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Surah 42 AL-SHOORAA-The mutual consultation and interaction between mankind to find the proper way of life that leads them to unity, peace, progress and prosperity
This surah is named AL-SHOORAA from root SHEEN, WOW and RAA. Concrete meaning of this root is squeezing honeycomb to draw honey from it. It also means to arrive at a decision or conclusion regarding a matter through deliberation and consultation with each other. Since through consultation regarding a matter a final decision or agreement is reached as the end result therefore it is like squeezing the essence out of a food product ie in this case food for thought using a particular process. To collect honey from honeycomb, to draw a conclusion or to come to an agreement through consultation, to expose or present something, the process or technique used in the process of gathering things or ideas together to draw conclusion or come to an agreement, to have a discussion or discourse or debate etc etc.
This surah is named AL-SHOORAA because the Quran talks about formation of a proper human community based upon the foundation provided by the Quran as model therefore mutual consultation and interaction between mankind is absolutely necessary to keep each other right and in check.
Proclaim! In the name of Allah, the provider of psychological, sociological and biological needs of mankind,
1] Haa Meem.
2] Ain Seen Qaaf.
3] For the very same purpose revelation is sent to you people also as it was sent to people before you by Allah the mighty wise ruler of this universe.
4] To Whom belongs all that is in all the galaxies throughout the universe including all that is in this galaxy. He is the ultimate authority that is supreme above all.
5] The people in positions of power over the masses are about to tumble down because Our missionaries are working hard to manifest glory of their Creator and Sustainer in order to secure existence of those who are sunk into the earth. Be aware that Allah is protector of mankind through His blissful program.
6] As for those who take protectors other than Him Allah is keeping them under His guard through set-up system and laws so you are not responsible for carrying out their obligations and responsibilities for them.
7] That is why We have sent to you this Quran in Arabic so that you could warn the residents of the Mother of Cities and people in its suburbs and alert them about the coming of the time in which there is no doubt when people will be brought together. One group will end up in blissful kingdom and the other group will end up in crowd for uprising and upheavals full of fire of hatred against each other.
8] If it was only up to blissful program of Allah, He could have made all of them a single nation living in a blissful kingdom but He admits to His blissful kingdom only such as express desire for it through their hard works based upon His blissful program. So those who inflict harm and destruction upon each other for their personal gains they can have neither any protector nor any helper.
9] Have they taken up rulers other than Him? The fact is, it is only Allah Who can protect mankind because He is the one Who raises nations after their fall through His motivating and inspiring program because He has set-up systems and laws to deal with all affairs concerning all things.
10] Say to mankind that whatever your differences and fights, to solve them refer to wisdom provided by Allah, such capable of solving all your problems is guidance of Allah my creator and sustainer so rely upon it and keep referring to it always.
11] Because He alone is originator of the heavens and the earth. He has made for you mates from among yourselves just as He has made mates among animals, that is how He multiplies you. There is nothing like unto Him and He makes that obvious for mankind through His revelation expressing the extent of His observation and understanding of things.
12] In His guidance rest keys to secrets in the heavens and the earth. He provides abundantly to any people who show desire for it through their efforts and limits His provision for those who show no such desire through their efforts. He makes obvious for mankind everything through His revelation they ought to be aware of.
13] He has advised for you the mankind the same way of life always which He advised for people of Noah, the way of life which We have revealed to you O Muhammad, the one We advised for people of Abraham, Moses and Jesus saying you should establish the advised way of life and cause no divisions in humanity through negative discriminations. Intolerable is that way of life to which you invite for those who choose to live by rules of other than Allah based upon personal gains. Allah chooses for His advised way of life such people as express their desire for it through their efforts because He guides to it whoever turns to it.
14] People did not divide into opposing factions until after discovering the idea of self interest and personal gains for themselves out of sense of domination among themselves by undermining each other. Had your Creator and Sustainer not set-up systems and laws to deal with affairs relating mankind their mutual destruction would have already occurred. The fact is those who have inherited the book after them are surely in destabilising doubt about it.
15] So call them to the proper way of life and stay firm on the proper way of life yourself as you are told and follow not their harmful and destructive ambitions and desires. Moreover say to them, I commit to working for unity, peace, progress and prosperity of mankind according to what is revealed by Allah in form of the book whereby I am told to establish a just system among you the mankind. Allah is our creator and sustainer as well as yours. We are responsible for doing whatever we are obligated to do just as you are responsible for doing whatever you are obligated to do so that there are no reasons for fighting between us and you. In due course Allah will bring us together because to His message we all must turn for our proper guidance.
16] Those who fight concerning guidance of Allah after pledging allegiance to it their fighting is harmful and destructive for mankind in the sight of their Creator and Sustainer because upon them will fall fire of hatred and they will end up in terrible painful suffering.
17] It is Allah Who has revealed this book for a set purpose of guidance as a yardstick for the mankind to abide by and what will make you realize that perhaps the forewarned moment of upheaval is about to take place?
