He is the One who created the heavens and the earth with truth. On the Day He says, “Be,” it will be. His word is truth. All authority will belong to Him on the Day the Trumpet is blown. He knows the unseen and the seen. He is the All-Wise, All-Aware.
Then when he saw the moon rising, he said, “This is my lord.” But when it set, he said, “If my Lord does not guide me, I will surely be among the people who go astray.”
Then when he saw the sun rising, he said, “This is my lord. This is greater.” But when it set, he said, “My people, I am free of what you associate with Allah.
I have turned myself wholly toward the One who originated the heavens and the earth, devoted purely to Him, and I am not among those who associate partners with Allah.”
His people argued with him. He said, “Do you argue with me about Allah when He has guided me? I do not fear what you associate with Him, unless my Lord wills something. My Lord encompasses everything in knowledge. Will you not take heed?
How could I fear what you associate with Allah when you do not fear associating with Allah things for which He has sent down no authority to you? Which of the two sides has more right to feel secure, if you know?”
We gave him Isaac and Jacob and guided each of them. We had guided Noah before, and among his descendants were David, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses, and Aaron. This is how We reward those who do good.
That is Allah’s guidance. He guides with it whomever He wills of His servants. Had they associated partners with Him, all that they had done would have come to nothing.
Those are the ones to whom We gave the Scripture, sound judgment, and prophethood. If these people reject them, We have already entrusted them to a people who will not reject them.
They did not recognize Allah as He deserves to be recognized when they said, “Allah has not sent down anything to any human being.” Say, “Who then sent down the Scripture that Moses brought as light and guidance for people, which you make into separate sheets, showing some while concealing much? You were taught what neither you nor your forefathers knew.” Say, “Allah.” Then leave them to play around in their empty talk.
This is a blessed Scripture We have sent down, confirming what came before it, so that you may warn the Mother of Cities and everyone around it. Those who believe in the Hereafter believe in it, and they carefully maintain their prayers.
Who does greater wrong than someone who invents a lie about Allah, or says, “It has been revealed to me,” when nothing has been revealed to them, or says, “I can send down something like what Allah has sent down”? If only you could see the wrongdoers in the agonies of death while the angels stretch out their hands, saying, “Give up your souls! Today you will be repaid with a humiliating punishment because you used to say about Allah what was not true and arrogantly reject His signs.”
“You have certainly come to Us one by one, just as We created you the first time, leaving behind everything We had granted you. We do not see with you those intercessors you claimed were Allah’s partners among you. The ties between you have been cut, and what you used to claim has deserted you.”
Allah is the One who splits the grain and the date-stone. He brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living. That is Allah. So how are you turned away?
He is the One who breaks open the dawn. He made the night for rest and the sun and moon for calculation. That is the determination of the Almighty, the All-Knowing.
Ziqra