Commentary on the Koran: Surah 40 (No. Q040)

Pickthall Translation: Bible quoted from English Standard Version unless otherwise noted.

Introduction

Al Mumin, “The Believer” takes its name from verses 28-45 describing the attempts of a believer in the house of Pharaoh to dissuade his people from opposing Moses and Aaron. It is more appropriately termed The Believers.

This text is the first of seven Surahs beginning with the letters Ha Mim and all of which are referred to as the Ha Mim.

It is from the Middle Group of Beccan Surahs although some authorities claim verses 56 and 57 were revealed at Al Medinah.

The text concerns mankind from Noah through the messengers sent to mankind and the disbelievers. It goes on to the punishment of the Second Death making reference to the two lives granted mankind and the two deaths allotted to the disbelievers at the end of the Judgment (verses 10-22). Then from verse 23 we see the disbelievers who refuse to repent in the faith. God sent Moses to Egypt and to Haman the Amalekite and to Korah the Israelite regarding their rebellion and disbelief.

The end of the disbelievers is stated from verses 50-85. In verse 51 we see that the messengers are aided by God to assist those who believe in the life of the world and when the Witnesses arise (cf. Revelation 11:3ff) and this reference is to the Witnesses. From verse 53 we see that Moses was given the guidance and Eloah caused the Children of Israel to be given the Scriptures. They maintain this responsibility to this day and it is not placed with Judah nor their converts but with the Ten Tribes and the Churches of God.

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40.1. Ha. Mim.

40.2. The revelation of the Scripture is from Allah, the Mighty, the Knower,

Refer to 2Timothy 3:16 at ayat 20.6 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 20 (No. Q020).

From verse 53 we see that Scripture is entrusted to the Children of Israel through Moses and the prophets.

Deuteronomy 4:31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.

Nehemiah 9:31 Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.

Psalm 18:2 the LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Psalm 96:4 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.

Daniel 2:22 He reveals what is profoundly mysterious and knows what is in the darkness; with him dwells light.

40.3. The Forgiver of sin, the Accepter of repentance, the Stern in punishment, the Bountiful. There is no God save Him. Unto Him is the journeying.

Daniel 9:9 To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him.

2Chronicles 7:14 if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

2Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.

Hebrews 2:2 For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution,

Hebrews 10:28 Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

James 2:19 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!

Refer to Ecclesiastes 12:7 at ayat 19.40 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 19 (No. Q019).

40.4. None argue concerning the revelations of Allah save those who disbelieve, so let not their turn of fortune in the land deceive thee (O Muhammad).

Psalm 119:160 The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.

Psalm 119:142 Your righteousness is righteous forever, and your law is true.

Isaiah 44:18 They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.

Proverbs 28:5 Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it completely.

40.5. The folk of Noah and the factions after them denied (their messengers) before these, and every nation purposed to seize their messenger and argued falsely, (thinking) thereby to refute the Truth. Then I seized them, and how (awful) was My punishment.

See 2Chronicles 36:15-16 at ayat 10.39 in Commentary on the Koran: Surah 10 (No. Q010).

Proverbs 29:1 He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing.

Job 9:4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength—who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded?

40.6. Thus was the word of thy Lord concerning those who disbelieve fulfilled: That they are owners of the Fire.

Matthew 25:41 Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Refer to Revelation 20:15 at ayat 17.15 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

40.7. Those who bear the Throne, and all who are round about it, hymn the praises of their Lord and believe in Him and ask forgiveness for those who believe (saying): Our Lord! Thou comprehendest all things in mercy and knowledge, therefor forgive those who repent and follow Thy way. Ward off from them the punishment of hell.

Revelation 4:10-11 The twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying, ¹¹"Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created."

Revelation 7:11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

Revelation 5:8 And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

Revelation 8:3-4 And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne, ⁴and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel.

Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

Proverbs 28:5 Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it completely.

2Peter 2:9 then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment.

See Jeremiah 9:24 at ayat 40.82 below.

40.8. Our Lord! And make them enter the Gardens of Eden which thou hast promised them, with such of their fathers and their wives and their descendants as do right. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Mighty, the Wise.

40.9. And ward off from them ill-deeds; and he from whom Thou wardest off ill-deeds that day, him verily hast Thou taken into mercy. That is the supreme triumph.

Refer to Daniel 7:18, 22 at ayat 22.24 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 22 (No. Q022).

