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In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful
In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful
After the challenge to mankind to disprove the divine authorship of the Qur’aan, the Holy Book, in the next 5 Verses, 2:25 to 2;29, recounts the rationality of Belief in its Creator and the irrationality of Disbelief. Let us now study these 5 Verses.
Verse 2:25
Translation: And give good news to those who believe, and do good deeds, that for them are gardens with rivers flowing underneath! Every time they are served there with food of fruit, they will say, “This is what we had been served before,” and they will be given things resembling one another. And for them therein will be mates pure. And therein will they have lives eternal!
Verse 2:26
Translation: Indeed, Allah blushes not at mentioning an example of even a fly or of anything tinier. Those, then, who believe know this to be nothing but the Truth from their Lord. And those who suppress the Truth question, “What is Allah’s intention in giving such an example?” By it, He sends many astray; and, by it, He guides many to the Right Path. And He sends astray none by it, but the wicked!
Verse 2:27
Translation: They (the wicked) are those who go back on their declaration, recognizing Allah as their Lord, after it (the declaration) was solemnly affirmed. And they cut asunder what Allah has commanded to be adhered to. And they spread corruption on the earth. Those are the people, doomed!
Verse 2:28
كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَكُنتُمْ أَمْوَٰتًۭا فَأَحْيَـٰكُمْ ۖ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
Translation: How do you suppress the Truth about Allah!? It was He who gave you life when you were but dead. He will then make you die and raise you up again to life. And to Him you will then return!
Verse 2:29
Translation: He is Who created for you all that is on the earth. HE then rose over towards the atmosphere and outer space and set those right, into seven spheres and skies. And HE does have knowledge of all things.
Commentary: It is interesting to note in this context that, as per recent discoveries, the atmosphere immediately surrounding the earth has seven layers, one over another. They are Troposphere, Tropopause, Stratosphere, Stratopause, Mesosphere, Mesopause, and Thermosphere. These layers, inter alia, shield the earth from the ultraviolet rays radiating from the Sun. The Troposphere provides oxygen and water recycling facilities for the sustenance of life on earth. And Allah says in Verse Q: 21:32, "And We have made the atmosphere safe and well-guarded..." In Verse 67:3, the Qur'aan speaks of the Blessed Lord, "Who has created the seven layers of the atmosphere, one over another..." And in Verse 40:13, it speaks of Allah, "Who... sends down provisions for you from the atmosphere..."
But from some other Verses it is apparent that the Arabic word Samaa (plural: Samaawaat) has been used in the Qur'aan both for earth's atmosphere as well as outer space. It is so indicated in Verse 65:12: "It is Allah Who has created seven skies and of the earth the like thereof..." In divine terminology, the sky nearest to the earth includes its (earth's) atmosphere. While mankind has come to know of the seven layers of earth's atmosphere, the six layers of outer space, beyond the lowest which is studded with the stars [Q: 41:12], appear to be still beyond human knowledge and comprehension.
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