Commentary on the Koran: Surah 39 (No. Q039)

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

Introduction

Az-Zumar “The Troops” has its name derived from a peculiar word meaning troops or companies occurring in verses 71 and 73. Pickthall holds that it belongs manifestly to the Middle Group of Beccan Surahs although Noldeke places it in his last group and some authorities hold that verses 53 and 54 were revealed at Al-Madinah.

The text from verses 71 to 73 refers to the sequence of the Resurrections again where the elect are sent in companies or troops to the Garden of Paradise of the First Resurrection and the others are sent in troops to wait in the grave of Sheol or the pit to await the Second Resurrection. This basic and recurrent theme of the Koran is reinforced Surah after Surah so that there can be no doubt in the Arabs and those associated with them that the dead face judgment according to the Laws of God and the Faith and Testimony of the Scriptures under Messiah and the elect. Anyone claiming to be of the Faith and who says that when they die they go to heaven is a Baal worshipping infidel.

The text deals with the supremacy of the One True God in the creation and the fate of those within it.

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

39.2. Lo! We have revealed the Scripture unto thee (Muhammad) with truth; so worship Allah, making religion pure for Him (only).

39.3. Surely pure religion is for Allah only. And those who choose protecting friends beside Him (say): We worship them only that they may bring us near unto Allah. Lo! Allah will judge between them concerning that wherein they differ. Lo! Allah guideth not him who is a liar, an ingrate.

Refer to 2Timothy 3:16; Deuteronomy 29:29 and 2Peter 1:21 at ayat 20.6 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 20 (No. Q020).

Job 9:4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?

James 1:27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

Romans 2:13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

Titus 2:11-12 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, ¹²training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Deuteronomy 10:12 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,

Jeremiah 25:6 Do not go after other gods to serve and worship them, or provoke me to anger with the work of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.

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

During the Second Resurrection all raised to physical life will be given reeducation and training to lead them to repentance and all differences will be cleared up.

39.4. If Allah had willed to choose a son, He could have chosen what He would of that which He hath created. Be He Glorified! He is Allah, the One, the Absolute.

And indeed Allah did create the sons God in the Host and they do serve Him as will all mankind be sons of God.

Refer to Job 1:6; Job 2:1; Job 38: 4-7 and Psalm 33:9 at ayat 18.6 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 18 (No. Q018).

Revelation 4:11 “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”

God Almighty generated His many angelic sons by divine fiat and they serve and worship Him as will we all.

39.5. He hath created the heavens and the earth with truth. He maketh night to succeed day, and He maketh day to succeed night, and He constraineth the sun and the moon to give service, each running on for an appointed term. Is not He the Mighty, the Forgiver?

Exodus 20:11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Genesis 1:5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

Genesis 1:16 And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.

Psalm 65:8 so that those who dwell at the ends of the earth are in awe at your signs. You make the going out of the morning and the evening to shout for joy.

Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name, by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power not one is missing.

Psalm 19:6 Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them, and there is nothing hidden from its heat.

Daniel 9:9 To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him

Psalm 147:5 Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.

39.6. He created you from one being, then from that (being) He made its mate; and He hath provided for you of cattle eight kinds. He created you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, in a threefold gloom. Such is Allah, your Lord. His is the Sovereignty. There is no God save Him. How then are ye turned away?

Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Genesis 2:20-23 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. ²¹So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. ²²And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. ²³Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."

Psalm 139:13 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.

Ecclesiastes 11:5 As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

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.

Romans 3:11 no one understands; no one seeks for God.

Refer to 1Chronicles 29:11-12 at ayat 17.44 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

39.7. If ye are thankless, yet Allah is Independent of you, though He is not pleased with thanklessness for His bondmen; and if ye are thankful He is pleased therewith for you. No laden soul will bear another's load. Then unto your Lord is your return; and He will tell you what ye used to do. Lo! He knoweth what is in the breasts (of men).

Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless,

Psalm 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

Psalm 145:18 The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

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

Galatians 6:5 For each will have to bear his own load.

