Qxpiv May, 2007 By Shabbir Ahmed, M. D., Florida Chief Adviser and Editor: Hossein Kowsari, California Reviewed by: Abdullah Ali Bashoeb, Hijaz

Surah 10. Yunus – Jonah

[Author’s Note] This is the 10th Surah of the Qur’an. It has 109 verses. Prophet Jonah was sent to Nineveh, the capital of Ancient Assyria around 700 BC. Nineveh was located by the East Bank of the Tigris River, and had a population of just over 100,000. Granting a period of Respite to nations, in which they can mend their ways, is one of the eternal Divine Laws.

With the Glorious Name of Allah, the Instant and Sustaining Source of all Mercy and Kindness

10:1 A.L.R. Alif–Laam-Ra. (Allah, Lateef the Unfathomable, Raaziq the Provider, states that), These are the verses of a Book that is full of wisdom.

10:2 Is it too much of a wonder for people that We reveal Our Message to a man among them? “You shall warn mankind, and give good news to those who attain belief that they have a sure footing with their Lord.” Those who are bent upon denying the Truth, say, “This man is an obvious wizard.” (He is gifted with spellbinding eloquence).

10:3 But, your Lord (Who sent this Book) is God Who created the heavens and the earth in six stages, and is established on the Throne of His Almightiness of Supreme Control. He, the Director of all directions, Issuer of all Decrees, runs the Universe according to His Laws. No intercessor can stand in His Court but as a witness of Law. Such is God, your Sustainer. You shall serve Him. Will you not use your intellect and reasoning? [Six Stages or Eras: 2:255, 7:54, 10:3, 11:7, 16:111, 25:59, 50:38, 57:4, 41:10]

10:4 To Him is your ultimate return, all of you. God’s Promise is the unwavering Truth. He created the first creation, and He will create it again so that every action may have its Just Recompense. Those who attain belief and work to help the society will have their just reward. And those who reject the Truth, for them will be a burning draught of despair and a painful doom because of their persistent refusal to acknowledge the Truth. [A consequence of their own doings. 33:24, 34:3-4, 45:22, 53:31]

10:5 He it is, Who appointed the sun as a splendid glow, and the moon as a cool light. He appointed stages for the moon, in due measure. You make your calculations and calendars accordingly. God has created the Universe as the Absolute Reality and for a Purpose. God explains His verses for those who wish to learn. [The Universe is neither a dream as the ancient Hindu philosopher Manu preached, nor a reflection of the world of ideas as Plato thought. 6:97, 17:12]

10:6 Surely, in the alternation of the day and the night, and in all that God has created in the heavens and the earth, there are signs for people who are mindful of Divine Laws. [Taqwa = Seeking to journey through life in security = To live upright = To be mindful of Divine Laws = Preserve oneself from moral disintegration. 2:41]

10:7 Those who do not look forward to meeting with Us, but please and satisfy themselves with petty delights of the worldly life, it is they who neglect Our messages.

[Meeting with Us = Liqa-anaa. At other places ‘Meeting with the Lord’ is generally understood as meeting the Divine Law of Requital or Recompense. Some exponents apply ‘Meeting with the Lord’ to Resurrection alone. In my humble opinion, since God is a Personal, Compassionate God, and a vast majority of His humble servants harbor an intense desire to see Him, He may not deny this Kindness to His servants. We know that God is far too Glorious to have a physical image (anthropomorphic form), but He is Able to do all things. In the World of Command (AMR), He designs Laws as He wills. It is only in the World of Creation (KHALQ) that He implements those Laws, and then, never changes them. So, He is absolutely Capable of devising any Law in His World of Command. I find myself in agreement with numerous Ahadith narrating that humans should be able to meet their Creator in the Next Life, not as a wishful thinking, but because they are in agreement with the Qur’an. I do not certainly mean God assuming a physical form for 'meeting' with His servants, but in some way that is beyond our understanding at this time. Let us ponder some verses as well that allude to a new creation of humans in forms unknown to us at this time, and entirely new Laws becoming operative in the New Universe: … 56:59 Is it you who create it or are We the Creator? … 56:60 We have designed the Laws of death among you and We are not unable … 56:61 That We may change your existence and coming into being in a manner and in an environ you know not. … 11:106 Now those who by their deeds brought misery on themselves will be in the Fire; sighing and wailing will be their portion. … 11:107 Therein to abide, as long as the (New) Universe endures; that is time beyond count, unless your Lord decrees otherwise. Your Lord is Doer of what He wills in the World of Command. … The current Universe will be dismantled for a new Universe. 5:44, 14:19, 14:48, 21:104, 25:22, 35:16, 36:81, 69:16, 70:9) … 'Meeting with the Lord' is mentioned in the Qur'an about a hundred times. Even the great Allama Mashriqi ventures into the area, although I humbly disagree with him. He thinks that with evolution, humans will lose their body and only the 'spirit' will remain. And this spirit will merge with the 'Spirit' of God. And that is the 'Meeting with the Lord'! (Ref: Hadith-il-Qur'an?) Now this concept exactly matches the Sufi parlance, and, hence, it is totally unacceptable to a student of the Qur'an. Finally, 2:55 points out that only the disbelievers demand to see God in physical form, but that verse relates only to the life of this world]

