Commentary on the Koran: Surah 46 (No. Q046)

Pickthall Translation. Bible quotes are from the English Standard Version unless otherwise noted.

Introduction

Here we see the last of the Ha Mim series as the Warning to the Arabs and the World generally.

Al Akhaf is what is technically a Barquand. It is readily seen in the sandy deserts of the world. It is understood to have especially characterised the area of the A’ad at Al Hijr in Arabia (see S15 Al Hijr above). The text derives its name from verse 21. The warning is specific and follows the texts that were directed at the Arabs from the A’ad to the Amalekites generally and their successors.

It is from the Middle Group of Beccan Surahs but verses 10, 15-18 and 35 were added at Al-Medinah and Pickthall states that in his commentary.

Summary of the Ha Mim texts to date:

Surah 40 is a warning to the idolaters at Becca and among the Arabs and is a call to the study of the Scriptures and to repentance and obedience so that their people may be granted their place in the First Resurrection and are warned of the dangers of the Second Death in the Second Resurrection.

Surah 41 Fusilat deals with the exposition of the Scriptures in Arabic to people who are assumed to have prior knowledge of the Scriptures. It thus establishes that knowledge of the Scriptures is essential to an understanding of the Koran and of the Faith. The Surah takes up the warnings from Surah 11 “Hud,” Surah 13 “The Thunder” and Surah 15 “Al Hijr.” These texts portray the sequence of the destruction of the Arabs and Amalekites over the ages into the Last Days for their idolatry and the rejection of the Scriptures and the Command of God.

Surah 42 “The Consultation” or Counsel is directed at the Qureysh and the Arabs generally based from Becca. It is a specific warning to the Arabs generally for their idolatry and rejection of the Laws of God. The entire Ha Mim are directed to this purpose of the conversion of the Arabs and their salvation which to date has not been effected.

Surah 43 “The Gold Adornments” also termed “The Ornaments of Gold” derived from a word in verse 35 is the Fourth of the Ha Mim. The text refers to the Scriptures and the fact that the Koran is a summary in Arabic to make plain the meaning of the Scriptures. It is not a substitute for them. The Hadithic Imams pretend that the Scriptures were lost and that the terms refer only to the Koran which is false. The text attacks the false teachings of the idolatrous Arabs and their failure to follow the Scriptures and is in fact prophecy. The Prophet reinforces the role of Moses, and that the Messiah the Christ gives the Laws and the Commandments of God (v. 63). He also reiterates in verse 81 that the Benificent One had no son (meaning by procreation), in that Messiah was born by divine fiat, as we see in previous Surahs, as were the other sons of God (Job 1:6; 2:1 and 38:4-7).

Surah 44 “The Smoke” refers to the conditions of the Last Days but the Hadithic scholars attempt to limit it to the conditions before the conquest of Becca following the drought there before the armies of the Prophet and the Church conquered Becca and took in the thousands of unconverted and later unbaptised infidels as Muslims.

It is a prophecy of the Last Days for those under the pseudo Muslims (and pseudo Christians) and applies the penalty of the people of Egypt under Pharaoh when they rejected Moses (vv. 17ff). Then the text refers to the Children of Israel in their deliverance (v. 30) and their selection as the chosen of God (v. 32). The Arabs are then referred to as the People of Tubb’a as successors to the Amalekites and the fate of the idolatrous Arabs (see also Surah 15 Al Hijr at Q015 above).

Surah 45 Al Jathiyah “The Kneeling” also termed “the Crouching” is named from verse 28 where the nations are all brought before God in judgment and thus more appropriately termed “the Kneeling.” This is the Sixth of the Seven Ha Mim and is specifically a warning to the Arabs both in Becca and Arabia then and in the Last Days for the Judgment in the two Resurrections of the Dead.

The text shows clearly that the Children of Israel were given the Scriptures, the Command and the Prophethood; and with Christ it was vested in the Churches of God as the Children of Israel and the nations would be judged according to the commands given to them (vv. 16-17).

The Ha Mim are clear prophecy of the Faith and the 7^th, “The Barquands” or the “Wind Blown Sandhills” is a final reinforcement of the warning to the Arabs of the Scriptures and the Commands of God and the fate of them and the nations in the Last Days. It is direct rebuke of the Binitarians/Ditheists and Trinitarians of their placement of any of the Host with Allah or Eloah and their fate in the Judgment (vv. 4-6).

The Prophet denies he is any new thing among the prophets of God and that he is another mere warner as were the prophets before him (v. 9).

The Koran states that it is a confirming Scripture of the Scriptures before it from Moses onwards (v. 12) and cannot therefore be read independent of the Scriptures, and cannot therefore contradict them.

