Sura 21:
The Prophets (Al-Anbya')
Number of verses: 112
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
1. Fast approaching is the reckoning for the people, but they are oblivious, averse. Opposition to the New Evidence
2. When a proof comes to them from their Lord, that is new, they listen to it heedlessly.
3. Their minds are heedless. And the transgressors confer secretly: “Is he not just a human being like you? Would you accept the magic that is presented to you?” *
4. He said, “My Lord knows every thought in the heaven and the earth. He is the Hearer, the Omniscient.”
5. They even said, “Hallucinations, he made it up, he is a poet. Let him show us a miracle like those of the previous messengers.”
6. We never annihilated a believing community in the past. Are these people believers?
7. We did not send before you except men whom we inspired. Ask those who know the scripture, if you do not know.
8. We did not give them bodies that did not eat, nor were they immortal.
9. We fulfilled our promise to them; we saved them together with whomever we willed, and annihilated the transgressors.
10. We have
sent down to you a scripture containing your message. Do you not
understand?
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*21:3 Although the Bible (Malachi
3:1) and the Quran (3:81) prophesy the advent of God's Messenger
of the Covenant, when he did appear, supported by “One of
the great miracles” (74:30-35), he was met with heedlessness
and opposition. It is a divine assertion that every new proof
will be opposed. The Arabs by opposing the Quran’s miracle
have proven this Quranic fact. (App. 1 & 2).
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11. Many a community we terminated because of their transgression, and we substituted other people in their place.
12. When our
requital came to pass, they started to run.
13. Do not run, and come back
to your luxuries and your mansions, for you must be held
accountable.
14. They said, “Woe to us.
We were really wicked.”
15. This continued to be their
proclamation, until we completely wiped them out.
16. We did not create the
heavens and the earth, and everything between them just for
amusement.
17. If we needed amusement, we
could have initiated it without any of this, if that is what we
wanted to do.
18. Instead, it is our plan to support the truth against falsehood, in order to defeat it. Woe to you for the utterances you utter.
19. To Him belongs everyone in the heavens and the earth, and those at Him are never too arrogant to worship Him, nor do they ever waver.
20. They glorify night and day, without ever tiring.
One God
21. Have they found gods on
earth who can create?
22. If there were in them (the
heavens and the earth) other gods beside GOD, there would have
been chaos. Glory be to GOD; the Lord with
absolute authority. He is high above their claims.
Never Question
God's Wisdom
23. He is never to be asked
about anything He does, while all others are questioned.
24. Have they found other gods
beside Him? Say, “Show me your proof. This is the message to
my generation, consummating all previous messages.” Indeed,
most of them do not recognize the truth; this is why they are so
hostile.
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One God/One
Message/One Religion
25. We did not send any
messenger before you except with the inspiration: “There is
no god except Me; you shall worship Me alone.”
26. Yet, they said, “The Most Gracious has begotten a son!” Glory be to Him. All (messengers) are (His) honored servants.
27. They never speak on their own, and they strictly follow His commands.
The Myth of
Intercession
28. He knows their future and
their past. They do not intercede, except for those already
accepted by Him, and they are worried about their own necks.
29. If any of them claims to be a god beside Him, we requite him with Hell; we thus requite the wicked.
The Big Bang
Theory Confirmed*
30. Do the unbelievers not
realize that the heaven and the earth used to be one solid mass
that we exploded into existence? And from water we made all
living things. Would they believe?
31. And we placed on earth stabilizers, lest it tumbles with them, and we placed straight roads therein, that they may be guided.
32. And we rendered the sky a guarded ceiling. Yet, they are totally oblivious to all the portents therein.
33. And He is the One who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon; each floating in its own orbit.
34. We never
decreed immortality for anyone before you; should you die, are
they immortal?
35. Every person will taste
death, after we put you to the test through adversity and
prosperity, then to us you ultimately return.
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*21:28 The myth of intercession is
Satan's most effective bait (see Appendix 8).
*21:30 The Big Bang Theory
is now supported by the Creator's infallible mathe- matical code
(Appendix 1). Thus, it is no longer a theory; it is a proven
fact.
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All Messengers
Ridiculed
36. When those who disbelieve
see you, they ridicule you: “Is this the one who challenges
your gods?” Meanwhile, they remain totally heedless of the
message from the Most Gracious.
37. The human being is impatient by nature. I will inevitably show you My signs; do not be in such a hurry.
38. They
challenge: “Where is that (retribution), if you are
truthful?”
39. If only those who
disbelieve could envision themselves when they try to ward off
the fire - off their faces and their backs! No one will help them
then.
