• New information is added towards the end of the pages.
• In the Qur'an, Allah (The God) speaks both in the 'I' or 'We' forms.
• Explanatory notes are added in ( ).

Q: How should a person treat his/her parents?
A: Your God has ruled not to worship but Him and kindness towards your parents. If any or both of them become old during your life, don't say 'I'm bored of you' to any of them. Do not scold them and do say kind words to them. And unbend (relax stiffness) toward them in humbleness out of mercy and say 'my God' be Merciful to them as they reared me when I was small.
Translation of: Ayat (lines) 23 - 24, Surat AlIsra'.
Words: Qadha = Ruled, Rabuka = Your God, Ta'bodou = You worship, Iyyah = Him, AlWalidayni = Both Parents, Ihsan = Kindness, AlKibar = Old age, Ekhfedh lahuma janah Althul = Unbend (relax stiffness) toward them in humbleness.

Q: Why did Allah create people of different kinds?
A: O mankind: We had created you from one male (Adam) and one female (Eve) and We made you into nations and tribes so as to know one another. The most honorable of you according to Allah is the most pious and God-fearing. Allah is the omniscient (having infinite awareness, understanding and insight) and is the expert.
Translation of: Ayah 13, Surat AlHujurat.
Words: AlNa's = Mankind, Zakar = Male, Untha = Female, Sho'ouban = Nations, Wa = And, Kabaila = Tribes, Akramakum = Most honorable.

Q: Why didn't Allah create all the people as one nation?
A: And if your God wanted He would have made the people one nation but still they will continue to disagree. Except upon whom your God has mercy. Therefore He created them (to be Merciful upon them) and the word of your God has been completed: I shall certainly fill Hell of the Jinn and the humans together.
Translation of: Ayah 117 - 119, Surat Hood.
Words: Sha'a = wanted - willed, Ja'ala = Made, Ummah = Nation - Community, Wa'hida = One, Kalimatu = Word, Rabika = Your God, Jahanam = Hell, AlJinnah = The Jinn (creatures with super powers created before humans), AlNaas = The humans, Ajmaeen = Together.

Q: What types of punishment Allah can bring upon whoever He wills?
A: Say He (Allah) is The Capable to send punishment on you from above you or from under your feet or divide you into parties to make some of you suffer from the torture of the other - see how We explain the Signs in various ways so that they may understand.
Translation of: Ayah 65, Surat AlAn'am.
Words: Qul = Say, Yab'asth = Send, Athab = Punishment, Fawq = Above, Shiya'n = Parties, Ba'dhukum = Some of you, Ba's = Torture - Violence, Onthur = See, La'alahum Yafkahoun = They may understand.

Q: What type of civilization did Pharaon and his people have?
A: And walk (To Moses = Moosa) away with my people by night - you are going to be followed. And leave the sea calm (parted) - they are soldiers to be drowned. How many gardens and springs they left behind; and plants and an honorable place; And wealth they were enjoying. In that manner and We inherited them to other people. So the sky did not cry upon them neither did the earth* and they were not given respite (to repent). And We saved the people of Israel from the humiliated punishment; From Pharaoh (Phiroun) - for he was very arrogant from the tyrants. And We chose them (People of Israel) intentionally above the ihabitants of the worlds (of their time) And We gave them from the signs that had in them a clear test.
But these (Disbelievers in Mecca) do say: It is only our first death and we will not be raised. And bring back our forefathers if you are truthful. Are they better or the people of Tubba' (Himyar Kings in Yemen) and those before them - we destroyed them for they were sinners.
Translation of: Ayat 30 - 33 Surat AlDukhkhan.

* In a summary of a narration by the Ibn AlAbbas (a scholar and the Prophet's cousin) may Allah be pleased with him: Every human has two gates in the sky. One from which his sustenance comes down and the second through which his work goes up. So when the believer dies his sustenance and work stop so the sky cries upon him. And his place where he used to pray to Allah will miss him and the earth will cry upon him. The People of Pharaon did not not leave good deeds so neither the sky nor the earth cried upon them. Source: Mukhtasar Tafseer Ibn Kastheer, volume 2 page 303.
Words: Asir = Walk away, Ibaady = My People, Layl = At night, Mut'abioun = Followed, AlBahr = The Sea, Rahou = Calm, Jund = Soldiers, Mugrakoun = To be Drowned, Jannat = Gardens, Uyoun = Springs, Zorou' = Plants, Makam = Place, Kareem = Honourable, Ni'mah = Wealth, Fakiheen = Enjoying, Awrastha = Inherited, Aakhireen = Other people, Bakat = Cried, AlAthab = The punishment, AlAlameen = The inhabitants of the worlds, AlAyat = The signs.

Q: What happened to some old Arab civilizations?
A: For these (Disbelievers in Mecca) say: It is only our first death and we will not be raised. And bring back our forefathers if you are truthful. Are they better or the people of Tubba' (Himyar Kings in Yemen) and those before them - we destroyed them for they were sinners.
Translation of: Ayat 34 - 37 Surat AlDukhkhan.
Note: In a question asked by the companion Abi Thar and the Prophet Muhammad answered, its summary: From the Prophets of Allah there were four Arab:prophets before the Prophet Muhammad: Hud, Saleh, Shuaib and Ishmael (Ismail). Source: The stories of the prophets (CD 3) by the scholar Tareq Suwaidan.
Also remember that there are two types of Arabs: The Extince Arabs and the Arabist (who became Arabs) Arabs. Reference the Prophets' Map.
Words: Mawt = Mawt, Khair = Better, Tubba' = Refers to the Himyar Kings of Yemen of the Tribe of Hamdan. They were worshippers of Heavenly bodies.

Q: Does Allah give more wealth to sinners or to good people?
A: Whoever wants this Life, We will rush for him what We will to whom We will and then We will make Hell for him to burn in it, humiliated and cast away (from Allah's mercy). And who wants The Other Life and he does the work that leads to it while having Faith; It is those whose work is accepted (by Allah). To both, We do provide these and those from the giving of your God and the giving of your God is not restricted (to a group)! Look! How we favoured some upon the others; And The Other World is greater in ranks and is greater in favouring. Do not join with Allah another god lest you remain humiliated and cast away (from Allah's Mercy)!
Translation of: Ayat 18 - 22, Surat AlIsra'.
Words:Men = Whoever, Yureed = Wants, AlAjilah = This Life, Ajjalna = We Rushed, Nasha' = What We Want, Ja'alna = We Made, Yaslaha = Burn in it, Mathmoumman = Humiliated, Madhoura = Cast away, Arada = Wanted, Sa'a = Worked, Mu'min = Having Faith, Sa'yahum = Their Work, Mashkoor = Accepted - Grateful, Numid = Provide, Ha'oula' = These, Ata' = Giving, Rabuka = Your God, Mahdour = Restricted, Ondhur = Look, Fadhala = Favoured, Ba'dhahum = Some of them, Ata' = Giving - grant, Mahdhoura = Restricted, Fataqud = You will remain, Mathmouman = Humiliated, Makhthoulan = Cast away.

Q: Does The Qur'an mention that humans will face a lot of hardships?
A: I (Allah) do swear by the twilight (at sunset) and the night with all that it gathers and the moon when it gathers its light and becomes full; You will mount levels of hardship over levels of hardship; So what is wrong with them that they do not believe; and when The Qur'an is recited upon them, they do not prostrate? But the disbelievers deny it (The Qur'an) And Allah knows what they hide in themselves, so tell them about a severe punishment (waiting for them).Only those who have faith and did good deeds: They will have a continuous reward.
Translation of: Ayat 16 - 25, Surat AlInshiqaq.
Words: Uksim = Swear, AlShafaq = The Twilight, AlLayl = The Night, Wasaq = Gather, AlQamar = The Moon, Itasaq = Became Full, Tarkab = Mount, Tabaq = Levels, Ma Lahum = What's wrong with them, Quri'a = Recited, Yasjud = Prostrate (Bow in Worship), Yukadhib = Deny it, Yo'oun = What they hide, Adhab = Punishment, Amilou = The did, salihat = Good deeds, Ajr = Reward, Ghayr Mamnoon = Continuous.

Q: Are humans initially created to rest and enjoy life or to work hard?
A: I (Allah) do swear by this Town (Mecca)* and you (Muhammad) are authorized (to fight if you want) in this Town. And (I swear) by the father (Adam) and his offspring. We (Allah) had created man with burdens (responsibilities). Does he think that no One has the power over him! He says: I had squandered a lot of money. Does he think that no One has seen him. Hadn't We made for him two eyes, tongue and two lips and hadn't We guided him to the two highways (right and wrong). So did he break through the obstacle and what do you know about the obstacle? Freeing a neck (captive), or feeding in a day of famine: An orphan of blood relation or a needy in extreme poverty. And then he was from those who had faith (in Allah) and advised patience and advised kindness. Those are the people of The Right (go to Paradise).
Translation of: Ayat 1 - 18, Surat AlBalad.
* Mecca is a sanctuary. Only the Prophet Muhammad was allowed to fight the disbelievers in it.
Words: Uqsim = Swear, Balad = Town, Hil (from Halal) = Authorized, Permissible, Khalaqa = Created, Insan = Man, Kabad = With burden - with responsiblities, Yahsib = Think, Ahad = One, Yaqoul = He says, Ahlaktu = I squandered, Ainain = Two eyes, Lisan = Tongue, Shafatain = Two lips, Hadai'nahu = We guided him, Najdain = Two high ways, Iktahama = Broke through, Aqabah = Obstacle, Raqaba = Neck, Yateem = Orphan, Miskeen = Needy, Sabr = Patience, Marhamah = Kindness, Maymanah = Right.

Q: What can happen to humans if they anger Allah?
A: Have you not seen that Allah created the Heavens and the earth properly (with proportion) - If He wills He can remove you and bring about a new creation; And that is not hard for Allah.
Translation of: Ayat 19 - 20, Surat Ibraheem.
Words: Alam Tara = Have you not seen, Khalaka = Created, AlSamawat = The Heavens, Wa = And, AlArdh = The earth, Yasha' = Wills, Yuthhibkum = Removes you, Khalq = Creation, BilHaq = Properly - With proportion, Jadeed = New.

