A Great Prophecy*
[41:53] We will show them
our proofs in the
horizons, and within themselves, until
they realize that this is the truth.*
Is your Lord not sufficient as a witness of all
things?
*41:53 Counting each alphabet just once,
the total number of the alphabets that compose
this verse would be 19, and their gematrical
values add up to 1387, 19x73. This great
prophecy, together with 9:33, 48:28, 61:9 &
110:2 inform us that the whole world is destined
to accept the Quran as God's unaltered message
(See Appendix 38,
http://www.submission.org/quran/app38.html).
[110:1] When triumph
comes from GOD, and victory.
[110:2] You
will see the people embracing GOD's religion in
throngs.
The above verses are divinely promising humanity
with the advent of a time when Quran will be
fully recognized as the only valid and
authentic truth from God. We know from Quran
that God never breaks a promise (3:9) and that
His systems are immutable and unchangeable
(35:43).
For this promise to be fulfilled, God has been
graciously using many effective ways and tools
to have us witness His truth, individually and
as communities. His scriptures, messengers, and
the precise, breath-taking creation of all
beings and things, seen and unseen, have been
divinely speaking His divine logic and proofs,
leading us out of darkness. He has established a
system that each community will receive a warner
and that He will never annihilate a community
without first sending a messenger. All true
believers readily trust in such divine justice
(21:47):
[10:47] To
each community, a messenger. After
their messenger comes, they are judged
equitably, without the least injustice.
[13:7] Those who
disbelieved say, "If only a miracle could come
down to him from his Lord (we will then
believe)." You are simply a warner -
every community receives a guiding teacher.
[16:36] We have
sent a messenger to every community,
saying, "You shall worship GOD,
and avoid idolatry." Subsequently, some were
guided by GOD, while others were committed to
straying. Roam the earth and note the
consequences for the rejectors.
God's Messenger of the Covenant*
[35:24] We have sent you*
with the truth, a bearer of good news, as well
as a warner. Every community must
receive a warner.
[26:208] We
never annihilate any community
without sending warners.
[28:59] For your Lord
never annihilates any
community without sending a messenger
in the midst thereof,
to recite our revelations to them.
We never annihilate any community, unless its
people are wicked.
This reminder is only to briefly emphasize that
the word messenger when used by God is not
limited to the common understanding of both
human and angel messengers of God (11:69,77-
19:19-10:21- 6:61). At times, it may imply a
third type of a messenger which is the message
itself or the divine scripture. Based on the
word of God in its perfect, infallible Arabic,
we learn from the Quran that the word messenger
(rasool) could also be used for the message
itself (resalah). God is the One who has clearly
taught us this basic, linguistic piece of
information through intertwiningly using each
word to describe the other (using the word
messenger to describe the message of Quran,
or indicating how God's scriptures perform all
the human duties of the messenger). Please
analyze the following verses carefully:
[65:10] GOD has prepared
for them severe retribution. Therefore, you
shall reverence GOD, O you who possess
intelligence and believed. GOD has
sent down to you a message -
[65:11] a
messenger* who recites
to you GOD's revelations, clearly,
to lead those who
believe and work righteousness out of the
darkness into the light. Anyone who believes in
GOD and leads a righteous life, He will admit
him into gardens with flowing streams; they
abide therein forever. GOD will generously
reward him.
*65:10-11 The ``Messenger'' here is clearly
the Quran. Verse 10 talks about ``sending down a
message,'' and this points to the Quran as the
messenger in 65:11 (Appendix 20).
[11:1] A.L.R. This is
a scripture whose verses
have been perfected, then elucidated.* It comes
from a Most Wise, Most Cognizant.
The Quran: Messenger of God
[11:2]
Proclaiming: "You shall not worship except
GOD. I come to you from Him as a warner, as well
as a bearer of good news.
[11:3] "You shall
seek your Lord's forgiveness, then repent to
Him. He will then bless you generously for a
predetermined period, and bestow His grace upon
those who deserve it. If you turn away, then I
fear for you the retribution of an awesome day."