Matthew 25:34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

John 6:40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

Revelation 5:10 and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.

2Peter 2:9 then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

Romans 16:27 to the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.

40.10. Lo! (on that day) those who disbelieve are informed by proclamation: Verily Allah's abhorrence is more terrible than your abhorrence one of another, when ye were called unto the faith but did refuse.

Refer to Revelation 21:8 at ayat 17.10 and Proverbs 6:16-19 at ayat 17.53 in the Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

Proverbs 16:4 The LORD has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.

The Resurrection and the Second Death

40.11. They say: Our Lord! Twice hast Thou made us die, and twice hast Thou made us live. Now we confess our sins. Is there any way to go out?

Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.

Isaiah 65:20 No more shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not fill out his days, for the young man shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.

That text means that that the end of the Second Resurrection anyone who is unrepentant and still sinning will be allowed to die and be sent to the fire.

Refer to Revelation 20:14 at ayat 17.15 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017),

also Ecclesiastes 12:7 at ayat 19.40 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 19 (No. Q019) and John 5:28-29 at ayat 20.55 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 20 (No. Q020).

When a child is conceived in the womb of the mother he/she is given life at that time. At the end of a physical life they die and are given a second life when raised at the resurrection during which period they are reeducated and retrained to lead them to repentance. If he or she does not repent they will die the second time and then they are cremated in the lake of fire.

40.12. (It is said unto them): This is (your plight) because, when Allah only was invoked, ye disbelieved, but when some partner was ascribed to Him ye were believing. But the command belongeth only to Allah, the Sublime, the Majestic.

Refer to Psalm 53:2-3 at ayat 17.15 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017) and 1Corinthians 8:5-6 at ayat 30.28 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 30 (No. Q030).

Romans 3:10-12 as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one; ¹¹no one understands; no one seeks for God. ¹²All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one."

Jude 1:25 to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.

40.13. He it is Who showeth you His portents, and sendeth down for you provision from the sky. None payeth heed save him who turneth (unto Him) repentant.

Refer to Romans 1:20 at ayat 18.59 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 18 (No. Q018).

Jeremiah 51:15 It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.

Philippians 4:19 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

John 6:44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.

Romans 8:30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.

40.14. Therefor (O believers) pray unto Allah, making religion pure for Him (only), however much the disbelievers be averse –

Refer to Luke 4:8 at ayat 20.14 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 20 (No. Q020), James 1:27 at ayat 30.30 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 30 (No. Q030) and also Romans 12:1-2 at ayat 32.16 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 32 (No. Q032).

40.15. The Exalter of Ranks, the Lord of the Throne. He causeth the Spirit of His command upon whom He will of His slaves, that He may warn of the Day of Meeting,

So God selects the prophets and places His Spirit on the prophet and His Commands in their mouth.

Psalm 135:5 For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

Romans 9:15 For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.

Romans 8:13-14 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. ¹⁴ For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

40.16. The day when they come forth, nothing of them being hidden from Allah. Whose is the Sovereignty this day? It is Allah's, the One, the Almighty.

40.17. This day is each soul requited that which it hath earned; no wrong (is done) this day. Lo! Allah is swift at reckoning.

Psalm 103:19 The LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.

Psalm 115:3 Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.

Job 34:11 For according to the work of a man he will repay him, and according to his ways he will make it befall him.

Refer to Hebrews 4:13 at ayat 17.1; Revelation 20:12 at ayat 17.15 and 2Corinthians 5:10 at ayat 17.36 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No.Q017).

40.18. Warn them (O Muhammad) of the Day of the approaching (doom), when the hearts will be choking the throats, (when) there will be no friend for the wrong-doers, nor any intercessor who will be heard.

Refer to Habakkuk 2:3 at ayat 18.82 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 18 (No. Q018) and 2Peter 3:9 at ayat 19.80 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 19 (No. Q019).

Isaiah 47:11 But evil shall come upon you, which you will not know how to charm away; disaster shall fall upon you, for which you will not be able to atone; and ruin shall come upon you suddenly, of which you know nothing.

Isaiah 59:16 He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no one to intercede; then his own arm brought him salvation, and his righteousness upheld him.

40.19. He knoweth the traitor of the eyes, and that which the bosoms hide.

Refer to Jeremiah 17:10 and Hebrews 4:13 at ayat 17.1 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

Luke 8:17 For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.

