10. Yunus/Prophet Jonah
10. Yunus/Prophet Jonah
I/We begin by the Blessed Name of Allah
The Immensely Merciful to all, The Infinitely Compassionate to everyone.
10:01
Alif. Lam. Ra’.
These are the Messages of the Book of Wisdom - The Qur’an.
10:02
Is it so strange for the people that WE revealed to a person who is one of them –
Muhammad ibn Abdallah - with a command:
‘Warn the people, but also give the good news to those who believe –
that they will have the reward of their good deeds and dealings with their Rabb -The Lord?’
But the disbelievers allege:
‘This is certainly a clear deception.’
10:03
Surely, your Rabb - The Lord is Allah – The One and Only God,
WHO created the celestial realm and the terrestrial world in six days/time spans,
then settled over The Throne of Almightiness, directing all affairs.
No one can intercede with HIM on behalf of anyone except after HIS permission.
This is Allah, your Rabb - The Lord!
So submit to HIM in awe, reverence, and worship!
Will you not then reflect?
10:04
To HIM is your return – all of you together:
Indeed, Allah’s Promise is true that you all are to be brought back to HIM.
It is HE WHO initiated the process of creation in the first instance, and
then HE will repeat it in another dimension of existence,
so that HE may reward - in all fairness - those who believe and practice righteousness.
Whereas those who disbelieve and die as disbelievers – for them will be a drink of boiling
dirty fluid,
and a grievous punishment for they had been willfully disbelieving.
10:05
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