Q: When does Allah change the affluence (richness) of a nation?
A: Because Allah is not going to change a favour He bestowed on a nation until they change what is in themselves; And Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. Like the continuous manner of The People of Paraoh (Phiroun) and those before them: They denied the Signs of their God, so We (Allah) destroyed them because of their sins; And We drowned The People of Pharaoh and all of them where unjust (sinners).
Translation of: Ayat 53 - 54, Surat AlAnfal.
Words: Mughay'er = going to change, Ni'mah = Favour, An'amah = Bestowed upon, Hatta = Until, Anfus = Selves, Da'b = continuous manner, A'l = People, Kadhaba = Denied - Rejected, Ayat = Signs - Lines from The Holy Books, Ahlaka = Destroyed, Dhanb = Sin, Aghraka = Drowned, Dhalim = Unjust - Sinner.

Q: Where there people in the same places humans are living in now?
A: And warn the people about the Day when The Punishment will reach them; And those who sinned will say: Our God delay us for a short time: We will answer Your call and follow the prophets. (Allah says) Weren't you before swearing that there is no termination to you; And you lived in the dwellings of those who were unjust to themselves and it became clear to you what We (Allah) did to them and We made for you the examples. And they (sinners) plotted their plot and Allah has their plot, and their plot is such that mountains could have vanished with it. So do not (all of you) think that Allah is failing His prophets in His Promise; Indeed Allah is Mighty Revengeful.
Translation of: Ayat 44 - 47, Surat Ibraheem.
Words: Andher = Warn, Adhab = Punishment, Akh'ir = Delay, Ajal = Time, Kareeb = Short, Nujib = Answer, Dawah = call, Nat'tabi'e = We follow, Rusul = Prophets, Aksama = Swore, Zawal = Termination, Sakana = Lived, Masakin = Dwellings - Houses, Fa'la = Did, Amsal = Examples, Makr = Plot, Jibal = Mountains, Mukhlif = Failing, Thou Intiqam = Revengeful.

Q: Why do people have different colours and different languages?
A: And from His (Allah) Signs (miracles) that He created you from earth and then you became humans widespread. And from his miracles that He created for you from yourselves wives to live with them and He made among you love and mercy; Indeed in that signs for the people who contemplate. And from His signs that He created the Heavens and the Earth and the difference of your tongues (languages) and your colours; Indeed in that Signs for all people. And from His Signs your sleep at night and in the day and your seeking of His favour; Indeed in that signs for the people who listen. And from His signs He shows you the lightening by way of fear and by way of hope; And He sends from the sky water so He brings with it the Earth to life after its death; Indeed in that signs for the people who understand. And from His signs the sky and the Earth will fulfill His command and when He calls you one call from the earth suddenly you will be coming out. And to Him belongs whoever is in the Heavens and the Earth; All to Him are devoutly obedient.
Translation of: Ayat 20 - 26, Surat AlRoum.
Words: Ayat = Signs - Miracles, Khalaqa = Created, Turab = Earth, Bashar = Humans, Tantashir = Become widespread, Anfusikum = Yourselves, Azwaj = Wives, Taskin = Lives, Mawadah = Love, Rahmah = Mercy, Yatafakar = Contemplate, Ikhtilaf = Difference, Alsinah = Tongues, Alwan = colours, Manam = Sleep, Layl = Night, Nahar = Day, Ibtigha' = Seeking, Fadhl = Favour, Yasma' = Listens, Yuri = Shows, Barq = Lightening, Khawf = Fear, Tama' = Hope, Taqoum = Fulfill - Does, Tukhraj = Comes out, Qanit = Qanit = Devoutly obedient - Piously submissive.

Q: How many divisions will all humans be divided into on the Day of Judgment?
A: For those who believed (Muslims) and those who became Jews and the Sabians* and the Christians and the Magians** and those who partnered*** with Allah; Indeed Allah will judge among them on the Day of Judgment; Indeed Allah is over everything a witness.
Translation of: Ayah 22, Surat AlHajj.
* Sabians = Rejecters of the commonly followed religion and who follow another religion. When the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, first met the Angel Gabriel, the Prophet went home shaking. His wife Khadija went to her cousin 'Waraqa Bin Noofel' for advice. 'Waraqa' was a monotheist - a worshipper of Allah as the One and Only God, (= Hanafi) on the religion of Abraham. He gave her the good news that Muhammad is a Prophet as was announced in the early Scriptures (of Noah and Abraham). To differentiate them from Christians and Jews, pagan Arabs then called such people 'sabi'een'.
** Magians: Adherents of Mazdaism. They are the worshippers of fire. Their religion is based on light and darkness. This religion started in Persia.
*** Worshippers of: Idols - self - other people - heroes - nature forces etc.; Worshipping (regarding with great respect and devotion) anybody or anything other than Allah alone.
Words: Amanou = Believed in Allah (Muslims), Hadou = Those who became Jews, Sabi'een = Converters from one religion to another, Nasara = Christians - Supporters of Jesus peace be upon him, Majous = Magians, Yafsul = Judges, Bayn = Among, Kul = Every, Shaye' = Thing, Shaheed = Witness.

Q: Were the communities of the past that Allah destroyed powerful ones?
A: So have they not travelled through the land so that they see how the ending was of those who were before them; They were more than them and mightier in power and in monuments (marks) on earth but what they were accomplishing was of no use to them; So when Our (Allah's) prophets came to them with the Clear Signs they became arrogantly glad of what they had from the knowledge (theirs and their forefathers') so disaster afflicted them for what they were mocking; So when they saw Our (Allah's) Might they said we believe in Allah Alone and we reject as lies what partners we were joinging with Him; But their (accepting of) Faith was of no use to them when they saw Our Might - (That is) Allah's Way (of dealing) that has passed on (from the past) with His servants and there and then the rejecters of Faith lost.
Translation of: Ayat 82 - 85, Surat Ghafir.
Words: Yaseerou = Have travelled - Have walked, Fi AlArdh = Through the land, Ashad = Mightier, Aasthar = Monuments - Marks - Traces, Yaksiboun = Accomplishing - Earning of deeds, Farihou = Became arrogantly glad, Haaqa = Punishment afflicted, Yastahze'oun = Were mocking - Ridiculing, Mushrikeen = Partners we Were joining, Yanfe' = Be of use, Sunnat = Way, Khalat = Has pssed on.

Q: According to Allah what brings down the mass destruction of civilizations?
A: Noah (prophet)* said: My God! They (my people) have disobeyed me and they had followed the one whose wealth and offspring did not increase but his loss. And they plotted a very great plot - And they said: Do not leave alone your gods and goddesses! Do not leave alone 'Wadd' nor 'Suwa' nor Yaghus(th), Ya'uq, or Nasr**; And they had misled a lot; (Noah prays to Allah ) And do not increase for the unjust but straying away from the Truth; (Allah says) From their sins they were drowned then they were admitted into Fire*** so they did not find for them other than Allah any supporters; And Noah said: My God! Do not leave on earth from the disbelievers any inhabitant;**** If you leave them they will misguide your servants and they will not give birth except to an immoral, a disbeliever. My God! Grant forgiveness to me and to my parents and to whoever enters my house as a faithful and to the faithful males and the faithful females and do not increase for the unjust but destruction.
Translation of: Ayat 21 - 28, Surat Noah.
* Refer to the Prophets' Map.
** Names of idols that Noah's people worshipped. Then Arabs in and around the Arabian Peninsula and Yemen kept on worshipping them over many generations.
*** Remember the punishment of the grave mentioned in the page under 'death': "--- and the worst of the punishment was inflicted on the people of Pharaoh; The Fire (Hell)! They are brought in front of it in the morning and at night (in their graves). And on The Day of Judgment: Admit the people of Pharaoh into the worst of the punishment." Translation of Lines 45 - 46 in Surat Ghafir in the Qur'an.
**** Cut the roots of sins.
Words: Assa = Disobeyed, Ittaba' = Followed, Lem Yazid = Did not increase, Mal = wealth, Walad = Offspring - Sons, Tathar = Leave alone, A'lihah = gods and goddesses, Adhalla = Misguided, Khatee'ah = Sin - Wrongdoing, Ugriqh = Was drowned, Udkhil Was admitted, Dayyar = Inhabitant - Living in a house (dar), Yalid = Gives birth, Fajir = Immoral, Tabar = Destruction.

Q: Why do not a lot of humans acknowledge the truth when they see it? Are they just followers who do not use their own brains?
A: And We (Allah) sent Moses (Moosa) with Our Signs (Miracles) to Pharaoh (Phiroun) and his assembly so he said: I am a prophet from the God of the inhabitants of the world; So when he brought them Our Signs (Miracles) suddenly they laughing at it. And every time We showed them a Sign it was greater than its sister (previous one); And We seized them with punishment so that they might return (to Allah). And they said: O magician! Pray to your God for us according to what He entrusted you with for we are going certainly to be guided (to Allah's Path). So when We removed from them the punishment, suddenly they broke their word!
Translation of: Ayat 46 - 50, Surat AlZukhruf.
Words: Mala' = Assembly = Yadh'hak = Laughs, Nuri = We show, Ayah = Sign - Miracle - Line of the Holy Book, Akbar = Greater, Ukht = Sister, Sahir = Magician, Ahida = Entrusted, Kashafa = Removed, Yankuth = Breaks his word.

Q: What type of life can Allah give a disbelieving community who becomes a believing one?
A: And only if there were a town that believed (before its punishment) so that its faith was of use to it ! Except the people of Jonah (Prophet Yunus) when they believed We (Allah) removed from them the humiliation punishment in this Life and We gave them to enjoy for a period of time.
Translation of: Ayah 98, Surat Yunus.
Words: Aamanat = Believed, Nafa' = Was of use, Qawm = People, Kashafa = Removed, Matta' = Gave to enjoy, Heen = A period of time.