Refer to Jeremiah 17:10 at ayat 17.1; Revelation 20:12 at ayat 17.15 and Hebrews 9:27 at ayat 17.18 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

39.8. And when some hurt toucheth man, he crieth unto his Lord, turning unto Him (repentant). Then, when He granteth him a boon from Him he forgetteth that for which he cried unto Him before, and setteth up rivals to Allah that he may beguile (men) from his way. Say (O Muhammad, unto such an one): Take pleasure in thy disbelief a while. Lo! thou art of the owners of the Fire.

Psalm 53:3 They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.

Psalm 106:13 But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.

Judges 2:17 Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they whored after other gods and bowed down to them. They soon turned aside from the way in which their fathers had walked, who had obeyed the commandments of the LORD, and they did not do so.

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

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

Man only turns to God when adversity comes his way. When good times return he forgets God who blessed him and goes back to the traditions of his ancestors who worshipped the worthless idols of the nations around them. First the evildoers face death in this life and then in the Second Resurrection when they are raised to physical life they will face the toughest training camp that entails intensive corrective training to bring them to repentance. If they do not repent during the 100 years allocated for that purpose they face the second death and their bodies will be burnt in the lake of fire.

39.9. Is he who payeth adoration in the watches of the night, prostrate and standing, bewaring of the Hereafter and hoping for the mercy of his Lord, (to be accounted equal with a disbeliever)? Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Are those who know equal with those who know not? But only men of understanding will pay heed.

See 2Corinthians 6:14-16 at ayat 38.28 in Surah 38 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 38 (No. Q038).

Without the Holy Spirit man cannot understand and is unable to be brought to Salvation.

39.10. Say: O My bondmen who believe! Observe your duty to your Lord. For those who do good in this world there is good, and Allah's earth is spacious. Verily the steadfast will be paid their wages without stint.

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.

Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your 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.

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.

39.11. Say (O Muhammad): Lo! I am commanded to worship Allah, making religion pure for Him (only).

39.12. And I am commanded to be the first of those who are muslims (surrender unto Him).

39.13. Say: Lo! if I should disobey my Lord, I fear the doom of a tremendous Day.

39.14. Say: Allah I worship, making my religion pure for Him (only).

39.15. Then worship what ye will beside Him. Say: The losers will be those who lose themselves and their housefolk on the Day of Resurrection. Ah, that will be the manifest loss!

39.16. They have an awning of fire above them and beneath them a dais (of fire). With this doth Allah appal His bondmen. O My bondmen, therefor fear Me!

Refer to Luke 4:8 at ayat 20.14 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 20 (No. Q020) and also 2Thessalonians 1:8-9 at ayat 38.27 in Surah 38 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 38 (No. Q038).

God the Almighty has the words of eternal life and those who serve so-called gods are just wasting their time and effort on worthless idols. These idol worshippers will be consigned to the Second Resurrection and given intensive corrective training to lead them to repentance and if they refuse to repent they will face the Second Death.

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

39.17. And those who put away false gods lest they should worship them and turn to Allah in repentance, for them there are glad tidings. Therefor give good tidings (O Muhammad) to My bondmen

39.18. Who hear advice and follow the best thereof. Such are those whom Allah guideth, and such are men of understanding.

39.19. Is he on whom the word of doom is fulfilled (to be helped), and canst thou (O Muhammad) rescue him who is in the Fire?

39.20. But those who keep their duty to their Lord, for them are lofty halls with lofty halls above them, built (for them), beneath which rivers flow. (It is) a promise of Allah. Allah faileth not His promise.

Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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

Romans 8:14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

Proverbs 2:6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;

Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

Psalm 37:38 But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.

Refer to John 16:13 at ayat 17.84 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017) and also to Revelation 20:6 at ayat 18.31 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 18 (No. Q018).

39.21. Hast thou not seen how Allah hath sent down water from the sky and hath caused it to penetrate the earth as watersprings, and afterward thereby produceth crops of divers hues; and afterward they wither and thou seest them turn yellow; then He maketh them chaff. Lo! herein verily is a reminder for men of understanding.

Psalm 104:13-14 From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work. ¹⁴You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth,

Job 38:27 to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground sprout with grass?

Isaiah 40:7-8 The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the LORD blows on it; surely the people are grass. ⁸The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.