It also says that those who refuse to believe the Scriptures say that this is an ancient lie (vv. 11, 30), which is exactly what these false teachers did to the Koran with the Hadith and they will be judged and punished in the Second Resurrection.

The text places the Fifth Commandment as the basis of the acceptance of the elect and also even as we saw with Samuel at such a young age (vv. 15-16).

We see that the Arabs and the nations will all be punished for not following the Laws of God and for praying to others aside from the One True God (vv. 19-28). The Arabs from the A’ad on down are identified, and also it is from the A’ad that we derive the name of the Wind-curved Sandhills and warning of the early Prophet to the A’ad whom they disregarded.

All who died and were not converted and baptised of the Saints will be in the Second Resurrection as will those who pray to other than the One True God Eloah or Allah. Thus, those who pray to Christ, let alone the dead, such as Mariam and the saints, will also be punished.

The text summarises the requirements for acceptance in the First Resurrection following on from the warnings of the previous Ha Mim.

There is only One Lord; One Faith; and One Baptism and those who teach against the Faith and the Scriptures will die and go to the Second Resurrection.

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46.1. Ha. Mim.

Psalm 116:5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful.

See Nehemiah 9:31 at ayat 41.2 in Surah 41 above.

46.2. The revelation of the Scripture is from Allah the Mighty, the Wise.

Refer to 2Timothy 3:16 and Deuteronomy 29:29 at ayat 20.6 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 20 (No. Q020).

Romans 16:27 to the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.

Revelation 16:7 And I heard the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God the Almighty, true and just are your judgments!”

46.3. We created not the heavens and the earth and all that is between them save with truth, and for a term appointed. But those who disbelieve turn away from that whereof they are warned.

Genesis 1:31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Psalm 104:24 O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.

Jeremiah 51:15 It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

Acts 17:26 And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,

Proverbs 16:4 The LORD has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.

Ecclesiastes 3:1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.

2Timothy 4:3-4 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, ⁴and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

46.4. Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Have ye thought on all that ye invoke beside Allah? Show me what they have created of the earth. Or have they any portion in the heavens? Bring me a scripture before this (Scripture), or some vestige of knowledge (in support of what ye say), if ye are truthful.

46.5. And who is further astray than those who, instead of Allah, pray unto such as hear not their prayer until the Day of Resurrection, and are unconscious of their prayer,

46.6. And when mankind are gathered (to the Judgment) will become enemies for them, and will become deniers of having been worshipped.

See Nehemiah 9:6 at ayat 44.9 in Surah 44 and Acts 4:12 at ayat 45.20 in Surah 45 above.

Psalm 115:4-8 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. ⁵They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see. ⁶They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell. ⁷They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat. ⁸Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them.

Psalm 96:5 For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.

Jeremiah 16:19 O LORD, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble, to you shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: “Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit.

Jeremiah 10:11 Thus shall you say to them: “The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”

James 2:19 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!

46.7. And when Our clear revelations are recited unto them, those who disbelieve say of the Truth when it reacheth them: This is mere magic.

46.8. Or say they: He hath invented it? Say (O Muhammad): If I have invented it, still ye have no power to support me against Allah. He is Best Aware of what ye say among yourselves concerning it. He sufficeth for a witness between me and you. And He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

46.9. Say: I am no new thing among the messengers (of Allah), nor know I what will be done with me or with you. I do but follow that which is inspired in me, and I am but a plain warner.

See 2Chronicles 36:16 at ayat 10.39 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 10 (No. Q010).

Romans 8:31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Amos 3:7 For the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.

Daniel 2:22 he reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.

Refer to 2 Peter 1:20-21 at ayat 20.6 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 20 (No. Q020).

46.10. Bethink you: If it is from Allah and ye disbelieve therein, and a witness of the Children of Israel hath already testified to the like thereof and hath believed, and ye are too proud (what plight is yours)? Lo! Allah guideth not wrong-doing folk.

Refer to 2Timothy 3:16 and Deuteronomy 29:29 at ayat 20.6 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 20 (No. Q020).

Isaiah 8:20 To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn

Jeremiah 6:16 Thus says the LORD: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

46.11. And those who disbelieve say of those who believe: If it had been (any) good, they would not have been before us in attaining it. And since they will not be guided by it, they say: This is an ancient lie;

Job 28:28 And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

Psalm 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

46.12. When before it there was the Scripture of Moses, an example and a mercy; and this is a confirming Scripture in the Arabic language, that it may warn those who do wrong and bring good tidings for the righteous.

Isaiah 42:21 The LORD was pleased, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify his law and make it glorious.

Romans 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

Refer to:

2Timothy 3:16 at ayat 20.6 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 20 (No. Q020); and Matthew 5:17 at ayat 30.30 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 30 (No. Q030).

