Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017)

Pickthall’s Translation, English Standard Version used unless otherwise noted.

Introduction

Surah 17 “Bani Israel” begins and ends with references to the Israelites as “Children of Israel.” In verse 1 the Prophet relates his vision where he was carried by night on a steed from Becca /Madinah to the location of the Temple at Jerusalem: Hence the alternate title of “Night Journey.”

At this time the Temple Mount had become a rubbish tip under the Trinitarian Christians who did not understand the faith at all. It would take the moblisation of Islam under Omar to retake it and to clean it up. This text was to make the reclamation possible and show it was necessary.

Here we refer back to the laws of Moses and the Scriptures. It seems that this recurrent theme is because the Arabs simply will not accept Scripture, and it is so to this very day. The lineage of the Faith from Noah through Shem to Abraham and thence to Moses and the Israelites to the prophets and Messiah and the Churches of God is a constant theme, as we will see later in the texts on The Ranks and Those Who Set The Ranks.

Like Trinitarian Christianity, Islam does not study even the Koran, and they have no idea of the Scriptures. They in fact blasphemously teach that God has allowed the Scriptures to be lost and destroyed. Most of Islam is being taught, by Paganised Baal worshippers, that when they die they go to heaven and those that die in battle then are gifted seventy-two virgins. Yet the Koran clearly tells those deluded people again and again that they are to work for the resurrections of the dead to the Gardens of Paradise (see above Surahs and below). Many are called but few are chosen. Even two of the last divisions of the Churches of God are excluded from the First Resurrection due to their Binitarian/Ditheism and the keeping of the Babylonian intercalations and the Hillel Calendar, as was done at Becca under the worship of Hu-Bal according to the calendar under the control of the Bani Kinana of the Qureysh (see the paper Role of the Fourth Commandment in the Historical Sabbath-keeping Churches of God (No. 170)).

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17.1. Glorified be He Who carried His servant by night from the Inviolable Place of Worship to the Far distant place of worship the neighbourhood whereof We have blessed, that We might show him of Our tokens! Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Seer.

Jerusalem is the Central Place of Worship appointed by God.

Zechariah 8:3 Thus says the Lord: I have returned to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain.

Isaiah 62:2-3 The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will give. ³You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

Jeremiah 17:10 “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”

Proverbs 15:3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

Hebrews 4:13 And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Psalm 34:15 The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry.

Zechariah 2:8-12 shows clearly that the Lord of Hosts is to send Messiah (who was the Angel speaking to Zechariah) to Jerusalem and to reclaim Zion, for he who touches Jerusalem touches the apple of his (my) eye. Jerusalem and the Temple Mount will be the centre of worship for the whole world at the return of the Messiah. The nations will join themselves to the Lord in that day and they will know that Eloah as Lord of Hosts has sent Messiah to them and Judah will control Jerusalem under the Messiah.

This is Scripture and Scripture cannot be broken (Jn. 10:34-36). At this time the elect will all be elohim as sons of God.

17.2. We gave unto Moses the Scripture, and We appointed it a guidance for the children of Israel, saying: Choose no guardian beside Me.

Acts 7:38 This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. He received living oracles to give to us.

John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Malachi 4:4 “Remember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.

Exodus 20:3 “You shall have no other gods before me.

17.3. (They were) the seed of those whom We carried (in the ship) along with Noah. Lo! he was a grateful slave.

Here the Surah ties Noah into the sequence with Moses and the children of Israel.

2Peter 2:5 If he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly,

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.

All mankind living now are the seed of Noah as are the children of Israel.

17.4. And We decreed for the Children of Israel in the Scripture: Ye verily will work corruption in the earth twice, and ye will become great tyrants.

2Kings 17:6-7 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria, and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. ⁷And this occurred because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods.

Ezekiel 39:23 And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity, because they dealt so treacherously with me that I hid my face from them and gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they all fell by the sword.

Jeremiah 23:3-6 Then I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply. ⁴I will set shepherds over them who will care for them, and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, declares the LORD. ⁵"Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. ⁶In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: 'The LORD is our righteousness.'

Judah went into captivity on two occasions: once to Babylon and then they were sent into captivity by the Roman army. It happened to them because of their sin. Israel went into exile after they sinned against the LORD. Modern day Israel has done it again and will go into captivity to the Beast power but then Messiah will take it all captive from Jerusalem.

17.5. So when the time for the first of the two came, We roused against you slaves of Ours of great might who ravaged (your) country, and it was a threat performed.

Deuteronomy 31:29 For I know that after my death you are sure to become utterly corrupt and to turn from the way I have commanded you. In days to come, disaster will fall on you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD and arouse his anger by what your hands have made."

Judah was exiled to Babylon as God had foretold them through His prophets. The ten tribes of Israel were taken into captivity in 722 BCE by the Assyrians and dispersed north of the Araxes. Judah was sent to the Babylonians in order that the Temple would stand until Messiah came. So also was the Temple built in Egypt under Onias IV so Messiah could be there and be called out of Egypt.

17.6. Then we gave you once again your turn against them, and We aided you with wealth and children and made you more in soldiery.

17.7. (Saying): If ye do good, ye do good for your own souls, and if ye do evil, it is for them (in like manner). So, when the time for the second (of the judgments) came (We roused against you others of Our slaves) to ravage you, and to enter the Temple even as they entered it the first time, and to lay waste all that they conquered with an utter wasting.

