.”

43:70 Enter the Garden, you and your spouses, rejoicing.

52:20-21 Relaxing on well-decorated couches. And We will match them

with neat companions, most beautiful of vision.

And those who attained belief, and whose children followed them

in belief, We shall unite them with their families. We shall not let any of

their deeds go to waste. Every human will be held responsible for his

own doings. [Being the progeny of righteous ancestors alone will be of

no avail. 74:38. Raheen = Held as pledge = Collateral]

Women have the right to vote:

60:12 O Prophet! When the believing women come to you to take oath

of allegiance that

19:16 (O Prophet!) Make mention of Mary in the Book..

[Females can be as much examples for everyone.]

66:11-12 And God gives an example for those who have chosen to be

graced with belief: The wife of Pharaoh when she said, “My Lord! Build

for me a mansion in the Paradise, and save me from Pharaoh and his

doings, and save me from the oppressors.”

And Mary, daughter of Imran, who guarded her chastity, and We

breathed into her (baby) from Our Energy. And she put faith in the

Words of her Lord and His revelations, and was of the devoted servants.

[In very adverse circumstances, Mary guarded her chastity and revolted

against the non-Divine institution of monasticism, and got married

adopting the natural family life. ‘from Our Energy’ = Free will, as all

human beings are granted. 2:30]

Women can be leaders of nations:

27:23 “The country is ruled by a Queen who has been given everythingand she has a tremendous throne.”

27:44 She was escorted to the palace. It was said, “Enter the hall.”

When she saw the smooth polished glass floor, she thought that it was a

pool of water and she was spellbound.

Solomon said, “This is a palace paved smooth with slabs of glass.” She

said, "I have been doing wrong to myself, and now I submit with

Solomon to God, the Lord of the worlds."

27. The Qur’an acknowledges and respects the differences in cultures andhabits and says it is a source of goodness and not of strive.



30:22 And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and

the diversity of your tongues and colors. Herein are signs for those who

make best use of what they learn.

35:28 And of human beings, the crawling creatures and related animals,and the cattle have diverse colors and properties. This is why of all His

servants only those with knowledge of sciences can get some idea of

the glory of God (by examining the wonders in nature). Surely, God is

Almighty, Absolver of imperfections.

49:13 O mankind! We have created you male and female, and have

made you nations and tribes so that you might (affectionately) come to

know one another. Surely, the most honored among you, in the sight of

God, is the one who is best in conduct. God is Knower, Aware.

[ Min zakarinwwa untha = Of a kind that is male, and of a kind that is

female = Male and female = Some of you are men and some of you arewomen. On this note I find myself in agreement with M. Pickthall 39:6]

28. The Qur’an acknowledges and promotes the pursuit of welfare, beauty

and art in a society and it acknowledges the biological and psychological

needs of mankind.

7:32 Say, "Who is there to forbid the beauty that God has brought forth

for His servants, and the good things of sustenance?” Say, “On the Day

of Resurrection, these things will be only for those who chose to believe

during the life of this world.” Thus do We detail Our messages for peoplewho make use of what they learn. [17:18-20, 20:117-123]

7:26 O Children of Adam! We have provided you with garments to cover

your bodies as well as to adorn you. The best garment for you to wear,

in addition, is good conduct. (Your character decorates you inside out.)

These are the verses of God that they must take to heart.

10:59 Say, “Have you considered how God sends down to you all kinds

of provisions for your minds and bodies? Then you render some of them

unlawful and some lawful?” Say, “Has God permitted you to do this? Or

do you invent lies and attribute them to God?” [The clergy go aftermanmade dogmas thus tampering with the revealed Word of God and

declare unlawful His bounties of sustenance, food, clothes, ornament of

life and things of aesthetic beauty such as art. 7:32. See 34:13 how a

prophet of God, Solomon decorates his kingdom with beautiful works of

art]

16:6 And you find beauty in them when you drive them home in the

evenings and when you take them out to pasture in the mornings.

18:1 All beauty and balance in the universe is the living evidence that

God is Praiseworthy. All praise is for God Who has revealed this Book toHis servant, and made it flawless.