10:8 Their home will be the Fire that they have earned (ignited) with their own actions.

I0:9 Surely, those who choose to believe and work to increase the human potential, their Lord guides them by virtue of their conviction (that no good deed goes to waste) Rivers will flow beneath them in the Gardens of Delight.

[A’maal Saaleh = Deeds that increase the individual and collective potential of a society = Helping people = Improving the environment = Fulfilling others’ needs = Contributing to the society = Correcting a deficiency]

10:10 Their prayer therein will be, “Glory be to You, O God!” Their greeting to one another will be, “Peace!” The conclusion of their prayer will be, “Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds!” [And so shall be the peaceful Ideal Society on earth. They will realize that the good of one is the good of another, and understand how Praiseworthy the Giver of such Blissful Guidance is]

10:11 If God hastened retribution for people as they hasten for goodly things, their respite would have already expired. (It is God’s Mercy that His Law of Requital does not grasp them instantly. He gives them time to mend their ways). Those who do not look forward to meeting with Us, We leave them in their arrogance, blindly stumbling to and fro. [10:7]

10:12 When affliction befalls man, he cries unto Us, whether he be lying, or sitting or standing. But when We have relieved him of the affliction, he goes on his way as if he had never cried unto Us for what afflicted him. Those who trespass the Divine Laws, lose discernment and even their ill deeds will then seem fair to them.

10:13 We annihilated many nations before you for their violation of human rights. Their messengers had come to them with clear evidence of the Truth, but they refused to believe them. Thus We reward those who steal the fruit of others’ labor.

10:14 Now, We have made you their successors in the land, to behold how you behave.

10:15 When Our messages are conveyed to them in all clarity, those who do not expect that they are destined to meet with Us (want to strike a deal with the Messenger). They say, “Bring us a Qur’an other than this or make some changes in it.” Say (O Prophet), "I cannot possibly change it on my own. I only follow what is revealed unto me. If I disobey my Lord, I fear the retribution of an awesome Day."

10:16 Say, "If God willed otherwise, I would have not recited and conveyed this to you, nor would have made you aware of it. Indeed, I have dwelt among you a whole lifetime before this. (You have always called me Al-Ameen, the trustworthy). Will you not, then, use your reason?”

10:17 Who does a greater wrong than the one who forges a lie against God, or denies His revelations? But the guilty will never prosper.

10:18 They worship and obey besides God, deities that can neither harm nor benefit them. They say, “These are our intercessors with God.” Say, "Are you informing God of what He does not know in the heavens and the earth? Glory to Him! He is High, Exalted above all that they associate with Him.” [39:3]

10:19 All mankind were but one community (and are meant to be so); then they differed. Had it not been for a Word that went forth from your Lord (the Law of free will), He would have judged their disputes immediately. [2:30, 2:213, 2:256, 11:118, 16:9, 76:2-3]

10:20 And they say, “Why was not a miracle sent down upon him from his Lord?” Then answer (O Prophet), “The Unseen is known to God alone. Wait for the results of my Program. Indeed, I shall be waiting with you.” [That will be the best sign for all of us to behold]

10:21 When We cause people to taste of Mercy after they have suffered a hardship, they start scheming to defy Our Commands. Say, “God is more Swift in planning. Our couriers write down what you plot.”

10:22 He it is Who enables you to travel in the land and the sea. When you board the ships, the ships sail with the voyagers with a favorable breeze. And they rejoice therein. If a stormy wind comes and the waves surround them, they think they are overwhelmed. Then they implore God, in all sincerity turning to His Universal Laws, saying, "If You only save us this time, we will truly show our gratitude.”