18] Only those who do not commit to working for unity, peace, progress and prosperity of mankind seek to hurry it on because those who commit to working for unity, peace, progress and prosperity of mankind dread its coming despite knowing that its coming is inevitable if mankind will not abide by guidance of Allah. So be aware that those who are in doubt concerning the hour of doom are far too much in confusion.
19] Allah is very kind to His human creatures. He provides with sustenance to whoever expresses desire by making efforts for it because He uses His power honourably.
20] Any people who decide to cultivate their community for long term blissful future will be given a many fold increase in their yield and any people who decide to cultivate their community for short term gains will get what they work for but such people cannot have share in creating a better future for themselves as a proper human community.
21] What! Have the ruling elite of those who oppose guidance of Allah set up rulers for them other than Allah so that in their names they could make lawful what Allah has not allowed for them to do to others because it is harmful for the mankind? Had guidance of Allah not clearly distinguished advised way of life by Allah from harmful and destructive ways of life people adopt by themselves then dispute between them would have ended in their mutual destruction already nonetheless those who inflict harm and destruction upon each other always end up in terrible painful suffering.
22] You can see that those who inflict harm and destruction upon each other fear the terrible consequences of their misdeeds but they are sure to befall them unless they stop living the way they do. On the other hand those who commit to working for unity, peace, progress and prosperity of mankind therefore work hard to help growth and development of humanity will end up in blissful kingdoms. For them in there will be whatever they will desire according to program of their Creator and Sustainer. That will surely be a great achievement.
23] Such is the blessing about which Allah gives good news to His servants who commit to working for unity, peace, progress and prosperity of mankind and deliver it through actions that help humanity grow and prosper. Say to them O messenger, I do not ask you for anything in return save your love for one another as a single human family. Any of you who will benefit any other person will be rewarded with outcome many times over because Allah surely protects mankind through proper use of His provided things.
24] Do they say, he has attributed this message falsely to Allah? But had that been the case then Allah would have found your mind sealed also just like theirs against His guidance. In fact Allah drives out falsehood from minds of people by proving the truth true by His words. Surely He makes obvious in due course what is hidden in minds of mankind against each other.
25] It is He Who gives opportunity for reformation to His human creatures by way of His guidance to take them out of life of harm and destruction to life of peace and prosperity because He makes known what you the people ought to be doing.
26] He fulfils the needs and wants of those who commit to working for peace, progress and prosperity of mankind by doing whatever helps growth and prosperity of humanity and gives them even more out of His bounty. As for those who oppose His guidance they are bound to end up in severe painful suffering as a result of their own misdeeds.
27] Had Allah bestowed abundance upon such of His human creatures, they would have transgressed against each other beyond all bounds in the world that is why He sends down sustenance for them in due measures as He deems fit, surely He is well aware and constantly observant of needs of His human creatures.
28] It is He Who sends down rain even after they have lost all hope and spreads thereby His blessings for mankind. He alone is protector of mankind and glory of His rule in the universe is self evident for mankind to see.
29] Among His lessons to observe and learn from is creation of the heavens and the earth so that He spreads the living creatures in them because His set-up system and laws are capable of bringing them both together as per His own plan.
This verse is pointing out something yet to be explored ie the purpose of creation of all the galaxies is so that living creatures spread throughout them in due course when humanity has become developed enough to do so. Once humans are able to live on other planets then other living things that people need for living will also be transported to them by people. At the moment it seems a farfetched idea but in time mankind will turn it into a reality. It may well take mankind thousands if not millions of years to get to that stage. Mankind will have to discover other ways of transporting themselves to other galaxies as travel by so far developed means of travelling are not good enough for this purpose.
30] However whatever difficulty befalls you the mankind in your growth and development it is the outcome of what you have done by your own hands even though for many of your misdeeds He has granted you some protection so that you could mend your ways and carry on.
31] You cannot frustrate His plan for you in this world because there is no protector or helper for you against Allah.
32] Among His lessons to observe and learn from are the ships travelling smoothly in the oceans looking tall like mountains in there.
In these verses Allah is talking about his plan for humanity and makes it very clear that even if people will not do things they are suppose to do through observing and learning from natural world and revelation yet set-up systems and laws will keep urging mankind to keep on moving in the right direction bit by bit. In other words there is quick way of doing things and there is also a slow way of doing things but things that need doing must be done is the message of the Quran in these verses. Allah expects a lot more creativity from human beings than they have shown so far. It is because mankind are not living their lives the way they are advised so that is keeping human progress to almost a stand still. Had humanity not wasted so much of its energy and manpower in fighting each other then it may have progressed far more than it has so far. This is why the Quran keeps repeating the issue of living the right way for mankind. It is because so long has humanity lives its life the stupid ways it will remain stuck in all sorts of problems which will keep it from making progress that it could if it lived the proper way. The situation is like a group of people have to build a building but instead of organising and getting on with building the building they pick fights with each other so the task they are supposed to accomplish remains where it is. This is why people if they really want to make progress and prosper then they must learn to live in peace and to work together so that real progress could be made which the Quran is telling us about in these like verses. Allah has created mankind to take over the universe but so long as people will keep on fighting each other they will not be able to do that. People need to concentrate on discoveries and inventions so that thereby they could help themselves spread throughout the universe in order to be able to make use of things the universe has to offer for the good of humanity. This is why human power should not be allowed to go to waste as is the case today. Personal gain idea must be given up and human community spirit must be kindled and the Quran should be given the centre stage that it deserves to develop science if we ought to be getting anywhere. Mullaism must be defeated decisively along with ruling elite and money lenders to free humanity from shackles of harmful and destructive leaders and the ways of living. Unless world embraces proper Quranic teachings properly mankind will not become free from wrong weights and burdens around their necks to move full speed ahead.
