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Annotated Qur'an
Sura 57: The Iron
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Qur'an 57:1 Glorifying God is everything in the heavens and the earth. He is the Almighty, the Wise.	Qur'an 57:1 Notes You are free to dream.

Qur'an 57:2 To Him belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He gives life and causes death, and He has power over all things.	Qur'an 57:2 Notes Wow this Allah seems truly incredible. Can he juggle 20 beluga wales while dancing on-top of razor sharp spikes reciting the alphabet backwards?

Qur'an 57:3 He is the First and the Last, and the Outer and the Inner, and He has knowledge of all things.	Qur'an 57:3 Notes Is Allah both normal matter and dark matter as the same time? Woah!

Qur'an 57:4 It is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then settled over the Throne. He knows what penetrates into the earth, and what comes out of it, and what descends from the sky, and what ascends to it. And He is with you wherever you may be. God is Seeing of everything you do.	Qur'an 57:4 Notes God watches everything, especially when you lock the door, close the curtains and do naughty things to yourself. God always watches every detail.

Qur'an 57:5 To Him belongs the kingship of the heavens and the earth, and to God all matters are referred.	Qur'an 57:5 Notes This is a pretty standard trick in the Quran. If you say the same crazy nonsense with three different variations in close succession you can just hammer the bullshit into people's heads.

Qur'an 57:6 He merges the night into the day, and He merges the day into the night; and He knows what the hearts contains.	Qur'an 57:6 Notes I thought the world just spins around and the Sun takes care of night and day.

Qur'an 57:7 Believe in God and His Messenger, and spend from what He made you inherit. Those among you who believe and give will have a great reward.	Qur'an 57:7 Notes A trick that Mo stole from the Christians...insist that people believe in your ridiculous religion you made up. Command them to believe it 5000 times in a book, threaten them for not believing, make up a hundred reasons to believe, repeat again and again that you believe this nonsense and you'll actually start believing it!

Qur'an 57:8 What is the matter with you that you do not believe in God, when the Messenger calls you to believe in your Lord, and He has received a pledge from you, if you are believers?	Qur'an 57:8 Notes Well, we happen to believe in science, which conclusively shows that this God does not exist made us commit the terrible sin of not believing in this God.

Qur'an 57:9 It is He who sends down upon His servant clear revelations, to bring you out of darkness into the light. God is Gentle towards you, Most Compassionate.	Qur'an 57:9 Notes a casual read through this book will tell you how compassionate God is.

Qur'an 57:10 And why is it that you do not spend in the cause of God, when to God belongs the inheritance of the heavens and the earth? Not equal among you are those who contributed before the conquest, and fought. Those are higher in rank than those who contributed afterwards, and fought. But God promises both a good reward. God is Well Experienced in what you do.	Qur'an 57:10 Notes "The cause of God" here refers to fighting for a cult whose only raison d'être was that Muhammad saw an opportunity to make an empire for himself.

Qur'an 57:11 Who is he who will lend God a loan of goodness, that He may double it for him, and will have a generous reward?	Qur'an 57:11 Notes And if all the above suras are true, then what does Allah need a loan for?

Qur'an 57:12 On the Day when you see the believing men and believing women—their light radiating ahead of them, and to their right: “Good news for you today: gardens beneath which rivers flow, dwelling therein forever. That is the great triumph.”	Qur'an 57:12 Notes Bribes.

Qur'an 57:13 On the Day when the hypocritical men and hypocritical women will say to those who believed, “Wait for us; let us absorb some of your light.” It will be said, “Go back behind you, and seek light.” A wall will be raised between them, in which is a door; within it is mercy, and outside it is agony.	Qur'an 57:13 Notes Allah is this merciful and compassionate.

Qur'an 57:14 They will call to them, “Were we not with you?” They will say, “Yes, but you cheated your souls, and waited, and doubted, and became deluded by wishful thinking, until the command of God arrived; and arrogance deceived you regarding God.”	Qur'an 57:14 Notes Because Allah failed to show any proof of his existence?!

Qur'an 57:15 “Therefore, today no ransom will be accepted from you, nor from those who disbelieved. The Fire is your refuge. It is your companion—what an evil fate!”	Qur'an 57:15 Notes Very merciful again.