Q: What is pre-written in Allah's Permanent Record?
A: And there is no population except that We (Allah) are destroying it before the Day of Judgment or (at least) punishing it a severe punishment - that in the Record* was written.
Translation of: Ayah 58, Surat AlIsra' (Bani Israel).
* Allah's Record in the Heaven which contains what Allah had predestined. It is called the Explicit (fully developed - Unmistakable) Record or Book (AlKitab AlMubeen).
Words: Qaryah = Population - Any village, town, city, Nahnu = We, Muhlik = Destroying, Muathib = Punishing, Shadeed = Severe, Kitab = Record - Book, Mastoor = Written.

Q: Which king was given wisdom without being a prophet?
A: And they ask you (Prophet Muhammad) about The Two-Horned (= Thi AlQarnain)*. Say: I will recite upon you a praise of him. For We (Allah) made him influential (powerful) on earth and We gave him the means to (achieve) everything. So he followed a way; Until he reached the place of the sun setting he found it setting in a muddy spring (water)** and he found a people there. We (Allah) said: O The Two-Horned! Either you punish (them) or you treat them with kindness (your choice). He said: As for the one who transgressed so we will punish him then he will return to his God so He will punish him a severe punishment. And as for who has faith (in Allah) and does good deeds then for him is the reward of kindness and we from us (Alexander and his soldiers) will be lenient (easy going) with him. Then he followed a (another) way; Until he reached (the East) the place of the sun rising, he found it rising upon a people We (Allah) did not provide for them a shelter against it (sun). So it was (he left them alone) and We (Allah) had already knowledge of what he had.
Translation of: Ayat 83 - 91, Surat AlKahf.
* An epithet given to 'Alexander the Great'. The Two-Horned mentioned in the Qur'an is most probably Alexander the Great who had strong faith in Allah. According to www.Wikipedia.org 'Alexander the Great' was an ancient Greek King of Macedon (336 - 323 B.C.). He was one of the most successful military commanders of all time and is presumed undefeated in battle. By the time of his death, he had conquered most of the world known to the ancient Greeks.
** According to the Qur'an translator 'Abdullah Yusuf Ali' if the reference is to Alexander the Great then the place is Lychnitis (now Ochrida) west of Macedonia. It is fed entirely by underground springs in a limestone region where the water is never very clear.
Words: Thi AlQarnain = The two-Horned, Atlou = I recite, Thikr = Praise, Sabab = Means - Way, Attaba' = Followed, Makkanna = Made powerful, Maghrib = Setting, Ain = Spring, Hami'ah = Muddy - Murky, Nukr = Severe, Yusr = Lenient - Easy, Matle' = Rising, Sitr = Shelter, Khubr = Knowledge,

Q: Why did the green topography of South Arabia (Yemen) change into a desert biome?
Note: Topography = the configuration of a surface of a region.
A: Certainly there was for Saba'* in their dwelling places a Sign (indicating Allah's existence): Two gardens from the right and the left; Eat from the sustenance of your God and be grateful to Him - a good land and a Most-Forgiving God; But they turned away (from Allah's Path) so We sent upon them the tremendous flood and We changed their two gardens to two gardens of bitter fruit and Tamarisks (deset shrubs) and some of Christ's thorn (throny shrubs) - that is how We (Allah) punished them for being ungrateful and do We punish (anyone) except the ungrateful?! And We made between them (in Saba') and the towns that We sent Our blessings** in, towns in sight of one another and We measured among them the walking distance - Walk (travel) among them for (some) nights and days in safety. But they (ungrateful people of Saba') said: Our God! Make longer distances between our trips and they transgressed against themselves (were ungrateful to Allah) so We Made them the talk of the town and We tore them up (scattered) them - the worst tearing up - for in that is certainly a Sign (Reminder) for every person who is patient and who is grateful. And Iblis (Satan) made his opinion of them come true for they followed him except a group from the (true) believers and he (Satan) had upon them no authority except (Allah allowed it) so that We (Allah) mark who believes in the Other World from the one who from it is in doubt and your God upon everything is All_Observing.
Translation of: Ayat 15 - 21, Surat Saba'.
* Saba', nowadays in Yemen, was the prosperous town of Queen Sheba (Balqees), who became Muslim when King Solomon invited her to Islam. According to Abdullah Yusuf Ali, the famous translator of The Qur'an, the events in these lines are referred to a time around 120 A.D., though some authorities put it much later.

According to Hassanain Mohammad Makhlouf, the famous scholar of Islam (ex-Mufti) of Egypt, the town of Saba' was named after its first Arab king Saba' Bin Yashjab Bin Ya'rab Bin Qahtan Bin Hood. He had ten boys who were the heads of ten groups of people (tribes). After the flood six thought of the flood as a good sign: AlAzd, Kindah, Mathhij, AlAsharyoun, Anmar and Himyar. And four of them thought of the flood as a bad omen: Amilah, Ghassan, Lakhm and Jutham. So they scattered. It is said that Ghassan went to Bilad AlSham (nowadays Syria and its surrounding countries "Modern day Syria - Israel - Lebanon and Jordan). AlAws and Alkhazraj went to AlMadinah (in Saudi Arabia), AlAzd went to Oman (on the Arabian Gulf) and Khuzaah went to Tahamah (in Saudi Arabia) and Al Khazeemah went to Iraq.
** Towns of the other prophets in the land of AlSham (Syria and its surrounding lands).
Words: Masakin = Dwelling places, Ayah = Sign - Miracle, Jannah = Garden, Yameen = Right, Shimal = Left, Kul = Eat, Rizq = Sustenance, Ushkur = Be grateful, Baldah = Land, Tayyebah = Good, Rub = God, A'rada = Turned away, Sayl = Flood, AlAram = Tremendous, Thawatay = Of - Having (for two), Ukl Khamt = Bitter fruit, As(th)l Tamarisks, Sidr = Christ's thron - Lote trees, Kafour = Ungrateful, Qura = Towns, Dhahirah = in sight of, Qaddara = Measured, Sayr = Journey, Baaid = Make longer distances, Asfar = Trip, Ahadees(th) = Talk of the town, Mazzaqa = Tore up, Shar = the worst, Saddaqa = Made come true, Dhan = Opinion, Sultan = Authority, Na'lam = Mark, Yu'min = Believes, Shak = Doubt.

Q: How does the mere existence of human communities depend on Allah?
A: If He (Allah) wills - He will remove you, O community of people! And He will replace you with others and Allah upon that is Capable
Translation of: Ayah 33, Surat AlNisa'.
Words: Yasha' = Wills - Wants, Yuthhib = Removes, Nas = Community of people - People, Ya'ti = Replaces, Akhereen = Others, Qadeer = Capable.

Q: Relatively speaking is the average human lifespan considered a long life?
Note: We are in the year 2009 CE. According to Allah it has been only around two days. Line 47 in Chapter AlHajj in the Qur'an is translated "--- And a day according to your God is similar to one thousand years from what you count!"
A: The Day (of Judgment) when He (Allah) calls you (resurrection) so you will answer with words of His Praise and you will think that you stayed (on earth) only a little.
Translation of: Ayah 52, Surat AlIsra'.
Words: Yawma = The day, Yadou = Calls you, Tastajeeb = You answer, BiHamdihi = With words of His Praise, Yadhun = You think, Labistha = Stayed, Qaleelan = a little.

Q: Why doesn't Allah simply for people getting abundant sustenance?
A: And if Allah simplified for His servants (humanity) getting abundant sustenance they will certainly wrong (transgress) on earth but He sends down with due measurement whatever He pleases for with His servants He is Well-Acquainted, Watchful.
Translation of: Ayah 27, Surat AlShoura.
Words: Basata AlRizq = Simplified getting abundant sustenance, Ibad = Servants, LaBaghou = They will certainly wrong, Yunazzil = Sends down, BiQadar = With due measurement, Khabeer = Well-Acquainted - Expert, Baseer = Watchful - All-Seeing.

Q: In Life will any major catastophe such as a nuclear one bring all human life to an end?
A: Allah - there is no God except He - He is certainly going to accumulate* you as far as the Day of Judgment in which there is no doubt and Who is More Truthful than Allah in speech!**.
Translation of: Ayah 87, Surat AlNisa'.
* individual humans are parts in one whole called humanity.
** A Waking Call to all who contemplate to find the Truth.
Words: LaYajme'anakum = Is certainly going to gather you together, La Rayba = There is no doubt, Asdaq = More truthful, Min = From, Hadeesthan = In speech.

Q: Whom did the majority of human ancestors choose to support: Allah or Satan?
Note: Remember the challenge between Allah and Satan.
A: And if only there were from the generations before you men of virtue prohibiting corruption on earth! Except some from whom We (Allah) saved (during Noah's Flood) and those who transgressed followed what luxurious life they were in and they were sinners.
Translation of: Ayah 116, Surat Hood.
Words: Law La = If only, Quroun = Generations, Qabl = Before, Olou Baqiyyah = Men of virtue - Men of righteousness, Yanhoun = Prohibit, Fasad = Corruption, Illa = Except, Qaleelan = Some, Anja = Saved, Ettabba' = Followed, Utrifou = Luxurious life, Fihia = In it, Mujrim = Sinner.

Q: What connects humanity?
A: For Allah did choose Adam* and Noah and the Family of Abraham (Ibraheem) and the Family of Imran above all people; (Humanity) an offspring - one of the other and Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
Translation of: Ayat 33 - 34, Surat AlImran.
Note: See the Prophets' Map.
* Adam peace be upon him was the first man created. He was not with firm will for he disobeyed Allah when he became weak and listened to the whisper of Satan and ate from the forbidden tree. Adam is a messenger of Allah and was cast to earth with the Message of worshipping Allah.
Line 115 in Chapter 'Taha' in the Qur'an is translated: "And We had entrusted Adam from before but he forgot and We (Allah) did not find him with firm will."
Words: Estafa = Chose, Alameen = People - Inhabitants of the world, Thuriyyah = Offspring, Ba'dhuha Min Ba'dh = One of the other.

Q: A moment of truth: Generally speaking is humanity fair (just) in its relationship with Allah?
A: And Your God is certainly the Holder of grace (favour) upon people yet most of them are ungrateful.
Translation of: Ayah 73, Surat AlNaml.
Words: Inna = Certainly, Thou Fadhl = Holder of grace, Ala = Upon, Nas = People, Akstharahum = Most of them, La Yashkuroun = Are ungrateful.

