Surat Al `Imran (21-30)

{إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْفُرُونَ بِآَيَاتِ اللهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ النَّبِيِّينَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَيَقْتُلُونَ الَّذِينَ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالقِسْطِ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ} [آل عمران: 21]

21- Those who disbelieve in the religion of Allah and the clear signs that He revealed, and preferred disbelief to faith, committed sins by denying their messengers, disobeyed them out of haughtiness and stubbornness, did not satisfied with their message, killed the honorable prophets of Allah Who committed no crime but to call them to the truth shall be punished. They raised swords against those who command them with justice and following the Straight Path, and forbid them to do evil, injustice, and ignorance as long as that call does not match their fancies and whims out of arrogance and haughtiness. Give those people a warning with humiliation and soon torment.

{أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآَخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِنْ نَاصِرِينَ} [آل عمران: 22]

22- The reward of all the actions they did in the world are void even if some of them are good and great as a retribution to their disbelief, stubbornness, and preference of falsehood to the truth. Verily, they have lost the true balance that governs actions and distinguishes their good from their bad. They shall have no helper to help them against the might of Allah nor a supporter on the Day of Resurrection to drive them out of the humiliating torment.

{أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا نَصِيبًا مِنَ الكِتَابِ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى كِتَابِ اللهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّى فَرِيقٌ مِنْهُمْ وَهُمْ مُعْرِضُونَ} [آل عمران: 23]

23- Do not you look at those who were given the Torah and the Bible. When the Jews and the Christians are called to resort to judgment of Allah; including obeying Allah, following the Messenger of Allah [peace be upon him], a group of them will turn away out of arrogance, stubbornness, and persistence to falsehood, as if they are not the People of the Scriptures. They do not care about acting according to that mentioned therein?

{ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا لَنْ تَمَسَّنَا النَّارُ إِلَّا أَيَّامًا مَعْدُودَاتٍ وَغَرَّهُمْ فِي دِينِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ} [آل عمران: 24]

24- When they are taunted by this and it said to them that it is boldness, deniable disobedience and may result in terrible punishment from Allah, they paved the way before them to commit that deniable act and tell lies against Allah by saying that they shall be tortured for a few days in Hell Fire then they shall go to Paradise. Such things which they wished for themselves kept them on their false religion which Allah did not reveal; it is just lie and fabrication.

{فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جَمَعْنَاهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ وَوُفِّيَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ} [آل عمران: 25]

25- Let them wait for that true day in which we shall gather them for reckoning and shall give each soul its share or punishment. They shall not be oppressed and Hell Fire is enough for those who disobeyed and refused to believe.

{قُلِ اللهُمَّ مَالِكَ المُلْكِ تُؤْتِي المُلْكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ وَتَنْزِعُ المُلْكَ مِمَّنْ تَشَاءُ وَتُعِزُّ مَنْ تَشَاءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَنْ تَشَاءُ بِيَدِكَ الخَيْرُ إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ} [آل عمران: 26]

26- Say: "O Allah to You is all dominance without attributing any partner to You and You alone who disposes the universe. You give whom You want whatever You want as a temporary loan. Indeed, You are its Owner and you do whatever you want in that and takes it away from whomever You want. No one is able to prevent something or say no about something because you are the true Owner.

You make whomever of Your Servants dear and honorable and You make whomever You want humiliated with equity and justice. The balance of right and good is all in Your Hand, everything you have is with a precise balance, and all good is in Your Hand and in Yours Possession. You are capable of everything. You give whomever You want, and You prevent whomever you want. What you have predestined will be and what You did not predestined shall not be.

{تُولِجُ اللَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ وَتُولِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَتُخْرِجُ الحَيَّ مِنَ المَيِّتِ وَتُخْرِجُ المَيِّتَ مِنَ الحَيِّ وَتَرْزُقُ مَنْ تَشَاءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ} [آل عمران: 27]

27- Of Your Greatest Signs in the nature that You make the miraculous movement of light and darkness. You make light during the daytime and leave part of it in the darkness of the night. Then comes the dark to cover the darkness bit by bit until it comes the light of the day. You take from the length of the day to decrease the night or to make them equal or vice versa until the circle of the seasons of the year is complete.

You bring the living out of the dead, and You bring the dead out of the living. You get out the grains out of the crops and get out the crops out of the grains. You get a hen out of an egg and get out an egg out of a hen. You cause death to some matters in order to be a substance to another matter in humans as well as in the universe. That happens in a constant motion and no one claims that he is capable of doing something like this and no one can say that these things happen by accident without prior measurement and estimation.

When a person knows that everything in this universe belongs to Allah and everything that happens therein; whether honor or humiliation, life and death is by His Will and estimation, that is to know that He is alone who provides sustenance to whomever He wants and withholds His Sustenance from whomever He wants. He is the Owner of will and He is the Just Who does not oppress.

{لَا يَتَّخِذِ المُؤْمِنُونَ الكَافِرِينَ أَوْلِيَاءَ مِنْ دُونِ المُؤْمِنِينَ وَمَنْ يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ فَلَيْسَ مِنَ اللهِ فِي شَيْءٍ إِلَّا أَنْ تَتَّقُوا مِنْهُمْ تُقَاةً وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُ اللهُ نَفْسَهُ وَإِلَى اللهِ المَصِيرُ} [آل عمران: 28]

28- It is not permissible for a Muslim to befriend an infidel and love him and whoever does this, his heart has tended to the infidel and preferred him to the believers. By doing this, he is away from Allah. Except for those who fear them, take caution against their evil, in certain countries and at certain times, only by tongue; not the heart, and when the reason of fear is removed, the caution that a person takes is over.

Verily, Allah warns you against His indignation and anger because the punishment surely shall be poured on those who befriended His enemies and showed enmity to His Close Friends. Your final destination is to Allah, and He shall reckon all people for that they have done.

{قُلْ إِنْ تُخْفُوا مَا فِي صُدُورِكُمْ أَوْ تُبْدُوهُ يَعْلَمْهُ اللهُ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الأَرْضِ وَاللهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ} [آل عمران: 29]

29- Say: If you conceal the affection of the unbelievers that is in your hearts, or you have shown your friendship to them in words and speech, Allah is All-Acquainted with the secrets and public of your affairs and nothing is hidden from Him neither on earth nor in heaven. He is capable of punishing you if you do not cease doing what He prohibited you to do and He is All-Powerful of everything. So, fear Allah and do not commit the things that He forbade you to do.

{يَوْمَ تَجِدُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَا عَمِلَتْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ مُحْضَرًا وَمَا عَمِلَتْ مِنْ سُوءٍ تَوَدُّ لَوْ أَنَّ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَهُ أَمَدًا بَعِيدًا وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُ اللهُ نَفْسَهُ وَاللهُ رَءُوفٌ بِالعِبَادِ} [آل عمران: 30]

30- On the Day of Reckoning, every servant shall see his or her actions before them, whether good or evil; nothing of their actions will be reduced. So, a servant shall be glad when he sees good and shall regret and feel sorrow when he sees evil. That Day, he shall wish that the Day of the Recompense would have not come.

Allah warns you His Reckoning and Punishment, and He is Compassionate and full of mercy. His Mercy does not stop the punishment that He warned you against and warning you does not mean that He will remove mercy from you, but both do exist. Be ware, do not despair, do good, and have glad tidings.