LOVE?
Love is a powerful word. The effect of
Love is even greater. Love, like numerous other things in life
should be applied at the right place.
Advancement in science and technology
has led us, human, to think that we can do everything we like,
everything we love - with little to no regard to the limitation
imposed to us by our creator; the One and Only ALLAH azzawajalla.
One of them is the movement to legalize same-sex marriage. Read
here.
1.
TâSîn.
[These letters are one of the miracles of the Qur'ân, and none
but Allâh (Alone) knows their meanings]. These are the Verses
of the Qur'ân, and (it is) a Book (that makes things) clear;
2.
A guide (to the Right Path); and glad tidings for the
believers [who believe in the Oneness of Allâh (i.e. Islâmic
Monotheism)].
3.
Those who perform AsSalât (IqâmatasSalât) and
give Zakât and they believe with certainty in the
Hereafter (resurrection, recompense of their good and bad
deeds, Paradise and Hell, etc.).
4.
Verily, those who believe not in the Hereafter, We have made
their deeds fair-seeming to them, so they wander about
blindly.
5.
They are those for whom there will be an evil torment (in this
world). And in the Hereafter they will be the greatest losers.
6.
And verily, you (O Muhammad) are receiving the Qur'ân from the
One, All-Wise, All-Knowing.
(Al-Quran: An-Naml: 1-6)
And (remember) Lout (Lot)! When he said to his people. Do you
commit AlFâhishah (evil, great sin, every kind of unlawful
sexual intercourse, sodomy, etc.) while you see (one another
doing evil without any screen, etc.)?"
"Do you approach men in your lusts rather than women? Nay, but
you are a people who behave senselessly."
There was no other answer given by his people except that they
said: "Drive out the family of Lout (Lot) from your city. Verily, these are men who want to be
clean and pure!"
So We saved him and his family, except his wife. We destined
her to be of those who remained behind. And We rained down on
them a rain (of stones). So evil was the rain of those who
were warned.
(Al-Quran: An-Naml: 54-58)
The prople of Lout (Lot) (those dwelt in the towns of
Sodom
in
Palestine) belied the Messengers. When their brother Lout (Lot)
said to them:
"Will you not fear Allâh and obey Him? "Verily! I am a
trustworthy Messenger to you. "So fear Allâh, keep your duty
to Him, and obey me. "No reward do I ask of you for it (my
Message of Islâmic Monotheism), my reward is only from the
Lord of the 'Alamîn (mankind, jinns and all that exists).
"Go you in unto the males of the 'Alamîn (mankind), "And leave
those whom Allâh has created for you to be your wives? Nay,
you are a trespassing people!" They said: "If you cease not. O
Lout (Lot)!
Verily, you will be one of those who are driven out!"
He said: "I am, indeed, of those who disapprove with severe
anger and fury your (this evil) action (of sodomy)."My Lord!
Save me and my family from what they do." So We saved him and
his family, all, Except an old woman (his wife) among those
who remained behind.
Then afterward We destroyed the others. And We rained on them
a rain (of torment). And how evil was the rain of those who
had been warned. Verily, in this is indeed a sign, yet most of
them are not believers. And verily! Your Lord, He is indeed
the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful.
(Al-Quran: As-Shu’ara’: 160-175)
59. Say (O Muhammad ): "Praise and thanks
be to Allâh, and peace be on His slaves whom He has chosen
(for His Message)! Is Allâh better, or (all) that you ascribe
as partners (to Him)?" (Of course, Allâh is Better).
60. Is not He (better than your gods) Who
created the heavens and the earth, and sends down for you
water (rain) from the sky, whereby We cause to grow wonderful
gardens full of beauty and delight? It is not in your ability
to cause the growth of their trees. Is there any ilâh (god)
with Allâh? Nay, but they are a people who ascribe equals (to
Him)!
61. Is not He (better than your gods) Who
has made the earth as a fixed abode, and has placed rivers in
its midst, and has placed firm mountains therein, and has set
a barrier between the two seas (of salt and sweet water).Is
there any ilâh (god) with Allâh? Nay, but most of them know
not.
62. Is not He (better than your gods) Who
responds to the distressed one, when he calls Him, and Who
removes the evil, and makes you inheritors of the earth,
generations after generations. Is there any ilâh (god) with
Allâh? Little is that you remember!
63. Is not He (better than your gods) Who
guides you in the darkness of the land and the sea, and Who
sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before His
Mercy (rain)? Is there any ilâh (god) with Allâh? High Exalted
be Allâh above all that they associate as partners (to Him)!