Luke 21:20 “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.

They were sent into captivity the second time after Jerusalem was destroyed by the Roman armies. See the CCG paper War with Rome and the Fall of the Temple (No. 298).

17.8. It may be that your Lord will have mercy on you, but if ye repeat (the crime) We shall repeat (the punishment), and We have appointed hell a dungeon for the disbelievers.

This text was not just for the children of Israel. Here it had already happened to Israel. God was speaking through the Prophet to the Arabs and also to Israel which at this time had been placed in its foreign lands. Judah was spread throughout the Arab peoples in North Africa and the Middle East as well as Iran and into Europe and into China.

The Hell here is the Scriptural Sheol as the grave or pit.

Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the LORD, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.

Hebrews 10:26-27 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, ²⁷but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.

17.9. Lo! this Qur'an guideth unto that which is straightest, and giveth tidings unto the believers who do good works that theirs will be a great reward.

The text is to all of the faith no matter where they are.

Refer to 2Timothy 3:16-17 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 10 (No. Q010).

Matthew 7:14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

Psalm 16:11 You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Proverbs 4:26 Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure.

17.10. And that those who believe not in the Hereafter, for them We have prepared a painful doom.

The faith centres on the Resurrections of the Dead and those that think they can attain to heaven through an eternal soul are infidels.

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

Revelation 21:8 But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.

Refer to Revelation 20:11-15 below at ayat 15.

17.11. Man prayeth for evil as he prayeth for good; for man was ever hasty.

Proverbs 21:5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

Proverbs 18:13 If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.

Proverbs 25:8 do not hastily bring into court, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Proverbs 29:20 Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Ecclesiastes 5:2 Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

Proverbs 11:14 Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

17.12. And We appoint the night and the day two portents. Then We make dark the portent of the night, and We make the portent of the day sight-giving, that ye may seek bounty from your Lord, and that ye may know the computation of the years, and the reckoning; and everything have We expounded with a clear expounding.

Genesis 1:14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years,

Psalm 104:23 Man goes out to his work and to his labor until the evening.

Amos 5:8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: (KJV)

Psalm 104:19 He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting.

God has made known to man how to compute the months and the years so we can come into His presence and worship Him correctly according to His sacred calendar (see the paper Hebrew and Islamic Calendar Reconciled (No. 053); and God’s Calendar (No. 156)).

17.13. And every man's augury have We fastened to his own neck, and We shall bring forth for him on the Day of Resurrection a book which he will find wide open.

Note the reference to the Day of Resurrection and Judgment. There is no room for heaven and hell in this theology.

Proverbs 10:16 The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.

Proverbs 11:18 The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.

Isaiah 3:10-11 Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds. ¹¹Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.

Ezekiel 18:20 The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

17.14. (And it will be said unto him): Read thy Book. Thy soul sufficeth as reckoner against thee this day.

17.15. Whosoever goeth right, it is only for (the good of) his own soul that he goeth right, and whosoever erreth, erreth only to its hurt. No laden soul can bear another's load, We never punish until we have sent a messenger.

Ezekiel 18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.

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

Jeremiah 31:30 But everyone shall die for his own iniquity. Each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

Amos 3:6-7 Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster come to a city, unless the LORD has done it? ⁷"For the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.

God warns through His messengers and those who do not heed the warning will die and be retaught in the Second Resurrection.

Revelation 20:11-15 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. ¹²And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. ¹³And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. ¹⁴Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. ¹⁵And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

17.16. And when We would destroy a township We send commandment to its folk who live at ease, and afterward they commit abomination therein, and so the Word (of doom) hath effect for it, and we annihilate it with complete annihilation.

At the return of the Messiah and the Resurrection of the elect we will see every centre of false worship on earth destroyed and Jerusalem established and rebuilt as the centre of worship. All nations will send their representatives to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of Tabernacles or they will be punished with no rain in due season and the plagues of Egypt (Zec. 14: 16-19). If the nations do not keep the Sabbaths and New Moons they will be put to death (Isa. 66:23) as the Sabbaths are tied to the Covenant (cf. S4:154).

Genesis 6:13 And God said to Noah, "I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Deuteronomy 11:4 and what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and to their chariots, how he made the water of the Red Sea flow over them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD has destroyed them to this day,

Jude 1:7 just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

Ezekiel 7:2-3 "And you, O son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. ³Now the end is upon you, and I will send my anger upon you; I will judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations.

Ezekiel 22:31 Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned their way upon their heads, declares the Lord GOD."

17.17. How many generations have We destroyed since Noah! And Allah sufficeth as Knower and Beholder of the sins of His slaves.

See Genesis 6:13; Deuteronomy 11:4 and Jude 1:7 above. The inhabitants of Canaan, the Midianites and many more have been destroyed and made captive.

Refer also to Hebrews 4:13 at 17.1 above.

Ecclesiastes 7:20 Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

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

Those that do not repent and seek forgiveness for their sins will eventually be destroyed. God has destroyed many generations from the time of Noah who did not heed the warnings of the messengers sent to them and repent of their sins.

17.18. Whoso desireth that (life) which hasteneth away, We hasten for him therein what We will for whom We please. And afterward We have appointed for him hell; he will endure the heat thereof, condemned, rejected.

