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April 15, 2005

THE IMPORTANCE BEHIND THE COMMAND TO SUBMIT BY AGE 40

I seek refuge in Allah, from satan the rejected.

In the name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful.

There is a command in the Quran to be fulfilled by all those who believe in God and His laws. This is called the “Age of Repentance”. God has chosen the specific age of 40 for those who are alive, to seek repentance and to do the righteous works that please Him. The reason behind choosing this number and this specific age is only known to Him. By age 40, most humans lead married lives and have children. This gives them a new awakening and realization of what life is about, and they view life from a different perspective. They try to advise their children not to commit the same mistakes they did. It also increasingly gives them the feeling that the youth years are behind them and they are getting older. The responsibility of earning livelihood, raising of the children, and providing education to them makes them act maturely. There occurs a remarkable change in attitude, nature and character of the individuals or couples as compared to when they were single. The few, for whom God has chosen guidance over worldly life, will surely reflect upon God, His creations, His unique System in the Universe, their mortality, the Hereafter, and the larger purpose of life. Based on these righteous thoughts, they will be guided to turn their thoughts into actual submission to God, by repenting and promising to do better than what they did in the first 40 years of their lives.

There is a historical fact behind this number of 40 years given through verses 5:20- 26, being a total of 7 verses. These verses start with Moses reminding his people about God’s enormous blessings upon them, one of them being the sending of prophets and appointing kings from among them. They were then put to the “Test” to check out their submission to God and His Authority. The test of God’s Authority is conducted through His messenger, to see if they obey him or not. Obedience to the messenger is classified as “Submission to God”, while rebellion and disobedience is classified as disbelief in God and a blasphemy to His Authority.

In this example, the believers under Moses were commanded by him to enter a certain town, that God had decreed for them as the holy land. Since there were some powerful people living in that town; these believers feared losing their lives by fighting them, rather than fearing God. They failed to put their trust in God. By refusing to obey the command, their status changed immediately from believers into disbelievers. In fact, the rebellious believers turned disbelievers even challenged

God and His messenger to face and fight the powerful people while they wanted nothing to do with it. This demonstrated the height of arrogance, ignorance, and disbelief, in God and His messenger. To challenge and take God’s name in this arrogant fashion is a blasphemy of gross proportion. These disbelievers were led on by satan to believe that God needed their help to fight certain people. They forgot that God is Omnipotent and Almighty and does not need our help. He only gives us a chance to earn credits from Him through our righteous deeds. God likes to show His Signs to the believers by making them prevail over the disbelievers if they show unity and willingness in the cause of God. Sincere submitters do not ask questions or criticize; they just follow the orders and do as they are commanded. God’s wisdom and comprehension far surpasses ours, and His commands and laws are best understood through the vast proofs and miracles that He has blessed us with. These Miracles augment our faith, remove our doubts, and express the seriousness behind His commands. Moreover, God’s miracles challenge and expose those who fabricate falsehood without any sure knowledge and follow conjecture.

After witnessing a rebellion, Moses sought permission from God to enter the town with his brother; the two of them only who were reverent and blessed by God. The rest were forbidden from entering for 40 years, during which time they roamed the earth aimlessly. In other words, God withheld the guidance from them. After 40 years, most of them would not have had the chance to repent to God, after being deprived of the guidance through a messenger and the opportunity to seek repentance according to verse 4:64. Disobedience to God’s commands through the messenger comes at a very high price. The consequence for betrayal and disobedience of the messenger is clearly Hellfire.

These examples in the Quran may seem simple and ordinary to the insincere, but for the reverent they serve as profound precedents through which we are supposed to take heed. Based on God’s decree whereby he forbid the Children of Israel for 40 years, He has decreed this to be the command in 46:15-16 as the “age of repentance” for future generations. Now God has unveiled the most detailed miracles to confirm the truth of these examples and verses. Through these miracles, God has warned all subsequent generations including ours, through the Signs that have been revealed now.

Gross Act of Disobedience & Idolatry Committed

5:24 Part 1: They said, “O Moses, we will never enter it, so long as they are in it.

Idolatry Proven: The Allah letters are 16, and messenger's letters are 18, revealing the diff. of 2 – (gods) – Idolatry.