40.20. Allah judgeth with truth, while those to whom they cry instead of Him judge not at all. Lo! Allah, He is the Hearer, the Seer.

Psalm 9:8 and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness.

Psalm 94:9 He who planted the ear, does He not hear? He who formed the eye, does He not see?

1Chronicles 16:26 For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.

40.21. Have they not travelled in the land to see the nature of the consequence for those who disbelieved before them? They were mightier than these in power and (in the) traces (which they left behind them) in the earth. Yet Allah seized them for their sins, and they had no protector from Allah.

40.22. That was because their messengers kept bringing them clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty) but they disbelieved; so Allah seized them. Lo! He is Strong, severe in punishment.

It should be noted that these texts refer to the continued existence of the prophets and the messages God sent to the peoples and He has done that since the beginning of the world.

Genesis 6:13 And God said to Noah, "I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Psalm 136:15 but overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea, for his steadfast love endures forever;

See Exodus 14:27 at ayat 40.45 below.

Refer also to 2Chronicles 36:15-16 at ayat 10.39 in Commentary on the Koran (No. Q010) and Jude 1:7 at ayat 17.16 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

Wealth and power could not save the evildoers of earlier generations who did not repent of their evil deeds when warned to do so by the messengers nor will the communities extant at this time be saved if they continue in their lawlessness. No one has defied the Almighty God and succeeded.

40.23. And verily We sent Moses with Our revelations and a clear warrant

40.24. Unto Pharaoh and Haman and Korah, but they said: A lying sorcerer!

Moses was instructed in great detail on how to take Israel out of slavery. The law was revealed through him. Pharaoh, Haman and Korah were associated with rebellion. He dealt with each and their forces. Haman is significant because the Amalekites in the last days are the Arabs, their descendants.

Exodus 14:30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.

Numbers 26:10 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, and they became a warning.

John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

40.25. And when he brought them the Truth from Our presence, they said: Slay the sons of those who believe with him, and spare their women. But the plot of disbelievers is in naught but error.

Exodus 1:16-17 "When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live." ¹⁷But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.

40.26. And Pharaoh said: Suffer me to kill Moses, and let him cry unto his Lord. Lo! I fear that he will alter your religion or that he will cause confusion in the land.

Proverbs 21:30 No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the LORD.

Psalm 33:10 The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.

God’s servants do not cause confusion. The minions of the adversary have caused the confusion to appear on the earth as they do as they please.

40.27. Moses said: Lo! I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every scorner who believeth not in a Day of Reckoning.

Psalm 62:7 On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.

See 2Thessalonians 1:8-9 at ayat 38.27 in Surah 38.

40.28. And a believing man of Pharaoh's family, who hid his faith, said: Would ye kill a man because he saith: My Lord is Allah, and hath brought you clear proofs from your Lord? If he is lying, then his lie is upon him; and if he is truthful, then some of that wherewith he threateneth you will strike you. Lo! Allah guideth not one who is a prodigal, a liar.

It seems possible that a believer in Pharaoh’s household pointed out the obvious to Pharaoh. Moses was empowered to perform the miracles in the sight of the Egyptians.

Remember that there was a mixed multitude of 600,000 people who came out with the Israelites from Egypt.

Acts 5:38-39 So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or this undertaking is of man, it will fail; ³⁹but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You might even be found opposing God!" So they took his advice,

Proverbs 19:9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.

40.29. O my people! Yours is the kingdom to-day, ye being uppermost in the land. But who would save us from the wrath of Allah should it reach us? Pharaoh said: I do but show you what I think, and I do but guide you to wise policy.

Refer to Romans 1:18 at ayat 18.59 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 18 (No. Q018).

Proverbs 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

Daniel 4:17 The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men.

This Pharaoh and his army paid with their lives by resisting the Most High God.

40.30. And he who believed said: O my people! Lo! I fear for you a fate like that of the factions (of old);

What the believer feared for his people actually came to pass.

Exodus 15:4 "Pharaoh's chariots and his host he cast into the sea, and his chosen officers were sunk in the Red Sea.

40.31. A plight like that of Noah's folk, and A'ad and Thamud, and those after them, and Allah willeth no injustice for (His) slaves.

This is a reference to previous tribes and communities who denied the messengers sent to them and were destroyed through ruin and calamities.

Job 34:12 Of a truth, God will not do wickedly, and the Almighty will not pervert justice.