Qur'an 57:16 Is it not time for those who believe to surrender their hearts to the remembrance of God, and to the truth that has come down, and not be like those who were given the Book previously, but time became prolonged for them, so their hearts hardened, and many of them are sinners?	Qur'an 57:16 Notes No it isn't time for the third generation of increasingly ridiculous nonsense.

Qur'an 57:17 Know that God revives the earth after its death. We thus explain the revelations for you, so that you may understand.	Qur'an 57:17 Notes There is no explanation here, just absurd claim after absurd claim with no actual explanation (let alone evidence).

Qur'an 57:18 The charitable men and charitable women, who have loaned God a loan of righteousness—it will be multiplied for them, and for them is a generous reward.	Qur'an 57:18 Notes Blackmail for believing in the bullshit in this book.

Qur'an 57:19 Those who believe in God and His messengers—these are the sincere and the witnesses with their Lord; they will have their reward and their light. But as for those who disbelieve and deny Our revelations—these are the inmates of the Blaze.	Qur'an 57:19 Notes Good deeds will count for nothing if you don't blindly trust whatever bullshit is written here.

Qur'an 57:20 Know that the worldly life is only play, and distraction, and glitter, and boasting among you, and rivalry in wealth and children. It is like a rainfall that produces plants, and delights the disbelievers. But then it withers, and you see it yellowing, and then it becomes debris. While in the Hereafter there is severe agony, and forgiveness from God, and acceptance. The life of this world is nothing but enjoyment of vanity.

Qur'an 57:20 Notes No, life in this world is a slow evolution from DNA.

Qur'an 57:21 Race towards forgiveness from your Lord; and a Garden as vast as the heavens and the earth, prepared for those who believe in God and His messengers. That is the grace of God; He bestows it on whomever He wills. God is the Possessor of Immense Grace.	Qur'an 57:21 Notes The lord doesn't forgive. That should be clear by how many times this book mentions God's underground torture chamber.

Qur'an 57:22 No calamity occurs on earth, or in your souls, but it is in a Book, even before We make it happen. That is easy for God.	Qur'an 57:22 Notes Allah is that powerful. Take note, you puny mortals!

Qur'an 57:23 That you may not sorrow over what eludes you, nor exult over what He has given you. God does not love the proud snob.	Qur'an 57:23 Notes The compassionate sky-God becomes cold-hearted.

Qur'an 57:24 Those who are stingy, and induce people to be stingy. Whoever turns away—God is the Independent, the Praiseworthy.	Qur'an 57:24 Notes We are led to believe here that god doesn't like the stingy or proud. Yet all you have to do is walk around Dubai and see how badly they treat fellow Muslim seasonal workers and the near radioactive sense of pride the leaders have to see just how Allah treats such people. He just gives them more and more money and power.

Qur'an 57:25 We sent Our messengers with the clear proofs, and We sent down with them the Book and the Balance, that humanity may uphold justice. And We sent down iron, in which is violent force, and benefits for humanity. That God may know who supports Him and His messengers invisibly. God is Strong and Powerful.	Qur'an 57:25 Notes Yes, Saudi Arabia is so just. And iron fell from the sky, which is why it is found deep underground.

Qur'an 57:26 We sent Noah and Abraham, and established in their line Prophethood and the Scripture. Some of them are guided, but many of them are sinners.	Qur'an 57:26 Notes Copy-pasted from the other book. So much for the Quran being the sole word of God.

Qur'an 57:27 Then We sent in their wake Our messengers, and followed up with Jesus son of Mary, and We gave him the Gospel, and instilled in the hearts of those who followed him compassion and mercy. But as for the monasticism which they invented—We did not ordain it for them—only to seek God’s approval. But they did not observe it with its due observance. So We gave those of them who believed their reward, but many of them are sinful.

Qur'an 57:27 Notes So Christians are sinful as well. Let that be very clear - not even variants of this sky-God will do. You need to blindly believe this, though common sense tells you it is a load of utter tosh and reject all painstakingly proven science dangerous heresy.

Qur'an 57:28 O you who believe! Fear God, and believe in His Messenger: He will give you a double portion of His mercy, and will give you a light by which you walk, and will forgive you. God is Forgiving and Merciful.	Qur'an 57:28 Notes I don't believe. Problem solved.

Qur'an 57:29 That the People of the Book may know that they have no power whatsoever over God’s grace, and that all grace is in God’s hand; He gives it to whomever He wills. God is Possessor of Great Grace.	Qur'an 57:29 Notes The same thing told for the nth time so that you puny mortals can understand.