40. Indeed, it will come to them suddenly, and they will be utterly stunned. They can neither avoid it, nor can they receive any respite.
41. Messengers before you have been ridiculed, and, consequently, those who ridiculed them incurred the retribution for their ridiculing.
Priorities
Confused
42. Say, “Who can protect
you from the Most Gracious during the night or during the
day?” Indeed, they are totally oblivious to the message of
their Lord.
43. Do they have gods who can protect them from us? They cannot even help themselves. Nor can they accompany one another when they are summoned to face us.
44. We have provided for these people and their ancestors, up until an old age. Do they not see that every day on earth brings them closer to the end? Can they reverse this process?
45. Say, “I am warning you in accordance with divine inspiration.” However, the deaf cannot hear the call, when they are warned.
46. When a sample of your Lord's retribution afflicts them, they readily say, “We were indeed wicked.”
47. We will establish the scales of justice on the Day of Resurrection. No soul will suffer the least injustice. Even the equivalent of a mustard seed will be accounted for. We are the most efficient reckoners.
Prophets Moses
and Aaron
48. We gave Moses and Aaron the
Statute Book, a beacon, and a reminder for the righteous.
49. The ones who reverence
their Lord, even when alone in their privacy, and they worry
about the Hour.
50. This too is a blessed reminder that we sent down. Are you denying it?
Abraham
51. Before that, we granted
Abraham his guidance and understanding, for we were fully aware
of him.
52. He said to his father and his people, “What are these statues to which you are devoting yourselves?”
53. They said,
“We found our parents worshipping them.”
54. He said, “Indeed, you
and your parents have gone totally astray.”
55. They said, “Are you
telling us the truth, or are you playing?”
56. He said, “Your only
Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, who created them.
This is the testimony to which I bear witness.
57. “I
swear by GOD, I have a plan to deal with
your statues, as soon as you leave.”
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*21:45 This verse is an awesome
gift from God. The sum of the sura and the verse number is 66,
the gematrical value of the word “Allah.” The
gematrical value of the entire verse is 3534 or 19 x 186.
*21:51 Was Abraham so smart
as to discover God, or, did God grant him the intelligence
because He knew that he deserved to be saved? As it turns out,
this whole world was created to redeem those among us who deserve
redemption. When the angels suggested that all the rebels, humans
and jinns, must be banished out of God's kingdom, He said,
“I know what you do not know” (2:30). At the same time,
this world proves Satan's incompetence as a god (App. 7).
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58. He broke
them into pieces, except for a big one, that they may refer to
it.
59. They said, “Whoever
did this to our gods is really a transgressor.”
60. They said, “We heard a
youth threaten them; he is called Abraham.”
61. They said, “Bring him
before the eyes of all the people, that they may bear
witness.”
62. They said, “Did you do
this to our gods, O Abraham?”
Abraham Proves
His Point
63. He said, “It is that
big one who did it. Go ask them, if they can speak.”
64. They were taken aback, and
said to themselves, “Indeed, you are the ones who have been
transgressing.”
65. Yet, they
reverted to their old ideas: “You know full well that these
cannot speak.”
66. He said, “Do you then
worship beside GOD what possesses no power
to benefit you or harm you?
67. “You have incurred shame by worshipping idols beside GOD. Do you not understand?”
Profound
Miracle
68. They said, “Burn him
and support your gods, if this is what you decide to do.”
69. We said, “O fire, be
cool and safe for Abraham.”
70. Thus, they schemed against
him, but we made them the losers.
71. We saved him, and we saved
Lot, to the land that we blessed for all the people.
72. And we granted him Isaac
and Jacob as a gift, and we made them both righteous.
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*21:69 "Cool," without
"and safe" would have caused Abraham to freeze.
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Abraham:
Delivered All Religious Duties of Submission (Islam)
73. We made them imams who
guided in accordance with our commandments, and we taught them
how to work righteousness, and how to observe the Contact Prayers
(Salat) and the obligatory charity (Zakat). To us, they were
devoted worshipers.
Lot
74. As for Lot, we granted him
wisdom and knowledge, and we saved him from the community that
practiced abominations; they were wicked and evil people.
75. We admitted him into our mercy, for he was righteous.
Noah
76. And, before that, Noah
called and we responded to him. We saved him and his family from
the great disaster.
77. We supported him against the people who rejected our revelations. They were evil people, so we drowned them all.
David and
Solomon
78. And David and Solomon, when
they once ruled with regard to someone's crop that was destroyed
by another's sheep, we witnessed their judgment.
79. We granted Solomon the correct understanding, though we endowed both of them with wisdom and knowledge. We committed the mountains to serve David in glorifying (God), as well as the birds. This is what we did.