40.32. And, O my people! Lo! I fear for you a Day of Summoning,

Pharaoh and his hosts came to a watery grave in this physical life and were consigned to face intensive corrective training in the resurrection.

40.33. A day when ye will turn to flee, having no preserver from Allah: and he whom Allah sendeth astray, for him there is no guide.

There will be no escape on that day when no intercession is possible.

Proverbs 10:17 Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.

Proverbs 21:16 One who wanders from the way of good sense will rest in the assembly of the dead.

40.34. And verily Joseph brought you of old clear proofs, yet ye ceased not to be in doubt concerning what he brought you till, when he died, ye said: Allah will not send any messenger after him. Thus Allah deceiveth him who is a prodigal, a doubter.

They probably stayed away from some wrongdoing while Joseph and the Pharaoh who raised him were in charge but soon after that they reverted to their lawlessness once again. It was the same in Israel.

Judges 2:19 But whenever the judge died, they turned back and were more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods, serving them and bowing down to them. They did not drop any of their practices or their stubborn ways.

So it was also with the Qureysh at Becca.

Man easily forgets the God who shows them mercy. Joseph would have guided them during his lifetime but they went back to their evil ways after having been saved as a nation and also being used to save the surrounding nations at that time. After Joseph died there arose a pharaoh that did not know him and began to punish Israel.

40.35. Those who wrangle concerning the revelations of Allah without any warrant that hath come unto them, it is greatly hateful in the sight of Allah and in the sight of those who believe. Thus doth Allah print on every arrogant, disdainful heart.

Refer to 1Corinthians 2:14 at ayat 30.6 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 30 (No. Q030).

Romans 8:7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot.

Proverbs 29:27 An unjust man is abominable to the righteous, And he who is upright in the way is abominable to the wicked.

Refer to Proverbs 6:16-19 at ayat 17.53 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

40.36. And Pharaoh said: O Haman! Build for me a tower that haply I may reach the roads,

40.37. The roads of the heavens, and may look upon the God of Moses, though verily I think him a liar. Thus was the evil that he did made fairseeming unto Pharaoh, and he was debarred from the (right) way. The plot of Pharaoh ended but in ruin.

Genesis 11:3-7 And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. ⁴Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth." ⁵And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built. ⁶And the LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. ⁷Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech."

The nations acted in vain and the Egyptians also were punished.

Psalm 2:1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

Psalm 33:10 The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.

All their schemes are eventually laid in ruin and their plans come to nothing.

40.38. And he who believed said: O my people! Follow me. I will show you the way of right conduct.

1Corinthians 11:1 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

1Thessalonians 1:6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

40.39. O my people! Lo! this life of the world is but a passing comfort, and lo! the Hereafter, that is the enduring home.

Refer to 1John 2:16 at ayat 18.8 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 18 (No. Q018).

2Corinthians 4:18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

40.40. Whoso doeth an ill-deed, he will be repaid the like thereof, while whoso doeth right, whether male or female, and is a believer, (all) such will enter the Garden, where they will be nourished without stint.

Romans 2:6-8 He will render to each one according to his works: ⁷to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; ⁸but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.

Refer to Revelation 20:6 at ayat 18.31 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 18 (No. Q018).

40.41. And, O my people! What aileth me that I call you unto deliverance when ye call me unto the Fire?

40.42. Ye call me to disbelieve in Allah and ascribe unto Him as partners that whereof I have no knowledge, while I call you unto the Mighty, the Forgiver.

40.43. Assuredly that whereunto ye call me hath no claim in the world or in the Hereafter, and our return will be unto Allah, and the prodigals will be owners of the Fire.

This refers to the Lake of Fire on the second death.

Refer to Revelation 20:14-15 at ayat 17.15 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

2Corinthians 4:4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Colossians 1:13-14 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, ¹⁴in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Ephesians 4:6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Psalm 147:5 Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.

Deuteronomy 10:14 Behold, to the LORD your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it.

See Daniel 9:9 at ayat 40.3 above and also refer to Ecclesiastes 12:7 at ayat 19.40 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 19 (No. Q019) and 1Corinthians 8:5-6 at ayat 30.28 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 30 (No. Q030).

40.44. And ye will remember what I say unto you. I confide my cause unto Allah. Lo! Allah is Seer of (His) slaves.

Psalm 37:5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.

