God Can Take Care Of Himself – In The Qur’an and The Bible – Sura 68 Part 4

[68:44] Therefore, let Me deal with those who reject this Hadith; we will lead them on whence they never perceive.

Ge 12:3 I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.”

John 3:18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

 These are statements from the Qur'an, The Torah (1st 5 books of the Old Testament) and The Injil (The Gospels from the New Testament).  Each is representative of how God deals with unbelievers in each of these three books.

Sura 68 - The Pen

Order of Revelation - 2
Traditional order in Qur’an - 68

Sura 68 addresses the following:

1.  The sense from the Prophet that his first revelation was actually from an evil spirit. This appears to be confirming what his wife told him - that Muhammad was not crazy / hallucinating / etc.
2.  Confirms that God can see what people are doing.
3.  Compares the revelations to the Prophet to what others are told by their idols (gods).
4.  Says that God can take care of Himself.
5.  Tells Muhammad not to be like Jonah.

Part 1 was covered in introduction to Sura 68.

Part 2 was covered in God can see what people do.

Part 3 was covered in Idols in the Qur'an and the Bible.

4. Compare what God says about how He can / will take care of Himself in the three books

In the Qur'an, we read -

[68:42] The day will come when they will be exposed, and they will be required to fall prostrate, but they will be unable to.
[68:43] With their eyes subdued, humiliation will cover them. They were invited to fall prostrate when they were whole and able.
[68:44] Therefore, let Me deal with those who reject this Hadith; we will lead them on whence they never perceive.
[68:45] I will give them enough rope; My scheming is formidable.

The beginning of 68:44 is pretty straightforward -

[68:44] Therefore, let Me deal with those who reject this Hadith;

God will take care of the transgressors.

From the Official Islam Glossary for Introduction to Religion, the definition of Hadith is -

The stories about and sayings of Mohammed. After his death, these were tested for accuracy and collected into an organized body of material. They provide examples of proper behavior and instances of Mohammed's understanding of his role.

Who are the ones "who reject this Hadith"?

The answer to this question may surprise you.  It wasn't what I was expecting.

At this time, Islam was just getting started, and there were those who weren't at all happy with it. To start with, it was more of a problem with the Arabs. They had many gods (polytheism) and Muhammad was telling them this was wrong - that there was only one. Those who made money off the various gods also were most unhappy about what he was doing. We see this from islamawareness.net (It's a long page - search for the word weary  -

For three weary long years, the Prophet labored very quietly to deliver his people from the worship of idols. Polytheism was deeply rooted among the people. It offered attractions, which the new faith in its purity did not possess. The Quraish ((The Quraish was the most powerful tribe in Mecca at the time)) had personal material interests in the old worship, and their prestige was dependent upon its maintenance. The Prophet had to contend with the idolatrous worship of its followers and to oppose the ruling oligarchy, which governed its destinies.

After three years of constant but quiet struggle, only thirty followers were secured. An important change now occurred in the relations of the Prophet with the citizens of Mecca. His compatriots had begun to doubt his sanity, thinking him crazy or possessed by an evil spirit. Hitherto he preached quietly and unobtrusively. He now decided to appeal publicly to the Meccans, requesting them to abandon their idolatry. For this he arranged a gathering on a neighboring hill and there spoke to them of their folly in the sight of Allah in worshiping pieces of stone which they called their gods. He invited them to abandon their old impious worship and adopt the faith of love, truth and purity. He warned them of the fate that had overtaken past races who had not heeded the preaching of former prophets. But the gathering departed without listening to the warning given them by the Prophet.