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How Usury is defined in Quran

وَمَا آتَيْتُم مِّن رِّبًا لِّيَرْبُوَ فِي أَمْوَالِ النَّاسِ فَلَا يَرْبُو عِندَ اللَّهِ وَمَا آتَيْتُم مِّن زَكَاةٍ تُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ فَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُضْعِفُونَ

3080What you give (take) from increment (usury) to increase in the wealth of mankind, it does not increase with Allah. But what you give in for righteousness (purity, almsgiving) for seeking (acceptance by) Allah. They will be (given) with the multiples.30261

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ لاَ تَأْكُلُواْ الرِّبَا أَضْعَافًا مُّضَاعَفَةً وَاتَّقُواْ اللّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

3262O you who believe! Do not eat the usury, doubled, and multiplied, and fear Allah, so, that you may be successful.3323

وَأَخْذِهِمُ الرِّبَا وَقَدْ نُهُواْ عَنْهُ وَأَكْلِهِمْ أَمْوَالَ النَّاسِ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَافِرِينَ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

4324And they took the usury, although they were already prohibited from it; and they ate the wealth of people with transgression. And We have prepared a painful punishment for the nonbelievers.4551

الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ الرِّبَا لاَ يَقُومُونَ إِلاَّ كَمَا يَقُومُ الَّذِي يَتَخَبَّطُهُ الشَّيْطَانُ مِنَ الْمَسِّ ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُواْ إِنَّمَا الْبَيْعُ مِثْلُ الرِّبَا وَأَحَلَّ اللّهُ الْبَيْعَ وَحَرَّمَ الرِّبَا فَمَن جَاءهُ مَوْعِظَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِ فَانتَهَىَ فَلَهُ مَا سَلَفَ وَأَمْرُهُ إِلَى اللّهِ وَمَنْ عَادَ فَأُوْلَـئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ

2552Those who consume the usury (increase, grow, exceed) do not stand, except as someone who has been touched by the shaitan. That is because they say, trade is like the usury. And but Allah has made trade lawful and has forbidden the usury. Then whoever, is on advice (receives advice) from their Lord, refrains, then whatever is done in past history, his matter, is with Allah, but whoever continues, (repeats) then they are the companions of the fire, where they will live forever.2553

يَمْحَقُ اللّهُ الْرِّبَا وَيُرْبِي الصَّدَقَاتِ وَاللّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ أَثِيمٍ

2554Allah erases usury (grow, increase, exceed) and increases charity. Allah does not like any ungrateful sinner.

Why you can not see Allah (Subhan-a- Wa Taala), a few ideas are as follows

2-3 Ayat of Surah Baqra. (Translation-They believe in the unseen (invisible, Allah), establish prayers, and spend from what We have provided to them (means of livelihood). 2-22 Ayat of Surah Baqra (Translation-He is the One Who made for you the earth spread out and the sky constructed and sent down water from the sky so that it bears its fruits for your sustenance (to benefit you). So, do not make (anything as) equal for Allah while you know that. (Note, Allah has created universe, so everything we can see is created by Allah so what we see must be different than Allah, and nothing we can see is equal to Allah). 7-143 Ayat of Surah Araf (Translation -And when Musa came at our appointed time and place and spoke to his Rabb and said, “O my Rabb, show me so, that I may look at you.” He said, “You would never see Me, but look at the mountain; if it stays in its place, you will soon see Me.” But when his Rabb Glorified (appeared) on the mountain, He made its rubble, and Musa fell to the ground stunned. Then when he recovered, he said, “Praise be to you, I repent to you, and I am first of the believers.” Note: Why you can not see Allah (Subhan-a- Wa Taala) He is the Creator, and created things has to be different than Creator, He made the light, eyes, etc., and we cannot use these same tools to See Him. As shown in the above Ayats, we must believe that we cannot see Allah, سبحانه وتعالى.

These Ayats also provide us with the strengthing of firm belief in the truth of the message of Islam and the message of all Ibrahimic monotheistic religions.

﴾Why you can not see Allah (Subhan-a- Wa Taala), a few ideas are as follows.﴿

1) He is the Creator, and what is created has to be different from the Creator.

2) The building material for the eyes and their parts are designed and provided by Allah, Allah is different than the material used for seeing.

3) The visible spectrum is the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye. Electromagnetic radiation (EMR) in this range of wavelengths is called visible light or simply light. A typical human eye will respond to wavelengths from about 380 to about 750 nanometers. Since EMR is created by Allah, we cannot use the same EMR to see Allah.