34:13 They worked for him as he desired, making forts, statues,

sculptures, paintings and images, pools, and boilers well-dug into the

ground. We said, “Labor O Children of David, in gratitude for what you

have been given. Few of My servants are truly grateful in practice.”

35:33 So, the Gardens of Eden of eternal bliss will they enter, therein to

be adorned with bracelets of gold and pearls, and therein to be dressed

in garments of silk. [And right here in this world they will establish a

society in which life will be pleasant and honorable. 22:23]

2:187 (Abstinence is only for the daytime.) It has been made lawful for

you to go to your wives on the night of the Abstinence. They are your

garments and you are their garments - close to each other, source of

mutual comfort, complementing each other, trustworthy and keepers of

privacy, reason for décor, and redressers of faults. God knows that you

would have deprived yourselves, feeling guilty, and so He turns to youand pardons you. So, now you may have intimate relations with them

and, besides, seek all good that God has ordained for you. You may eat

and drink until you can discern the white streak of light against the black

streak of night at daybreak. Then complete the Abstinence until sunset.

Do not have intimate relations with them while on special assignments in

the Centers of the Divine System. These are the bounds set by God - so

come not near violating them. Thus God explains His commands to

mankind clearly, so that they understand and remain observant.

76:12-17 And for their steadfastness He rewards them with a Garden of

bliss and garments of silk (granting honor).

Relaxing therein on beautiful furnishings, they neither find a hot

sun nor chill. Pleasant shades close upon them and clusters of fruits reach

them low. And they are served with goblets of silver and cups of crystal.

Silver trays shining as crystal - all this design they have

determined (with their good deeds).

And delicious invigorating drinks they shall be given. (43:71, 76:5,

83:27. Camphor: an allegory for cool relaxation, and ginger: warmth and

action)

76:21 Upon them will be garments of green silk with gold embroidery,and they will be honored with bracelets of silver. And their Lord will give

them pure refreshing drinks.

29. The Qur’an contains clear and allegorical and multiple meaning verses

which must researched carefully.

3:7 (The Book He has sent down, bears an important Principle.) He is

the One Who has revealed to you (O Prophet!) the scripture. In it some

verses are literal, while some verses are allegorical. The verses that

pertain to Permanent Values have been presented literally. Theseverses, Muhkamat , are the essence of the Divine law. On the other



hand, abstract phenomena, some historical events, and the World of the

Unseen are described in similes, metaphors and allegories

(Mutashaabihaat) for your understanding. But those who are given to

crookedness in their hearts pursue the allegories and try to give them

literal meanings, thus creating dissension of thought. None

encompasses their final meaning (of such as the Essence of God, HisThrone, His Hand, His Book of Decrees, the exact mode of revelation on

the heart of the messengers, the Eternity) but God. Those who are well

founded in knowledge understand why the allegories have been used

and they keep learning from them. They proclaim the belief that the

entire Book is from their Lord. As the human knowledge evolves, more

and more allegories will unfold their literal meaning. But only the men

and women of understanding will bear this fact in mind.

[Every verse of the Qur’an is Muhkam, absolute truth. The context

enables us to understand which ones are to be taken literally and which

ones are to be taken allegorically. Each verse in the Book complementsanother. 11:1, 39:23, 41:53, 47:20, 74:31]

Also with the growth of our knowledge on the universe, some verses can switch from being

Mutashaabihaat to being Muhkamat, as for example the concept of a new universe where

mankind is created in is now being confirmed by several branches with Quantum Physics.

30. We are warned that we must not fix or limit the meanings of the Qur’an

to historical context or any opinion by scholars as we then immobilize the

Qur’anic potentials.

25:30 The prophet will say: "O my Lord, my people have fettered, chained, and fixed

meanings, possibilities and understandings in the Qur'an (made the Qur’an mahjoor) so it has

become immobile and will be left by the people as it has been made into something of no

account."

