Commentary on the Koran: Surah 86 (No. Q086)

Pickthall Translation with Bible Quotes from the English Standard Version unless otherwise noted.

Note: Muhammad is the name for the church.

Ahmed refers to the Holy Spirit.

The Prophet's name was Qasim (termed Muhammad)

Introduction

This text was explained more fully at the paper Christ in the Koran (No. 163). Some of that explanation is developed in the paper Summary of the Commentary on the Koran (No. QS) in this sequence.

The title can be rendered as Al Tariq or Al Tarikh or Al Tarik. The name has multiple derivatives or meanings in the Aramaic and Christ used those references to refer to himself in parables in the gospels.

Jesus Christ as Messiah

The Messiah or anointed one of the Old Testament was fulfilled in the advent of Yahoshua or Jesus by birth from Mariam (or Mary) of Nazareth. The genealogy of Christ (see the paper Genealogy of the Messiah (No. 119)) in the New Testament at Luke is understood by rabbinical Judaism as that of Heli, Mariam’s (Mary’s) father. The entire family and the structure from Moses is developed Commentary on the Koran: Surah 3 (No. Q003).

The term Christ means anointed one in Greek. This word has the same meaning as Messiah, as an anointed one, in Hebrew. Thus, The Christ and The Messiah have the same meaning. The Arabic form in the Koran has the same meaning of anointed one or God’s Messiah. The Arabian Prophet (incorrectly termed Muhammad), refers to Jesus Christ as the Messiah at various sections of the Koran and noticeably in his condemnation of the then new heresy of the Trinity at Surah 4 Women 171 where he also called him the Word; and at Surah 4:172. The Surah 86, Al Tariq (The Morning Star - as translated by Pickthall) was given to explain the significance of the death of Christ, the new Morning Star, in that all men were created anew or reborn by his death, signified by the emanation of blood and water from the wound between the loins and rib.

Other original ancient meanings of Al Tariq are significantly He who comes in the night (cf. Dawood’s Translation) and He who knocks at the door. The significance of Christ’s statements to the Sardis Church and era and the churches generally at Revelation 3:3 and 16:15 and to the Laodicean Church at Revelation 3:20 are then more obvious. He is saying to the Laodocean Church and era that he is coming as Messiah. He is saying that he is Al Tariq, the Morning Star or the King Messiah. He is also saying that the churches, particularly the Sardis and Laodicean, will not expect him when he comes. Those church eras are thus extant at his return. The significance of this Surah Al Tariq is completely lost on modern day Islam.

Jesus, the Word, the High Priest after the order of Melchisedek, is the new Morning Star of the planet Earth. Unfortunately in English some of the deeper understanding of the name is lost and requires some light shed on the matter. It can be seen from Job 1:6; 2:1 and 38:4-7 that there were Morning Stars and Sons of God present at the creation of the world and that those Sons of God, which included Satan, had access to the throne of God on an ongoing basis. Christ alluded to who he was in the gospels, but the full significance of what he said was not understood. The name Morning Star in the original Hebrew and Arabic meant that which comes in the night or one who knocks at the door. This is preserved in the Arabic Al Tariq and is understood by them. The Koran shows a clear and definite understanding of who the Morning Star was. Let us examine Surah 86 Al Tariq (or The Morning Star):

Revealed at Mecca [Becca – Ed.]

“In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1. By the heaven and the Morning Star.

2. Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!

3. The piercing Star!

4. No human soul but hath a guardian over it.

5. So let man consider from what he is created.

6. He is created from a gushing fluid

7. That issued from between the loins and ribs.

8. Lo! He verily is able to return him (unto life)

9. On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.

10. Then will he have no might nor any helper.

11. By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,

12. And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)

13. Lo! this (quran) is a conclusive word,

14. It is no pleasantry.

15. Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)

16. And I plot a plot (against them).

17. So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.”

Pickthall’s translation.

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86.1. By the heaven and the Morning Star

86.2. - Ah, what will tell thee what the Morning Star is!

86.3. - The piercing Star!

Refer to 2Peter 1:19 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 53 (No. Q053) at ayat 1.

Revelation 2:26-28 The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, ²⁷and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father. ²⁸And I will give him the morning star.

Revelation 22:16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”

Revelation 3:20-21 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. ²¹The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Revelation 3:7-8 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens. ⁸I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.