80. And we taught him the skill of making shields to protect you in war. Are you then thankful?
81. For
Solomon, we committed the wind gusting and blowing at his
disposal. He could direct it as he wished, to whatever land he
chose, and we blessed such land for him. We are fully aware of
all things.
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*21:73 When the Quran was
revealed, all religious duties were already established through
Abraham (2:128, 16:123, 22:78).
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82. And of the devils there were those who would dive for him (to harvest the sea), or do whatever else he commanded them to do. We committed them in his service.
Job
83. And Job implored his Lord:
“Adversity has befallen me, and, of all the merciful ones,
You are the Most Merciful.”
84. We responded to him, relieved his adversity, and restored his family for him, even twice as much. That was a mercy from us, and a reminder for the worshipers.
85. Also,
Ismail, Idris, Zal-Kifl; all were steadfast, patient.
86. We admitted them into our
mercy, for they were righteous.
Jonah
87. And Zan-Noon (Jonah,
“the one with an ‘N’ in his name”), abandoned
his mission in protest, thinking that we could not control him.
He ended up imploring from the darkness (of the big fish's
belly): “There is no god other than You. Be You glorified. I
have committed a gross sin.”
88. We responded to him, and saved him from the crisis; we thus save the believers.
Zachariah and
John
89. And Zachariah implored his
Lord: “My Lord, do not keep me without an heir, though You
are the best inheritor.”
90. We
responded to him and granted him John; we fixed his wife for him.
That is because they used to hasten to work righteousness, and
implored us in situations of joy, as well as fear. To us, they
were reverent.
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*21:90 The use of the plural tense
throughout the Quran indicates participation of the angels. It is
clear from 3:39 and from the Bible that the angels dealt with
Zachariah extensively, as they gave him the good news about John.
See Appendix 10.
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Mary and Jesus
91. As for the one who
maintained her virginity, we blew into her from our spirit, and
thus, we made her and her son a portent for the whole world.
One God/One
Religion
92. Your congregation is but
one congregation, and I alone am your Lord; you shall worship Me
alone.
93. However, they divided themselves into disputing religions. All of them will come back to us (for judgment).
94. As for those who work righteousness, while believing, their work will not go to waste; we are recording it.
95. It is forbidden for any community we had annihilated to return.
The End of the
World*
96. Not until Gog and Magog
reappear, will they then return - they will come from every
direction.
97. That is when the inevitable prophecy will come to pass, and the disbelievers will stare in horror: “Woe to us; we have been oblivious. Indeed, we have been wicked.”
The Hereafter
98. You and the idols you
worship besides GOD will be fuel for Hell;
this is your inevitable destiny.
99. If those were gods, they
would not have ended up in Hell. All its inhabitants abide in it
forever.
100. They will sigh and groan
therein, and they will have no access to any news.
101. As for those who deserved
our magnificent rewards, they will be protected from it.
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*21:96 By the year 2270 AD, thanks
to God's mathematical miracle in the Quran (Appendix 1), America
will be the heart of Islam, and billions around the globe will
have believed in the Quran (9:33, 41:53, 48:28, 61:9). Gog and
Magog (allegorical names of villainous communities), will be the
only bastions of heathenism, and they will attack the submitters.
That is when the world will end (15:87, 18:94, Appendix 25). Gog
and Magog are mentioned in 18:94 & 21:96, 17 verses before
the end of each sura; this may indicate the time of their
appearance.
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The Righteous
102. They will not hear its
hissing. They will enjoy an abode where they can get everything
they desire, forever.
103. The great horror will not worry them, and the angels will receive them joyfully: “This is your day, that has been promised to you.”
The Day of
Resurrection
104. On that Day, we will fold
the heaven, like the folding of a book. Just as we initiated the
first creation, we will repeat it. This is our promise; we will
certainly carry it out.
105. We have decreed in the Psalms, as well as in other scriptures, that the earth shall be inherited by My righteous worshipers.
106. This is a
proclamation for people who are worshipers.
107. We have sent you out of
mercy from us towards the whole world.
108. Proclaim, “I have
been given divine inspiration that your god is One god. Will you
then submit?”
109. If they turn away, then say, “I have warned you sufficiently, and I have no idea how soon or late (the retribution) will come to you.
110. “He
is fully aware of your public utterances, and He is fully aware
of everything you conceal.
111. “For all that I know,
this world is a test for you, and a temporary enjoyment.”
112. Say, “My Lord, Your
judgment is the absolute justice. Our Lord is the Most Gracious;
only His help is sought in the face of your claims.”
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