33] Had He planned He could have drawn wind from their sails leaving them motionless on their backs, surely therein are lessons to observe and learn from for each people constantly working hard to make proper use of provided things,
34] Or He could let them drown in their self created troubles but He gives them chances despite many of their misdeeds,
35] so let those who fight against Our revelations know that there is no escape for them from Our set-up systems and laws.
36] It is because you the mankind are not provided with anything but it is to facilitate your blissful and dignified existence. That is because in abiding by guidance of Allah rest all the benefits that are lasting for those who commit to working for peace, progress and prosperity of mankind therefore they should rely upon set-up systems and laws of their Creator and Sustainers.
37] Such as those who avoid inflicting grave harms upon each other whereby they could end up bringing upon themselves clouds of doom and gloom and those who protect themselves and others from harmful effects of their own harmful actions based on anger
38] such as those who respond to call of their Creator and Sustainer by establishing community network according to His guidance in the kingdom and decide all their social, political and economic affairs regarding individuals, communities and states through mutual consultation and use the sustenance We have provided them with for the benefit of mankind,
39] such as those who when they are oppressed or suppressed do not give in but help each other and defend themselves
40] but remember even then that fair retaliation against any damage inflicted upon them is a likewise damage inflicted by them upon their oppressors and suppressors however if a people let go retaliation for reconciliation then such people should have reparation according to set-up systems and laws of Allah. Surely He does not love such as inflict harm and destruction upon each other.
41] However failing reconciliation those who avenge damage when it is inflicted upon them by a party because that is the only option left to them then there is no blame upon them.
42] The blame rests only on those who inflict harm and destruction upon people by committing aggression against them to oppress them by conducting themselves in the land in a way they have no right to do. Such people themselves are bound to end up in painful suffering in due course as a result of their own misconduct.
43] However those who steadfastly and consistently defend and protect themselves against oppressors and suppressors, they surely exhibit great wisdom and courage in conducting their affairs.
44] But any party whom Allah finds still going about its life the wrong way for such there is no security against His set-up system and laws after He has made His guidance clear for them. So you will see that when such as inflict harm and destruction upon each other are in painful suffering in due course they will ask each other, is there any way we could retreat or retrace our steps to get out of this kind of existence?
45] Moreover you will see them brought down by each other humiliated looking at each other with stealthy glances before Our kingdom. Seeing their state of affairs those committed to working for unity, peace, progress and prosperity of mankind will say to each other, the real losers are those leaders indeed who have lost themselves and their people by bringing upon themselves the day of uprising against which they were clearly warned. Be aware that those who inflict harm and destruction upon each other are bound to end up in painful suffer for a very long time.
46] And they will have no protectors who could help them against Allah. Any people whom Allah finds going away from His advised way of life such people have no way of escaping troublesome life.
47] Therefore respond properly to the call of your Creator and Sustainer properly before that day arrives which cannot be averted as per set-up systems and laws of Allah if you do not. There will be no refuge for you at that time against life of painful suffering nor will you be able to escape it any other way if you do bring it upon yourselves by not responding properly to His advice.
48] Still if they respond not properly to Our call then let them be aware of the fact that We have not sent you O messenger to be a standing guard over them. Your duty is only to convey Our message. Man is such that if We give him a taste of Our blissful program then he is happy with it due to being consistent with it but if through his own inconsistencies with Our program any harm afflicts him then that is because he misuses Our provisions.
49] However be aware that to Allah alone belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He evolves whatever He has planned. He lets a people go through periods of weaknesses as per their desire expressed through their conduct of affairs and He lets a people go through periods of strengths as per their desire expressed through their conduct of affairs,
50] or He lets a people go through periods of strengths as well as periods of weaknesses. However He lets a people perish who fail to accept the change for the better. That is why He makes obvious for mankind the set-up systems and laws for governing all affairs in His kingdom.
51] It is not consistent with plan of Allah that Allah should speak to each human being face to face therefore He chooses whoever He sees fit for His messengership and speaks to him through a medium to send him to his people so that he speaks to them on His behalf for whatever He wishes to convey. Surely He is authority over all Whose rule is based upon wisdom.
52] Likewise We revealed to you the people Our message regarding Our plan for you. You people did not know what law is nor how to live in peace and prosper and help other people live in peace and prosper but we made it a beacon for guidance to guide any community that expresses its desire for guidance through its conduct of affairs from among Our human creatures, so that you people guide mankind to the way of life that is right for peace and prosperity of mankind.
53] The way advised by Allah to whom belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. So be aware that outcome of all affairs ultimately rests with set-up systems and laws of Allah.
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