Psalm 55:22 Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

40.45. So Allah warded off from him the evils which they plotted, while a dreadful doom encompassed Pharaoh's folk,

Proverbs 11:8 the righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked walks into it instead.

Proverbs 12:13 An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble.

Exodus 14:27-28 So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal course when the morning appeared. And as the Egyptians fled into it, the LORD threw the Egyptians into the midst of the sea. ²⁸The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen; of all the host of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea, not one of them remained.

40.46. The Fire; they are exposed to it morning and evening; and on the day when the Hour upriseth (it is said): Cause Pharaoh's folk to enter the most awful doom.

40.47. And when they wrangle in the Fire, the weak say unto those who were proud: Lo! we were a following unto you; will ye therefor rid us of a portion of the Fire?

40.48. Those who were proud say: Lo! we are all (together) herein. Lo! Allah hath judged between (His) slaves.

40.49. And those in the Fire say unto the guards of hell: Entreat your Lord that He relieve us of a day of the torment.

40.50. They say: Came not your messengers unto you with clear proofs? They say: Yea, verily. They say: Then do ye pray, although the prayer of disbelievers is in vain.

This will happen. The imams and the priests and the ministers of the Churches of God that follow lies will be punished. Everyone who follows them will go into the Second Resurrection and then if they do not repent they will die.

Refer to Revelation 20:11-15 at ayat 17.15 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

So God killed the firstborn of Egypt.

40.51. Lo! We verily do help Our messengers, and those who believe, in the life of the world and on the day when the witnesses arise,

The Witnesses are sent immediately prior to the Messiah and the First Resurrection of the Dead (Rev. 11:3ff). The whole text talks about the Witnesses and this is the second time in this Surah that the Witnesses have been mentioned.

Psalm 4:3 But know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself; the LORD hears when I call to him.

Psalm 121:7 The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.

Romans 2:7 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;

40.52. The day when their excuse availeth not the evil-doers, and theirs is the curse, and theirs the ill abode.

Refer to Revelation 20:12 at ayat 17.15 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

Isaiah 59:16 He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no one to intercede; then his own arm brought him salvation, and his righteousness upheld him.

The elect have Christ to intercede for them. The evildoers are all on their own with no help.

40.53. And We verily gave Moses the guidance, and We caused the Children of Israel to inherit the Scripture,

40.54. A guide and a reminder for men of understanding.

So Eloah entrusted the Scriptures to the Children of Israel as a guide and a reminder of the faith and it was given to the Children of Israel, not the Jews.

Refer to 2Timothy 3:16 and Deuteronomy 29:29 at ayat 20.6 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 20 (No. Q020).

John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Deuteronomy 4:8 And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today?

Psalm 147:19 He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and rules to Israel.

Acts 7:38 This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. He received living oracles to give to us.

Thus the Children of Israel and the Churches of God under Christ have the Oracles of God (No. 184).

40.55. Then have patience (O Muhammad). Lo! the promise of Allah is true. And ask forgiveness of thy sin, and hymn the praise of thy Lord at fall of night and in the early hours.

Refer to Psalm 55:17 at ayat 17.79 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No.Q017), Habakkuk 2:3 at ayat 18.82 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 18 (No. Q018) and 2Peter 3:9 at ayat 19.80 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 19 (No. Q019).

Psalm 119:164 Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous rules.

40.56. Lo! those who wrangle concerning the revelations of Allah without a warrant having come unto them, there is naught else in their breasts save pride which they will never attain. So take thou refuge in Allah. Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Seer.

Refer to 1Corinthians 2:14 at ayat 30.6 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 30 (No. Q030).

1Timothy 6:3-5 If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, ⁴he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions, ⁵and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

Jude 1:19 It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.

Psalm 62:8 Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Nahum 1:7 The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.

Refer to Hebrews 4:13 at ayat 17.1 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

40.57. Assuredly the creation of the heavens and the earth is greater than the creation of mankind; but most of mankind know not.

Psalm 8:3-4 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, ⁴what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?

40.58. And the blind man and the seer are not equal, neither are those who believe and do good works (equal with) the evil-doer. Little do ye reflect!

See 2Corinthians 6:14-15 at ayat 38.28 in Surah 38.

40.59. Lo! the Hour is surely coming, there is no doubt thereof; yet most of mankind believe not.

Mark 13:32 But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

1Thessalonians 5:2 For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

Refer to Habakkuk 2:3 at ayat 18.82 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 18 (No. Q018).

