Episode 48: Drinking from a boiling spring (Surahs 84-92)
Surah 84: The Sundering (Al-Inshiqaq)
When heaven and earth are afraid of their Lord
1-6 When heaven is split and afraid of her Lord and the earth is spread out and empty, those in his [Allah's] right hand will be happy.
He will invoke destruction
11-12 But the others will be thrown into a scorching fire. Give them tidings of a painful doom.
20 What's wrong with them?
21 Why don't they believe in the Quran and worship Allah?
22-24 Give those who disbelieve tidings of a painful doom.
Surah 85: The Mansions Of The Stars (Al-Buruj)
The owners of the ditch
4-5 The owners of the ditch were destroyed by a fuel-fed fire. 7 They were destroyed for what they did to the believers.
The doom of hell
10 Those who persecute believers will go to the doom of a burning hell.
12 Your Lord's punishment is stern.
15-16 The Lord of the throne of glory does whatever he wants.
Disbelievers are in denial
17-18 Did you hear the stories about Pharaoh and the tribe of Thamud?
19 No, but disbelievers are in denial.
21 No, but it's a beautiful Quran.
Surah 86: The Morning Star (At-Tariq)
From a gushing fluid (that issues from between the loins and ribs)
2 What will tell you about the morning star?
4 Every human has a guardian over it.
5-7 Humans are created from a gushing fluid, issued from between the loins and ribs.
9 He [Allah] can bring dead people back to life.
9-10 On that day, their hidden thoughts will be exposed, and they'll have no helper.
I'm plotting a plot against them
13 This Quran is a conclusive word. 14 It's no pleasantry.
15 They're plotting a plot (against you, Muhammad).
16 I [Allah] am plotting a plot against them. 17 So leave the disbelievers alone for a while.
Surah 87: The Most High (Al-A'ala)
We'll make you read, Muhammad
6 We [Allah] will make you [Muhammad] read, so you won't forget.
Those in the great Fire neither live nor die
12-13 Those who are flung into the great Fire will neither live nor die.
This is in the former scrolls
18-19 This is in the former scrolls: the books of Abraham and Moses.
Surah 88: The Overwhelming (Al-Ghashiyah)
Drinking from a boiling spring
1 Have you heard the tidings of the overwhelming?
2 On that day many will be sad and weary. 4-7 Scorched by the fire, drinking from a spring of boiling water, with only bitter thorn-fruit to eat.
The earth, how is it spread?
8-20 Others will calmly sit in a garden on high couches, drinking from goblets, considering camels, heaven, hills, and the spread-out earth.
23-24 But Allah will punish those who disbelieve with the most severe punishment.
Surah 89: The Dawn (Al-Fajr)
A'ad, Thamud, and the Pharaoh
6-10 Have you considered how your Lord dealt with the tribe of A'ad, the tribe of Thamud, and the Pharaoh?
11-13 They were rebellious to Allah so your Lord poured disaster on them as a punishment.
Surah 90: The City (Al-Balad)
We created man in an atmosphere
4 We [Allah] have created man in an atmosphere.
8-9 Didn't we give him two eyes, a tongue, and two lips?
Exhort one another to pity
12 What is the ascent?
13-16 It's to free a slave, feed the hungry, care for an orphan, provide for the poor, and encourage each other to pity. 18 Those who do so will be on the right hand.
An awning of fire
19-20 But those who disbelieve our revelations will be on the left hand, with fire enclosing them.
Surah 91: The Sun (Ash-Shams)
The earth is spread and the moon follows the sun
1-2 By the sun and the moon when she follows him.
6 He [Allah] spread the earth.
It is the she-camel of Allah (so let her drink!)
11 The tribe of Thamud denied the truth. 13 And the messenger of Allah said, "It's the she-camel of Allah, so let her drink." 14 But they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them and destroyed their dwellings.
Surah 92 : The Night (Al-Leyl)
The flaming Fire
14-16 Only the most wretched will endure the flaming Fire -- like those who deny Allah's revelations.