10:23 Yet as soon as He has saved them, they return to land in their behavior of rebellion against all that is right. O Mankind! Remember that your rebellion is only against your own ‘selves’ (91:9-10). Enjoyment of the worldly life with disregard of Eternity, is but a fleeting delight. In the end, unto Us is your return, and We will inform you of all that you truly accomplished.

10:24 Those who do not invest in the life to come must consider a similitude: The life of the world is a passing delight: We send down water from the height to produce with it all kinds of plants from the earth, provision for humans and animals. Then, just as the earth has taken its ornament and is perfectly adorned, and its people think that they are in control, Our Command arrives by night or by day, leaving it completely barren, as if nothing existed there yesterday. The only way to inherit the fruit of your labor in the Hereafter is to live by Our laws. We expound Our messages and signs in Nature for those who use their intellect.

10:25 God calls to the Home of Peace, and leads men and women to the Straight Path. He does guide to the Straight Path him who wills to be guided. [4:88]

10:26 Those who benefit humanity get rewarded manifold. No dust of sadness and no trace of humiliation will overshadow their faces. Such are the rightful dwellers of the Garden; they will abide therein.

10:27 And those who are unjust to others in their daily lives, will fail to balance their own personalities. They will spend their lives in sadness and humiliation, a linear result of their own actions. There will be no one to protect them from God’s Law. They will wander as if the darkness of night had covered their faces. They are the ones who have built their Hell and they will inherit it in the Eternity.

10:28 One Day We will gather all of them together. We will say to those who acknowledged false deities, “Stay back, you and your contrived partners of God!” We will have the leaders and their followers confront each other. Their leaders will say, “It was not us you worshiped.”

10:29 (Such false deities as prophets, angels, Sufis, saints, clergy, idols and the universal forces) will say, “God suffices as a Witness between us and you that we were not even aware of your worship.” [They worshiped their own desires and fantasies]

10:30 Therein every person will experience exactly what he or she did before. They will be brought back to God, their rightful Master, and all their false imagery will fails them.

[Maula = The True Master = Lord Supreme. The extremely common practice of calling a religious leader as Maulana (Our Master) is a frank, deplorable form of Shirk (associating others with God). But the clergy take pride in it! Many verses in the Qur’an tell us that there is no Maulana but God. It is amazing to note that the Muslim clergy write Maulana with their names, and with their own hands! 9:51]

10:31 (Now is the time for them to think.) Say (O Messenger), “Who is it that provides for you from the heaven and the earth, or who is it that has full power over your hearing and sight? And who is it that brings forth the living from the dead, and the dead from the living? And who is it that directs the Order of the Universe?” They will say, "God.” Say, “Will you not then be mindful of His Laws?”

10:32 Such is God, your Rightful Lord. After the Truth what is there but error? How could you then turn away?

10:33 The Word of your Lord is justified that those who drift away from Reason will not accept the Truth.

10:34 Ask them, "Can any of your 'partner gods' originate creation and then bring it forth again?” Say, “God originates creation and then brings it forth again. How then, are you so deluded?”

10:35 Say, “Of your ‘partners’, is there any that can lead you to the Truth?” Say, “God leads to the Truth. So, who is more worthy of being followed? The One Who shows you the Way or one who finds no way unless he is guided? What is amiss with you? How do you judge?”

10:37 Now this Qur’an could not possibly have been devised by anyone except God. Nay indeed, it is a confirmation of the (Truth in) the earlier revelations, and a clear exposition of the Eternal Law. Without any trace of doubt, this Book is from the Lord of the Worlds. (While it confirms the surviving Truth in the previous revelations, it is a Watcher over them and ignores and, where necessary, corrects the human touch in them. [2:101, 5:48]

10:38 Or, do they say, “He has invented it”? Tell them, "Bring one Surah like this and call for help everyone you can besides God, if you are truthful.” [2:23, 11:13. One chapter like this in beauty, eloquence and wisdom. And “besides God” would mean, without copying phrases and sentences from the Qur’an]

10:39 Nay, they deny it without grasping the profound knowledge therein. And they have yet to see the benevolent transformation it can bring about in the making of humanity. This is how those before them denied. Then see what was the end of those who thus wronged themselves!