The Quran is the confirmation of the OT and the NT. Those who do not study the earlier Scriptures and are not guided by the Holy Spirit cannot understand the Koran.

Ecclesiastes 12:13 The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

Mark 16:16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

See Romans 2:7-8 at ayat 45.15 in Surah 45 above.

46.13. Lo! those who say: Our Lord is Allah, and thereafter walk aright, there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.

46.14. Such are rightful owners of the Garden, immortal therein, as a reward for what they used to do.

Job 17:9 Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.

Isaiah 41:10 fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

1Peter 1:5 who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Refer to Revelation 20:6 at ayat 11.108 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 11 (Q011).

46.15. And We have commended unto man kindness toward parents. His mother beareth him with reluctance, and bringeth him forth with reluctance, and the bearing of him and the weaning of him is thirty months, till, when he attaineth full strength and reacheth forty years, he saith: My Lord! Arouse me that I may give thanks for the favour wherewith Thou hast favoured me and my parents, and that I may do right acceptable unto Thee. And be gracious unto me in the matter of my seed. Lo! I have turned unto Thee repentant, and lo! I am of those who surrender (unto Thee).

Exodus 20:12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 5:16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Samuel was handed to the High Priest after he had been weaned by his mother so he could have been 3 to 4 years old at that time. 2Macabees 7:27 states “I carried you nine months in my womb, and nursed you for three years, and have reared you and brought you up to this point in your life, and have taken care of you”

Once you were twenty and above you were considered as eligible for the army, during the time of Moses.

Nineveh was given 40 days to repent and they did. Judah had 40 years to repent and they did not. Having reached forty years of age it is high time for man to repent of his past and return to his maker. He should give thanks to God for all his favors and all his blessings. He has passed the mid point in his life and he is now on the downhill slope of his life. Life is a passing breeze that may not return. Time to ponder and reflect on the consequences of his deeds and to live in compliance with the laws and ordinances of God.

46.16. Those are they from whom We accept the best of what they do, and overlook their evil deeds. (They are) among the owners of the Garden. This is the true promise which they were promised (in the world).

1John 3:22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

Hebrews 13:21 equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Revelation 5:10 and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.”

46.17. And whoso saith unto his parents: Fie upon you both! Do ye threaten me that I shall be brought forth (again) when generations before me have passed away? And they twain cry unto Allah for help (and say): Woe unto thee! Believe! Lo! the promise of Allah is true. But he saith: This is naught save fables of the men of old:

46.18. Such are those on whom the Word concerning nations of the jinn and mankind which have passed away before them hath effect. Lo! they are the losers.

See Ezekiel 37:4-6 at ayat 45.26 in Surah 45 above.

Exodus 21:17 Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death.

Leviticus 20:9 For anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him.

Hebrews 9:27 And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,

Galatians 6:8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

Refer to:

Habakkuk 2:3 at ayat 18.82 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 18 (No. Q018); 2Peter 3:9 at ayat 19.80 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 19 (No. Q019); and John 5:28-29 at ayat 20.55 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 20 (No. Q020).

46.19. And for all there will be ranks from what they do, that He may pay them for their deeds; and they will not be wronged.

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Proverbs 11:19 Whoever is steadfast in righteousness will live, but he who pursues evil will die.

Revelation 22:12 Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done.

46.20. And on the day when those who disbelieve are exposed to the Fire (it will be said): Ye squandered your good things in the life of the world and sought comfort therein. Now this day ye are rewarded with the doom of ignominy because ye were disdainful in the land without a right, and because ye used to transgress.

Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

2Timothy 4:4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

See Ecclesiastes 12:13 at ayat 46.12, Galatians 6:8 at ayat 46.18 and Matthew 25:41 at ayat 45.11 in Surah 45 above.

Also refer to 1John 2:16-17 at ayat 18.8 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 18 (No. Q018).

46.21. And make mention (O Muhammad) of the brother of A'ad when he warned his folk among the wind-curved sandhills - and verily warners came and went before and after him - saying: Serve none but Allah. Lo! I fear for you the doom of a tremendous Day.

46.22. They said: Hast come to turn us away from our gods? Then bring upon us that wherewith thou threatenest us, if thou art of the truthful.

46.23. He said: The knowledge is with Allah only. I convey unto you that wherewith I have been sent, but I see you are a folk that know not.

46.24. Then, when they beheld it as a dense cloud coming toward their valleys, they said: Here is a cloud bringing us rain. Nay, but it is that which ye did seek to hasten, a wind wherein is painful torment,

46.25. Destroying all things by commandment of its Lord. And morning found them so that naught could be seen save their dwellings. Thus do We reward the guilty folk.

