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Sura 16: The Bee (Al-Nahl) Part2 CENTER = This Life is Very Short 77. To GOD belongs the future of the heavens and the earth. As far as He is concerned, the end of the world (the Hour) is a blink of an eye away, or even closer. GOD is Omnipotent. 78. GOD brought you out of your mothers' bellies knowing nothing, and He gave you the hearing, the eyesight, and the brains, that you may be appreciative. 79. Do they not see the birds committed to fly in the atmosphere of the sky? None holds them up in the air except GOD. This should be (sufficient) proof for people who believe. 1537 88900 80. And GOD provided for you stationary homes where you can live. And He provided for you portable homes made of the hides of livestock, so you can use them when you travel, and when you settle down. And from their wools, furs, and hair, you make furnishings and luxuries for awhile. 81. And GOD provided for you shade through things which He created, and provided for you shelters in the mountains, and provided for you garments that protect you from heat, and garments that protect when you fight in wars. He thus perfects His blessings upon you, that you may submit. 82. If they still turn away, then your sole mission is the clear delivery (of the message). CENTER = The Disbelievers Unappreciative 83. They fully recognize GOD's blessings, then deny them; the majority of them are disbelievers. CENTER = On The Day of Resurrection 84. The day will come when we raise from every community a witness, then those who disbelieved will not be permitted (to speak), nor will they be excused. 85. Once those who transgressed see the retribution, it will be too late; it will not be commuted for them, nor will they be respited. CENTER = The Idols Disown Their Idolizers 86. And when those who committed idol worship see their idols, they will say, "Our Lord, these are the idols we had set up beside You." The idols will then confront them and say, "You are liars." 87. They will totally submit to GOD on that day, and the idols they had invented will disown them. 1541 89231 88. Those who disbelieve and repel from the path of GOD, we augment their retribution by adding more retribution, due to their transgressions. 89. The day will come when we will raise from every community a witness from among them, and bring you as the witness of these people. We have revealed to you this book to provide explanations for everything, and guidance, and mercy, and good news for the submitters. 90. GOD advocates justice, charity, and regarding the relatives. And He forbids evil, vice, and transgression. He enlightens you, that you may take heed. CENTER = You Shall Keep Your Word 91. You shall fulfill your covenant with GOD when you make such a covenant. You shall not violate the oaths after swearing (by God) to carry them out, for you have made GOD a guarantor for you. GOD knows everything you do. 92. Do not be like the knitter who unravels her strong knitting into piles of flimsy yarn. This is your example if you abuse the oaths to take advantage of one another. Whether one group is larger than the other, GOD thus puts you to the test. He will surely show you on the Day of Resurrection everything you had disputed. 93. Had GOD willed, He could have made you one congregation. But He sends astray whoever chooses to go astray, and He guides whoever wishes to be guided.* You will surely be asked about everything you have done. FOOTS = *16:93 God knows the sincere believers among us who deserve to be redeemed. Accordingly, He guides them, while blocking out those who choose to disbelieve. 1548 89685 CENTER = Violating Your Oath: A Serious Offense 94. Do not abuse the oaths among you, lest you slide back after having a strong foothold, then you incur misery. Such is the consequence of repelling from the path of GOD (by setting a bad example); you incur a terrible retribution. 95. Do not sell your oaths short before GOD. What GOD possesses is far better for you, if you only knew. 96. What you possess runs out, but what GOD possesses lasts forever. We will surely reward those who steadfastly persevere; we will recompense them for their righteous works. CENTER = Guaranteed Happiness Now and Forever 97. Anyone who works righteousness, male or female, while believing, we will surely grant them a happy life in this world, and we will surely pay them their full recompense (on the Day of Judgment) for their righteous works. CENTER = An Important Commandment* 98. When you read the Quran, you shall seek refuge in GOD from Satan the rejected. 99. He has no power over those who believe and trust in their Lord. 100. His power is limited to those who choose him as their master, those who choose him as their god. 101. When we substitute one revelation in place of another, and GOD is fully aware of what He reveals, they say, "You made this up!" Indeed, most of them do not know. 102. Say, "The Holy Spirit has brought it down from your Lord, truthfully, to assure those who believe, and to provide a beacon and good news for the submitters." FOOTS = *16:98 Our salvation is attained by knowing God's message to us, the Quran, and Satan will do his utmost to keep us from being redeemed. Hence this commandment. 