Q: Countries claim parts of the earth. Who claims the whole earth?
A: O My servants who have faith! For My (Allah's) earth is spacious and Me (alone) then do worship.
Translation of: Ayah 56, Surat AlAnkaboot.
Note: According to Abdullah Yusuf Ali, the famous Qur'an translator: There is no excuse for anyone to plead that he could not do good or was forced to evil by his circumstances and surroundings or by the fact that he lived in evil times ... We must be prepared for exile or immigration.
Words: Ibad = Servants, Ardh = Earth, Wasiah = Spacious, FaIyyaya = Then Me, Fa'bdoun = Then do worship

Q: What is the main reason that humanity should worship Allah?
A: O people! Worship your God Who created you and the ones before you so that you may protect yourselves by being God-fearing.
Translation of: Ayah 21, Surat AlBaqarah.
Words: Nas = Humanity - People, E'bodou = Worship, Allathi = Who, Khalaqa = Created, Tattaqoun = Protect yourselves by being God-fearing - Be God-fearing - Be pious.

Q: What characterized the consctruction industry of the ancient civilizations?
A: Have you not thought about what Allah did to 'Aad'*; 'Iram" (Aad's main tribe) of the (lofty) poles (of tents); the one (Iram) that none was created like it in the land; And Sthamud who brought the rocks (from mountains for houses) in the valley; And Pharaoh (Phiroun) of the pegs; Who transgressed in the land; So they increased in it corruption; So your God cast upon them a whip of punishment (in this life); For your God is certainly Watchful.
Translation of: Ayat 6 - 14, Surat AlFajr.
* Aad an ancient disbelieving Arab nation known to be giants and to whom the Prophet Hood was sent. They lived originally in Yemen.
. Words: Kayfa = How, Fa'ala = Did, Imad = Poles - Pillars, Jaba AlSakhr = Brought the rocks - Carved the rocks, Thi AlAwtad = Of the poles, Taghou = Transgressed (plural), Bilad = Land, Alsthara = Increased, Fasad = Corruption, Sabba = Cast, Sawt Athab = Whip of punishment - Lash of punishment, BilMirsad = Watchful.

Q: In the beginning was humanity a believing or a disbelieving nation? Why did Allah send the Scripture (of Jews, Christians and Muslims) whose Origin is kept with Allah?
A: Humanity was one nation (believing)* so Allah sent prophets** bringing the good news (of Paradise) and warning (of Hell) and He sent with them the Scripture with Truth to judge among people in what they disagreed in and nobody disagreed in it (Scripture) except who (Jews and Christians) received it (the Scripture), after the clear Signs (of Allah) reached them, in transgression against one another (because of rivalry) so Allah guided those who believed (Muslims) for what Truth they disagreed in***, with His permission and Allah guides whoever He wills to a Straight Path (of Allah).
Translation of: Ayah 213, Surat AlBaqarah.
* Humanity started with Adam. Adam is considered the first messenger with Allah's Message to his offspring.
** "And We (Allah) were not going to punish until We send a prophet" Translation of Line 15 in Chapter AlIsra' in the Qur'an.
*** In the abridged edition of "Tafseer Ibn Kastheer (died 774 Hijri)": The Prophet Noah was sent to humanity when they started to partner with Allah by worshipping idols. 100 centuries was the time between Adam and Noah. Allah sent down The Scripture. They disagreed in it. They disagreed in Friday to which Muslims were guided. They disagreed in the Direction of Prayer, Muslims were guided to AlKa'bah. They disagreed in Prayer, Fasting, Abraham (Ibraheem) and Jesus (Issa). Muslims were guided in each.
Words: Nas = Humanity, Ummah = Nation, Bastha = Sent, Yakum = Judges, Ekhtalafou = They disagreed, Atou = Were given, Baghyan = In transgression, Hada = Guided.

Q: What is the worth of the life of this world to Allah?
A: And the Life of this World is not but a pastime and a distraction and the Other World is better for those who protect themselves by fearing Allah so would you not understand!
Translation of: Ayah 32, Surat AlAn'am.
Note: In a summary of a saying of the Prophet Muhammad: If the life of this world was worth a wing of a mosquito (trivial) to Allah no disbeliever would have had a sip of water from it.
Words: AlHayat AlDunya = The Life of this World, La'ib = Pastime - Play, Lahou = Distraction, AlDar AlAkhirah = The Other World, Khair = Better, Yataqoun = Protect themselves by fearing Allah - God-fearing, Afala = Would you not, Ta'qiloun = Understand (plural).

Q: Why does not Allah guide all humanity without exception towards Him?
A: And if We (Allah) had willed We certainly would have given every soul its (True) Guidance but the Word of Mine had to come true for certainly I will fill Hell* of the Jinn and humans together.
Translation of: Ayah 13, Surat AlSijdah.
* Remember how Satan challenged Allah.
Words: Law = If, Shi'na = We willed, Atayna = We gave, Nafs = Soul, Hudaha = Its Guidance, Haqqa = Had to come true, Qawl = Word, Amla'nna = I will certainly fill, Jinnah = Jinn - Hidden creatures that can see humans but humans cannot see them, Nas = Humans, Ajma'een = Altogether.

Q: According to Allah why is the majority of human species in loss?
A: (Allah swears) By the afternoon*; For man is in loss (against Allah) ; Except those who had faith and did the righteous deeds and they urged one another of Truth (justice) and they urged one another of patience.
Translation of: Ayat 1 - 3, Surat AlAsr.
* What Allah swears by should be a focal point for contemplation because Allah singles it out. The afternoon prayer is called the middle prayer (=AlSalat AlWusta). In a summary of a saying by the Prophet Muhammad: Angels around you take turns in the night and the morning. Yet they become tighter in the dawn prayer and the afternoon prayer. When the angels rise up to the Heaven they will be asked by Allah who knows better: How did you leave My servants? So they say: We (one group) left them praying and we (another group) reached them praying. Narrated in Allou'lou' WalMarjan (see the Reference page). Note: The Qur'an includes a full Surah (Chapter) entitled "The Dawn = AlFajr".
Words: Asr = Afternoon, Insan = man - human being, Khusr = Loss, Tawasaw = Urged one another, BilHaq = Of Truth, BilSabr = Of patience.

Q: Why should people have peace of mind when trying to get sustenance and wealth?
Hint: Sustenance is predestined for each person. Each will get what Allah has written for him.
A: Allah is Who created you then gave you sustenance then He makes you dead then He makes you alive (on Day of Judgment) - Is there any from your partners (with Allah) who does any of those - Glory is to Him and Sublime is He above what they join as partners (with Allah).
Translation of: Ayah 40, Surat AlRoum.
Note: In a summary of a saying of the Prophet Muhammad, narrated by Abdullah Bin Masoud: Each person's creation starts inside his mother's womb in 40 days. then he becomes into blood clot like that then he becomes into (fetus) lump like that, then Allah sends an angel and he is commanded by four orders: Write his work (in life), his sustenance, his death time, and wether miserable (shaqi) or fortunate (saeed), then the soul is blown into him. Source: "The Chapter of Fate" in AlLou'lou' walMarjan feema etafaqqa alayhi alSheikhan AlBukhari waMuslim (in Arabic), page 583.
Note: The steps involved in Allah's creation of man according to the Qur'an.
Words: Khalaqa = Created, Razaqa = Gave sustenance, Yumeet = Makes dead, Yuhye = Makes alive, Shurakaikum = Your partners (with Allah), Yagel = Does, Min thalikum = From those, Yushrikoun = Join as partners (with Allah).

Q: What did Allah pre decree for humanity on the Day of Judgment?
A: And there is none of you (all humanity) but reaching (entering) it (Hell)* - This is upon your God pre-decreed (command) that must be fulfilled. Then We (Allah) will save those who protected themselves by fearing Allah and We leave the transgressors in it on their knees (humiliated).
Translation of: Ayat 71 - 72, Surat Maryam.
* Hell is a dwelling place with a blazing fire and other forms of punishment such as "Woe that Day to the disbelievers; Go ahead to what you were rejecting as false; Go ahead to a shadow of three divisions; Not shady nor does it protect from the flame; It (Hell) throws about sparks (huge) as logs (huge wood pieces); As if they were (a string of) yellow camels." Translation of line 28 - 33 in Chapter AlMursalat in the Qur'an.
Note: In a summary of a saying by the Prophet Muhammad: No righteous person neither an openly sinner person will but enter it (Hell). Then it will cool and peaceful for the believer as it was on the Prophet Abraham, to the extent that Fire will have a noise from their being cooled. Then Allah will save those who feared Allah and leave the transgressors on their knees there. Source: Mukhtasar Tafseer Ibn Kastheer (in Arabic).
Words: Illa = But - Except, Warid = Reaching - Entering, Hatman = Must be fulfilled, Maqdheya = Pre-decreed, Nunaji = We will save, Etaqou = Protected themselves by fearing Allah, Nathar = We leave, Jisthiya = On their knees.

Q: Who is the winner on the Day of Judgment?
A: Every soul will taste death and indeed you are (plural) going to be paid your dues on the Day of Judgment so whoever is moved away from Fire and is admitted to Paradise so he has won and the life of this world is not except the pleasure of deception.
Translation of: Ayah 185, Surat AlImran.
Note: In a summary of a saying of the Prophet Muhammad: The place of (just) a whip in Paradise is better than the world and what it contains.
Words: Kulu = Every soul, Thaiqah = Will taste death, Tuwaffa = Paid, Ujour = Dues, Zuhziha = Is moved, Udkhila = Is admitted, Faz = Has succeeded, Mata' = Pleasure, Ghurour = Deception.

Q: How does Allah test the faith of humans?
A: Every soul will taste death and We (Allah) make you (in life) afflicted with misfortune and (bring you) fortune as a (way of) trial and to Us you are coming back.
Translation of: Ayah 35, Surat AlAnbiya'.
Words: Nabloukum = We make you afflicted - Put you to the test, BilShar = With misfortune (misery), Khair = Fortune - The good, Fitnatan = As a trial, Ilayna = To us, Turjaoun = You are coming back.