[A horse or camel tied head to foot was called mahjoor, and the rope used for tying, al-

hijaar(Taj). Making the animal immobile, as it stuck in its position, where the owners will

leave it. The Qur’an today is thus fettered/chained by custom and tradition, fixed titles and

meanings of words, hearsay reports compiled centuries later, and laws and by-laws enacted by

men, each group having its own fiqah and shariah, which are held more sacrosanct and given predence over the Qur’an, and making thus the Qur’an fixed in meaning, where they want,

and how they want. Making the versatile meanings immobile, freezing a certain meaning, and

chaining the Qur’an with that meaning. Mahjoor= To chain/fix/immobilize=make something

of no account=to avoid something=to leave something behind.]

31. The Qur’an is easy to understand and learn.

54:17 We have made the Qur’an easy to understand. Then, is there any

who will learn?



54:22 We have made the Qur’an easy to understand. Then, is there any

who will learn?

32. The Qur’anic Message can never contain anything that is a burden to

mankind.

20:2-3 We have not bestowed upon you this Qur’an to cause you any

hardship. But, only as a reminder to those who fear (faltering in their journey of life).

[Khashiyyah = Fearing = Being in awe = Being awestruck. Compare with

Taqwa meaning journeying through life in security. This verse is

commonly translated ending with ‘those who fear (God)’. See Preface

for Taqwa]

33. The Deen of the Qur’an cannot be a religion but is a System of Law andGovernment.

Joseph avoided not the King’s religion, but his system of law:

12:76 They were brought before Joseph for the search. He began with

the bags of his half-brothers before the bag of his brother (Benjamin).

And finally extracted the cup out of his brother’s bag. We thus perfected

the plan for Joseph. He could not have detained his brother under the

King's law, Deen. But that was the will of God. We raise people in ranks

according to Our laws. And above every person of knowledge there isOne who knows all.

And the Qur’anic System will prevail over all ways of Life, be it religions or forms of

government, created and formed by mankind as they will learn the Truth of its Message.

9:33 He is the One Who has sent His messenger with guidance and the

True Religion ( Deen = The System of Life), that He may cause it to

prevail over all religions and systems of life, even though the idolaters

may detest it. [9:31-33, 13:31, 14:48, 18:48, 41:53, 48:28, 51:20-21,

61:8-9]

[The Qura’nic Deen will prevail over all other systems of life. This refersto religions such as Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and all other forms

of religion, including the sects that are now present in Islam. But next to

religions, the Qur’anic Deen will also prevail over all political systems of

the world such as Communism, Secular Democracy, Theocracy,

Monarchy and it will rule over all ways of life as Humanism, Socialism

and so on. This will happen as humanity willingly realizes the supremacy

of the Qur’an]



34. The Human Rights given in the Qur’an that must be uphold by

mankind:

a. Equal human dignity by birth (17:70, 95:4)

b. Gender equity (4:32, 33:35)

c. Superiority by character only (49:13, 46:19)d. Rule of law, not of individuals (3:79)

e. Full compensation of work (53:39, 53:41, 39:70, 37:39)

f. Provision of basic needs (20:118-119)

g. Security of faith, life, mind, honor, and property (6:109, 6:152, 2:269, 17:36, 24:2, 22:40,

6:152, 5:90, 2:195, 5:32, 17:32, 17:35, 17:29, 83:1)

h. Choice of spouse (4:3, 4:19)

i. Freedom of religion (22:40, 6:109, 2:256)

j. Freedom of expression (2:42, 3:71)

k. Redress of grievances (4:148)

l. Privacy (33:53, 24:27)

m. Care of the handicapped (4:36, 70:24)

n. Presumption of innocence (49:6)

o. Sanctity of name and lineage (49:11, 33:4)

p. Right to residence (4:100, 2:85, 6:41)

q. Aesthetic choice (18:31, 76:13-15)

r. Protection of chastity (17:32, 24:2)

s. Race, color, gender, lineage, wealth are no criteria of superiority.

t. Degrees of people according to their deeds (2:212, 3:163, 6:132)

These are the rules the Qur’an gives us for its interpretation, and these rules

demand we use Reason, science and all possible meanings of the Arabic roots to

understand its Message who’s focus is always humanitarian and for the benefit

of the positive development of mankind.



Focus on nature and science and we can see how the Qur’an constantly refers to reality:

43:11 And He it is Who sends down water from the sky in due measure. And We revive

with it a dead land, thus will you be brought forth.