[Taaweel = Practical interpretation. Taaweel is erroneously promoted by some as remote meanings of the Qur’an known only to a few select! Practical interpretation: They are yet to see the practical interpretation of the Qur’an, as to how it can bring about a benevolent transformation in the society]

10:40 And of them is he who believes in this (Qur’an), and of them is he who does not believe in it. And your Lord is best Aware of those who are bent upon denial and want corruption and disorder to go on.

10:41 If they keep denying you (O Prophet), say, "I have my work, and you have your work. You are innocent of what I do and I am innocent of what you do.” [109:1-6]

10:42 Among them are those who apparently listen to you. (But their thoughts are wandering.) Can you make hear those deaf who do not use reason? [47:16]

10:43 And among them you will find those who look at you without seeing. (Their mind is roaming elsewhere.) Can you show the way to those who are blind of the heart? [7:198]

10:44 God is never unjust to human beings; but people wrong themselves. [Failing to use the God-given faculties is the first wrong one can commit. It brings the humans down to subhuman levels. 7:179]

10:45 And on the Day when He will gather them, they will think as if they lived (in this world) an hour of the day, recognizing one another. (Others will think it was a day or a few days 20:103-104.) Lost, indeed, will be those who denied meeting with God, and thus, failed to be rightly guided. [10:7]

10:46 Whether We show you (O Messenger), something of what We promise them, or cause you to die, unto Us is their return. God is the Watcher over what they do.

10:47 Every community has had a Messenger. They were judged in all equity only after their Messenger has come (and delivered the Message), and they were never wronged.

10:48 And yet, they ask, "When will the promise be fulfilled, if you are truthful?" (The promise of just recompense.)

10:49 Say (O Messenger), "I have no power to avert any harm even from myself, or benefit myself contrary to the Laws of God. Every nation determines its own rise and fall. When the time comes, they can neither delay, nor hasten the Requital.”

10:50 Say, “Have you thought, when His retribution comes to you suddenly by night, or in the bustling day, what portion of it would the guilty wish to hasten?”

10:51 “Would you then profess belief in it at last, when it comes to pass! Ah! Now? And you wanted to hasten it on.” (But the period of Respite has been over.)

10:52 It will be said to the oppressors and violators of human rights, “Taste the eternal torment, the exact reward of what you earned.”

10:53 They keep asking you (O Prophet), "Is it really true?” Say, “Yes indeed! By my Lord, it is true. And you cannot defy His Laws.”

10:54 Whoever oppresses people, has wronged his own ‘self’. Even if they possessed everything on earth, they would readily present it as ransom. But they will be ashamed within themselves, when they see the doom. They will be judged fairly and no wrong shall be done to them.

10:55 Oh, certainly, To God belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. His Promise is unwaveringly True but most of them never learn.

10:56 He it is Who gives life and death. You and your actions will be returned to Him.

10:57 O Mankind! There has now come to you Enlightenment from your Sustainer, and a healing for everything that troubles your hearts, and Guidance, and Grace to all who embrace it.

10:58 Say, “In this Bounty of God and in His Grace – in this, then, let them rejoice. It is better than all the treasures that they may amass.”

10:59 Say, “Have you considered how God sends down to you all kinds of provisions for your minds and bodies? Then you render some of them unlawful and some lawful?” Say, “Has God permitted you to do this? Or do you invent lies and attribute them to God?” [The clergy go after manmade dogmas thus tampering with the revealed Word of God and declare unlawful His Bounties of sustenance, food, clothes, ornament of life and things of aesthetic beauty such as art. 7:32. See 34:13 how a Prophet of God, Solomon decorates his kingdom with beautiful works of art]

10:60 Does it ever occur to the people who tamper with religion and invent lies concerning God, that they will have to face Him on the Resurrection Day? God is Infinitely Bountiful toward mankind, but the majority of them do not show gratitude in word and action.

10:61 In whatever condition you may find yourself (O Prophet), and whatever of the Qur’an you are reciting and preaching, and whatever work or business you believers are occupied with, remember that We are your Witness from the moment you embark upon it. Not an atom's weight in the Low nor in the Height escapes your Lord's knowledge. Nor, a thing smaller or bigger, everything is recorded in a Clear Database.

10:62 Remember that people who strive to establish the Divine System, become the friends of God. They will have nothing to fear, nor shall they grieve.