Q: Why should a community living in peace like "Quraish" the tribe of the Prophet Muhammad worship Allah?
A: (Consider) Definitely the acquaintance of Quraish; Their acquaintance with the journey* of winter and of summer; So they should better worship the God of this House (in Mecca); Who (Allah) gave them food against hunger and made them secure against fear.
Translation of: Ayat 1 - 4, Surat Quraish.
* Quraish in Mecca was the custodian of the House that the Prophet Abraham with his son Ishmael (Ismaeel) built to worship Allah. Therefore Quraish was in a state of peaceful agreement with the other Arabian tribes in Arabia who visited Mecca for pilgrimage. The peaceful situation of Quraish facilitated its (trade) journey to AlYemen in winter and AlSham (Syria and its surrounding areas then) in summer.
Words: La = Definitely, Iylaf = Acquaintance - Familiarity - Agreement, Rihlat AlShita' WalSayf = The journey of winter and of summer, FelYa'budou = Then they should better worship, Bayt = House, Atama = Gave food, Jou' = Hunger, Amana = Made secure, Khawf = Fear.

Q: Is wealth distributed among humans by Allah according to whom Allah loves or does not love?
A: Then as for a human being when His God put him to the test so He honoured him and made him live in comfort then he says "My God has honoured me"; And when He put him to the test so He restricted his sustenance then he says "My God has humiliated me"; No Indeed! (both previous expressions are wrong); But you (who said above) do not honour the orphans; And you do not urge one another for feeding the poor; And you devour the inheritance a complete devouring; And you love wealth too much.
Translation of: Ayat 15 - 20, Surat AlFajr.
Words: Ibtala = Put him to the test, Akrama = Honoured, Na'ama = Made him live in comfort, Qadara = Restricted, Kalla = No indeed - Certainly not, AlYateem = The Orphans, AlMiskeen = The Poor, Turasth = Inheritance, Lamma = Complete - Collective, Maal = Wealth, Hob = Love, Jammma = Too much.

Q: What three means of learning did Allah teach man?
A: Read in the name of your God who created; Created man from a blood clot*; Read and your God is The Most Bountiful; who taught by means of writing; He taught man what he did not know (thinking).
Translation of: Ayat 1 - 5, Surat AlAlaq.
Note: This is the first Surah (chapter) of the Qur'an that the Angel Gabriel (= Jibreel) came down with for the Prophet Muhammad to recite.
* A blood clot is the step in creation before the fetus lump.
Words: Eqra' = Read, Khalaqa = Created, Alaq = Blood clot, AlAkram = The Most Bountiful, Allama = Taught, BilQalam = By means of writing, Lem Ya'lam = Did not know.

Q: When will humans witness the Greatest Terror ever? What are they preparing to combat it?
A: Certainly those for whom it has been pre-decreed from Us (Allah) the Happy ending (in Paradise) - those from it (Hell) are kept away; They do not hear its hissing (sound of Blazing Fire) and they in what their souls desire are remaining for eternity; The Greatest Terror* (of Day of Judgment) does not cause them grief and the angels will meet them (saying): This is your day that you were promised.
Translation of: Ayat 101 - 103, Surat AlAnbiya'.
* The Day of Judgment is an extremely long, frightening and exhausting Day which starts with a shocking Trumpet sounding: "The angels and The Spirit (Gabriel) ascend towards Him (Allah) in a Day (of Judgment) which equals fifty thousand years." Translation of Line 4 in Chapter AlMa'arij in the Qur'an.
Words: Sabaqat = Pre-decreed, Husna = Happy ending, Mub'edoun = Are kept away, Yasme' = Hears, Hasees = Hissing, Ma Eshtahat = What desire, Faze' = Terror, AlAkber = The Greatest, Yahzun = Cause grief, Tatalaqa = Meet, Kuntum Touadoun = Were Promised.

Q: All messengers from Allah were sent with one Message: No partner in any form with the One God. Nowadays people of different religions acknowledge the One God yet many of them pray to Him through partners. What is Allah's Message?
A: And give them an example of the companions of the town when the messengers (from Allah) reached them; For We (Allah) sent them two (messengers) but they denied them as liars so We enforced them with a third so they said: We are indeed sent to you! They said: You are only humans like us and the Most Merciful (Allah) did not send anything really you are lying; They said: Our God knows that we are indeed sent to you; And nothing is incumbent (duty) upon us except the clear delivery of the Message; They said: We certainly regard you as an evil omen and if you do not cease we will stone you and you will be inflicted by us with a painful punishment; They said: Your evil omen will be with yourselves for being reminded (of Allah and rejecting) but you are a transgressing people (against Allah); And a man came running from the outskirts of the city (and) he said: O my people! Follow the messengers; Follow who does not ask you for a payment and they are guided; And why should I not worship Who created me and to Him you are (all) returning; Do you want me to take other than Him gods - if the Most-Merciful wants to harm me their intercession will be of no use to me and they will not save me; Then I will certainly be in a manifest straying away; I have certainly believed in your God (Allah) so do listen to me; It was said (by angels): Enter The Garden (Paradise)*! He said: I wish my people know; About what Allah forgave me and He made me from the honored; And We did not send for his people after him any soldiers** (angels) from the Heaven and We were not going to send down; Only it was one scream*** (blast) and they were lifeless.
Translation of: Ayat 13 - 29, Surat YaSeen.
* He was killed. His soul was allowed to roam in Paradise like the souls of the martyrs. Source: Ex-Mufti of Egypt: Hassanain Mohammad Makhlouf's "Safwat AlBayan lima'ani AlQuran."
** Angels are called in the Qur'an the soldiers of Allah and they are sent down on different errands. The people of the town wanted angels as messengers. Allah answered them.
*** Remember Angel Gabriel's scream that destroyed a well-established old nation.
Note: The Prophet Muhammad said that Surat YaSeen is considered the Heart of the Qur'an.
Words: Edhreb Masthal = Give an example, As'hab = Companions, AlQaryah = The town, Mursaloon = Messengers, Esthnayn = Two, Azzazna = We enforced, Sthalisth = Third, Takthib = Lying, Balagh = Delivery of the Message, Mubeen = Clear, Tatayerna BiKum = We regard you as an evil omen, Narjum = We stone, Yamasanakum = Will be inflicted, Aqsa = Outskirts - Faraway, Ettab' = Follow, Fatara = Created, Dhur = Harm, Shafa'ah = Intercession, Mukram = Honored, Jund = Soldiers, Ma Kunna Munzileen = We were not going to send down, Sayhah = Scream (blast), Khamid = Lifeless.

Q: Is the majority of humanity believers in Allah?
Hint: People who do not know Allah's true worth say to Muslims that their head god is what Muslims call Allah. See Allah's answer here.
A: And if you (command to Prophet Muhammad) obey most of those who are on earth they will mislead you away from Allah's Path for they only follow guessing (about Allah) and they are certainly only fabricating lies.
Translation of: Ayah 116, Surat AlAn'am.
Words: Tute' = You obey, Aksthar = Most, Man Fi AlArdh = Those who are on earth, Yudhil = Misleads, Sabeel = Path, Yattabe'oun AlThann = They follow guessing, Yakhrosoun = Fabricating lies - Telling falsehood.

Q: The People to whom the Prophet Lut was sent were homosexuals. Where is their location?
A Hint: For the archeologists.
A: And Lut was from those who were dispatched (by Allah); For We (Allah) saved him and all his family; Except an old woman* was among the past; Then We destroyed the others (there)**; And you (Arabs of Arabia) certainly pass them*** (their sites) in the morning; And at night so will you not understand.
Translation of: Ayat 133 - 138, Surat AlSaffat.
* The wife of Lut was approving people's unnatural actions there.
** The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. They are called in the Qur'an in Chapter AlTawbah line 70 and Surat AlHaqqah line 9 "AlMou'tafikat = The cities overthrown".
*** Arabs of Arabia at the time of the Prophet Muhammad (6th - 7th century C.E.) used to pass them in their travels to the north. According to "Tafseer Ibn Kastheer" volume 4, page 60: Allah made their remaining place a smelly and bad looking and tasting body of water ( =buhairah).
Note: According to the Sheikh "Dr. Tareq AlSuwaidan" The Prophet Lut was a nephew of the Prophet Abraham (Ibraheem). When Abraham had to leave Babylon (in Iraq now) he took Lut with him. The Prophet Lut was sent to the city of Sodom. The city was located on the western shore of what is known now as the dead sea. Sodom was a commercial centre. Its people were committing homosexuality openly. Dr. AlSuwaidan argues that homosexuality is an unnatural action. It is not in the human genes as some people contend since homosexuals do not pass it on to their descendants. Also the people of Sodom were famous for it and not the people of other civilizations. Therefore homosexuality in history and in English dictionaries was first called sodomy. Source: Stories of the Prophets, CD number 6. Also Dr. AlSwaidan adds that after the Prophet Lut Allah did not send an immigrant prophet because Lut was helpless there. So Allah had to destroy those people.
Note: Homosexuality of the People of Lut.
Words: Mursaleen = Those who were dispatched, Najjayna = Saved, Ahl = Family, Ajma'een = All, Ajouz = Old woman, Min AlGhabireen = Among the past - Bygone, Dammarna = We destroyed, Akhireen = The others, Tamuroun = You pass, Musbiheen = In the morning, Billayl = At night, AfaLa Ta'qiloun = Will you not understand.

