Surah al-Mu’minun - Verses 37-38 إِنْ هِيَ إِلاَّ حَيَاتُنَا...

Surah al-Mu’minun - Verses 37-38 إِنْ هِيَ إِلاَّ حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ إِنْ هُوَ إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ افْتَرَي عَلَي اللَّهِ كَذِباً وَمَا نَحْنُ لَهُ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ 37. “There is nothing but our life in this world: we die and we live, and we shall not be raised again” 38. “He is naught but a man who has forged a lie about Allah, and we will not believe him.” Some of unbelievers believed in Allah, but they did not accept the Resurrection and prophecy.

They rejected the saints and friends of Allah as well as the Divine promises with the claim of ‘preserving the sanctity of the Lord.’ In this noble verse, the other reason they employed to deny the Resurrection was by saying: “There is nothing but our life in this world...” They implied that there was nothing left of them after death one appeared out of nothing and returned to nothingness. One generation always dies and another generation takes its place.

The verse continues saying: “...we die and we live, and we shall not be raised again.” Finally, in the next verse, their argument became personal and they attacked their prophet's character, when they said: “He is naught but a man who has forged a lie about Allah, and we will not believe him.” The unbelievers thought that no wise man would believe in that prophet for they denied his Divine mission nor did they believe in his promises about the Resurrection.

Sometimes a society can decline to such an extent that the real supporters of religion are introduced as liars and the conceited unbelievers are called as supporters of Allah’s sanctuaries. Surah al-Mu’minun - Verses 39-41 قَالَ رَبّ‌ِ انصُرْنِي بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ قَالَ عَمَّا قَلِيلٍ لَّيُصْبِحُنَّ نَادِمِينَ فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ بِالْحَقّ‌ِ فَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ غُثَآءً فَبُعْداً لّـِلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ 39. “ (Their prophet) said: ‘My Lord! Help me against what they belie!’.” 40.

“ (Allah) said: ‘In a little while they will be remorseful’.” 41. “Then the Blast overtook them with justice, and We made them into a scum. So away with the unjust people!” Prophets Only Rely On Allah (“O my Lord...”) The word ‘Rabb’ is one of the best words to use in prayer and supplication. After the word Allah, the most frequent word applied in the Qur’an is ‘Rabb’.

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