Surah 25. Al-Furqan - The Criterion

And the Messenger will say, “O My Lord! These are my people, the ones who had disabled this Qur’an making it of no account.” [Mahjoor = Disabled = Abandoned = Neglected. They had immobilized it like villagers who bind a cow by tying her front foot to her horn]

Thus We have made for every Prophet enemies among the guilty, those who have been used to thriving on the fruit of others’ toil. Yet, Your Lord is Sufficient for a Guide and Helper. [6:112, 22:52-54. The Divine Message, being a great equalizer of humanity, strikes at the interests of the unjust exploiters]

Those who are bent on denying the Truth ask, “Why has not the Qur’an been revealed to him all at once?” But that has been so! For, in order to strengthen your heart We have already arranged it in the Right Order. And We have caused you to convey it to people in stages, step by step.

[73:4. The Qur’an has been revealed in its entirety upon the Prophet’s heart in the Night of Majesty and conveyed to people in stages over a period of 23 years. 2:185, 44:3, 97:1]

And no question or objection do they bring to you but We reveal to you the Absolute Truth and its best explanation. [The best Tafseer or explanation of the Qur’an from within itself]

Those who will be gathered prone on their faces to Hell, it is they who will be worst in station, and as to the Path, they are most astray.

Recall that We indeed gave Moses the Scripture, and appointed his brother Aaron as minister to him.

Then We said, “Go you both to the people who defy Our Laws!” Then We annihilated them with a complete annihilation.

And Noah’s folk: When they had denied the messengers, We caused them to drown and made them a sign for all mankind. And We have readied a painful doom for violators of human rights.

And (Our Law also struck) ‘Aad and Thamud, and the people of Ar-Rass, and many generations in between.

[The People of Ar-Rass used to dig deep wells, and irrigate their flourishing crops. They lived in the current province of Al-Qaseem in the Central Arabian Peninsula. Historically, they had thrown their Messenger in a well, and persisted with their unjust feudal system]

Each of them We had warned with examples, and each of them We brought to total ruin.