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God and His messenger challenged

5:24 Part 2: Therefore, go – you and your Lord and fight. We are sitting right here.

Revealed: The Allah letters are 10, and messenger's letters are 11, revealing the diff. of 1 – ONE ABSOLUTE GOD.

It is now proven through the Revelation above that God has the power to give victory to His messenger even without the participation of the “disbelieving believers”. Also, when they disobeyed the messenger’s command, they committed “idolatry”, as 2 gods is revealed in Part 1.

Let me break down the verse into further parts.

5:24 Part A: Therefore, go – you and your Lord and fight.

Revealed: The GV of Allah letters is 38, being a multiple of 19.

Revealed: The GV of messenger's letters is 190, being a multiple of 19 also.

5:24 Part B: We are sitting right here.

Revealed: For both parts in this verse above, messenger's letters are 6 and

5, revealing the ONE, ALMIGHTY.

Revealed: The entire verse 5:24 whereby God and His messenger were challenged to fight rather than the believers carrying out the command, reveals the GV of Allah letters as 162, a perfect number which is the GV of “Al-Islam”, meaning “The Submission”. It proves that the so-called believers failed to submit when put to the Test by God.

If you believe in God’s Absolute Authority, (in numerical terms Aleef, meaning 1); and reverence Him fully, then follow the following portions of the verse. It applies to all of you; either you will be guided and stay guided, or the Knower of All Secrets and Declarations will send you astray at some point, without you ever realizing it. Remember, Miracles of such profound magnitude are sent with a purpose. The appreciative ones will be separated from the unappreciative ones.

5:23 Part 1: Two men who were reverent and blessed by GOD said:

Revelation: The Aleefs are 7, and messenger's letters are 19 – revealing both miracles.

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5:23 Part 2: Just enter the gate.

5:23 Part 3: If you enter it, you will surely prevail.

5:23 Part 4: You must trust in ALLAH. 5:23 Part 5: If you are believers.

Miracle on God’s Absoluteness: The Aleefs in Parts 2 through 5 above, are: 4 – 3 - 2 – 1, revealing the diff. of 1 throughout. God be Glorified. Note that the last number is a 1, being the only Allah letter in the form of an Aleef in the portion of the verse saying: “If you are believers”. The Allah letter is only 1, and messenger's letters are 9; side by side, they become 19. Praise be to Allah.

5:23 Part: “You must trust in GOD.” 5:23 Part: “If you are believers.”

Revealed: The messenger's letters are 8 and 9, revealing the diff. of 1, “when a messenger commands you, you should not have second thoughts, as he speaks under God’s inspiration, and God controls every situation and outcome. The GV of Allah letters for both parts above, is 128, being messenger's name, “Husain”.

5:25 He said, “My Lord, I can only control myself and my brother. So, allow us to part company with the wicked people.

5:26 He said, “Henceforth, it is forbidden them for forty years, during which they will roam the earth aimlessly. Do not grieve over such wicked people.

Revealed: The Aleefs are 11 and 10, revealing the diff. of 1. Here GOD has used the Aleefs to convey the message that the rebellious and disobedient people rejected His Absolute Authority by refusing to obey His messenger, Moses.

Revealed: The messenger's letters are 32 and 33, revealing the diff. of 1. GOD has clarified through messenger's letters to set a precedent for today’s believers and the people that He does not tolerate disobedience of His messenger, no matter what the command may be. Praise be to Allah, Most Glorified.

When God withholds the guidance through the messenger, and lets the people live an aimless and purposeless life, many bad things can happen. There is no solution to any problems without God’s laws. To magnify the miracle and the consequences given in verse 5:26, look again to appreciate God’s power.

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5:26 Part 1: He said, “Henceforth, it is forbidden them for forty years. (this is the cutoff point of the verse).

Miracle: The messenger's letters are precisely 14.

5:26 Part 2: During which they will roam the earth aimlessly. Do not grieve over such wicked people.”

Miracle: The messenger's letters are precisely 19.

You have just witnessed the awesome “miracle of 1” TWICE; first through the Aleefs and then through messenger's letters revealing the diff. of 1, meaning 1 Absolute God, and now you have also witnessed the profound and Sacred Codes of 14 & 19 through messenger's letters. Since Moses was a messenger, and so am I, Masha Allah, you can clearly see that God has tied my name letters 14 precisely on “forty years”, in harmony with the revelation of the Seven Pairs.

