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Sura - 33 The Parties
(Al-Ahzab) |
[33:0] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
[33:1] O you prophet, you shall reverence GOD and
do not obey the disbelievers and the hypocrites. GOD is Omniscient, Most
Wise.
[33:2] Follow what is revealed to you from your Lord.
GOD is fully Cognizant of everything you all do.
[33:3] And put your trust in GOD. GOD suffices as
an advocate.
Devotion to God Is Indivisible [33:4] GOD did not give any man two hearts in his chest. Nor did He turn your wives whom you estrange (according to your custom) into your mothers. Nor did He turn your adopted children into genetic offspring. All these are mere utterances that you have invented. GOD speaks the truth, and He guides in the (right) path.*
Do Not Change Your
Names
[33:5] You shall give your adopted children names
that preserve their relationship to their genetic parents. This is more equitable
in the sight of GOD. If you do not know their parents, then, as your brethren
in religion, you shall treat them as members of your family. You do not commit
a sin if you make a mistake in this respect; you are responsible for your
purposeful intentions. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.
*33:4 It was a custom in Arabia to estrange the wife by declaring that she
was like the husband's mother. Such an unfair practice is abrogated
herein.
Muhammad Pledges to Support God's Messenger
of the Covenant*
[33:7] Recall that we took from the prophets their
covenant, including you (O Muhammad), Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus the
son of Mary. We took from them a solemn
pledge.*
[33:8] Subsequently, He will surely question the
truthful about their truthfulness, and has prepared for the disbelievers
(in this Quranic fact) a painful retribution.
The Battle of the
Parties
[33:9] O you who believe, remember GOD's blessing
upon you; when soldiers attacked you, we sent upon them violent wind and
invisible soldiers. GOD is Seer of everything you do.
[33:10] When they came from above you, and from
beneath you, your eyes were terrified, your hearts ran out of patience, and
you harbored unbefitting thoughts about GOD.
[33:11] That is when the believers were truly tested;
they were severely shaken up.
[33:12] The hypocrites and those with doubts in
their hearts said, "What GOD and His messenger promised us was no more than
an illusion!"
[33:13] A group of them said, "O people of Yathrib,
you cannot attain victory; go back." Others made up excuses to the prophet:
"Our homes are vulnerable," when they were not vulnerable. They just wanted
to flee.
[33:14] Had the enemy invaded and asked them to
join, they would have joined the enemy without hesitation.
*33:7 The covenant is detailed in
3:81. God took
a covenant from the prophets that they shall support His Messenger of the
Covenant who would come after Muhammad to purify and unify their messages.
The Covenant was made before the earth's creation, and was fulfilled in Mecca
Zul-Hijja 3, 1391 (December 21, 1971 ). The sum of the Islamic month (12),
plus the day (3), plus the year (1391) gives 1406, 19x74. Overwhelming proof
identifying God's Messenger of the Covenant as Rashad Khalifa is provided
throughout the Quran (Appendices
2 &
26).
[33:17] Say, "Who would protect you from GOD if He willed any adversity, or willed any blessing for you?" They can never find, beside GOD, any other lord and master.
[33:18] GOD is fully aware of the hinderers among you, and those who say to their comrades, "Let us all stay behind." Rarely do they mobilize for defense.
[33:19] Also, they are too stingy when dealing with you. If anything threatens the community, you see their eyes rolling with fear, as if death had already come to them. Once the crisis is over, they whip you with sharp tongues. They are too stingy with their wealth. These are not believers, and, consequently, GOD has nullified their works. This is easy for GOD to do.
[33:20] They thought that the parties might come back. In that case, they would wish that they were lost in the desert, asking about your news from afar. Had the parties attacked you while they were with you, they would rarely support you.
The Prophet's Courage*
[33:21] The messenger of GOD has set up a good
example for those among you who seek GOD and the Last Day, and constantly
think about GOD.
*33:21 Satan took this verse out of context, and relied on the people's
idolization of the prophet Muhammad to innovate a whole set of unauthorized
and unreasonable regulations called ``Sunna of the Prophet.'' This created
a totally different religion (see
42:21
and Appendix
18).
[33:24] GOD will surely recompense the truthful for their truthfulness, and will punish the hypocrites, if He so wills, or redeem them. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.
During Muhammad's Time
[33:25] GOD repulsed those who disbelieved with
their rage, and they left empty-handed. GOD thus spared the believers any
fighting. GOD is Powerful, Almighty.
[33:26] He also brought down their allies among
the people of the scripture from their secure positions, and threw terror
into their hearts. Some of them you killed, and some you took
captive.