James 1:11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

The life cycle in nature as shown by the above verses also reflects the physical life cycle in a person’s life. Only the wise and those with understanding ponder over these things. Most are just educated fools who waste their time on unprofitable passions.

39.22. Is he whose bosom Allah hath expanded for Al-Islam, so that he followeth a light from his Lord, (as he who disbelieveth)? Then woe unto those whose hearts are hardened against remembrance of Allah. Such are in plain error.

See 2Corinthians 6:14 at ayat 38.28 in Surah 38 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 38 (No. Q038).

1John 1:6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

2Corinthians 4:4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Hebrews 4:2 For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.

Ephesians 4:18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.

Proverbs 24:20 for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

39.23. Allah hath (now) revealed the fairest of statements, a Scripture consistent, (wherein promises of reward are) paired (with threats of punishment), whereat doth creep the flesh of those who fear their Lord, so that their flesh and their hearts soften to Allah's reminder. Such is Allah's guidance, wherewith He guideth whom He will. And him whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no guide.

Deuteronomy 28 lists the Blessings for Obedience and the Curses for Disobedience and should be read in full.

See also Proverbs 1:7 at ayat 39.16 above.

Psalm 147:11 but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.

1John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

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;

Isaiah 9:16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed. (KJV)

39.24. Is he then, who will strike his face against the awful doom upon the Day of Resurrection (as he who doeth right)? And it will be said unto the wrong-doers: Taste what ye used to earn.

See 2Corinthians 6:14 at ayat 38.28 in Surah 38 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 38 (No. Q038).

Romans 8:5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

Matthew 25:46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

Psalm 28:4 Give to them according to their work and according to the evil of their deeds; give to them according to the work of their hands; render them their due reward.

39.25. Those before them denied, and so the doom came on them whence they knew not.

39.26. Thus Allah made them taste humiliation in the life of the world, and verily the doom of the Hereafter will be greater if they did but know.

39.27. And verily We have coined for mankind in this Qur'an all kinds of similitudes, that haply they may reflect;

Refer to 2Timothy 3:16 at ayat 20.6 and 1Corinthians 10:11 at ayat 20.99 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 20 (No. Q020).

The people during the time of Noah, the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, the Pharaoh and the host of Egypt, the people during the time of Moses and the Judges, and many other tribes and communities did not heed the warnings of their messengers and died in the calamities that came upon them. Their wealth, their power and their gods could not deliver them. The later generations should have learnt from the destruction faced by earlier communities for their evil deeds but they did not. They followed in the traditions of their ancestors and ruined their physical lives. They have been consigned to the Second Resurrection where they will face the toughest training camps designed to lead them to repentance. The communities extant today will die if they do not repent of their scandalous and despicable behavior.

39.28. A Lecture in Arabic, containing no crookedness that haply they may ward off (evil).

1Corinthians 6:18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.

1Corinthians 6:9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,

Colossians 3:5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

Romans 1:18 or the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

Revelation 22:14-15 Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates. ¹⁵Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Refer to Revelation 21:8 at ayat 17.10 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

39.29. Allah coineth a similitude: A man in relation to whom are several part-owners, quarrelling, and a man belonging wholly to one man. Are the two equal in similitude? Praise be to Allah! But most of them know not.

Matthew 6:24 No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

A man who is answerable to many masters is not equal to one who serves one master. Scripture reminds us that we cannot serve two masters. You cannot serve two women either. Go study the lives of biblical characters who married multiple women and you will find that they inherited untold troubles. The women in Solomon’s life even endangered his spiritual life. So the person who prays to a multitude of gods cannot be equal to the person who worships the One True God.

39.30. Lo! thou wilt die, and lo! they will die;

39.31. Then lo! on the Day of Resurrection, before your Lord ye will dispute.

Refer to Hebrews 9:27 at ayat 17.18 and 2Corinthians 5:10 at ayat 17.36 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

Refer to John 5:28-29 at ayat 20.55 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 20 (No. Q020).

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

39.32. And who doth greater wrong than he who telleth a lie against Allah, and denieth the truth when it reacheth him? Will not the home of disbelievers be in hell?

