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God has provided you a tremendous amount so be grateful to Him and follow his rules and requests while staying happy with what he has given and provided.
Indeed, We granted David a ˹great˺ privilege from Us, ˹commanding:˺ “O mountains! Echo his hymns! And the birds as well.” We made iron mouldable for him,
instructing: “Make full-length armour, ˹perfectly˺ balancing the links. And work righteousness ˹O family of David!˺. Indeed, I am All-Seeing of what you do.”¹
11 / [Echo the cries of birds. Make armour/craft measured and perfectly balanced.]
And to Solomon ˹We subjected˺ the wind: its morning stride was a month’s journey and so was its evening stride. And We caused a stream of molten copper to flow for him, and ˹We subjected˺ some of the jinn to work under him by his Lord’s Will. And whoever of them deviated from Our command, We made them taste the torment of the blaze.
They made for him whatever he desired of sanctuaries, statues,1 basins as large as reservoirs, and cooking pots fixed ˹into the ground˺. ˹We ordered:˺ “Work gratefully, O family of David!” ˹Only˺ a few of My servants are ˹truly˺ grateful.¹
12 / Be super grateful in the venire of gratefulness
When We decreed Solomon’s death, nothing indicated to the ˹subjected˺ jinn that he was dead except the termites eating away his staff. So when he collapsed, the jinn realized that if they had ˹really˺ known the unseen, they would not have remained in ˹such˺ humiliating servitude.¹
[̶D̶o̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶o̶ ̶m̶u̶c̶h̶ ̶s̶e̶v̶a̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶a̶ ̶s̶a̶i̶n̶t̶ ̶c̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶b̶a̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶?̶?̶]̶
referring to tribe of Sheba
This is how We rewarded them for their ingratitude. Would We ever punish ˹anyone in such a way˺ except the ungrateful?¹
17 [If your getting super sweet things and then all of a sudden you start getting bitter things know you being punished]
We had also placed between them and the cities We showered with blessings ˹many small˺ towns within sight of one another. And We set moderate travel distances in between, ˹saying,˺ “Travel between them by day and night safely.”¹
18 / Here traveling short distances is seen as more luxurious than longer distances, be appreciative of small things as they may be blessings (Allah loves small things!)
He does not have any authority over them, but ˹Our Will is˺ only to distinguish those who believe in the Hereafter from those who are in doubt about it. And your Lord is a ˹vigilant˺ Keeper over all things.”¹
21 / [Alha's will also known as Allah's Wajhal is a foreshadow watch of what is upcoming?]
Ask ˹them, O Prophet˺, “Who provides for you from the heavens and the earth?” Say, “Allah! Now, certainly one of our two groups is ˹rightly˺ guided; the other is clearly astray.”¹
24 / [This is a good way to test people?]
The disbelievers vow, “We will never believe in this Quran, nor in those ˹Scriptures˺ before it.” If only you could see when the wrongdoers will be detained before their Lord, throwing blame at each other! The lowly ˹followers˺ will say to the arrogant ˹leaders˺, “Had it not been for you, we would certainly have been believers.”¹
31 / Disbelievers punish themselves.
And ˹consider˺ the Day He will gather them all together, and then ask the angels, “Was it you that these ˹polytheists˺ used to worship?”¹
They will answer: “Limitless art Thou in Thy glory! Thou [alone] art close unto us, not they! Nay, [when they thought that they were worshipping us,] they were but [blindly] worshipping forces concealed from their senses; most of them believed in them.”²
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Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “I advise you to do ˹only˺ one thing: stand up for ˹the sake of˺ Allah—individually or in pairs—then reflect / Be [ever conscious of] standing before God, whether you are in the company of others or alone. Your fellow man is not insane. He is only a warner to you before ˹the coming of˺ a severe punishment.”¹
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