The text refers to death and then the correction of the Second Resurrection and if they do not repent they will die and be burned in the Lake of Fire which is the result of the Second Death.

John 12:25 Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

1John 2:16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.

Psalm 39:4 "O LORD, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!

Psalm 144:4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

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

John 5:28-29 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice ²⁹and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

17.19. And whoso desireth the Hereafter and striveth for it with the effort necessary, being a believer; for such, their effort findeth favour (with their Lord).

These are they that find the reward of the First Resurrection.

2Timothy 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.

1Peter 5:4 And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

1Corinthians 9:24-25 You know that in a race all the runners run but only one wins the prize, don't you? You must run in such a way that you may be victorious. ²⁵Everyone who enters an athletic contest practices self-control in everything. They do it to win a wreath that withers away, but we run to win a prize that never fades. (ISV)

Revelation 3:11 I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.

17.20. Each do We supply, both these and those, from the bounty of thy Lord. And the bounty of thy Lord can never be walled up.

Psalm 104:28 When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.

Psalm 65:11 You crown the year with your bounty; your wagon tracks overflow with abundance.

Psalm 145:16 You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.

Malachi 3:10 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.

17.21. See how We prefer one of them above another, and verily the Hereafter will be greater in degrees and greater in preferment.

There is thus a structure to the Government of God.

Refer to Jeremiah 17:10 at ayat 17.1 above.

Romans 2:6-8 He will render to each one according to his works: ⁷to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; ⁸but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.

Romans 8:18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

2Corinthians 4:17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,

17.22. Set not up with Allah any other god (O man) lest thou sit down reproved, forsaken.

Luke 4:8 And Jesus answered him, “It is written, "'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.”

Deuteronomy 10:20 And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

17.23. Thy Lord hath decreed, that ye worship none save Him, and (that ye show) kindness to parents. If one of them or both of them attain old age with thee, say not "Fie" unto them nor repulse them, but speak unto them a gracious word.

Thus we are to honour the Fifth Commandment.

Deuteronomy 6:13 It is the LORD your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear.

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.

Matthew 15:4 Because God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'Whoever curses father or mother must certainly be put to death.' (ISV)

1Timothy 5:8 But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

1Timothy 5:4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

1Timothy 5:1 Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers,

17.24. And lower unto them the wing of submission through mercy, and say: My Lord! Have mercy on them both as they did care for me when I was little.

Leviticus 19:32 You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

17.25. Your Lord is Best Aware of what is in your minds. If ye are righteous, then lo! He was ever Forgiving unto those who turn (unto Him).

Refer to Jeremiah 17:10 at ayat 17.1 above.

Psalm 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!

Psalm 130:4 But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.

Psalm 86:5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.

17.26. Give the kinsman his due, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and squander not (thy wealth) in wantonness.

See 1Timothy 5:8 at ayat 17.23 above.

Acts 20:35 In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

Proverbs 19:17 Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed.

Deuteronomy 15:11 For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, 'You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.'

Hebrews 13:16 Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

17.27. Lo! the squanderers were ever brothers of the devils, and the devil was ever an ingrate to his Lord.

Proverbs 21:20 Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man's dwelling, but a foolish man devours it.

2Corinthians 9:6-7 The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. ⁷Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

Proverbs 29:3 He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

Proverbs 28:7 The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.

Galatians 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, ²⁰idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, ²¹envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

1Samuel 15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has also rejected you from being king.”

17.28. But if thou turn away from them, seeking mercy from thy Lord, for which thou hopest, then speak unto them a reasonable word.

Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 15:4 A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

1Peter 2:18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.

Psalm 40:11 As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!

Lamentations 3:22 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;

17.29. And let not thy hand be chained to thy neck nor open it with a complete opening, lest thou sit down rebuked, denuded.

Proverbs 11:24 One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

Philippians 4:5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand;

Aid thus must be given but must not be reckless.

17.30. Lo! thy Lord enlargeth the provision for whom He will, and straiteneth (it for whom He will). Lo, He was ever Knower, Seer of His slaves.

Philippians 4:19 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

2Corinthians 9:10 He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

See Psalm 34:15 in ayat 17.1 above.

17.31. Slay not your children, fearing a fall to poverty, We shall provide for them and for you. Lo! the slaying of them is great sin.

It is thus sin and must bring judgement on all nations.

Exodus 20:13 "You shall not murder.

Matthew 5:21 "You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.'

Luke 12:24 Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!

Psalm 145:15-16 The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season. ¹⁶You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.

We are not to pass our children through the fire to Molech or to Chemosh, the gods of the Moabites, or to Baal and the goddess Easter, nor abort them for convenience. The Ka’aba was the centre of the worship of Baal as HuBal and the goddess and the Venus star as we see on the centres of worship.

17.32. And come not near unto adultery. Lo! it is an abomination and an evil way.

Exodus 20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.

Matthew 5:27 You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.'

1Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil. (KJV)

17.33. And slay not the life which Allah hath forbidden save with right. Whoso is slain wrongfully, We have given power unto his heir, but let him not commit excess in slaying. Lo! he will be helped.

The Avenger of Blood is given power under the law (see the Law and the Sixth Commandment (No. 259)).