[33:27] He made you inherit their land, their homes,
their money, and lands you had never stepped on. GOD is in full control of
all things.
Special Responsibility For Being
Close
[33:28] O prophet, say to your wives, "If you are
seeking this life and its vanities, then let me compensate you and allow
you to go amicably.
[33:29] "But if you are seeking GOD and His messenger,
and the abode of the Hereafter, then GOD has prepared for the righteous among
you a great recompense."
Special Responsibility
[33:30] O wives of the prophet, if any of you commits
a gross sin, the retribution will be doubled for her. This is easy for GOD
to do.
[33:31] Any one of you who obeys GOD and His messenger,
and leads a righteous life, we will grant her double the recompense, and
we have prepared for her a generous provision.
Setting the Example
[33:32] O wives of the prophet, you are not the
same as any other women, if you observe righteousness. (You have a greater
responsibility.) Therefore, you shall not speak too softly, lest those with
disease in their hearts may get the wrong ideas; you shall speak only
righteousness.
[33:33] You shall settle down in your homes, and
do not mingle with the people excessively, like you used to do in the old
days of ignorance. You shall observe the Contact Prayers (Salat), and give
the obligatory charity (Zakat), and obey GOD and His messenger. GOD wishes
to remove all unholiness from you, O you who live around the Sacred Shrine,
and to purify you completely.
[33:34] Remember what is being recited in your
homes of GOD's revelations and the wisdom inherent therein. GOD is Sublime,
Cognizant.
Equality of Men and
Women
[33:35] The submitting men, the submitting women,
the believing men, the believing women, the obedient men, the obedient women,
the truthful men, the truthful women, the steadfast men, the steadfast women,
the reverent men, the reverent women, the charitable men, the charitable
women, the fasting men, the fasting women, the chaste men, the chaste women,
and the men who commemorate GOD frequently, and the commemorating women;
GOD has prepared for them forgiveness and a great recompense.
Major Error Committed by Muhammad
[33:36] No believing man or believing woman, if
GOD and His messenger issue any command, has any choice regarding that command.
Anyone who disobeys GOD and His messenger has gone far astray.
[33:37] Recall that you said to the one who was
blessed by GOD, and blessed by you, "Keep your wife and reverence GOD," and
you hid inside yourself what GOD wished to proclaim. Thus, you feared the
people, when you were supposed to fear only GOD. When Zeid was completely
through with his wife, we had you marry her, in order to establish the precedent
that a man may marry the divorced wife of his adopted son. GOD's commands
shall be done.
[33:38] The prophet is not committing an error
by doing anything that is made lawful by GOD. Such is GOD's system since
the early generations. GOD's command is a sacred duty.
[33:39] Those who deliver GOD's messages, and who
reverence Him alone, shall never fear anyone but GOD. GOD is the most efficient
reckoner.
Muhammad the Man Disobeys Muhammad the Messenger
Not The Final
Messenger*
[33:40] Muhammad was not the father of any man
among you. He was a messenger of GOD and the final prophet. GOD is fully
aware of all things.
[33:41] O you who believe, you shall remember GOD
frequently.
[33:42] You shall glorify Him day and
night.
*33:40 Despite this clear definition of Muhammad, most Muslims insist that
he was the last prophet and also the last messenger. This is a tragic human
trait as we see in
40:34. Those who readily
believe God realize that God sent His purifying and consolidating Messenger
of the Covenant after the final prophet Muhammad
(3:81,
33:7).
*33:41-42 Your god is whatever occupies your thoughts
most of the time. Hence the commandment to commemorate God and glorify Him
day and night. See Appendix
27.
[33:45] O prophet, we have sent you as a witness,
a bearer of good news, as well as a warner.
[33:46] Inviting to GOD, in accordance with His
will, and a guiding beacon.
[33:47] Deliver good news to the believers, that
they have deserved from GOD a great blessing.
[33:48] Do not obey the disbelievers and the
hypocrites, disregard their insults, and put your trust in GOD; GOD suffices
as an advocate.
Marriage Laws
[33:49] O you who believe, if you married believing
women, then divorced them before having intercourse with them, they do not
owe you any waiting interim (before marrying another man). You shall compensate
them equitably, and let them go amicably.