10:63 They accepted His Message, followed His Commands, and got empowered against evil. [See Taqwa, 2:41]

10:64 There is good news for them in this world and in the life to come. God’s Words never change. Success in the world and in the life to come is the Supreme Triumph. [And changeless are His Laws 6:34, 6:115, 10:64, 17:77, 18:27, 33:38, 33:62, 35:43, 40:85, 48:23. And you will never find even a slight turn in His Laws 17:77]

10:65 Let not their utterances sadden you (O Prophet!). To God wholly belong all Authority, Might and Honor. He is the Hearer, the Knower. [No power, glory or honor is attainable contrary to His Laws]

10:66 Oh! Surely, unto God belongs whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on earth. So, what is it that they follow? – Those who call upon, besides God, His “partners”? They follow nothing but conjecture (of others), and themselves do nothing but make wild guesses.

10:67 He it is Who made night for you to rest in, and made the day lighted to make things visible to you. These are signs for those who are willing to listen and think.

10:68 And yet they assert, “God has taken unto Himself a son!” Glory to Him! Self-sufficient is He. Unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth. No evidence whatever you have for this assertion! Would you ascribe to God something you really do not know?

10:69 Say, “Surely, They who attribute their lying inventions to God, will see the crops of their false imagery burning to ashes.”

10:70 They get their fleeting share in this world, but then unto Us is their return. Our Law of Requital will have them effectively taste a dreadful doom, for they chose to live in the darkness of falsehood.

10:71 (People have been fabricating falsehood since ancient times.) Relate to them the history of Noah. He said to his people, "O My people! If the stand I have taken and my reminding you of God’s revelations are an offense to you, well, I have put my trust in God. So, get together on a decisive plan, you and your partners. Let your course of action be clear to you. Then pass your sentence on me and give me no respite.” [Maqaami = My stand = My station = My location]

10:72 But if you turn away, I have asked of you no wage. My wage is with none but God. And I am commanded to be of those who submit (to Him).”

10:73 But, they persisted in their denial, and We saved Noah and his companions who boarded the ship, and made them successors in the land. (The deniers thought of the flood warning as a laughing matter. The Tigris and the Euphrates rivers flooded with torrential rains) and We drowned those who had rejected Our messages. See then what happened to those who had been given sufficient warning.

10:74 Then after him We sent many messengers to their respective nations and they brought them clear evidence of the Truth. (They preemptively rejected the Message.) And they were not the kind of people who would choose to believe what they had belied before. Thus We (through Our Laws) seal the hearts of the transgressors. [Mu’tadeen = Those who cross limits = Cross all bounds = Given to excesses = Transgressors = Who go beyond reason]

10:75 Then, after them, We sent Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and his chiefs, with Our messages. But they were a folk arrogant and they were used to thriving on the fruit of others’ toil.

10:76 When the Truth from Us came to them, they said, "This is clearly nothing but magic.”

10:77 Moses said, “Is this what you say about the Truth when it has come to you! Is this magic? Those who deceive people with lies and claims of magic, never prosper.”

10:78 They said, "Have you come to turn us away from our ancestral ways, so that you two become prominent in the country? However, we will not believe in you two."

10:79 Pharaoh said, "Bring all eloquent debaters to me."

10:80 And when they came, Moses said to them, “Begin with your presentation."

10:81 When they finished with their arguments, Moses said, “Your reasoning is totally flawed. God’s Laws annihilate the political and social systems that promote corruption, disorder and bloody feuds.

10:82 God will always vindicate the Truth by His Laws, even though the guilty may hate it. [Societies will flourish only when they embrace the Permanent Value System. The guilty that are used to thriving on the toil of others, will hate equity]

10:83 Only a few of the Egyptians, some youngsters, could proclaim belief in Moses because of the fear of Pharaoh and his chiefs. Pharaoh was indeed a great tyrant on earth. He used to cross all bounds of human behavior.

10:84 Moses said, “O My people! If you have believed in God and surrendered to Him, then be steadfast in your resolve and action by putting your trust in Him.

10:85 They responded, "In God we trust. O Our Lord! Save us from the oppression of the oppressor.”

10:86 “Save us with Your Mercy from these ruthless disbelieving folk.”

10:87 We commanded Moses and his brother, “Maintain your homes in Egypt, and turn them into places of worship to remember God. Establish the Commandments in your lives and give good news to the believers.”