Exodus 23:7 Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

Genesis 9:5-6 And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man. ⁶"Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.

Exodus 21:12-14 Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death. ¹³But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee. ¹⁴But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

Deuteronomy 19:11-13 But if anyone hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and attacks him and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities, ¹²then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die. ¹³Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, so that it may be well with you.

17.34. Come not near the wealth of the orphan save with that which is better till he come to strength; and keep the covenant. Lo! of the covenant it will be asked.

Exodus 20:17 "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's."

Exodus 22:22 You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child.

Malachi 3:5 "Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.

17.35. Fill the measure when ye measure, and weigh with a right balance; that is meet, and better in the end.

Deuteronomy 25:15 You must have honest weights and measuring devices, so you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is about to give you, (ISV)

Leviticus 19:36 You are to maintain just balances and reliable standards for weights, dry volumes, and liquid volumes. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. (ISV)

Proverbs 20:10 Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.

17.36. (O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart - of each of these it will be asked.

Proverbs 19:2 Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way.

Romans 14:12 So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.

2Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

17.37. And walk not in the earth exultant. Lo! thou canst not rend the earth, nor canst thou stretch to the height of the hills.

17.38. The evil of all that is hateful in the sight of thy Lord.

1Samuel 2:3 Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

Romans 12:3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.

Proverbs 8:13 The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.

Isaiah 2:22 Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he?

Isaiah 13:11 I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant, and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.

The texts are thus simple restatements of the law.

17.39. This is (part) of that wisdom wherewith thy Lord hath inspired thee (O Muhammad). And set not up with Allah any other god, lest thou be cast into hell, reproved, abandoned.

Refer to 2Timothy 3:16-17 and Deuteronomy 29:29 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 10 (No. Q010).

Deuteronomy 8:19 And if you forget the LORD your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I solemnly warn you today that you shall surely perish.

17.40. Hath your Lord then distinguished you (O men of Makka) by giving you sons, and hath chosen for Himself females from among the angels? Lo! verily ye speak an awful word!

Psalm 127:3 Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Deuteronomy 28:4 Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock.

Matthew 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

Revelation 22:9 but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”

There is no gender among the angelic Host.

17.41. We verily have displayed (Our warnings) in this Qur'an that they may take heed, but it increaseth them in naught save aversion.

Ezekiel 3:20-21 Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, but his blood I will require at your hand. ²¹But if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning, and you will have delivered your soul.

1Corinthians 10:11 Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.

1Corinthians 10:6 Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did.

Psalm 53:2-3 God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. ³They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.

Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

The Messiah has thus borne all our sins.

There are very few who understand and are called. One cannot understand the faith without the Holy Spirit leading them and to do that they must be baptised to be converted. It is Allah’ that baptises with conversion through the Holy Spirit after baptism and the laying on of hands.

17.42. Say (O Muhammad, to the disbelievers): If there were other gods along with Him, as they say, then had they sought a way against the Lord of the Throne.

17.43. Glorified is He, and High Exalted above what they say!

17.44. The seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein praise Him, and there is not a thing but hymneth His praise; but ye understand not their praise. Lo! He is ever Clement, Forgiving.

Isaiah 45:5 I am the LORD, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me,

Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

1Samuel 2:2 There is none holy like the LORD: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God.

Isaiah 40:25 To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? says the Holy One.

1Chronicles 29:11-12 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all. ¹²Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.

Psalm 96:4 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.

Psalm 86:5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.

17.45. And when thou recitest the Qur'an we place between thee and those who believe not in the Hereafter a hidden barrier;

One cannot understand Scripture without the Holy Spirit. There is a barrier placed by God to the understanding of those that are not called and chosen.

Psalm 125:2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore.

Psalm 139:5 You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.

One cannot receive the Holy Spirit unless we are baptised as a repentant adult and have hands laid on you for the Holy Spirit. That is why the world does not understand either Scripture or the Koran and we speak to them in parables lest they see and hear and understand before their time.

It is now time to deal with all nations before the coming of the Messiah.

17.46. And We place upon their hearts veils lest they should understand it, and in their ears a deafness; and when thou makest mention of thy Lord alone in the Qur'an, they turn their backs in aversion.

Isaiah 6:9 And he said, "Go, and say to this people: "'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.'

John 12:40 "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them."

Romans 11:8 as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, down to this very day."

Jeremiah 32:33 They have turned to me their back and not their face. And though I have taught them persistently, they have not listened to receive instruction.

Everyone who wilfully refuses instruction will suffer punishment.

17.47. We are Best Aware of what they wish to hear when they give ear to thee and when they take secret counsel, when the evil-doers say: Ye follow but a man bewitched.

17.48. See what similitudes they coin for thee, and thus are all astray, and cannot find a road!

2Timothy 4:3 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,

Matthew 7:13-14 Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. ¹⁴for the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

See 2Peter 1:21 at ayat 17.89 below.

17.49. And they say: When we are bones and fragments, shall we forsooth, be raised up as a new creation?

17.50. Say: Be ye stones or iron

17.51. Or some created thing that is yet greater in your thoughts! Then they will say: Who shall bring us back (to life). Say: He Who created you at the first. Then will they shake their heads at thee, and say: When will it be? Say: It will perhaps be soon;

17.52. A day when He will call you and ye will answer with His praise, and ye will think that ye have tarried but a little while.