[33:50] O prophet, we made lawful for you your
wives to whom you have paid their due dowry, or what you already have, as
granted to you by GOD. Also lawful for you in marriage are the daughters
of your father's brothers, the daughters of your father's sisters, the daughters
of your mother's brothers, the daughters of your mother's sisters, who have
emigrated with you. Also, if a believing woman gave herself to the prophet
- by forfeiting the dowry - the prophet may marry her without a dowry, if
he so wishes. However, her forfeiting of the dowry applies only to the prophet,
and not to the other believers. We have already decreed their rights in regard
to their spouses or what they already have. This is to spare you any
embarrassment. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.
[33:51] You may gently shun any one of them, and
you may bring closer to you any one of them. If you reconcile with any one
you had estranged, you commit no error. In this way, they will be pleased,
will have no grief, and will be content with what you equitably offer to
all of them. GOD knows what is in your hearts. GOD is Omniscient,
Clement.
[33:52] Beyond the categories described to you,
you are enjoined from marrying any other women, nor can you substitute a
new wife (from the prohibited categories), no matter how much you admire
their beauty. You must be content with those already made lawful to you.
GOD is watchful over all things.
Etiquette
[33:53] O you who believe, do not enter the prophet's
homes unless you are given permission to eat, nor shall you force such an
invitation in any manner. If you are invited, you may enter. When you finish
eating, you shall leave; do not engage him in lengthy conversations. This
used to hurt the prophet, and he was too shy to tell you. But GOD does not
shy away from the truth. If you have to ask his wives for something, ask
them from behind a barrier. This is purer for your hearts and their hearts.
You are not to hurt the messenger of GOD. You shall not marry his wives after
him, for this would be a gross offense in the sight of GOD.
*33:53 We are enjoined in
4:22 from marrying
women who were previously married to our fathers. Nor can the father marry
the divorced wife of his genetic son (4:23).
This divine commandment preserves our respect for our fathers and their most
private affairs. Similarly, the prophet was a father figure to the believers
of his time. For the good of those believers, God enjoined them from marrying
women who were previously married to the prophet. Marriage is a sacred and
very private relationship, and the prophet's private life was better kept
private.
During the Prophet's
Life*
[33:56] GOD and His angels help and support the
prophet. O you who believe, you shall help and support him, and regard him
as he should be regarded.
[33:57] Surely, those who oppose GOD and His messenger,
GOD afflicts them with a curse in this life, and in the Hereafter; He has
prepared for them a shameful retribution.
[33:58] Those who persecute the believing men and
the believing women, who did not do anything wrong, have committed not only
a falsehood, but also a gross sin.
Dress Code for Women
[33:59] O prophet, tell your wives, your daughters,
and the wives of the believers that they shall lengthen their garments. Thus,
they will be recognized (as righteous women) and avoid being insulted. GOD
is Forgiver, Most Merciful.
[33:60] Unless the hypocrites, and those with disease
in their hearts, and the vicious liars of the city refrain (from persecuting
you), we will surely grant you the upper hand, then they will be forced to
leave within a short while.
[33:61] They have incurred condemnation wherever
they go; (unless they stop attacking you,) they may be taken and
killed.
*33:56 The word ``prophet'' (Nabi) consistently refers to Muhammad only when
he was alive. Satan used this verse to entice the Muslims into commemorating
Muhammad, constantly, instead of commemorating God as enjoined in
33:41-42.
End of the World Revealed*
The Followers Turn On Their
Leaders
[33:64] GOD has condemned the disbelievers, and
has prepared for them Hell.
[33:65] Eternally they abide therein. They will
find no lord, nor a supporter.
[33:66] The day they are thrown into Hell, they
will say, "Oh, we wish we obeyed GOD, and obeyed the messenger."
[33:67] They will also say, "Our Lord, we have
obeyed our masters and leaders, but they led us astray.
[33:68] "Our Lord, give them double the retribution,
and curse them a tremendous curse."
[33:69] O you who believe, do not be like those
who hurt Moses, then GOD absolved him of what they said. He was, in the sight
of GOD, honorable.
[33:70] O you who believe, reverence GOD and utter
only the correct utterances.
[33:71] He will then fix your works, and forgive
your sins. Those who obey GOD and His messenger have triumphed a great
triumph.
Freedom of Choice
[33:72] We have offered the responsibility (freedom
of choice) to the heavens and the earth, and the mountains, but they refused
to bear it, and were afraid of it. But the human being accepted it; he was
transgressing, ignorant.
*33:63 Less than a century ago, only God possessed
knowledge about television and space satellites, for example. He revealed this
knowledge at the predetermined time. Similarly, God has revealed the time
appointed for the end of this world (Appendix
25).
*33:72 The animals, trees, stars, etc. took advantage of this most gracious offer. See Appendix 7."
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