10:88 (Moses promised to proceed on these lines.) He prayed, “Our Lord! You have given Pharaoh and his chiefs a life of luxury and abundance. Our Lord! With their resources and might they continue with their oppression and lead people astray from Your Path. Our Lord! Destroy their riches and make their faculties incapable of contriving their oppressive designs. They will not see the Truth unless they face an awful suffering.”

10:89 God said, "Your prayer is heard. Both of you shall remain determined. And you shall not follow the track of those who act without comprehending." [20:36, 20:42]

10:90 We brought the Children of Israel across the sea, and Pharaoh with his armies pursued them in rage and bitter enmity. When Pharaoh was drowning, he cried out, "I believe that there is no god but the One in whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of those who surrender.”

10:91 What? Now! You rebelled ardently all your life. You committed bloody crimes on earth.

10:92 Nay, but this day We will only save you in your body so that you may remain a lesson for generations to come. A great many of mankind remain heedless of Our signs. [The Pharaoh’s body was only discovered during excavations of 1898. It is today on display in the Royal Mummies Chamber of the Egyptian Museum]

10:93 Thereafter indeed, We assigned to the Children of Israel an honorable dwelling place, and gave them decent provision. But they began to hold divergent views and divided among themselves despite the knowledge (of Revelation). Your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection regarding wherein they differed.

10:94 (O Prophet), If you ever think whether the Revelation We send to you could be an inspiration from your heart, ask the angels who bring it. They read it before you read it. Indeed, the Truth has come to you from your Lord. Be not of those who waver.

10:95 (Those who consider Divine revelations as intrinsic inspiration, in fact deny them.) Be not of those who deny Our revelations and become losers.

10:96 Surely, those against whom the Word of your Lord has been verified, would not believe. [They violate the Law of Guidance. 4:88]

10:97 Though every evidence may come to them, till they see the painful doom.

10:98 For, alas, there has never yet been any community that attained belief, and benefited by its belief, except the nation of Jonah. When they embraced belief, We removed from them the suffering of disgrace, and let them enjoy their term. (37:147-148).

[Jonah’s people used to live in humiliation in Nineveh. When they accepted the Divine Message, they prospered for about two centuries between 800-612 BC. Then the Midyans conquered them. After the demise of Jonah, his people had been fast ignoring the Divine Word revealed to Jonah, and leaning towards the resurging priest class. The invaders set on fire the wonderful town of Nineveh. The spacious 60 mile wide, and beautiful town was reduced to ashes. The king of Assyria got himself burnt alive in the palace, and that was the end of the Assyrian dynasty]

10:99 If your Lord willed, all who are on earth, would have believed. Would you then, compel people to become believers? [2:256, 76:4-6]

10:100 No person can attain conviction except by the Law of God. And He places confusion in the minds of those who do not use their intellect. [6:126, 10:39. “He places”, “He does”, “He causes” = His Laws are so designed]

10:101 Say, “Look and ponder what is in the heavens and the earth! No miracles and no warnings will help those people who have chosen to disbelieve. [2:6-7, 41:53]

10:102 Can they expect other than the days of calamity that befell those who passed on before them? Say, “Wait then! I shall wait with you.”

10:103 We ultimately save Our messengers and those who believe. It is incumbent upon Us to save the believers.

10:104 Say, "O Mankind! If you have any doubt about the System that I am trying to establish, and if you believe that other parallel systems can be of avail to you, let us go ahead with our programs. I do not worship and obey those whom you worship and obey instead of God. But I obey God Who causes you to die (and Who controls the Laws of life and death of individuals and nations). I have been commanded to be of the believers.”

10:105 (O Prophet) Set your purpose resolutely for the Upright System of life and do not be of those who associate anyone with God in any form.

10:106 Do not ever call on deities besides God. They have no control over your harm or benefit. If you expected help outside the Laws of God, you will be among the wrongdoers.

10:107 If God’s Law afflicts you, there is none who can remove it contrary to His Laws. And when He blesses you, no power can hinder His Grace. He bestows His Grace upon His servants according to His Laws. And He is Forgiving, Merciful.

10:108 Say, "O Mankind! Now has come to you the Truth from your Lord. So whoever chooses to follow the right path, follows it for his own ‘self’. And whoever chooses to go astray, goes astray to his own hurt. And I am not a guardian over you."

10:109 (O Messenger), Follow what is revealed to you and be steadfast in adversity until God issues His Judgment. And He is the Best of judges.