The High Priest of God is Messiah as High Priest of the order of Melchisedek (cf. Commentary on Hebrews (No. F058)) and upon his return are we all dependent for the Resurrection of the Just.

1Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.

Isaiah 26:19 Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.

Ezekiel 37:4-10 Then he said to me, "Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. ⁵Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. ⁶And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the LORD." ⁷So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. ⁸And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But there was no breath in them. ⁹Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live." ¹⁰So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.

1Corinthians 15:51-52 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, ⁵²in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.

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See John 5:28 at ayat 17.18 above.

17.53. Tell My bondmen to speak that which is kindlier. Lo! the devil soweth discord among them. Lo! the devil is for man an open foe.

Proverbs 15:4 A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 6:16-19 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him: ¹⁷haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, ¹⁸a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, ¹⁹a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Romans 16:17-18 I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. ¹⁸For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

1Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

17.54. Your Lord is Best Aware of you. If He will, He will have mercy on you, or if He will, He will punish you. We have not sent thee (O Muhammad) as a warden over them.

Romans 9:15 For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."

The messenger’s duty is just to convey the message. The church however has power to deliver the open sinner to the world so that his life might be saved in the Last Days (1Cor. 5:5).

17.55. And thy Lord is Best Aware of all who are in the heavens and the earth. And we preferred some of the prophets above others, and unto David We gave the Psalms.

Refer to Hebrews 4.13 at ayat 17.1 above.

So also some were killed in terrible ways.

Amos 3:7 “Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets”

Surah 4 Ayat 163 (Pickthall) Lo! We inspire thee as We inspired Noah and the prophets after him, as We inspired Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes, and Jesus and Job and Jonah and Aaron and Solomon, and as We imparted unto David the Psalms.

The Koran confirms the Scripture in the OT and the NT.

17.56. Say: Cry unto those (saints and angels) whom ye assume (to be gods) beside Him, yet they have no power to rid you of misfortune nor to change.

17.57. Those unto whom they cry seek the way of approach to their Lord, which of them shall be the nearest; they hope for His mercy and they fear His doom. Lo! the doom of thy Lord is to be shunned.

Psalm 82:6-7 I said, "You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you; ⁷nevertheless, like men you shall die, and fall like any prince."

Psalm 146:3-4 Do not look to nobles, nor to mere human beings who cannot save. ⁴When they stop breathing, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans evaporate! (ISV)

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

Romans 9:16 So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.

Matthew 10:28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

17.58. There is not a township but We shall destroy it ere the Day of Resurrection, or punish it with dire punishment. That is set forth in the Book (of Our decrees).

For the Second Resurrection all cities will be destroyed and the world prepared for the Resurrection as a Garden of Paradise and readied as a place of instruction and Judgment and then cleared for the City of God (No. 180).

2Peter 3:10-12 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. ¹¹Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, ¹²waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!

Proverbs 11:21 Be assured, an evil person will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.

Ecclesiastes 8:8 No man has power to retain the spirit, or power over the day of death. There is no discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it.

17.59. Naught hindereth Us from sending portents save that the folk of old denied them. And We gave Thamud the she-camel - a clear portent save to warn.

Job 42:2 I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

Luke 16:31 He said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.'

The tribe of Thamud were warned against ill treating the she camel by the messenger of God but they did not heed the warning and they were destroyed. This text is thus to the Arabs as well as the Bani Israel and refer to their judgment. In this sense, the sons of Aram are also linked to the city of the Iram as part of the greater Arab community. They were destroyed.

17.60. And (it was a warning) when we told thee: Lo! thy Lord encompasseth mankind, and We appointed the sight which We showed thee as an ordeal for mankind, and (likewise) the Accursed Tree in the Qur'an. We warn them, but it increaseth them in naught save gross impiety.

So also we see they are condemned for impiety. They have not repented.

Refer to Hebrews 4.13 at ayat 17.1 above.

Psalm 33:13-14 The LORD looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men; ¹⁴From His dwelling place He looks out On all the inhabitants of the earth, ¹⁵He who fashions the hearts of them all, He who understands all their works. (NASB)

This may also be a reference to the fig tree that was cursed by Messiah.

Matthew 21:19 And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" And the fig tree withered at once.

Romans 10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?"

Mankind is on trial during their lifetime as to whether they will bear the right fruit. Bearing no fruit or bad fruit gets them consigned to the Second Resurrection to face corrective judgment.

17.61. And when We said unto the angels: Fall down prostrate before Adam and they fell prostrate all save Iblis, he said: Shall I fall prostrate before that which Thou hast created of clay?

17.62. He said: Seest Thou this (creature) whom Thou hast honoured above me, if Thou give me grace until the Day of Resurrection I verily will seize his seed, save but a few.

16.63. He said: Go, and whosoever of them followeth thee - lo! hell will be your payment, ample payment.

17.64. And excite any of them whom thou canst with thy voice, and urge thy horse and foot against them, and be a partner in their wealth and children, and promise them. Satan promiseth them only to deceive.

Genesis 2:7 So the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground, breathed life into his lungs, and the man became a living being. (ISV).

Hebrews 1:7 Of the angels he says, "He makes his angels winds, and his ministers a flame of fire."

Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Revelation 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. (KJV)

Ayats 61 to 64 tell the story that when man was created, the angels were told to instruct and guide the human species in right living in compliance with the commandments and statutes of God. The loyal angelic Host agreed to do so but Satan and his troops refused. He asked for time for his punishment to be delayed until the general resurrection and he stated that he would seize all of Adam’s seed except the few that will not follow him. The Almighty God gave him his request. For deceiving mankind his reward will be his reduction to a physical being and be killed after the final rebellion and raised as a physical being in the Second Resurrection to face corrective judgment as the Bible clearly informs us. To mislead mankind Satan would make all kinds of promises, i.e. material wealth, children, power etc. to his minions and devotees to walk in his evil ways. Revelation 12:9 states he has deceived the whole world.

17.65. Lo! My (faithful) bondmen - over them thou hast no power, and thy Lord sufficeth as (their) guardian.

Over God’s faithful Satan would have no power as God would be their guardian. They are the elect as the Body of Messiah with the Holy Spirit.

Psalm 34:7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.

Psalm 4:3 But know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself; the LORD hears when I call to him.

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.

Read the whole of Psalm 91.

God gave the Psalms to David as stated also by the Koran.

17.66. (O mankind), your Lord is He Who driveth for you the ship upon the sea that ye may seek of His bounty. Lo! He was ever Merciful toward you.

17.67. And when harm toucheth you upon the sea, all unto whom ye cry (for succour) fail save Him (alone), but when He bringeth you safe to land, ye turn away, for man was ever thankless.

Psalm 107:23-30 Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters; ²⁴they saw the deeds of the LORD, his wondrous works in the deep. ²⁵For he commanded and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea. ²⁶They mounted up to heaven; they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their evil plight; ²⁷they reeled and staggered like drunken men and were at their wits' end. ²⁸Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. ²⁹He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed. ³⁰Then they were glad that the waters were quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven.

When their troubles come to an end mankind soon forgets and goes back to their familiar ways.

17.68. Feel ye then secure that He will not cause a slope of the land to engulf you, or send a sand-storm upon you, and then ye will find that ye have no protector?

17.69. Or feel ye secure that He will not return you to that (plight) a second time, and send against you a hurricane of wind and drown you for your thanklessness, and then ye will not find therein that ye have any avenger 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.

Without the Almighty God on his side how can man be secure at all times.

Ecclesiastes 9:11 Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.

Proverbs 21:30 No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the LORD.

Nothing will aid man against his maker. Loyalty, obedience and faith are required of him. See Proverbs 11:21 and Ecclesiastes 8:8 at ayat 17.58 above.

17.70. Verily we have honoured the Children of Adam. We carry them on the land and the sea, and have made provision of good things for them, and have preferred them above many of those whom We created with a marked preferment.

Psalm 8:4-8 what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? ⁵Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. ⁶You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, ⁷all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, ⁸the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

Philippians 4:19 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Psalm 145:15-16 The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season. ¹⁶You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.

17.71. On the day when We shall summon all men with their record, whoso is given his book in his right hand - such will read their book and they will not be wronged a shred.

17.72. Whoso is blind here will be blind in the Hereafter, and yet further from the road.

This refers to Matthew 25 verse 46. The righteous will be given their record in their right hand and rewarded with eternal life in the First Resurrection as Revelation 20 verse 6 says above. The blindness that blinds humanity will remain until it is removed in the Second Resurrection.

2Corinthians 3:14 But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away.

17.73. And they indeed strove hard to beguile thee (Muhammad) away from that wherewith We have inspired thee, that thou shouldst invent other than it against Us; and then would they have accepted thee as a friend.

Galatians 1:7-9 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. ⁸But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. ⁹As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. (KJV)

2Corinthians 11:4 For if someone comes along and preaches another Jesus than the one we preached, or should you receive a different spirit from the one you received or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you are all too willing to listen. (ISV)

James 4:4 You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

17.74. And if We had not made thee wholly firm thou mightest almost have inclined unto them a little.

Colossians 1:10-12 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. ¹¹May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, ¹²giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

1Corinthians 16:13 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

James 1:2-4 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, ³for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. ⁴And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

17.75. Then had we made thee taste a double (punishment) of living and a double (punishment) of dying, then hadst thou found no helper against Us.

This text refers to the Second Death.

Hebrews 6:4-6 For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, ⁵and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, ⁶and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.

2Peter 2:20-22 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. ²¹For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. ²²What the true proverb says has happened to them: "The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire."

Ezekiel 23:35 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, you yourself must bear the consequences of your lewdness and whoring.”

Those who go astray from the true path have no helper against God. They have to face the consequences of the Second Resurrection.

17.76. And they indeed wished to scare thee from the land that they might drive thee forth from thence, and then they would have stayed (there) but a little after thee.

17.77. (Such was Our) method in the case of those whom We sent before thee (to mankind), and thou wilt not find for Our method aught of power to change.

When people cannot persuade one that is called away from the true path, they do not want to associate with them. If they could they would want to expel them from the territory over which they have control or they may kill the saints as they did with the prophets before them.

1Kings 19:10 He said, "I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away."

Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!

1Thessalonians 2:15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: (KJV)

Psalm 135:6 Whatever the LORD pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.