40.60. And your Lord hath said: Pray unto Me and I will hear your prayer. Lo! those who scorn My service, they will enter hell, disgraced.

Psalm 34:17 When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.

Proverbs 15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

John 3:18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only born son of God. (monogenese uiou tou theou: There are many sons of God but only one to be born by divine fiat; Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:4-7 cf. Marshall’s Greek English Interlinear).

40.61. Allah it is Who hath appointed for you night that ye may rest therein, and day for seeing. Lo! Allah is a Lord of bounty for mankind, yet most of mankind give not thanks.

Psalm 104:23 Man goes out to his work and to his labor until the evening.

Proverbs 3:24 If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

Ephesians 5:20 giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Refer to Romans 1:21 at ayat 18.59 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 18 (No. Q018).

40.62. Such is Allah, your Lord, the Creator of all things, There is no God save Him. How then are ye perverted?

40.63. Thus are they perverted who deny the revelations of Allah.

The Scriptures are never lost and they are entrusted to the Churches of God as the Children of Israel.

Refer to Isaiah 46:8-10 at ayat 17.111 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

Nehemiah 9:6 "You are the LORD, you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you.

Titus 1:16 They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.

40.64. Allah it is Who appointed for you the earth for a dwelling-place and the sky for a canopy, and fashioned you and perfected your shapes, and hath provided you with good things. Such is Allah, your Lord. Then blessed be Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!

Refer to Acts 17:26 at ayat 17.3 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

See Psalm 139:13-14 at ayat 40.67 below.

Psalm 115:16 The heavens are the LORD’s heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of man.

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Matthew 7:11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Psalm 97:9 For you, O LORD, are most high over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.

Psalm 96:4 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.

40.65. He is the Living One. There is no God save Him. So pray unto Him, making religion pure for Him (only). Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!

Jeremiah 10:10 But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.

Deuteronomy 6:5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

John 4:24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

Isaiah 42:12 Let them give glory to the LORD, and declare his praise in the coastlands.

Refer to Isaiah 46:8-10 at ayat 17.111 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017) and Luke 4:8 at ayat 20.14 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 20 (No. Q020).

40.66. Say (O Muhammad): I am forbidden to worship those unto whom ye cry beside Allah since there have come unto me clear proofs from my Lord, and I am commanded to surrender to the Lord of the Worlds.

See also Romans 12:1-2 at ayat 32.16 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 32 (No. Q032).

Exodus 20:3 "You shall have no other gods before Me.

Jeremiah 25:6 Do not go after other gods to serve and worship them, or provoke me to anger with the work of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’

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.

The word crucified does not exist in the Greek. It is staurosed, i.e. placed on a stake and executed.

40.67. He it is Who created you from dust, then from a drop (of seed) then from a clot, then bringeth you forth as a child, then (ordaineth) that ye attain full strength and afterward that ye become old men - though some among you die before - and that ye reach an appointed term, that haply ye may understand.

Genesis 2:7 then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Job 10:10-11 Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? ¹¹You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.

Psalm 139:13-15 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. ¹⁴I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. ¹⁵My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

Psalm 71:6 Upon you I have leaned from before my birth; you are he who took me from my mother's womb. My praise is continually of you.

Psalm 71:9 Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent.

Ecclesiastes 3:20 All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return.

Refer to Ecclesiastes 12:7 at ayat 19.40 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 19 (No. Q019).

40.68. He it is Who quickeneth and giveth death. When He ordaineth a thing, He saith unto it only: Be! and it is.

It is God that grants life and gives death and it is by divine fiat, i.e. by simply being spoken into existence.

Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

1Samuel 2:6 "The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

Psalm 33:9 For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.

Isaiah 14:24 The LORD of hosts has sworn: "As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand,

Ezekiel 12:25 For I am the LORD; I will speak the word that I will speak, and it will be performed. It will no longer be delayed, but in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and perform it, declares the Lord GOD.

40.69. Hast thou not seen those who wrangle concerning the revelations of Allah, how they are turned away?

40.70. Those who deny the Scripture and that wherewith We send Our messengers. But they will come to know,

40.71. When carcans are about their necks and chains. They are dragged

40.72. Through boiling waters; then they are thrust into the Fire.

40.73. Then it is said unto them: Where are (all) that ye used to make partners (in the Sovereignty)

40.74. Beside Allah? They say: They have failed us; but we used not to pray to anything before. Thus doth Allah send astray the disbelievers (in His guidance).

