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Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verses 1–2The Quran enjoins the acceptance of the one and only God.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verse 3When we observe the earth, we will find that the conditions here appear to be most suitable for human settlement and growth.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verse 4‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas says that one strip of land is fertile while another is barren.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verse 5The case of those who deny the life after death is very strange.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verse 6The Prophet Muhammad used to tell the people of Makkah to follow the guidance of God, otherwise they would be seized upon by Him.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verse 7Today, throughout the world, there are more than a billion people who accept the Prophet Muhammad as a prophet of God.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verses 8–10The womb of a mother is a wonderful factory.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verse 11The rise and fall of the communities of the world do not happen at random, but rather under the care of and by the decision of God.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verses 12–13When there is lightning, sometimes it carries the message of pleasant weather.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verse 14Heedless human beings always wait for some unique and magical sign.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verses 15–16If you spread your hands and call upon the ocean, it will never happen that it responds to your call and its waters come out of the depths to quench the thirst of your fields and gardens.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verse 17God has created this world in such a way that here material events have become the symbols of moral realities.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verse 18It is the law of God in this world that dirt and foam may emerge and surface for some time, but finally what receives a place here is that which gives benefit.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verse 19There are always two kinds of human beings—one who use their reason granted by God and give serious thought, with an unbiased approach, to the matter of truth.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verses 20–24God created man; He provided the best world for him to live in; at all times He looks after him.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verses 25–26Man is bound to God by the bond of nature and to his fellow beings by the bond of humanity.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verses 27–29Worldly-oriented people invariably ignore the preacher of Truth.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verse 30Signs having been shown to those who asked for them, a final verdict should be pronounced upon them.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verses 31–32The real reason for denial of the truth is not any shortcoming in reasoning.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verses 33–34Research shows that there is a system of recording in this universe.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verse 35The price of paradise is the fear of God, that is, such an intense realization of God’s Majesty that it turns into awe and permeates the human heart.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verses 36–37When the Quran was revealed, the Jews and the Christians were divided into two groups.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verses 38–39Whatever prophets came on behalf of God were all human beings just like other ordinary human beings and had worldly connections.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verses 40–42The result of the rejection of God’s religion becomes apparent in the Hereafter, but if the addressees of a prophet reject his call, the consequences start manifesting themselves in the present world itself.Chapter 13, Thunder (Al-Ra‘d) · verse 43When those who are carried away by appearances, do not find signs in terms of miracles in the preacher of truth they are in doubt about the veracity of his message.