Q: Why do we divide humanity into two parts: 1. From Adam's time to Prophet Noah. 2. From Noah's time onward?
Hint: In the flood that covered the earth, only who was in Noah's ark survived.
A: And We (Allah) gave Moses (Moosa) the Scripture and We made it a Guidance for Bani Israel : Do not take other than Me (Allah) a Protector*; (They are) The offspring of those whom We carried (in the Ark) with Noah for he was a thankful servant (of Allah).
Translation of: Ayat 2 - 3, Surat AlIsra' (known as Surat Beni Israel).
* In the Commandments given to Moses: Thou shalt have no other gods before me; thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image...." thou shalt not bow down thyself to them nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God....;" etc. (Exod. xx. 3-5). Source: The Holy Qur'an: English translation of the meanings and Commentary based on the translation of Abdullah Yusuf Ali, page 775.
Note: According to "Tafaseer Ibn Ksstheer", volume 2, page 647 (in Arabic): in a summary of a speech the disciples told Jesus (Issa) son of Mary (Maryam) If only you bring to life for us someone who witnessed the Ark. So Jesus took them to a small dune of earth and he said. This is the lower part "Ka'b" of Ham Bin Noah. Then Jesus said: Be alive with the permission of Allah. He woke up. Jesus said: Tell us about the Ark of Noah. He said: Its length was one thousand and two hundred arm-length (= cubit = 18 inch) and its width was six hundred arm-length. It had three levels. One for animals, one for humans and a level for the birds... The disciples wanted the man to go with them. Jesus said: His sustenance from the Heaven ended and he said: Be soil with the permission of Allah.
Note: Why was it possible for Noah to make the Ark? "And make the Ark under Our (Allah's) care and Our inspiration ---." Translation of Line 37 in Chapter AlMo'minoun in the Qur'an.
Words: Atayna = We gave, Ja'ala = Made, Huda = Guidance, Al Lla = Do not, Tatakhithou = Take (plural), Min Doun = Other than, Wakeel = Protector - Disposer of affairs, Thurriyat = Offspring, Hamalna = We made carry, Abd = Servant, Shakour = Grateful.

Q: Can some present communities experience Allah's Wrath?
A: And those communities - We (Allah) destroyed them when they transgressed (against Allah) and We made for their destruction a deadline.
Translation of: Ayah 59, Surat AlKahf.
Words: AlQura = The communities - The towns, Ahlaknahum = We destroyed them, Lamma = When, Thalamou = They transgressed - They were unfair, Mahlik = Destruction, Maw'id = Deadline - Appointed time.

Q: "Adam forgot so did his offspring," the Prophet Muhammad said*. Are many humans characterized by some type of forgetfulness?
A: And the companions of Fire called upon the companions of Paradise: Pour down upon us water or from what sustenance Allah provided you - they said: Certainly Allah prohibited them to the disbelievers; Those who took their Religion (of Allah) as passtime as well as play and this Life deluded them so today (Last Day) We (Allah) forget them (from Allah's Mercy) as they forgot the meeting with this Day of theirs and as they were denying as lies Our Signs ( Allah's Scripture).
Translation of: Ayat 50 - 51, Surat AlA'raf.
* Remember the covenant that Allah made with the offspring of Adam. In a summary of the Prophet Muhammad's speech in this context: When Allah took out the offspring from the back of Adam, Adam noticed a young man with sparkles around him. He was told that he was the Prophet David = "Dawood". Adam asked how much he was going to live and requested Allah to give him forty years of his own 1000 years. Allah granted him his request. When the angel of death came to Adam, he said he has more 40 years to live. He was told that he already gifted them to his offspring to come "Prophet David". The Prophet Muhammad then added: Adam forgot so did his offspring. Source: Stories of the Prophets by Tareq Suwaidan, CD 15.
Words: Ashab = Companions, Afeedhou = Pour down, Harrama = Prohibited, Etakhathou = They took, Lahuw = Passtime, La'ib = Play, Gharrathum = Deluded them, Nansa = We forget, Liqa' = Meeting, Yajhadoun = Denying as lies.

Q: Why should new generations learn lessons from what happened to old civilizations?
A: Is there not enough Guidance for those who inherit the land after its people that if We (Allah) please We will punish them (in life) for their sins and seal up their hearts then they cannot hear (understand Allah's Message).
Translation of: Ayah 100, Surat AlA'raf.
Words: Awa Lem Yahdi = Is there not enough guidance, Yaristhoun = Inherit (plural), Ahl = People, Asabnahum BiThonoubihim = We punish them for their sins, Natbe' = We seal, Quloub = Hearts, Yasmaoun = Hear (plural).

Q: When does Allah destroy a mass of people together? Why does Allah watch those who take their place?
A: And We (Allah) destroyed the generations before you when they transgressed (against Allah) and their messengers reached them (in the past) with the Clear Signs (from Allah) and they were not going to have faith that is how We punish the sinning people; Then We made you heirs in the land after them to see what you do.
Translation of: Ayat 13 - 14, Surat Yunus.
Words: Ahlakna = We destroyed, Quroun = Generations, Dhalamou = They transgressed - They were unjust (unfair), Rusal = Messengers, AlQawm Mujrimeen = The sinning people, Khala'if = Heirs, Fi AlArdh = In the land, Kayfa = What - How, Ta'maloun = You do.

Q: Which people are given the good news of Paradise by Allah?
A: And those who kept away from worshipping other than Allah (= AlTaghout*) and they repented to Allah for them is the good news (of Paradise) so (command to Prophet Muhammad) do pass on the good news to My (Allah's) servants.
Translation of: Ayah 17, Surat AlZumar.
* Remember: Any form of worship other than Allah that makes one transgress against Allah is (= AlTaghout).
Words: Ejtanabou = Kept away, Ya'budou = Worship, Anabou = They repented - They showed regret, Bushra = Good news, Bashshir = Pass on the good news, Ibadi = My servants.

Q: Why does Allah give the control of the lands to other generations?

A: And He is Who made you successors of the land and raised some of you above others in ranks so as to test you in what He gave you for your God is swift in punishment and He is certainly Most-Forgiving Most-Merciful.
Translation of: Ayah 165, Surat AlAn'am.
Note: In a summary of a saying of the Prophet Muhammad: This world is beautiful and green and Allah is making you successors in it to see what you do so be aware of this life (not to be duluded from Allah's Path) and be aware of women for the first test of Bani Israel was in women (when the Prophet Moses left them to meet Allah, some of them became drunk and committed sins with women). Source: Tafseer Ibn Kastheer, volume 2 page 292.
Words: Ja'alakum = Made you, Khalaaif = Inheritors - Successors, Rafa'a = Raised, Darajat = In ranks, Saree' = Swift - Quick, Iqab = Punishment.

Q: Where can humanity find truth and justice combined together?
A: Allah is Who sent down the Scripture* with Truth and (sent with it) the Balance (for justice in everything) and what do you know perhaps the Hour** (timing of Day of Judgment) is near.
Translation of: Ayah 17, Surat AlShoura.
* Allah's Holy Books (The Qur'an - The Bible - The Torah).
** Remember "And the Balance (of good deeds) that Day is the Truth - so whose measurements are heavy then those are the winners." Translation of Line 8 in Chapter AlA'raf in the Qur'an.
Note: In a summary of a saying of the Prophet Muhammad: A man asked the Prophet Muhammad when is the Day of Judgment. Since no one ever knows the answer the Prophet asked back: What did you prepare for it. The man answered: Love of Allah and His Prophet. The Prophet said: A person will be with whom he loves. Source: Tafseer Ibn Kastheer, volume 4, page 184.
Words: Anzala = Sent down, BilHaq = With Truth, Meezan = Balance.

Q: When will everyone alive have faith in Allah?
A: Are they (disbelievers) waiting only for the angels to come* to them or your God to come** (on Day of Judgment) or some of the Signs*** of your God to come (immediately before the Day of Judgment) - the day some of the Signs of your God arrive a soul will not benefit of its faith if it did not have faith before or it has not earned in its faith good deeds - say (command to Prophet Muhammad) wait (all) for We (Allah) are waiting.
Translation of: Ayah 158, Surat AlAn'am.
* To execute Allah's commands such as death or punishment.
** Allah will come down to earth on the Day of Judgment.
*** An example: In a summary of a saying of the Prophet Muhammad: The Day of Judgment will not arrive until the sun rises from its setting place and when people see it they will all have faith and that is "when a soul will not benefit of its faith ---." Source: Tafseer Ibn Kastheer, volume 2, page 282.
Words: Yanthuroun =Are waiting, Ya'tiyahum = Come to them, Ba'dh = Some, Ta'ti = Come - Arrive, Nafs = Soul - A human being, Kasabat = Earned, Khayr = Good deeds, Muntathiroun = We are waiting.

Q: What description fits most of human beings?
A: And (command to Prophet Muhammad) warn them of the Day of the Regret* when the (whole) matter is over and (yet in life) they are inattentive and they do not believe (in what Allah says).
Translation of: Ayah 39, Surat Maryam.
* Another name for the Day of Judgment.
Note: In a summary of a Holy Saying (= "Hadeesth Qudsi" directly from Allah through the Angel Gabriel and not part of the Qur'an) narrated by the Prophet Muhammad: Death will be brought (in the form of a sheep of the colour tan = amlah) and it will be placed on the PATH (AlSirat) between Paradise and Hell. Then it will be announced: O people of Paradise and they will look up worried, fearful that they might be removed from their places. Then it will be announced: O people of Hell and they will look up optimistic, joyful that they might be removed from their places. Then it will be asked: Do you know this? Both parties will say: Yes this is death. Then it will be laid down and slaughtered. Then it will be announced: O people of Paradise! Eternity with no death. And O people of Hell! Eternity with no death. (If one was going to die of happiness or of regret then this will be the moment). Source: AlAhadeesth AlQudsiyah (in Arabic see the Reference Page) pages 316 - 317.
Words: Anthirhum = Warn them, AlHasrah = The Regret, Qudhiya = It is over - It is decided, Fi Ghaflah = Inattentive - Heedless - Unaware, La Yu'minoun = They do not believe.

Q: Why does Allah consider different nations who received different messengers from Him as One Nation?
A: For this nation (humanity) of yours (all people) is One Nation* and I am your God so do worship Me (alone); And they divided their affair (of unified region) among themselves - (Allah's answer) All to Us (Allah) will come back.
Translation of: Ayat 92 - 93, Surat AlAnbiya'.
* One nation who should be submitting to Allah alone. Allah sent messengers with this Message.
Words: Ummatatukum = Your nation, Ummah =.Nation, Wahidah = One, Taqataou = Divided, Amrahum = Their affair, Raj'oun = Will come back.

Q: How is the wealth of this Life compared with the wealth of the Other Life?
A: What you have (in this Life) runs out and what is with Allah (the Other Life) is everlasting and We (Allah) will certainly pay those who were patient (in Life) their reward as per the best (deeds) of what they were doing.
Translation of: Ayah 96, Surat AlNahl.
Words: Yanfud = Runs out - Comes to an end, Ind Allah = Is with Allah - Allah has, Baaqi = Everlasting, Lanjziyanna = We will certainly pay, Ajrahum = Their reward, BiAhsan = As per the best - According to the best.