40.75. (And it is said unto them): This is because ye exulted in the earth without right, and because ye were petulant.

40.76. Enter ye the gates of hell, to dwell therein. Evil is the habitation of the scornful.

The Second Death is the flames of the Lake of Fire. This text is prophecy referring to the imams and sheiks and ministers who deny the Scriptures and the Law.

Refer to 2Timothy 3:16 at ayat 20.6 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 20 (No. Q020) and 1Corinthians 2:14 at ayat 30.6 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 30 (No. Q030).

See also 1Timothy 6:3-5 and Jude 1:19 at ayat 40.56 above and Titus 1:16 at ayat 40.63 above.

Deuteronomy 11:16 Take care lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them;

Isaiah 41:29 Behold, they are all a delusion; their works are nothing; their metal images are empty wind.

Habakkuk 2:18 What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols!

Jeremiah 16:19 O LORD, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble, to you shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: “Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit.

Refer to Revelation 20:11-15 at ayat 17.15 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

40.77. Then have patience (O Muhammad). Lo! the promise of Allah is true. And whether we let thee see a part of that which We promise them, or (whether) We cause thee to die, still unto Us they will be brought back.

Isaiah 14:24 The LORD of hosts has sworn: "As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand,

2Corinthians 1:20 For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory.

Refer to Ecclesiastes 12:7 at ayat 19.40 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 19 (No. Q019).

40.78. Verily We sent messengers before thee, among them those of whom We have told thee, and some of whom We have not told thee; and it was not given to any messenger that he should bring a portent save by Allah's leave, but when Allah's commandment cometh (the cause) is judged aright, and the followers of vanity will then be lost.

See 2Chronicles 36:15-16 at ayat 10.39 in Commentary on the Koran (No. Q010) and also refer to Nehemiah 9:30 and Zechariah 1:4 at ayat 22.49 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 22 (No. Q022).

Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,

The messenger’s duty was to just deliver the message to his people. Some however did miracles along the way with the permission of God. Those who ignore the prophets will pay for it.

Matthew 12:39 But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

Luke 13:27 But he will say, 'I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of evil!'

40.79. Allah it is Who hath appointed for you cattle, that ye may ride on some of them, and eat of some –

40.80. (Many) benefits ye have from them - and that ye may satisfy by their means a need that is in your breasts, and may be borne upon them as upon the ship.

Man is allowed to eat what is clean and lawful under the legislation laid down in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14. Refer to The Food Laws (No. 15) for detailed information. Some animals offer man other benefits as noted in ayat 79-80 above.

40.81. And He showeth you His tokens. Which, then, of the tokens of Allah do ye deny?

Refer to Romans 1:18-20 at ayat 18.59 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 18 (No. Q018).

The tokens of Allah are everywhere, which tokens will they choose to deny? Or maybe they do not see nor do they choose to reflect on what they see.

40.82. Have they not travelled in the land to see the nature of the consequence for those before them? They were more numerous than these, and mightier in power and (in the) traces (which they left behind them) in the earth. But all that they used to earn availed them not.

They choose to travel but only choose to see what they want to see. They choose what they like to read but do not want to read ancient history and come to know what went on before. The generations of old were more numerous and more powerful and they left the evidence of that for future generations to examine if they are only willing. Their power and wealth could not deliver them when destruction from the Almighty visited them.

Refer to John 12:40 at ayat 17.46 Commentary on the Koran: Surah 17 (No. Q017).

Jeremiah 9:23-24 Thus says the LORD: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, ²⁴but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD.”

Amos 2:15 he who handles the bow shall not stand, and he who is swift of foot shall not save himself, nor shall he who rides the horse save his life;

40.83. And when their messengers brought them clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty) they exulted in the knowledge they (themselves) possessed. And that which they were wont to mock befell them.

See Proverbs 21:30 at ayat 40.26 above.

1Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness,"

Galatians 6:7-8 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. ⁸For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

40.84. Then, when they saw Our doom, they said: We believe in Allah only and reject (all) that we used to associate (with Him).

40.85. But their faith could not avail them when they saw Our doom. This is Allah's law which hath ever taken course for His bondmen. And then the disbelievers will be ruined.

See Hebrews 4:2 at ayat 39.22 in Surah 39.

Hebrews 10:39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

Proverbs 10:24 What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

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