See Romans 1:18 at ayat 39.28 above.

Deuteronomy 30:17-18 But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them, ¹⁸I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess.

Hebrews 3:12 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.

Hebrews 12:25 See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven.

Colossians 2:8 See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

Disbelievers are consigned to the Second Resurrection to face judgment and correction. There they serve One True God under One Rule.

39.33. And whoso bringeth the truth and believeth therein - Such are the dutiful.

39.34. They shall have what they will of their Lord's bounty. That is the reward of the good:

39.35. That Allah will remit from them the worst of what they did, and will pay them for reward the best they used to do.

39.36. Will not Allah defend His slave? Yet they would frighten thee with those beside Him. He whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no guide.

39.37. And he whom Allah guideth, for him there can be no misleader. Is not Allah Mighty, Able to Requite (the wrong)?

See Mark 16:16 at ayat 39.20 above.

Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns."

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

2Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.

Psalm 31:23 Love the LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.

Psalm 118:6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?

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

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.

Psalm 147:5 Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.

See Psalm 28:4 at ayat 39.24 above.

39.38. And verily, if thou shouldst ask them: Who created the heavens and the earth? they will say: Allah. Say: Bethink you then of those ye worship beside Allah, if Allah willed some hurt for me, could they remove from me His hurt; or if He willed some mercy for me, could they restrain His mercy? Say: Allah is my all. In Him do (all) the trusting put their trust.

Acts 17:24 The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, (RSV)

Hebrews 1:10 And, "You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands; (RSV)

Jonah 2:8 Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their true loyalty. (RSV)

Habakkuk 2:18 What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For the workman trusts in his own creation when he makes dumb idols! (RSV)

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.”

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. (RSV)

Psalm 118:8-9 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to put confidence in man. ⁹It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to put confidence in princes. (RSV)

39.39. Say: O my people! Act in your manner. Lo! I (too) am acting. Thus ye will come to know

See Psalm 28:4 at ayat 39.24 above.

Ecclesiastes 3:17 I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for he has appointed a time for every matter, and for every work. (RSV)

Refer to Jeremiah 17:10 at ayat 17.1 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

39.40. Who it is unto whom cometh a doom that will abase him, and on whom there falleth everlasting doom.

Refer to Revelation 20:15 at ayat 17.15 and 2Corinthians 5:10 at ayat 17.36 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

Isaiah 3:11 Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.

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.

39.41. Lo! We have revealed unto thee (Muhammad) the Scripture for mankind with truth. Then whosoever goeth right it is for his soul, and whosoever strayeth, strayeth only to its hurt. And thou art not a warder over them.

Refer to Ezekiel 18:20 at ayat 17.13 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017) and also to 2Timothy 3:16 at ayat 20.6 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 20 (No. Q020).

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 3:19 But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.

39.42. Allah receiveth (men's) souls at the time of their death, and that (soul) which dieth not (yet) in its sleep. He keepeth that (soul) for which He hath ordained death and dismisseth the rest till an appointed term. Lo! herein verily are portents for people who take thought.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Job 14:5 Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,

Job 34:20 In a moment they die; at midnight the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away by no human hand.

Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

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!

So all men are given once to die and then their spirit returns to He who gave it. Those of the elect who fall asleep await the First Resurrection. All others await the Second Resurrection when God resurrects them and gives them life again and brings them to understanding and grants them repentance. That is the distinction in this text explaining the gospels.

39.43. Or choose they intercessors other than Allah? Say: What! Even though they have power over nothing and have no intelligence?

39.44. Say: Unto Allah belongeth all intercession. His is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth. And afterward unto Him ye will be brought back.

1Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

Romans 3:30 since God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

Romans 8:34 Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.

2Kings 19:18 and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed.

Jeremiah 2:28 But where are your gods that you made for yourself? Let them arise, if they can save you, in your time of trouble; for as many as your cities are your gods, O Judah.

Daniel 4:35 all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, "What have you done?"

2Chronicles 20:6 and said, "O LORD, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.

See Ecclesiastes 12:7 at ayat 39.42 above.