Q: Why is it important for the believers to stick to the Qur'an and the Way of the Prophet Muhammad to avert Allah's punishment in this Life?
Hint: Remember that Allah settles some accounts in this Life.
A: And how many villages insolently disobeyed the command of their God and His Prophets so We (Allah) settled an account with them with a harsh settlement and We punished them with a severe punishment (in this life); So they tasted the evil consequences of their actions and the outcome of their actions was ruin; (Also) Allah had prepared for them a severe Punishment (On the Day of Judgment) so do protect yourselves by fearing Allah O people of understanding who have Faith for Allah sent to you a Reminder of Allah (Qur'an); (And) A Prophet (Muhammad) reciting to you the Lines of Allah that are explanatory to take out those who believed and did the righteous deeds from the depths of darkness to the light (Faith) and whoever believes in Allah and did righteous (deeds) He (Allah) will admit him in Gardens (of Paradise) underneath which the rivers flow remaining for eternity forever in them - and Allah has provided him well with sustenance.
Translation of: Ayat 8 - 11, Surat AlTalaq.
Words: Qaryah = Village - Town, Attat = Insolently disobeyed, Amr = command, FaHasabnaha = We settled an account with them, Shadeeda = Harsh, Nukra = Severe, FaThaqat = So they tasted, Wabala Amriha = The evil consequences of their actions, Aqibat = Outcome, Khusra = Ruin, Thikra = A Reminder of Allah - A Message, AlThulumat = Depths of darkness, AlNoor = Light, Salihan = Righteous, Abadan = Forever, Ahsan Rizqa = Provided him well with sustenance.

Q: Why does Allah want us to study past human beings and past cultures along with their worshiping ways?
A: Already passed away before you norms* (of the ancient people) so travel through the land and see how the ending of the rejecters (of Allah's Religion) as lies was.
Translation of: Ayah 137, Surat AlImran.
* Wide spread practices.
Note: Examples of some ancient disbelievers.
Words: Khalat = Have passed away, Sunan = Norms, Faseerou = So travel, Fanthorou = And see - And look into - And study, Aqibat = The ending, AlMukathibeen = The rejecters (of Allah's Religion) as lies.

Q: All over the world who plots to harm Muslims in general?
A: And so We placed in every community the respected ones among their sinners (against Allah) to plot (against Muslims) in it and they plot only against their own souls and they do not realize (it).
Translation of: Ayah 123, Surat AlAn'am.
Words: Ja'alna = We placed, Qaryah = Community, Akabir = The respected ones, Mujrimeeha = Their sinners, Liyamkorou = To plot, Ma Yasharoun = They do not realize - They do not understand intuitively.

Q: When does Allah leave people and their own offspring after them to settle in the land?
A: Allah has promised those who believe* from you and do the righteous deeds He will certainly make them successors in the land as He made successors those who were before them and He will indeed make firm for them their religion that He (Allah) had accepted it for them and He will certainly replace them with security after their fear - they worship Me (Allah) and they do not join with Me (Allah) anything and whoever disbelieves after that then they are who strayed away (from Allah's Path).
Translation of: Ayah 55, Surat AlNoor.
* Remember belief in Allah (= Iman) is a step higher than Islam.
Words: Allatheena Amanou = Those who believe, Wa'ada = Promised, LaYastakhlifannahum = He will certainly make them successors (heirs), Yumakinnana = He will make firm - He will make influential, Deenahum = Their religion, Ertadha = Had accepted - Had chosen, LaYubadilannahum = He will replace them, Khawfihim = After their fear, Amna = With security, AlFasiqoun Those who strayed away from Allah's Path - The sinning people.

Q: What is the existing proof that Allah can remove us and bring other people in our place?
A: And your God is Who can do without (=AlGhani), the Lord of Mercy - if He wills He will remove you (all) and makes successors after you whatever He wills just as He created you from the offspring* of other people.
Translation of: Ayah 133, Surat AlAn'am.
* The Arabs of Arabia at the time of the Prophet Muhammad were the offspring of the people of Sthamud and Sthamud were the remenants of the ancient nation of Aad who were originally in AlYemen.
Words: Yastakhlif = Makes successors, Yuthhibkum = Removes you.

Q: Of which community that received an exemplary punishment from Allah does Allah remind especially the People of the Book?
A: And certainly you had been informed of those who transgressed from you (People of the Book) on the Sabbath* so We (Allah) said to them be humiliated apes; So We made it (that community) an exemplary punishment (warning) for those living in their time and after them and a moral lesson for those who protect themselves by fearing Allah.
Translation of: Ayat 65 - 66, Surat AlBaqarah.
* A time of worship as a group, observed by the Jews on Saturday.
Words: Alimtum = You had been informed of, E'tadau = They transgressed, Qiradah = Apes, Khasi'een = Humiliated, Nakaalan = Exemplary punishment, Bayna Yadayha = Living in their time, Ma Khalfaha = After them, Mawithah = Moral lesson.

Q: Why do we continue to see communities that had long angered Allah still living a comfortable life?
A: And how many communities I (Allah) gave them respite (more time) while (those communities) being transgressors (sinners ) then I took (punished) them and to Me is the return (of everything).
Translation of: Ayah 48, Surat AlHajj.
Words: Kem Min Qaryah = How many communities, Amlaytu = I gave respite, Dhalimah = Transgressors - Unjust - Unfair - Sinners, Akhathtuha = I took them - I punished them, AlMaseer = The return.

Q: Why should every disbelieving community try to research its old history to see if they can trace which messenger of Allah was sent to their ancestors in the past?
A: And We (Allah) sent out in every community a messenger - do worship Allah and avoid (worshipping) alTaghout* so from them whom Allah granted Guidance and from them on whom straying away (from Allah's Path) was confirmed (as pre written by Allah) - so do travel through the land and contemplate (plural) how the ending of the deniers as lies (of Faith) was.
Translation of: Ayah 36, Surat AlNahl.
* Any form of worship other than Allah.
Note: Remember that 1. All messengers of Allah came with a Unified Message from Allah.
2. The Prophet Muhammad is sent to all humanity. 3. The Prophet Muhammad is the last prophet (= khatam AlAnbiya') of Allah. In a summary of a Holy Saying (= "Hadeesth Qudsi" directly from Allah through the Angel Gabriel and not part of the Qur'an) narrated by the Prophet Muhammad and told later by the companion Abu Hurairah: The Day of Judgment will not begin until lying imposters come out- around thirty (of them)- each one of them claims to be a messenger of Allah. Source: AlAhadeesth AlQudsiyah, page 663.
Words: Ba'asthna = We sent, Ummah = Community, U'bodou = Worship, Hada = Granted Guidance, Haqqat = Was confirmed - Came true, AlDhallalah = Straying away - Wrongdoing, FaSeerou = Travel - Walk, Aaqibat = The ending.

Q: Are all the communities that the Qur'an mentions obsolete now without any trace or relics?
A: That* is from the news of the communities that We (Allah) are narrating it to you (Prophet Muhammad) - from them (ancient communities) what is still existing** and what is cropped (cut down without trace).
Translation of: Ayah 100, Surat Hood.
* The real life story of Pharaoh in the lines that precede the one translated here.
** For example the relics from the dynasty of Pharaoh. And the road track of the People of Sthamud in Saudi Arabia.
Words: Anba' = The news - The events, Naqusuhu = We are narrating, Qaa'im = Ezisting, Haseed = Cropped - Cut down without trace or antiquities.

Q: Why do we still have people in the places that witnessed punishment of Allah?
A: And if they (disbelievers) turn away then I (Prophet Hood says)* have conveyed to you what I was sent with (from Allah) and my God will make heirs (of your land) (people) other than you and you will do Him no harm for my God of everything is Observer.
Translation of: Ayah 57, Surat Hood.
* The Prophet Hood was sent to "Aad" an Arab community in (Yemen).
Words: Tawallaw = They turned away, Ablaghtukum = I conveyed to you, Ursiltu = I was sent with, Yastakhlif = Makes heirs - Gives to inherit, Qawm = People - Community, Ghayrakum = Other than you, La Tadhurounahu Shayan = You do Him no harm, Hafeedh = Observer - Keeps up accounts.

Q: What was the religion of most of humans who were destroyed by Allah in the past before the time of the Prophet Muhammad?
A: Say (command to Prophet Muhammad) walk in the land and see how was the ending of those who were before - most of them were polytheists*.
Translation of: Ayah 42, Surat AlRoum.
* "Mushrikeen" = polytheists who join partner(s) with Allah are one type of disbelievers. The other type of disbelievers are those who do not believe in Allah and worship idols, nature forces, human self...etc.
Note: Muslims in every standing up in prayer repeat Surat "AlFatiha" which beings the Holy Qur'an. It ends with the following verses: "And guide us to the Straight Path (Allah's); The Path of those upon whom You granted Favour; not those upon whom (Allah's) Anger has fallen (for example disbelievers who partner with Allah) neither those who have strayed away (from Allah's Path = other disbelievers).
Words: Seerou = Walk - Travel, AlArdh = The land, Aaqibat = Ending, Akstharuhum = Most of them, Mushrikeen = Joining partner(s) with Allah - Polytheists.

Q: At what time of the day does Allah's punishment in Life hit the sinning people?
Note: Remember that Allah's punishment comes in different forms.
A: And how many communities We (Allah) destroyed so Our Mighty Attack reached them when they were resting for the night* or taking a midday rest*.
Translation of: Ayah 4, Surat AlA'raf.
* When they are the least aware or prepared for it. And then scientists wonder why the advanced scientific equipment can not detect the monster attack.
Words: Kem = How many, Min Qaryah = Communities, Ahlaknaha = We destroyed, Ba'sana = Our Mighty Attack - Our Might, Bayaatan = When they were resting for the night, Qaailoun = Resting for the night.