1554 90169 CENTER = The Quran Is Not Copied From The Bible 103. We are fully aware that they say, "A human being is teaching him!" The tongue of the source they hint at is non-Arabic, and this is a perfect Arabic tongue. 104. Surely, those who do not believe in GOD's revelations, GOD does not guide them. They have incurred a painful retribution. 105. The only ones who fabricate false doctrines are those who do not believe in GOD's revelations; they are the real liars. CENTER = Lip Service Does Not Count 106. Those who disbelieve in GOD, after having acquired faith, and become fully content with disbelief, have incurred wrath from GOD. The only ones to be excused are those who are forced to profess disbelief, while their hearts are full of faith.* CENTER = Preoccupation With This Life Leads to Exile From God 107. This is because they have given priority to this life over the Here- after, and GOD does not guide such disbelieving people. 108. Those are the ones whom GOD has sealed their hearts, and their hearing, and their eyesight. Consequently, they remain unaware. 109. Without a doubt, they will be the losers in the Hereafter. 110. As for those who emigrate because of persecution, then continue to strive and steadfastly persevere, your Lord, because of all this, is Forgiver, Most Merciful. FOOTS = *16:106 God's wisdom decrees that if someone holds a gun to your head and orders you to declare that you disbelieve in God, you may grant him his wish. What the heart harbors is what counts. 1561 90699 111. The day will come when every soul will serve as its own advocate, and every soul will be paid fully for whatever it had done, without the least injustice. CENTER = Prohibiting Lawful Food Brings Deprivation 112. GOD cites the example of a community that used to be secure and prosperous, with provisions coming to it from everywhere. But then, it turned unappreciative of GOD's blessings. Consequently, GOD caused them to taste the hardships of starvation and insecurity. Such is the requital for what they did. 113. A messenger had gone to them from among them, but they rejected him. Consequently, the retribution struck them for their transgression. 114. Therefore, you shall eat from GOD's provisions everything that is lawful and good, and be appreciative of GOD's blessings, if you do worship Him alone. CENTER = Only Four Foods Prohibited 115. He only prohibits for you dead animals, blood, the meat of pigs,* and food which is dedicated to other than GOD. If one is forced (to eat these), without being deliberate or malicious, then GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful. 116. You shall not utter lies with your own tongues stating: "This is lawful, and this is unlawful," to fabricate lies and attribute them to GOD. Surely, those who fabricate lies and attribute them to GOD will never succeed. 117. They enjoy briefly, then suffer painful retribution. 118. For the Jews, we prohibited what we narrated to you previously.* It was not us who wronged them; they are the ones who wronged their own souls. FOOTS = *16:115 & 118 The most devastating trichinosis parasite, Trichinella spiralis, (also the pork tapeworm Taenia solium) survives in the meat of pigs, not the fat. More than 150,000 people are infected annually in the United States. See 6:145-146, and Appendix 16. 1570 91156 119. Yet, as regards those who fall in sin out of ignorance then repent thereafter and reform, your Lord, after this is done, is Forgiver, Most Merciful. CENTER = Abraham 120. Abraham was indeed an exemplary vanguard in his submission to GOD, a monotheist who never worshiped idols. 121. Because he was appreciative of His Lord's blessings, He chose him and guided him in a straight path. 122. We granted him happiness in this life, and in the Hereafter he will be with the righteous. CENTER = Muhammad: A Follower of Abraham* 123. Then we inspired you (Muhammad) to follow the religion of Abraham,* the monotheist; he never was an idol worshiper. CENTER = The Sabbath Abrogated 124. The Sabbath was decreed only for those who ended up disputing it (Jews & Christians). Your Lord is the One who will judge them on the Day of Resurrection regarding their disputes. CENTER = How to Spread God's Message 125. You shall invite to the path of your Lord with wisdom and kind en- lightenment, and debate with them in the best possible manner. Your Lord knows best who has strayed from His path, and He knows best who are the guided ones. 126. And if you punish, you shall inflict an equivalent punishment. But if you resort to patience (instead of revenge), it would be better for the patient ones. 127. You shall resort to patience-and your patience is attainable only with GOD's help. Do not grieve over them, and do not be annoyed by their schemes. 128. GOD is with those who lead a righteous life, and those who are charitable. FOOTS = *16:123 This informs us that all religious practices, which came to us through Abraham, were intact at the time of Muhammad (see 22:78 and Appendix 9).
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