39.45. And when Allah alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who believe not in the Hereafter are repelled, and when those (whom they worship) beside Him are mentioned, behold! they are glad.

39.46. Say: O Allah! Creator of the heavens and the earth! Knower of the Invisible and the Visible! Thou wilt judge between Thy slaves concerning that wherein they used to differ.

39.47. And though those who do wrong possess all that is in the earth, and therewith as much again, they verily will seek to ransom themselves therewith on the Day of Resurrection from the awful doom; and there will appear unto them, from their Lord, that wherewith they never reckoned.

39.48. And the evils that they earned will appear unto them, and that whereat they used to scoff will surround them.

Refer to Revelation 20:12 at ayat 17.15 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

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.

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

Job 12:22 He uncovers the deeps out of darkness and brings deep darkness to light.

Psalm 49:8-9 for the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice,⁹that he should live on forever and never see the pit.

Galatians 6:7-8 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. ⁸For 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.

Isaiah 66:4 I also will choose harsh treatment for them and bring their fears upon them, because when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, they did not listen; but they did what was evil in my eyes and chose that in which I did not delight.”

The Second Resurrection will see the nations reeducated. Jeremiah 16:19 states “Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit.” Man will come to know that the so-called wisdom of this age is foolishness in the sight of God.

39.49. Now when hurt toucheth a man he crieth unto Us, and afterward when We have granted him a boon from Us, he saith: Only by force of knowledge I obtained it. Nay, but it is a test. But most of them know not.

39.50. Those before them said it, yet (all) that they had earned availed them not;

39.51. But the evils that they earned smote them; and such of these as do wrong, the evils that they earn will smite them; they cannot escape.

Psalm 52:7 "See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!"

Jeremiah 8:12 Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they shall be overthrown, says the LORD.

Isaiah 47:10-11 You felt secure in your wickedness, you said, "No one sees me"; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, "I am, and there is no one besides me." ¹¹But evil shall come upon you, which you will not know how to charm away; disaster shall fall upon you, for which you will not be able to atone; and ruin shall come upon you suddenly, of which you know nothing.

See Psalm 28:4 at ayat 39.24; Isaiah 3:11 at ayat 39.40 and Galatians 6:7-8 at ayat 39.48 above.

39.52. Know they not that Allah enlargeth providence for whom He will, and straiteneth it (for whom He will). Lo! herein verily are portents for people who believe.

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

Proverbs 1:5 Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,

Proverbs 14:6 A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.

39.53. Say: O My slaves who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, Who forgiveth all sins. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

39.54. Turn unto your Lord repentant, and surrender unto Him, before there come unto you the doom, when ye cannot be helped.

See also Daniel 9:9 at ayat 39.5 above.

Acts 3:19-20 Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, ²⁰that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus,

39.55. And follow the better (guidance) of that which is revealed unto you from your Lord, before the doom cometh on you suddenly when ye know not,

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

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.

Jeremiah 26:3 It may be they will listen, and every one turn from his evil way, that I may relent of the disaster that I intend to do to them because of their evil deeds.

Proverbs 6:15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.

39.56. Lest any soul should say: Alas, my grief that I was unmindful of Allah, and I was indeed among the scoffers!

39.57. Or should say: If Allah had but guided me I should have been among the dutiful!

39.58. Or should say, when it seeth the doom: Oh, that I had but a second chance that I might be among the righteous!

39.59. (But now the answer will be): Nay, for My revelations came unto thee, but thou didst deny them and wast scornful and wast among the disbelievers.

39.60. And on the Day of Resurrection thou (Muhammad) seest those who lied concerning Allah with their faces blackened. Is not the home of the scorners in hell?

Ecclesiastes 12:14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.

1Corinthians 4:5 Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.

2Chronicles 36:16 But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against his people, until there was no remedy.

Refer to Revelation 21:8 at ayat 17.10 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

The elect will be resurrected and all others will remain in the grave awaiting their turn in the Second Resurrection.

39.61. And Allah delivereth those who ward off (evil) because of their deserts. Evil toucheth them not, nor do they grieve.