[14:1] A.L.R.*
A scripture that we revealed to
you, in order to lead the people
out of darkness into the light - in accordance
with the will of their Lord - to the path of the
Almighty, the Praiseworthy.
[27:1] T. S.* These
(letters) constitute proofs of the Quran;
a profound scripture.
[27:2] A
beacon, and good news, for the believers.
The Gospel of Jesus: Guidance and Light
[5:46] Subsequent to
them, we sent Jesus, the son of Mary, confirming
the previous scripture, the Torah. We gave him
the Gospel, containing
guidance and light, and
confirming the previous scriptures,
the Torah, and augmenting its
guidance and light, and
to enlighten the righteous.
[5:47] The people of the
Gospel shall rule in accordance with
GOD's revelations therein. Those
who do not rule in accordance with GOD's
revelations are the wicked.
Quran: The Ultimate Reference
[5:48] Then we revealed
to you this scripture, truthfully,
confirming previous scriptures, and
superseding them. You
shall rule among them in accordance
with GOD's revelations, and do not
follow their wishes if they differ from the
truth that came to you.....
It is clear from the above verses that God's
scriptures perform and fulfill the same exact
duties of human messengers: delivering, warning,
giving good news, guiding, leading people out of
darkness, and confirming previous scriptures.
The one vital difference between a human or an
angel messenger of God and the divine scripture
as a messenger would be the physical time
limitation in case of humans or angels compared
to the eternity of God's message in His
scriptures. In other words, human and angel
messengers perform their delivery task during a
very specific, limited, and predetermined
physical life span, while God's scripture is His
timeless messenger that will always be there for
humanity until the end.
Conclusion:
- It is a given fact that sending a messenger/warner
to each community includes but not limited to
the human kind of messengers. With the very
overwhelming technological advances we have
now, the world has become so tiny, and Quran,
the eternal messenger of God, has become within
reach, a click on a button
away! This availability of the message of the
Quran, in many languages, in the midst of each
community, on each spot of the globe is a divine
and a valid mean of sending a messenger and
purifying our souls. It is becoming very
unlikely in the highly advanced era we live in
with the very fast speed availability of the
Quran to use the excuse of not receiving a
messenger (40:49-50).
Quran and what it has of a perfect message,
ideologies, divine wisdom, explanations,
proofs, endless examples, warnings, good news,
commands, and details that resolve all disputes
could sufficiently serve as a messenger to
specific communities or individuals- a messenger
that stays alive and never dies. Please analyze
the following verses where the emphasis is on
the delivery or the availability of the great
wisdom, divine warnings, proofs, and examples to
the different groups or communities:
[25:38] Also `Aad,
Thamoud, the
inhabitants of Al-Russ, and
many generations between them.
[25:39] To each
of these groups, we
delivered sufficient examples,
before we annihilated them.
[54:1] The Hour has come
closer, and the moon has split.*
[54:2] Then
they saw a miracle; but they turned
away and said, "Old magic."
[54:3] They disbelieved,
followed their opinions, and adhered to their
old traditions.
[54:4]
Sufficient warnings have been delivered to alert
them.
[54:5] Great
wisdom; but all the warnings have
been in vain.
[27:93] And say, "Praise
be to GOD; He will show you His
proofs, until you recognize
them. Your Lord is never unaware of
anything you do."
- In 42:51 we learn the three modes of the
divine communication with humans - inspiration,
from behind a barrier, and by sending a
messenger through whom He reveals what He wills.
It is God's precise choice of words that He used
the general word "messenger" without
any specification. When we read this verse, we
must include and count God's scriptures among
the messengers and besides both the human and
the angel ones. God communicates His message
through the Quran, the eternal messenger of God.
How God Communicates With Us
[42:51] No human being
can communicate with GOD except through
inspiration, or from
behind a barrier, or by
sending a messenger through whom He reveals what
He wills. He is the Most High, Most
Wise.
Peaceful Friday, salaam, and God bless.