64. Is not He (better than your so-called
gods) Who originates creation, and shall thereafter repeat it,
and Who provides for you from heaven and earth? Is there any
ilâh (god) with Allâh? Say, "Bring forth your proofs, if you
are truthful."
65. Say: "None in the heavens and the
earth knows the Ghaib (unseen) except Allâh, nor can they
perceive when they shall be resurrected."
66. Nay, they have no knowledge of the
Hereafter. Nay, they are in doubt about it. Nay, they are
blind about it.
67. And those who disbelieve say: "When we
have become dust, we and our fathers, shall we really be
brought forth (again)?
68. "Indeed we were promised this, we and
our forefathers before, Verily, these are nothing but tales of
ancients."
69. Say to them (O Muhammad ) "Travel in
the land and see how has been the end of the criminals (those
who denied Allâh's Messengers and disobeyed Allâh)."
70. And grieve you not for them, nor be
straitened (in distress) because of what they plot.
71. And they (the disbelievers in the
Oneness of Allâh) say: "When (will) this promise (be
fulfilled), if you are truthful?"
72. Say: "Perhaps that which you wish to
hasten on, may be close behind you.
73. "Verily, your Lord is full of Grace
for mankind, yet most of them do not give thanks."
74. And verily, your Lord knows what their
breasts conceal and what they reveal.
75. And there is nothing hidden in the
heaven and the earth, but is in a Clear Book (i.e. Al-Lauh Al-Mahfűz).
76. Verily, this Qur'ân narrates to the
Children of Israel most of that about which they differ.
77. And truly, it (this Qur'ân) is a guide
and a mercy to the believers.
78. Verily, your Lord will decide between
them (various sects) by His Judgement. And He is the
All-Mighty, the All-Knowing.
79. So put your trust in Allâh; surely,
you (O Muhammad ) are on manifest truth.
80. Verily, you cannot make the dead to
hear (i.e. benefit them and similarly the disbelievers), nor
can you make the deaf to hear the call, when they flee,
turning their backs.
81. Nor can you lead the blind out of
their error, you can only make to hear those who believe in
Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs,
revelations, etc.), and who have submitted (themselves to
Allâh in Islâm as Muslims).
82. And when the Word (of torment) is
fulfilled against them, We shall bring out from the earth a
beast to them, which will speak to them because mankind
believed not with certainty in Our Ayât (Verses of the Qur'ân
and Prophet Muhammad ).
83. And (remember) the Day when We shall
gather out of every nation a troop of those who denied Our
Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations,
etc.), and (then) they (all) shall be gathered (and driven to
the place of reckoning),
84. Till, when they come (before their
Lord at the place of reckoning), He will say: "Did you deny My
Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations,
etc.) when you comprehended them not in knowledge, or what
(else) was it that you used to do?"
85. And the Word (of torment) will be
fulfilled against them, because they have done wrong, and they
will be unable to speak (in order to defend themselves).
86. See they not that We have made the
night for them to rest therein, and the day sight-giving?
Verily, in this are Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons,
signs, revelations, etc.) for the people who believe.
87. And (remember) the Day on which the
Trumpet will be blown and all who are in the heavens and all
who are on the earth, will be terrified except him whom Allâh
will (exempt). And all shall come to Him humbled.
88. And you will see the mountains and
think them solid, but they shall pass away as the passing away
of the clouds. The Work of Allâh, Who perfected all things,
verily! He is Well-Acquainted with what you do.
89. Whoever brings a good deed (i.e.
Belief in the Oneness of Allâh along with every deed of
righteousness), will have better than its worth, and they will
be safe from the terror on that Day.
90. And whoever brings an evil (deed)
(i.e. Shirk polytheism, disbelief in the Oneness of Allâh and
every evil sinful deed), they will be cast down (prone) on
their faces in the Fire. (And it will be said to them) "Are
you being recompensed anything except what you used to do?"
91. I (Muhammad ) have been commanded only
to worship the Lord of this city (Makkah), Him Who has
sanctified it and His is everything. And I am commanded to be
from among the Muslims (those who submit to Allâh in Islâm).
92. And to recite the Qur'ân, so whosoever
receives guidance, receives it for the good of his ownself,
and whosoever goes astray, say (to him): "I am only one of the
warners."
93. And say [(O Muhammad ) to these
polytheists and pagans etc.]: "All the praises and thanks be
to Allâh. He will show you His Ayât (signs, in yourselves, and
in the universe or punishments, etc.), and you shall recognise
them. And your Lord is not unaware of what you do."
(Al-Quran: An-Naml: 59-93)
TRANSLATION of AL-QURAN
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