[The Water cycle is very precise and balanced. The knowledge that rain doesn’t fall in a

random pattern, but in due measure with the whole Water cycle is something onlyrecent science has understood. As the Prophet was a desert inhabitant, the idea of a

Water cycle or that rain fall is following a precise order, could not have been known by

him. 30:48, 24:43]

43:12 And He it is Who has created all things in pairs and He it is Who has

given you all those ships and quadrupeds on which you ride. (See 36:36)

[That all processes of nature and all products of nature create or use opposites or pairs

has been only truly understood in the 20th century. Paul Dirac was the first to

understand matter had the opposite anti-matter, he got the Noble prize for it in 1933.]

24:43 Have you not seen how God drives the clouds, then gathers them, then makesthem layers, and then you see the rain coming forth from them? He sends down, from

the heights, hail and loads of snow to cover some ground and leave some uncovered,

according to His Laws. The flashes of lightning and the brightness of the snow dazzle the

Sight, all but snatching it away. (2:19-20)

[The exact order of cloud-formation has been given in this verse. Also that clouds are

layered has been discovered only in the last century through aviation technology and

satellites. In the Arabian desert, rain only fell a couple of dozen times a year and cloud

formations are rare, thus it could not have been observed in the way at it is described in

this verse.]

15:22 And We send the winds as pollinators that fertilize plants, and cause

water to come down from the height for you to drink. Who holds the stores of the

universe? You do not. (51:41)

[The knowledge that winds play a major role in fertilizing can only be understood after

years of researching the subject. As a desert inhabitant, this would have been impossible

for the Prophet.]

21:30 Are the unbelievers not aware (after this proclamation) that the heavens and the

earth used to be one solid mass that We exploded into parting? And that out of water

We made every living thing? Will they not, then, acknowledge the Truth?

[RATAQ = To merging = Attaching of elements to make them one. FATAQ = To break= Dissolve = Separate = Split. Rataq refers to one solid mass and thus describes exactly

the situation of all the energy of the universe before the BigBang. Fataq describes the

situation during and after the Bigbang. Water is the main component for all living

beings. All of these facts of nature could not have been known to 6th century Arabian

man. 35:1]

51:47 And it is We who have built the universe with power, and verily, it is We who are

steadily expanding it. (‘Samaa’ = Sky = Heaven = Allegorically the universe. ‘Bi-Ayidin’

= With hands = With power)

[The expansion of the universe was first theorized by the Belgian Cosmologist Georges

Lemaitre and the Russian A.Friemann. In 1929 it was observed for the first time by theAmerican Edwin Hubble. It was already present in the Qur’an for 1400 years, waiting



for the correct scientific knowledge and technology to be confirmed to be true. 55:5,

36:38-40]

21:33 And He it is Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the

moon. They swim along, each in an orbit.

[Although this was partially observed by some advanced people in History, the Divineproof is again that the Qur’an contains no contradictions at all with scientific

observations.]

39:5 He it is Who has created the heavens and the earth to fulfill a definite Purpose. He

rolls the night over the day, and rolls the day over the night. And He has subjected the

sun and the moon, each running along its course for a term appointed. Is not He the

Almighty, the Ever-Absolver of Imperfections?

[YUKAWWIR=He rolls comes from the word KURAH=Ball. In 79:30 an additional

point is given that the Earth is Egg-shaped. This was unknown and even impossible to

know in the 6th century.]

86:11 Witness is the high atmosphere that keeps returning (its water, gases and other

composition).

2:29 He it is Who has created for you whatever is on earth – all of

it. And He has applied His Design to the High Cosmos and

fashioned it in several ascending heights. He is the Supreme

Knower of what all things are destined to be. (11:7, 53:31, 57:1-2.)

['Saba' indicates seven or several. The Earth’s Atmosphere contains seven layers: The

Troposphere, Stratosphere, Ozone Layer, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Ionosphere and

the Exosphere. This only has been recently discovered in the last century. The Qur’an

constanly refers to us the importance of scientific observation and testing, as the Qur’an

guides into creating the correct understanding of Reality. Because of this constant

reference to nature as proof of God and that it exposes parts of His Will next to

Revelation, the early Muslims started to investigate nature and discovered many things,

which Western Historians call the ‘Golden Age’. 3:191, 7:185, 17:36, 88:17-21]

21:31 And We have set firm mountains (as pegs) on the earth, lest it sway with them

(16:15) And We have made therein broad roadways so that they might find their way.

