Many people do not know Allah. The aim of these articles is to help them in order to know and acknowledge their Creator.
In the Noble Quran, verses 3:2-6 says: Allah! There is no God save Him, He has revealed unto you O Muhammad the Book, the Quran, as He revealed the Torah unto Moses and the Gospel unto Jesus for guidance to mankind. Lo! Those who disbelieve the revelations of Allah, Muhammad and the Quran, for them await a terrible chastisement in the afterlife.
In the Noble Quran, verses 3:2-6 briefly say:
Allah! There is no God save Him, the Alive. He does not die and He is not evanescent; He is the Eternal, the Self-subsistent who has no beginning. He has revealed unto you O Muhammad the Book, the Quran, as He revealed the Torah unto Moses and the Gospel unto Jesus for guidance to mankind. Lo! those who disbelieve the revelations of Allah, Muhammad and the Quran, for them awaits a terrible chastisement in this world and in the afterlife.
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The meanings of verses 3:2-6
The meanings of verse 3:2
Allah! There is no God save Him, the Alive. He does not die and He is not evanescent; He is the Eternal, the Self-subsistent who has no beginning.
The meanings of verse 3:3
He has revealed unto you O Muhammad the Book, the Quran. He sent you The great Angel, Gabriel with the True Scripture in order to show truth from falsehood, confirming, corroborating Allah's divine Oneness that which was revealed before it of scriptures, even as He revealed the Torah in one go to Moses the son of Emran and the Gospel in one go to the Jesus the son of Mary.
The meanings of verse 3:4
Aforetime, before Muhammad and the Quran, for a guidance to mankind, as a guidance from error to the Children of Israel; and He has revealed the Criterion of right and wrong. He revealed the Quran to Muhammad in installments to differentiate the lawful from the unlawful.
Lo! Those who disbelieve the revelations of Allah, Muhammad and the Quran, for them await a terrible chastisement in this world and in the afterlife. Allah is Mighty, powerful in His vengeance, He is able to requite the wrong and He is able to carry His vengeance out on them. In other words, Allah is victorious in His affair, so that nothing can prevent Him from effecting His promise and His threat; Lord of Retribution, with a severe punishment for those that disobeyed Him, the like of which none can do.
The meanings of verse 3:5
Nothing, no existent thing, whatever is hidden in heaven and earth from Allah, on account of His knowledge of universals and particulars. Allah specifies them [heaven and earth] because sensory perception does not go beyond these.
The meanings of verse 3:6
He it is Who forms you in the wombs as He will, as males or females, white, black or otherwise, short or tall, pretty or ugly, felicitous or damned etc.. There is no god, there is no fashioner or creator save Him, the Almighty, in His Kingdom, Who is vengeful against whoever does not believe in Him, the Wise, in all of His actions.
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Verses 3:2-6 in the available four different English translations:
Verse 3:2
QARIB: Allah! There is no god except he, the living, the everlasting.
SHAKIR: Allah, (there is) no god but he, the everliving, the self-subsisting by whom all things subsist
PICKTHAL: Allah! There is no god save him, the alive, the eternal.
YUSUFALI: Allah! There is no god but he,-the living, the self-subsisting, eternal.
Verse 3:3
QARIB: he has sent down to you the book with the truth, confirming what preceded it; and he has sent down the torah and the gospel (of prophet Jesus which has been lost)
SHAKIR: he has revealed to you the book with truth, verifying that which is before it, and he revealed the tavrat and the injeel aforetime, guidance for the people, and he sent the furqan
PICKTHAL: he hath revealed unto thee (Muhammad) the scripture with truth, confirming that which was (revealed) before it, even as he revealed the torah and the gospel.
YUSUFALI: it is he who sent down to thee (step by step), in truth, the book, confirming what went before it; and he sent down the law (of Moses) and the gospel (of Jesus) before this, as a guide to mankind, and he sent down the criterion (of judgment between right and wrong).
Verse 3:4
QARIB: before, as a guidance for people, and he sent down the criterion. as for those who disbelieve in the verses of Allah, for them is an intense punishment. Allah is mighty, owner of vengeance.
SHAKIR: surely they who disbelieve in the communications of Allah they shall have a severe chastisement; and Allah is mighty, the lord of retribution
PICKTHAL: aforetime, for a guidance to mankind; and hath revealed the criterion (of right and wrong). lo! those who disbelieve the revelations of Allah, theirs will be a heavy doom. Allah is mighty, able to requite (the wrong).
YUSUFALI: then those who reject faith in the signs of Allah will suffer the severest penalty, and Allah is exalted in might, lord of retribution.
Verse 3:5
QARIB: nothing on earth or in heaven is hidden from Allah.
SHAKIR: Allah-- surely nothing is hidden from him in the earth or in the heaven
PICKTHAL: lo! nothing in the earth or in the heavens is hidden from Allah.
YUSUFALI: from Allah, verily nothing is hidden on earth or in the heavens.
Verse 3:6
QARIB: it is he who shapes you in your mothers' wombs as he wills. there is no god except him, the almighty, the wise.
SHAKIR: he it is who shapes you in the wombs as he likes; there is no god but he, the mighty, the wise
PICKTHAL: he it is who fashioneth you in the wombs as pleaseth him. there is no Allah save him, the almighty, the wise.
YUSUFALI: he it is who shapes you in the wombs as he pleases. there is no god but he, the exalted in might, the wise.
Unlimited thanks are to Allah who has provided me with health, wealth, power, good family, love of people. However, the most honored thing that I should thank Allah for it is that I am Muslim and I am a descendent of the Last Prophet Muhammad. In this series, I will give you some examples of the treasures of the teaching of the Last Prophet Muhammad in order to realize how much does mankind lost by ignoring His teachings.