46.26. And verily We had empowered them with that wherewith We have not empowered you, and had assigned them ears and eyes and hearts; but their ears and eyes and hearts availed them naught since they denied the revelations of Allah; and what they used to mock befell them.

46.27. And verily We have destroyed townships round about you, and displayed (for them) Our revelation, that haply they might return.

46.28. Then why did those whom they had chosen for gods as a way of approach (unto Allah) not help them? Nay, but they did fail them utterly. And (all) that was their lie, and what they used to invent.

Messengers are sent to warn their people to turn from their evil ways and worship only the One True God. But people do not repent and end up reaping the consequences of their wrong deeds.

See 2Chronicles 36:16 at ayat 10.39 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 10 (No. Q010).

Revelation 16:11 and cursed the God of heaven for their pain and sores. They did not repent of their deeds.

Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

Mankind is on the high road to his own destruction. They have refused to repent in the past and God has told us that they will not repent in the near future.

Refer to:

Habakkuk 2:3 at ayat 18.82 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 18 (No. Q018); and 2Peter 3:9 at ayat 19.80 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 19 (No. Q019).

The fulfillment of God’s prophesies will surely come. Meantime it may seem that the messengers are wrong. The messengers deliver their warnings as instructed but they do not know the hour or the day when the prophesied calamity will take place. God allows man time to repent of his deeds but man thinks that the calamity will never come. God’s promises are true and His purpose will stand.

Ecclesiastes 8:11 Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.

Deuteronomy 11:16 Take care lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them

1Samuel 12:21 And do not turn aside after empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty.

Jeremiah 2:11 Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.

46.29. And when We inclined toward thee (Muhammad) certain of the jinn, who wished to hear the Qur'an and, when they were in its presence, said: Give ear! and, when it was finished, turned back to their people, warning.

The “jinn” here refers to the clever gentiles such as the Jews and other gentile nations permitting the preaching of the gospel and Koran in their nations during the time of the apostles and the church. There was a tradition among the apostles that also some of the demons repented and that was why the church was allowed entry to some cities. Becca may have been so entrenched with demons that they did not repent until the church was placed there and never really repented in the majority. Then they used the Hadith to destroy the faith there or drive it undergound which happened after the deaths of Ali and Hussein.

46.30. They said: O our people! Lo! we have heard a scripture which hath been revealed after Moses, confirming that which was before it, guiding unto the truth and a right road.

The Qur’an is confirmation of Scripture that went before it. It is a summary and commentary on the OT and the NT.

Refer to 2Timothy 3:16 and Deuteronomy 29:29 at ayat 20.6 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 20 (No. Q020).

46.31. O our people! respond to Allah's summoner and believe in Him. He will forgive you some of your sins and guard you from a painful doom.

46.32. And whoso respondeth not to Allah's summoner he can nowise escape in the earth, and he hath no protecting friends instead of Him. Such are in error manifest.

Deuteronomy 18:15 The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen

Acts 3:22 Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you.

Luke 10:16 “The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

John 12:48 The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

Isaiah 63:5 I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled, but there was no one to uphold; so my own arm brought me salvation, and my wrath upheld me.

Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Psalm 33:20 Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.

46.33. Have they not seen that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth and was not wearied by their creation, is Able to give life to the dead? Aye, He verily is Able to do all things.

Isaiah 40:28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.

1Samuel 2:6 The LORD kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.

Romans 4:17 as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.

Jeremiah 32:17 Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.

Mark 10:27 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”

See Ezekiel 37:4-6 at ayat 45.26 in Surah 45 above.

46.34. And on the day when those who disbelieve are exposed to the Fire (they will be asked): Is not this real? They will say: Yea, by our Lord. He will say: Then taste the doom for that ye disbelieved.
46.35. Then have patience (O Muhammad) even as the stout of heart among the messengers (of old) had patience, and seek not to hasten on (the doom) for them. On the day when they see that which they are promised (it will seem to them) as though they had tarried but an hour of daylight. A clear message. Shall any be destroyed save evil-living folk?

Refer to:

Psalm 28:4 at ayat 10.70 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 10 (No. Q010); Revelation 20:11-12 at ayat 17.15 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017); Habakkuk 2:3 at ayat 18.82 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 18 (No. Q018) and 2Peter 3:9 at ayat 19.80 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 19 (No. Q019).

Lamentations 3:64 You will repay them, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

Romans 2:6 He will render to each one according to his works.

Thus the Ha Mim are a complete warning sequence of the faith and the entry to the Resurrections; both the First of the elect and the Second of those to be reeducated.

There is one Lord, one Faith and one Baptism and anyone who teaches against the faith and the Scriptures will be consigned to the Second Resurrection.

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