Job 42:1-2 Then Job answered the LORD and said: ²"I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

17.78. Establish worship at the going down of the sun until the dark of night, and (the recital of) the Qur'an at dawn. Lo! (the recital of) the Qur'an at dawn is ever witnessed.

17.79. And some part of the night awake for it, a largess for thee. It may be that thy Lord will raise thee to a praised estate.

In this text we see the Mursal rewarded by being raised to a Muhammadan state. Thus the Introduction Q001 deals with this aspect of the name.

Daniel 6:10 When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously.

Psalm 55:17 Morning, noon, and night, I mulled over these things and cried out in my distress, and he heard my voice. (ISV)

Psalm 119:164 I praise you seven times a day because of your righteous ordinances. (ISV)

Galatians 6:9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

2Peter 1:10 Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.

17.80. And say: My Lord! Cause me to come in with a firm incoming and to go out with a firm outgoing. And give me from Thy presence a sustaining Power.

Psalm 37:30-31 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice. ³¹The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip.

Psalm 121:8 The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.

Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (KJV)

Psalm 28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

17.81. And say: Truth hath come and falsehood hath vanished away. Lo! falsehood is ever bound to vanish.

Proverbs 12:19 Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

John 8:32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

17.82. And We reveal of the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy for believers though it increase the evil-doers in naught save ruin.

17.83. And when We make life pleasant unto man, he turneth away and is averse; and when ill toucheth him he is in despair.

17.84. Say: Each one doth according to his rule of conduct, and thy Lord is Best Aware of him whose way is right.

Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Proverbs 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life.

Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. ⁶In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Psalm 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

John 16:13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

Psalm 10:5-6 His ways prosper at all times; your judgments are on high, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he puffs at them. ⁶He says in his heart, "I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.

When adversity or chastisement visits the arrogant they feel they do not deserve it and are sad.

Proverbs 16:2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the spirit.

17.85. They are asking thee concerning the Spirit. Say: The Spirit is by command of my Lord, and of knowledge ye have been vouchsafed but little.

17.86. And if We willed We could withdraw that which We have revealed unto thee, then wouldst thou find no guardian for thee against Us in respect thereof.

17.87. (It is naught) save mercy from thy Lord. Lo! His kindness unto thee was ever great.

17.88. Say: Verily, though mankind and the jinn should assemble to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like thereof though they were helpers one of another.

17.89. And verily We have displayed for mankind in this Qur'an all kind of similitudes, but most of mankind refuse aught save disbelief.

Most do not understand the function of the Holy Spirit. It is by the Spirit that understanding is conveyed, and it is when the person sins or strays from the faith that the Holy Spirit is removed. When one is obedient then more understanding in the Spirit is added to the person. Those who do not obey the Laws of God are not given understanding and what they have is removed as they sin further.

Refer to 2Timothy 3:16-17 and Deuteronomy 29:29 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 10 (No. Q010).

See also John 16:13 at ayat 17.84 above.

2Peter 1:20-21 First of all, you must understand this: No prophecy in Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, ²¹because no prophecy ever originated through a human decision. Instead, men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. (ISV)

Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

John 6:44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.

17.90. And they say: We will not put faith in thee till thou cause a spring to gush forth from the earth for us;

17.91. Or thou have a garden of date-palms and grapes, and cause rivers to gush forth therein abundantly;

17.92. Or thou cause the heaven to fall upon us piecemeal, as thou hast pretended, or bring Allah and the angels as a warrant;

17.93. Or thou have a house of gold; or thou ascend up into heaven, and even then we will put no faith in thine ascension till thou bring down for us a book that we can read. Say (O Muhammad): My Lord be Glorified! Am I aught save a mortal messenger?

17.94. And naught prevented mankind from believing when the guidance came unto them save that they said: Hath Allah sent a mortal as (His) messenger?

17.95. Say: If there were in the earth angels walking secure, We had sent down for them from heaven an angel as messenger.

The texts here refer to the Messiah and the signs that men sought from him. So also they seek signs from the Councils of the Churches of God.

Matthew 12:38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, "Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you."

Luke 11:29 When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, "This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

Luke 16:31 He said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.'

Romans 10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?"

Matthew 13:14 Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: "'"You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive."

The Israelites saw all the signs and miracles during the time of Moses. The people during the time of Christ saw many miracles. The effect is only on those called out to believe at this time. To the rest it will have no impact at all. Their minds have been blinded so they will see but will not perceive. Refer to John 12.40 and ayat 17.46 above.

17.96. Say: Allah sufficeth for a witness between me and you. Lo! He is Knower, Seer of His slaves.

Refer to Hebrews 4:13 at ayat 17.1 above.

Proverbs 5:21 For a man's ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his paths.

17.97. And he whom Allah guideth, he is led aright; while, as for him whom He sendeth astray, for them thou wilt find no protecting friends beside Him, and We shall assemble them on the Day of Resurrection on their faces, blind, dumb and deaf; their habitation will be hell; whenever it abateth, We increase the flame for them.

17.98. That is their reward because they disbelieved Our revelations and said: When we are bones and fragments shall we, forsooth, be raised up as a new creation?

17.99. Have they not seen that Allah Who created the heavens and the earth is Able to create the like of them, and hath appointed for them an end whereof there is no doubt? But the wrong-doers refuse aught save disbelief.

Romans 9:18 So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.