[Mountains clench different plates of the Earth together like a peg. In this way they

create more stability in the Earth’s crust and take away much energy from earthquakes.

78:6-7]

27:88 And the powerful elite that you deem firm as mountains, will float around like

weightless clouds. Such is the Design of God Who disposes off all things in perfect order.

Surely, He is fully Aware of what you do.

[This verse also contains a very interesting scientific fact that the Earth’s crust is in

motion and not static.]

57:25 Indeed, We sent Our Messengers with the evident Truth and revealed with them

the Law and the Standard of right and wrong that mankind may deal in justice. And We

have bestowed on from high the iron in which there is awesome power and many

benefits for people. For, God marks out those who help Him and His Messengersalthough the victory may initially be obscure to them. Surely, God is Strong, Almighty.



[‘Meezaan’ = Balance of measure = Standard of justice. As proven by modern science,

the iron is not native to earth. It has come down from higher celestial bodies, as it is

formed in Nova stars.]

24:40 Or total darkness in the midst of a deep ocean, with waves upon waves and a thick

cloud above - darkness upon darkness. When he holds out his hand, he can barely see it.For, whomever God deprives of light, will have no light. [light consists of several

wavelengths, in deep waters, each wavelength can only penetrate to a certain depth, in

this way Light becomes lesser and lesser per layer, darkness over darkness. Deep waters

also have a phenomena called ‘internal waves’, which are created to different densities

in the deep water, where the layers of water have their own wave structure, waves upon

waves. Captain Dr. Bernard Jarman, a renowned oceanographer, upon reading this

verse, embraced Islam in 1923]

96:15 Nay, if such a person desists not, We will seize him by the forelobe (to a state of

humiliation 11:56) [Al-Nasiyah=Forelock, comes from Nasa meaning: To get master

over = Get hold of. The Forelobe is the part of the brain that is associated withreasoning, planning, parts of speech, movement, emotions, and problem solving. The

Frontal lobes have been found to play a part in impulse control, judgment, language,

memory, motor function, problem solving, sexual behavior, socialization and

spontaneity. The ability to recognize future consequences resulting from current actions,

to choose between good and bad actions (or better and best), override and suppress

unacceptable social responses, and determine similarities and differences between things

or events. In short, it plays part in our decision to lie or not and how to control

situations. This has been discovered recently with Neurological research.]

75:4 Yes indeed, We have the Power to restore his very finger tips.

[The concept of the uniqueness of the fingerprint came only in the 19th century. Even

identical twins have each their own unique fingerprint as it is formed during fetal

development where the individual circumstances of each foetus decides the form of the

fingerprint. No two fingerprints have ever been found identical in many billions of

human and automated computer comparisons.]

30:3 In the lowest lands close-by; yet it is they, who despite this defeat of theirs, shall be

victorious.

[ADNA = Nearest = Closest by = Lower = Lowest. This verse talks about ‘the lowest

lands’. The Persians invaded Palestine and one of the last battles was held at the Dead

Sea near Jerusalem. The Dead Sea lies 418 meters below sea-level and is the lowest pointon the Earth’s Crust. Byzantine Romans were defeated at the hands of the Persians in

the nearby lands of Syria-Palestine-Egypt in 613-615 C.E. The war between the two

super powers of the times carried on from 603 to 624 C.E. Muhammad (S) had been

commissioned as Prophet in 610 C.E.]

12:54 The King said, "Bring him to me so that I may appoint him a close

adviser to me." And when he had spoken with him, the King decreed, "From today on

you have a high standing with us, invested with all trust." [Note the

Egyptian head of state of Prophet Joseph's era referred as ‘Aziz’ (Ruler or King and not

as Pharaoh, the word that appears erroneously in the book of Genesis. The term

Pharoah came only in use for kings after 1500BC which historians call the NewKingdom, the Prophet Joseph lived around 1700BC during the Old Kingdom. In the



story of Moses the term Pharoah is used for the Egyptian ruler. Moses lived around

1400BC during the New Kingdom.]