This current age will end with Satan being replaced by Christ as the new Morning Star. Christ is the Morning Star referred to in the above Bible quotes. Christ comes like a thief in the night. He stands at the door and knocks appealing to those who are to be called and saved.

Christ states that he is holy and true and that he has the Key of David. He opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens. He has given the church the open door of the internet to preach the gospel message to the world.

86.4. No human soul but hath a guardian over it.

Hebrews 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

Psalm 91:11 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

Job 34:20 In a moment they die; at midnight the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away by no human hand.

86.5. So let man consider from what he is created.

86.6. He is created from a gushing fluid

86.7. That issued from between the loins and ribs.

John 19:34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water.

Ayats 5 to 7 state that man was created from the blood and water that was released from the side of the Messiah at his death. This is a reference to that part of the crucifixion of the Morning Star when Christ was pierced and deemed dead. The story is outlined in John 19:1-37, and after that he was buried by Joseph of Aramathea in his own grave before the High Sabbath of the Passover began (19:38ff.). In other words, it was at this point in the death of Jesus, the Morning Star, that man was created. But as man was created at Adam, what did the Prophet mean? He was stating that from that moment man was created or reborn in the Messiah, Jesus the son of Mariam (Mary), as he is referred to in the other Surahs. This Surah is clearly referring to the resurrection of the dead at verse 8, which is vested here in the Morning Star. Some of Islam attempt to explain the gushing fluid as semen. However, this is anatomically absurd.

Colossians 3:1-4 Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God's right hand. ²Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. ³For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. ⁴And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory. (NLT)

Colossians 2:12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.

Romans 5:10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Colossians 1:19-20 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, ²⁰and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

So we are given new life with Christ who shed this mixture of blood and water at his death on the stake. We were buried with him in baptism and we are saved by this activity when he died on the stake. We are reborn each year at the Lord’s Supper as we see in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 5 (No. Q005) and elsewhere.

86.8. Lo! He verily is Able to return him (unto life)

86.9. On the day when hidden thoughts shall be searched out.

86.10. Then will he have no might nor any helper.

Refer to:

Isaiah 26:19 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 19 (No. Q019) at ayat 71; Hebrews 4:13 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 20 (No. Q020) at ayat 7; John 5:28-29 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 21 (No. Q021) at ayat 47; Daniel 2:22 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 33 (No. Q033) at ayat 55; Isaiah 59:16 and 1Timothy 2:5 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 42 (No. Q042) at ayat 6 and Ezekiel 37:5-6 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 45 (No. Q045) at ayat 26.

Psalm 121:2 My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

The text in verse 8 refers to the fact that God resurrected him and like all others at the resurrection they will receive their thoughts and memories back intact or healed and then they will come under Judgment. However Christ and the elect are under judgment while alive and are empowered at the Resurrection as sons of God in power.

86.11. By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,

86.12. And the earth which splitteth (with the growth of trees and plants)

Refer to:

Isaiah 55:10 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 30 (No. Q030) at ayat 19 and Psalm 104:13-15 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 30 (No. Q030) at ayat 49.

Leviticus 26:4 then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

86.13. Lo! this (Qur'an) is a conclusive word,

86.14. It is no pleasantry.

Refer to:

2Timothy 3:16 and Deuteronomy 29:29 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 20 (No. Q020) at ayat 6; Matthew 5:18 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 30 (No. Q030) at ayat 30 and Psalm 119:160 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 33 (No. Q033) at ayat 40.

Surah 6.115 Pickthall: Perfected is the Word of thy Lord in truth and justice. There is naught that can change His words. He is the Hearer, the Knower.

86.15. Lo! they plot a plot (against thee, O Muhammad)

86.16. And I plot a plot (against them).

86.17. So give a respite to the disbelievers. Deal thou gently with them for a while.

Refer to:

2Peter 3:9 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 20 (No. Q020) at ayat 129; Job 5:12 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 29 (No. Q029) at ayat 4 and Proverbs 21:30 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 30 (No. Q030) at ayat 27.

Psalm 33:10-11 The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples. ¹¹The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.

Romans 2:4 Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

Hebrews 5:2 He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness.

The Morning Star rules the planet and the elect will share in that rule of the Morning Star.

The Messiah is the means of attaining the First Resurrection and the salvation of all mankind and the Fallen Host in the Second Resurrection and the Great White Throne Judgment (No. 143B) (see also The Judgment of the Demons (No. 080)).

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