Psalm 37:23 The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way;

1Samuel 2:9 He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.

Psalm 25:12 Who is the man who fears the LORD? Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.

Proverbs 5:23 He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray.

The unbelievers do what seems right to them and end up further away from the true way and get sent to the Second Resurrection. Ayat 98 refers to Ezekiel's vision of the valley of dry bones (Ezek. 37:1–14). Man does not believe that he will be raised as a new creation in the resurrection because of all the lies they have been told.

17.100. Say (unto them): If ye possessed the treasures of the mercy of my Lord, ye would surely hold them back for fear of spending, for man was ever grudging.

Proverbs 11:24-25 One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. ²⁵Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.

Proverbs 28:27 Whoever gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.

17.101. And verily We gave unto Moses nine tokens, clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty). Do but ask the Children of Israel how he came unto them, then Pharaoh said unto him: Lo! I deem thee one bewitched, O Moses.

17.102. He said: In truth thou knowest that none sent down these (portents) save the Lord of the heavens and the earth as proofs, and lo! (for my part) I deem thee lost, O Pharaoh.

Nine clear proofs of Allah’s sovereignty are detailed in Exodus - Aaron’s Staff Becomes a Snake in Exodus 7, The Plague of Blood in Exodus 7, The Plague of Frogs in Exodus 7 & 8, The Plague of Gnats in Exodus 8, The Plague of Flies in Exodus 8, The Plague on Livestock in Exodus 9, The Plague of Boils in Exodus 9, The Plague of Hail in Exodus 9, The Plague of Locusts in Exodus 10, The Plague of Darkness in Exodus 10 and The Plague on the Firstborn in Exodus 11 and Moses’ hand turning leprous.

There are actually 12 but three were dismissed as magicians’ tricks and replicated by the Magicians and so the Koran counts the later nine. Pharaoh claimed Moses was possessed, but Moses refuted that, claiming they came about to prove the sovereignty of Allah. Refer to 2Peter 1:20-21 in ayat 17.89 above.

17.103. And he wished to scare them from the land, but We drowned him and those with him, all together.

The Egyptian records do not indicate that Pharaoh himself was actually drowned but his army certainly was drowned and the Koran says here he was drowned. He may have been salvaged.

Exodus 14:26-28 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen." ²⁷So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the LORD threw the Egyptians into the midst of the sea. ²⁸The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen; of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea, not one of them remained.

17.104. And We said unto the Children of Israel after him: Dwell in the land; but when the promise of the Hereafter cometh to pass We shall bring you as a crowd gathered out of various nations.

Joshua 21:43 Thus the LORD gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers. And they took possession of it, and they settled there.

Jeremiah 16:14-15 Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when it shall no longer be said, 'As the LORD lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,' ¹⁵but 'As the LORD lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the north country and out of all the countries where he had driven them.' For I will bring them back to their own land that I gave to their fathers.

17.105. With truth have We sent it down, and with truth hath it descended. And We have sent thee as naught else save a bearer of good tidings and a warner.

17.106. And (it is) a Qur'an that We have divided, that thou mayst recite it unto mankind at intervals, and We have revealed it by (successive) revelation.

17.107. Say: Believe therein or believe not, lo! those who were given knowledge before it, when it is read unto them, fall down prostrate on their faces, adoring,

17.108. Saying: Glory to our Lord! Verily the promise of our Lord must be fulfilled.

17.109. They fall down on their faces, weeping, and it increaseth humility in them.

17.110. Say (unto mankind): Cry unto Allah, or cry unto the Beneficent, unto whichsoever ye cry (it is the same). His are the most beautiful names. And thou (Muhammad), be not loud-voiced in thy worship nor yet silent therein, but follow a way between.

17.111. And say: Praise be to Allah, Who hath not taken unto Himself a son, and Who hath no partner in the Sovereignty, nor hath He any protecting friend through dependence. And magnify Him with all magnificence.

The Names of God in Islam (No. 054) are examined in relation to the Names of God (No. 116) and Etymology of the Names of God (No. 220) in the Bible. More Modern Islam claims the names are 100 but these are non-Scriptural variations. Verse 111 states that God did not take unto Himself a son in the sense of a being born by procreation. However, the purpose of the entire creation both spiritual and physical was to enable us all to become sons of God in the Spiritual sense linked to the One True God by the Holy Spirit.

Also in communication with the Father, when you pray do not do it to be seen of men but go into your private rooms and pray. Do not forsake gathering together but do not pray as the heathen by rote.

Hebrews 1:1-2 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, ²but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.

Ezekiel 3:17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.

See 2Timothy 3:16-17 and Deuteronomy 29:29 at ayat 89 above. See also 2Peter 2:5 at ayat 17.3 above.

Acts 17:11 Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Isaiah 46:8-10 "Remember this and stand firm, recall it to mind, you transgressors, ⁹remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, ¹⁰declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,'

Refer to 1Chronicles 29:11-12 at ayat 17.44 above.

God Almighty spoke the word and Christ came to be in the womb of Marium (cf. also Genesis 1:3, 6,9). Know ye not that we shall be gods (elohim or theoi), all of us, and Scripture cannot be broken (cf. Psalm 82:6; John 10:34-36). It is merely a matter of which resurrection by which we achieve it.

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