Selections from Holy Qur’an: Surahs 32 and 34, Part 1 of 2

The gentle Prophet Muhammad Peace Be Upon Him, was a beloved Master who led by His own shining example. His noble teachings live on in the hearts of people today, inspiring them toward a peaceful path to find the Most High.

Surah 32 Prostration (as-Sajdah) “In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. Alif, Lam, Meem. The revelation of the Book, without a doubt, is from the Lord of the Universe. Yet they say, ‘He made it up.’ In fact, it is the Truth from your Lord, to warn a people who received no warner before you, that they may be guided.

Allah is He who created the Heavens and the Earth and everything between them in six days, and then established Himself on the Throne. Apart from Him, you have no master and no intercessor. Will you not reflect?

He regulates all affairs, from the Heavens, to the Earth. Then it ascends to Him on a Day the length of which is a thousand years by your count. That is the Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, the Powerful, the Merciful. He who perfected everything He created and originated the creation of man from clay. Then made His reproduction from an extract of an insignificant fluid. Then He proportioned him, and breathed into him of His Spirit. Then He gave you the hearing, and the eyesight, and the brains — but rarely do you give thanks.

Is someone who is faithful like someone who is a sinner? They are not equal. As for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for them are the Gardens of Shelter— hospitality for what they used to do. But as for those who transgressed, their shelter is the Fire. Every time they try to get out of it, they will be brought back into it, and it will be said to them, ‘Taste the suffering of the Fire which you used to deny.’”

Surah 34 Sheba (Saba') “In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. Praise be to Allah, to Whom belongs everything in the Heavens and the Earth; and praise be to Him in the Hereafter. He is the Wise, the Expert. He knows what penetrates into the Earth, and what comes out of it, and what descends from the sky, and what ascends to it. He is the Merciful, the Forgiving.

Those who disbelieve say, ‘The Hour will not come upon us.’ Say, ‘Yes indeed, by my Lord, it will come upon you. He is the Knower of the unseen.’ Not an atom’s weight in the Heavens and the Earth, or anything smaller or larger, escapes His knowledge. All are in a Clear Record.”