Q: Some people challenge Allah to bring punishment on them for being sinners against Him. What part of Allah's Punishment do such people ask for?
A: Say (command to Prophet Muhammad) think if His (Allah) punishment came upon you (suddenly) by night or by day what part of it the sinners are wishing to hasten.
Translation of: Ayah 50, Surat Yunus.
Note; How do you know that the destruction you witnessed is a punishment of Allah?
Note: What did some disbelievers in the past say about a punishment of Allah?
Words: Ara'aytum = Think, Atakum = Came upon you, Athabuhu = His punishment, Bayatan = By night, Naharan = By day, Matha = What part, Yasta'jil = Hasten, AlMujrimoun = The sinners - The criminals.

Q: Why should Muslims rush to help financially and in every possible way a disbelieving country like Japan in it current disaster (March 2011)?
A: Allah does not forbid you from those who did not fight you in Religion and they did not drive you out of your homes (in fear) to do righteous deeds to them and to do justice to them for Allah loves those who do justice.
Translation of: Ayah 8, Surat AlMumtahanah.
Words: La Yanhakum = He does not forbid you, Lem Yuaqtiloukum = They did not fight you, AlDeen = Religion, Lem Yukhrijoukum = They did not drive you out, Taburouhum = To do righteous deeds to them, Tuqsitou = Do justice, AlMuqsiteen = Those who do justice - Those who do fairness.

Q: What does the majority of humanity not know about the Qur'an?
A: Alif Lam Meem Ra' (ALMR)* - those are the lines (verses) of the Book (Qu'ran) and whatever has been sent down to you (Prophet Muhammad) from your God is the Truth but the majority of humans do not believe**.
Translation of: Ayah 1, Surat AlRa'd.
* Arabic letters from Allah's World of the Unseen. Nobody knows their true meaning.
** They are inattentive to the Truth in the Qur'an.
Words: Ayat = Lines - Verses, Unzila = Sent down, AlHaq = The Truth, Aksthar = The majority - Most of.

Q: Why did Allah send messengers and Holy Books to direct people to His Path?
A: Say then to Allah belongs the Superior Argument* and if He willed He would have guided you all.
Translation of: Ayah 149, Surat AlAn'am.
* Allah's Argument (Proof) refutes the disbelievers' argument about not being directed to Allah's Path.
Note: Allah's Guidance is different from humans' guidance (showing the direction) to Allah's Path.
Words: AlHujjah = Argument, AlBaalighah = The Superior - The conclusive.

Q: Was killing the killer a custom of the civilizations that passed away long before our current civilization?
Note: Without capital punishment are the societies more safe?
A: He (Prophet Moses) said my God for I killed* of them a soul so I fear that they will kill me.
Translation of: Ayah 33, Surat AlQasas.
* Prophet Moses (= Moosa) accidentally killed a man of Pharaoh's clan so Moses had to flee out of Egypt for fear of their revenge.
Words: Qataltu = I killed, Akhaf = I fear, An Yaqtuloun = That they will kill me.

Q: Did any of the gods that people worship other than or beside Allah the Only and One God ever claim of creating anything so he/she should be worshipped?
A: And if you ask them who created the Heavens and the earth and made the sun and the moon yield* they will say certainly Allah then to where they are falsely turning (to worship).
Translation of: Ayah 61, Surat AlAnkaboot.
* For human benefit.
Words: Sa'altahum = If you ask them, Khalaqa = Created, Sakhkharra = Made to yield, Anna = To where, Yu'fakoun = Falsely turning - Deluded.

Q: What two characteristics describe the ancient disbelieving civilizations who did injustice so Allah obliterated them completely?
A: And how many generations did We (Allah) destroy (for their sins) before them (disbelievers of Arabia) - they were mightier than them in violence so they drilled out* in the land - was there any place of escape (from Allah's Punishment in Life).
Translation of: Ayah 36, Surat Qaf.
* (built) affected and changed the land (= Astharou). Source: According to the explanation of Ibn Abbas (the Prophet's cousin and scholar) may Allah be pleased with him. Reported in Tafseer Ibn Kastheer, Volume 4 page 350.
Words: Ahlakna = We did destroy, Min qarn = Many generations, Ashad = Mightier, Batshan = in Violence, FaNaqqabou = They drilled out - They excavated - They traveled searching, Mahees = Place of escape.

Q: What gets in the way of adults' understanding and making sound judgement?
A: And from them (men) who listen to you (Prophet Muhammad) until when they left your presence they said (mockingly) to those who gained knowledge what has he said just now - (Allah says) those are the ones Allah sealed their hearts and they followed their whims (desires); And those who followed Guidance He (Allah) augmented their Guidance and He granted them their piety.
Translation of: Ayat 16 - 17, Surat Muhammad (Surat AlQital).
Words: Yastame' = Listen, Kharajou = They left, Uwtu AlIlm = Gained knowledge, Anifa = Just now, Taba' = Sealed - Placed a stamp, Etabba'ou = They followed, Ahwa'ahum = Their whims, Ehtadou = Followed Guidance, Zadahum = Augmented, Taqwahum = Their piety.

Q: In life when Allah punishes the disbelievers are the believers among them punished too?
Note: Allah's Instructions given to Prophet Noah before the beginning of the flood.
A: (Allah commands Prophet Noah) So when you sit firmly yourself and whoever with you on the Ark* then say Praise to Allah Who saved us from the transgressing people; And say my God let me disembark on a blessed lodging place and You are the Best Who provides lodging; Certainly in that are Miraculous Signs (of Allah) and We (Allah) were going certainly >to put to the test**.
Translation of: Ayat 28 - 30, Surat AlMo'minoun.
* Prophet Noah and the Ark he was commanded by Allah to build.
** To test the Faith of the believers and how patient they remain since they realize that they are undergoing a test from Allah. Words: Estawayta = Sit firmly - Straighten up, AlFulk = The Ark, Najjana = Saved us, Anzilni = Let me disembark, Munzalan = Place of lodging, Mubarakan = Blessed, Khair AlMunzileen = The Best Who provides lodging, Ayat = Miraculous Signs, LaMubtaleen = Certainly going to put to the test.

Q: Like the ancient disbelievers why the disbelievers of the 21st century still cannot understand Allah's Message left behind in the traces of the punished towns?
A: And they certainly reached the town (Sodom) that was pelted with the rain of disaster (special stones)* - were they then not able to see it rather they were not expecting resurrection (on the Day of Judgement).
Translation of: Ayah 40, Surat AlFurqan.
* Special stones falling from the sky.
Note: Evidence of Sodom - the town that was punished because of its homosexuality.
Words: Atau = Reached, Umtirat = Was pelted - Was showered, Matar = Rain, AlSa'u = Disaster, AFaLem Yakounu Yaraunah = Were they then not able, La Yarjouna = They were not expecting, Nushoura = Resurrection - Being raised up.

Q: Which offspring of Adam peace be upon him do we all as current humans belong to?
Note: Remember that Adam peace be upon him is the first forefather of all humans.
A: And Noah had called us so what Perfect Repliers We (Allah) are; And We saved him and his people from the Great Distress; And We made his offspring - they are the existing; And We passed his example* over to people coming after; Peace be upon Noah among all people; For that is how We (Allah) reward those who perfect their religion; For he is from Our believing servants; And We drowned the others.
Note: Allah's Prophet Noah, no 3 on the Map of Allah's Prophets.
Translation of: Ayat 75 - 82, Surat AlSaffat.
* The ruins of Noah's Ark.
Words: Naadaana = Called us, FaLaNi'ma = What Perfect, AlMujeebon = Repliers, Najjaynahu = We saved him, AlKarb = Distress, AlAdheem = The Great, Thurriyatahu = His offspring, AlBaqeen = The existing - The surviving, Tarakna = Passed over, AlAkhireen = People coming after - The Others, Aghraqna = We drowned.

Q: Besides fearing Allah what should Muslims pay attention to and be aware of?
Note: Remember that this is Line 1 in Surat AlNisha' = Women (or females).
A: O mankind protect yourselves by fearing Allah Who created you (all) from a single soul (Adam) and He (Allah) created from it (soul) his mate (Eve) - and He scattered from both of them many men and (many) women - and fear Allah by Whom (In Allah's Name) you ask favour* and (be aware of) the wombs** for Allah upon you (all) is All-Watchful.
* among yourselves in this Life saying for God's Sake or in the Name of Allah.
Translation of: Ayah 1, Surat AlNisa'.
* among yourselves in this Life saying for God's Sake or in the Name of Allah.
** Surat AlNisa' = 'Women (females)' discusses in detail females' marriage, divorce and inheritance.
Note: I heard in childhood that on the Day of Judgement people will be called by their first names followed by the names of their biological mothers.
Note: In a summary of a Holy Saying (= "Hadeesth Qudsi" directly from Allah through the Angel Gabriel but not part of the Qur'an) said by the Prophet Muhammad: Allah said: I am Allah and I am the Merciful 'AlRahman'. I created the womb and I derived a name for it (= rahm) from My Name. So who keeps the relationship with it (direct relatives and so on) I will keep the relationship with him and whoever severs it I will leave him. Source: AlAhadeesth AlQudsiyyah, page 89.
Words: Nafs = Soul, Wahidah = Single, Khalqa = Created, Zawjaha = His mate - His wife, Bastha = Scattered, Tasa'aloun BiHi = By Whom you ask favour from one another, AlArham = Wombs - Kinship, Raqeeba = All Watchful.

Q: How much can a person offer as ransom to free himself from Allah's punishment in the Other World?
A: For those who complied with (the command of) their God the Best Outcome (Paradise) and those who did not comply with (the command of) Him if they had which is on earth - all of it and similar to it with it they would have certainly offered it to ransom themselves - those for them is the worst of account settlement* and their staying place is Hell and what a miserable resting place.
Translation of: Ayah 18, Surat AlRa'd.
* They will be questioned severely about their bad deeds.
Words: Estajabou = Complied with - Responded to, AlHusna = The Best Outcome, Jamee'an = All of it, Misthlahu = Similar to it, LaFtadou = They would have certainly offered it to ransom themselves, Sou' = Worst, AlHisab = Account settlement - Rechoning, Ma'wahum = Their Staying place, Bi'sa = What a miserable, AlMihad = Resting place.