monotheism part 8-15 worshipping the sun, moon & stars

7/28/2019 Monotheism Part 8-15 Worshipping the Sun, Moon & Stars

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Monotheism: Part 8-15: Worshipping the Sun, Moon & Stars

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They prostrate themselves before the sun rather than Allah

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)On another occasion) Solomon inspected the birds and said:

"Why is it that I do not see the hoopoe? Is he among the

absentees? I will inflict a severe punishment on him or maybe

even slaughter him unless he comes forth with a convincingreason (for his absence)." Not before long the hoopoe came up

and said: "I have obtained a knowledge which you could not. I

have brought for you sure news about Sheba. I found there a

woman ruling over them, one who has been endowed with all

things and has a mighty throne.I found that she and her people

prostrate themselves before the sun rather than Allah." Satan

has made their deeds appear attractive to them and has, thus,debarred them from the Right Path so they do not find true

guidance that they would prostrate themselves before Allah

Who brings forth whatever hidden in the heavens and the earth

and knows all that you conceal and all that you reveal.Allah -

none is worthy of worship but He; He is the Lord of the Mighty

Throne. (Prostrate)


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Allah made the sun and the moon follow a reckoning.

That you may learn the calculation of years and the

reckoning of time

}{1 It is Allah Who has raised the heavens without any supports that you

could see, and then He established Himself on the Throne (of

Dominion). And He it is Who has made the sun and the moon

subservient (to a law), each running its course till an appointed term.

He governs the entire order of the universe and clearly explains the

signs that you may be firmly convinced about meeting your Lord.

2}{ He it is Who gave the sun radiance and the moon light, and

determined the stages (for the waxing and waning) of the moonthat you may learn the calculation of years and the reckoning of

time. Allah has created all this with a rightful purpose (rather

than out of play). He expounds His signs for the people who

know. Surely in the alternation of the night and the day and in all

that Allah has created in the heavens and the earth there are signs

for the people who seek to avoid (error of outlook and conduct).


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Each of them is floating in its orbit.

We have adorned the lower heaven with lamps.

It is He Who has made for you the stars that you may follow

the right direction in the darkness of the land and the sea.

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And We made the sky a secure canopy; and yet they turn away

from these Signs. It is He Who created the night and the day, and

the sun and the moon. Each of them is floating in its orbit.

}{ We have adorned the lower heaven with lamps, and have made

them a means to drive away the satans. We have prepared forthem the chastisement of the Blazing Fire.

}{It is He Who has made for you the stars that you may follow the

right direction in the darkness of the land and the sea. We have

indeed spelled out signs for the people who have knowledge.


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And of His Signs are the night and the day, and the

sun and the moon.

We did not create this heaven and earth and all

that lies between them in vain.

}-}2 And the night is another Sign for them. We strip the day from itand they become plunged in darkness. The sun is running its

course to its appointed place. That is the ordaining of the All-

Mighty, the All-Knowing. We have appointed stages for the

moon till it returns in the shape of a dry old branch of palm-tree.

Neither does it lie in the sun's power to overtake the moon nor

can the night outstrip the day. All glide along, each in its own orbit.

}3}3

We did not create this heaven and earth and all that lies between

them in vain. That is the fancy of those who denied the Truth. So

woe from the Fire to all who deny the Truth. Shall We then treat


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Surely in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and

in the alternation of night and day, there are signs for

alike those that believe and act righteously and those that create

mischief on earth? Or treat alike the God-fearing and the wicked?}{

He created the heavens and the earth with Truth, and He folds

up the day over the night and folds up the night over the day. He

has subjected the sun and the moon, each is running its course until

an appointed time. Lo, He is the Most Mighty, the Most Forgiving.}3{ It was not in idle sport that We created the heavens and the

earth and all that is between them. We did not create them

except in Truth. But most of them do not know.

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Lesson of Monotheism 4}1{

He causes the night to phase into the day and the day into the

night, and He has subjected the sun and the moon, each running

its course to an appointed term. That is Allah, your Lord; to Him

belongs the Kingdom; but those whom you call upon, apart from

Allah, possess not so much as the skin of a date-stone. If you call

upon them, they cannot hear your prayer. And if they hear it,

they cannot answer it. On the Day of Resurrection they will

disown you for associating others with Allah in His Divinity. No

one can inform you of the truth except the All-Aware. 4}26{


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Do not prostrate yourselves before the sun, nor before the

moon, but prostrate yourselves before Allah Who created

them.

Say to them (O Prophet): Have you ever seen those of your

associates upon whom you call apart from Allah? Show me what

have they created in the earth? Or do they have any partnership(with Allah) in the heavens? Or have We given them a Book so

that they have a clear proof (for associating others with Allah in

His Divinity)? Nay, what these wrong-doers promise each other

is nothing but delusion. Surely Allah holds the heavens and the

earth, lest they should be displaced there, for if they were

displaced none would be able to hold them after Him. Surely He

is Most Forbearing, Most Forgiving.

}6}

And of His Signs are the night and the day, and the sun and the

moon. Do not prostrate yourselves before the sun, nor before

the moon, but prostrate yourselves before Allah Who created

them, if it is Him that you serve. (prostration)

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