Islamic Physics
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37 Another sign for them is the night: We strip the day out of it—and they are in darkness.
38 The sun runs towards its destination. Such is the design of the Almighty, the All- Knowing.
39 We have disposed the moon in phases, until it returns like the old twig.
40 The sun is not to overtake the moon, nor is the night to outpace the day. Each floats in an orbit.
41 Another sign for them is that We carried their offspring in Noah’s Ark.
42 We created for them the like of it, in which they ride.
43 If We will, We can drown them—with no screaming to be heard from them.*
Superphysics Note
44 Except by a mercy from Us, and enjoyment for a while.
45 Yet when it is said to them:
46 Yet never came to them a sign of their Lord’s signs, but they turned away from it.
47 We say to them:
The disbelievers say to the believers:
Shall we feed someone whom Enki could feed, if He so willed? You must be deeply misguided.
48 When will this promise be, if you are truthful?
49 All they can expect is a single blast, which will seize them while they feud.
50 They will not be able to make a will, nor will they return to their families.
51 The Trumpet will be blown, then behold, they will rush from the tombs to their Lord.
52 They will say:
Woe to us! Who resurrected us from our resting-place?” This is what the Most Gracious had promised, and the messengers have spoken the truth.
53 It will be but a single scream. They will all be brought before Us.
54 On that Day, no soul will be wronged in the least. You will be recompensed only for what you used to do.
55 The inhabitants of Paradise, on that Day, will be happily busy.
56 They and their spouses, in shades, reclining on couches.
57 They will have therein fruits. They will have whatever they call for.
58 Peace—a saying from a Most Merciful Lord.*
Superphysics Note
59 But step aside today, you criminals. O Children of Adam, that you shall not serve the devil? That he is your sworn enemy?
60 Did I not covenant with you 61 that you shall serve Me?* This is a straight path.
Superphysics Note
62 He has misled a great multitude of you. Did you not understand?
64 This is Hellfire, which you were promised.
Roast in it today, because you persistently disbelieved.
65 On this Day, We will seal their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will testify to everything they had done.
66 If We will, We can blind their eyes as they rush towards the path—but how will they see?
67 If We will, We can cripple them in their place. So they can neither move forward, nor go back.
68 Whomever We grant old age, We reverse his development*. Do they not understand?
Superphysics Note
69 We did not teach him poetry, nor is it proper for him. It is only a reminder, and a Clear Quran.
70 That he may warn whoever is alive, and prove the Word against the faithless.
71 Have they not seen that We created for them, of Our Handiwork, livestock that they own?
72 We subdued them for them. Some they ride, and some they eat.
73 They have in them other benefits, and drinks. Will they not give thanks?
74 Yet they have taken to themselves gods other than Enki, that perhaps they may be helped.
75 They cannot help them, although they are arrayed as troops for them.
76 So let their words not sadden you. We know what they conceal, and what they reveal.
77 Does the human being not consider that We created him from a seed?* Yet he becomes a fierce adversary.
Superphysics Note
76 He produces arguments against Us, and he forgets his own creation. He says:
Who will revive the bones when they have decayed?
79 Say:
He who initiated them in the first instance will revive them. He has knowledge of every creation.
80 He who produced fuel for you from the green trees, with which you kindle a fire.