Deuteronomy 14:2 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

2Timothy 2:22 So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

Psalm 37:28 For the LORD loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

39.62. Allah is Creator of all things, and He is Guardian over all things.

39.63. His are the keys of the heavens and the earth, and they who disbelieve the revelations of Allah - such are they who are the losers.

Nehemiah 9:6 You are the LORD, you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you.

John 3:18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

39.64. Say (O Muhammad, to the disbelievers): Do ye bid me serve other than Allah? O ye fools!

39.65. And verily it hath been revealed unto thee as unto those before thee (saying): If thou ascribe a partner to Allah thy work will fail and thou indeed wilt be among the losers.

39.66. Nay, but Allah must thou serve, and be among the thankful!

Refer to Luke 4:8 at ayat 20.14 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 20 (No. Q020).

Exodus 23:25 You shall serve the LORD your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you.

Psalm 97:7 All worshipers of images are put to shame, who make their boast in worthless idols; worship him, all you gods!

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

Jeremiah 11:3 You shall say to them, Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man who does not hear the words of this covenant,

Hebrews 12:28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,

39.67. And they esteem not Allah as He hath the right to be esteemed, when the whole earth is His handful on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens are rolled in His right hand. Glorified is He and High Exalted from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him).

See Revelation 4:11 at ayat 39.4 above.

Hebrews 1:10-12 And, "You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands; ¹¹they will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment, ¹²like a robe you will roll them up, like a garment they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will have no end."

Psalm 97:9 For you, O LORD, are most high over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.

See Romans 1:21-23 at ayat 38.27 in Surah 38 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 38 (No. Q038).

39.68. And the trumpet is blown, and all who are in the heavens and all who are in the earth swoon away, save him whom Allah willeth. Then it is blown a second time, and behold them standing waiting!

The last trumpet noted in 1Corinthians 15:52 below consist of two trumpets, the first one for the destruction of the nations, the second for the resurrection. Refer to Surah 79 verses 6 to 7. The verses 69-75 below refer to the setting up of the Books of Judgment. The First Resurrection occurs at the return of Messiah and the Second Resurrection a thousand years later.

39.69. And the earth shineth with the light of her Lord, and the Book is set up, and the prophets and the witnesses are brought, and it is judged between them with truth, and they are not wronged.
39.70. And each soul is paid in full for what it did. And He is Best Aware of what they do.

1Corinthians 15:52 in 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.

1Thessalonians 4:15-17 For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁶For 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. ¹⁷Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.

Job 34:11 For according to the work of a man he will repay him, and according to his ways he will make it befall him.

Refer to Psalm 33:13-15 at ayat 17.60 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

39.71. And those who disbelieve are driven unto hell in troops till, when they reach it and the gates thereof are opened, and the warders thereof say unto them: Came there not unto you messengers of your own, reciting unto you the revelations of your Lord and warning you of the meeting of this your Day? they say: Yea, verily. But the word of doom of disbelievers is fulfilled.

39.72. It is said (unto them): Enter ye the gates of hell to dwell therein. Thus hapless is the journey's end of the scorners.

Refer to Revelation 20:11-15 at ayat 17.15 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

39.73. And those who keep their duty to their Lord are driven unto the Garden in troops till, when they reach it, and the gates thereof are opened, and the warders thereof say unto them: Peace be unto you! Ye are good, so enter ye (the Garden of delight), to dwell therein;

39.74. They say: Praise be to Allah, Who hath fulfilled His promise unto us and hath made us inherit the land, sojourning in the Garden where we will! So bounteous is the wage of workers.

39.75. And thou (O Muhammad) seest the angels thronging round the Throne, hymning the praises of their Lord. And they are judged aright. And it is said: Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!

Refer to Revelation 20:6 at ayat 18.31 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 18 (No. Q018).

Daniel 7:13-14 "I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. ¹⁴And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.

Daniel 7:18 But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, forever and ever.

Daniel 7:22 until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given for the saints of the Most High, and the time came when the saints possessed the kingdom.

Daniel 7:27 And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; his kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

Psalm 135:5 For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

Psalm 145:3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.

Psalm 150:6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!

The Plan of Salvation is simple and clear from this text. No one goes to heaven but all await the Judgment of God through the elect.

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