6:98 And He it is Who initiated you from a single life cell. Then in the process of

evolution He appointed stages, from one station to the next destination. (Thus goes on

the journey of life here and in the Hereafter (11:6) We have explained Our Laws forpeople who will learn and understand.

[The theory of Evolution was already partially introduced by the Greeks. Through the

Qur’anic injunctions, the Early Muslims researched the concepts of evolution in species.

They developed the theory further on scientific evidence and were the first to claim that

modern man evolved from lesser species of apes. This was a common and widely

accepted fact in the Early Muslim world and taught at the every schools in the Muslim

empire. In Europe it was known as the ‘Mohammedan Creation Theory’. It was

explained in almost every Islamic science book which were translated into Latin and

used at European Universities. Even Rumi mentions it in one of his poems and the 13th

century historian Ibn-Khaldun in his Muqaddimah.

After the Muslims lost all touch with the Qur’anic System, they also rejected thescientific theories of their predecessors. Later on, European scientists, including Darwin,

developed the theory further. Today, most Muslims are unaware of the true history of

the Evolution theory and only see it as an Atheist Western theory. As the Bible does not

support Evolution, it was picked up the Materialist movement as proof against the Bible

and Christian beliefs.]

79:30 And after that He made the earth shoot out from the Cosmic Nebula and made it

spread out egg-shaped. [Dahaha = To shoot or throw a stone or object = Ostrich Egg-

shaped hole in the ground = Ostrich Egg. There were ancient people who knew that the

Earth was round, but it was impossible to know the Earth was egg-shaped until recent

space-exploration. 21:30, 41:11)

36:80 (The same Creator) Who produces for you fire out of the green tree, so that,

behold, you kindle from it. [It is God’s Law that keeps moisture and potential heat

combined in the green branches of the trees (that is, the flames are hidden within the

branches) When the branch is ignited you can see this manner? Oxigen on Earth is

mostly created through photosynthesis in plants, cyanobacteria and green-algae. The

interesting combination of this verse is that between fire and oxygen. Oxigen was needed

for complex life, but it was fire that allowed further evolution in the human species.

Before, prehistoric man only ate raw food, and thus had created large jaw-muscles and

intestines that halted further development of the brain and body structure. When earlyman learned how to use fire for its meals, the meals could be chewed and digested more

easily, which allowed the brain and body structure to evolve further into modern man.

76:28, 15:29]

55:33 O Communities of the nomads and the urban! If you can break through the fences

of the heavens and the earth, then, break through. Never can you break through without

an Authority. Can you bring any evidence?

[‘Sultan’ = Evidence = Proof = Authority = Power 4:153, 14:11, 15:42, 17:80, 37:156,

69:29. Using TASREEF the simple understanding is this: You can only continue your

evolution beyond the temporal and spatial bounds you now see, if you have primed your

‘self’ for immortality, rather than mere survival. This verse also relates to the conquestof space by mankind]



3:191 (Such men and women of understanding keep reflecting upon how

God’s Laws operate in the universe) Standing, sitting, and reclining, they

observe, and reflect upon God's creation of the heavens and the earth and

wonder, "Our Lord! You have not created all this without Purpose. High Above You arefrom creating anything in vain! Save us, then, from being negligent in attaining

knowledge and thus, getting condemned to Fire.” (When humans harness the forces of

nature and use them for the common good of all, they move away from Hell and close to

Paradise in both lives 45:13-14. The Qur’an constanly refers to us the importance of

scientific observation and testing, as the Qur’an guides into creating the correct

understanding and relation of Reality. Because of this constant reference to nature as

proof of God, and that it exposes parts of His Will next to Revelation, the early Muslims

started to investigate nature and discovered many things, which Western Historians call

the ‘Golden Age’, which later on started the Enlightment of Europe. Under the

Guidance of the Qur’an, the Early Muslims created the ways of scientific exploration

that is still used today. 7:185, 17:36, 88:17-21)



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But God will not allow this to pass, for He has willed to spread His lightin all its fullness even though the rejecters may detest it.





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