4) The rods and cones in the eyes transduce light to a neural signal. The Brain processes these neural signals. Since the neural receptors are designed by Allah, and Allah is different than the neural signals, you cannot use the same neural signals to see Allah.

IF YOU CAN SEE ALLAH WHERE, WHEN WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU SEE.

When we see something following are the associated properties.

1) If you see something then you can put the physical dimensions such as space, location, and size. Since you see the universe with known dimensions of 93 billion light-years, then Allah has to be bigger than 93 billion light-years, so dimensions and sizes are not relevant to Allah, because you cannot see Him with any dimension.

2) You see something then you can put the time scale dimensions such as when did you see Him. So if you cannot see Him then He is always there. Can you see something that everybody can see always everywhere, so time is irrelevant to Allah so we can never see Him since He is always there for everyone?

3) When you see something you see it in color. Our eyes are limited to a very narrow band of EMR. If we can see something we are seeing a very narrow band of EMR. Since Allah has created EMR He is beyond the limited band so we cannot see Him.

86- Surah Tariq- Hammer- A Star with Blazing Jets

Hammer, Gust Star

This Surah belongs to the late Meccan period.

Modern astrophysics explains the Ayahs more clearly. (Allah Knows The Best). This Surah shows two stages of creation,

1. In the first stage, Supernova creates the elements of our body.

2. In the second stage,We are born in this world through the sperm liquid.

So Allah is fully capable of giving another life after the resurrection.

The sequence starts with an oath of a star. The star acts as the hammer when matter collapses and falls to its core with the emission of blazing jets. The Supernova can be visible for few nights.

Supernovas forms elements that later become parts to create our body.

The angels protect and guard our bodies.

We are born by sperm liquid that gushes.

Secrets deeds judged.

No power will be available to escape punishment, and nobody to help.

The universe is traceable back (to the big bang).

The earth splits to grow plants.

Judgment for every soul.

The nonbelievers make plans to deceive, but Allah ﷻalso plans to make null and void their goals.

So be patient and give nonbelievers respite.

Nonbelievers will never succeed

AYATS REF TO STAR FORMING BLACK HOLES, JET STREAMS

THE QURAN IS FOR GUIDANCE ON THE PATH TO BELIEVE IN THE CREATOR ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER PROPHET MOHAMMAD ﷺ

Progress in scientific knowledge enables a clearer interpretation of Quranic verses, supported by research and evidence. This approach reinforces the belief that the Quran is a divine book revealed by Allah, as its words resonate with universally accepted and experimentally proven scientific methods.

Supernovas are powerful and luminous star explosions.

A supernova occurs during the last evolutionary stages of a massive star or when a white dwarf is triggered by runaway nuclear fusion.

These spectacular events can be so bright that they outshine the entire galaxies for a few days or months. They can be seen across the universe.

In the Quranic Ayats, supernova stars are mentioned.

1. Acting is like a hammer. (The star collapses)

2. Shines for a few nights and then fades away

3. Has jet streams

4. Completely vanished away.

5. It cannot be seen. Hidden.

6. It sweeps the matter.

THE QURANIC AYATS MENTION SUPERNOVA STARS

Surat No Ayat No بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ Root words

In the name of Allah the Most Merciful and The Most Compassionate

سورة الطارق 86 1 وَالسَّمَاء وَالطَّارِقِ سَمَا

طَرَقَ

By the sky and the knocking blow.

سورة الطارق 86 2 وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ دَرَك

طَرَقَ

And what do you comprehend what is the blow (knock hammer, collapse of supernova Allah knows the Best).

سورة الطارق 86 3 النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ نَجَمَ

ثَقَبَ

A star with the piercing shine (beams of radiation from neutron stars pulsars Allah knows the Best).

سورة النجم 53 1 وَالنَّجْمِ إِذَا هَوَى هَوَى

نَجَمَ

By the oath of the star when it falls (Black holes of stellar mass are expected to form when very massive stars collapse or fall in at the end of their life cycle).

سورة الواقعة 56 75 فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَاقِعِ النُّجُومِ قَسَمَ

نَجَمَ

وَقَعَ

So, I swear by the falling down of the stars. (Oath on the distribution of matter in the universe, by supernova explosions).

سورة التكوير 81 15 فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِٱلْخُنَّسِ﴿15﴾لا قَسَمَ

خَنَسَ

I swear by the hiding (of celestial bodies like black holes that cannot be seen directly).

سورة التكوير 81 16 ٱلْجَوَارِ ٱلْكُنَّسِ﴿16﴾لا كَنَسَ

جَرَى

The sweeping in their courses. (black holes sweeping stars and celestial bodies. The black hole could swallow the neutron star in one clean gulp, with little left to see).