The chapter in the Quran bearing the number 40 is called “Forgiver”. This attribute of God ties into the purpose and meaning of verse 46:15, which asks us to seek forgiveness and repent at the age of 40, in order to become a Submitter. The word in Arabic is “Ghafer”. The only Allah letter in this word is an Aleef, having a GV of 1 (ONE). As I have pointed out, the Aleef denotes God’s Absolute Authority, and in this attribute, it clearly tells us that God is the only Forgiver. Therefore, He tells us at what age, how and when to ask for His forgiveness.

46:15 is a long and detailed verse, and God is spelling out the miracles for you to understand and follow. There is a cutoff point in the verse, which I call a “split”. It occurs on the word, “he should say” – in Arabic, “kaala”. The first part of the verse reminds the human about the blessings of God, and how we came into being through our mothers, and then God issues the command to recite certain words. Therefore, observe the two parts.

46:15 Part 1: We enjoined the human being to honor his parents. His mother bore him arduously, gave birth to him arduously, and took intimate care of him for thirty months. When he reaches maturity, and reaches the AGE 0F FORTY, he should say: 46:15 Part 2: “My Lord, direct me to appreciate the blessings You have bestowed upon me and my parents, and to do the righteous works that please You. Let my children be righteous as well. I have repented to You; I am a submitter.

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Revealed: The Arabic letters for Part 1 are 93; for Part 2 are 92, revealing the diff. of 1. Subhan Allah. The above miracle has confirmed the truth of the verse and highlighted the importance of 40 years as the age to seek repentance by uttering the above verse.

Praise be to Allah, He further enlightens us through the two words – “forty years” – in Arabic, “arbaeen sunatan”.

Revealed: In “forty”, the messenger's letters are 3; in “years”, the messenger's letters are 2, revealing the diff. of 1. This Proof puts further emphasis on the command of the Lord.

Revealed: The GV of Allah letters in these two words is 6, and of messenger's letters is 172, the sum of these numbers reveals the messenger's name, 178, being Makbool.

Revealed: The messenger's letters up to the word, “forty” or “arbaeen,” are precisely 40, “perfectly matching it” while the remaining verse has messenger's letters as 54, the diff. being 14, revelation of the Seven Pairs.

The verse gets even more weighty and profound, as God reveals the “Revelation of Aleef”, to demonstrate and prove His Absolute Authority over the verses, the entire universe and all the creations.

Revealed: In 46:15 Part 1, The Aleefs are 14; in Part 2, the Aleefs are 13, revealing the diff. of 1 – THE ABSOLUTE GOD.

To carry out the command through this verse is the righteous thing to do for those who reach age 40. For those who became submitters after age 40 and were not aware of this command; they can still recite it and seek forgiveness from the Lord. The act of repentance and claiming to be a submitter should be followed up by doing all the righteous works that please God, as commanded by Him in the Scripture. You cannot make up anything and assume that it pleases God. The commands have to come from Him through His Scripture, the Quran; and when you honor them by carrying them out willingly, it then pleases the Almighty. I will show you the appropriate portions of the same verse, which reveal further revelations and miracles.

46:15 Part (a): “My Lord, direct me to appreciate the blessings”.

The “blessings” is an important word, and we have to stop and think, before proceeding further. Remember in the example of 5:20, Moses first reminded his people about God’s enormous blessings; then they were put to the Test to see if they

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are really appreciative of them or not. Everything you have and see on earth and in the universe are “blessings” of God; but how many people are really aware of this fact? Sometimes, even with the most profound miracles shown to them, they do not change their minds and reflect to appreciate God and His uncountable blessings.

The simple test: if you did appreciate His blessings, you would not refuse any command from Him. They are linked together.

Miracle: The Arabic letters are precisely 19 up to “blessings”, and have 14 Quranic Initials, revealing the two Sacred Codes of 19 and 14. God be Glorified.

46:15 Part (b): “You have bestowed upon me and my parents”.

Revealed: Part (a) has 19 Arabic letters, and Part (b) has 20 Arabic letters, revealing the diff. of 1 – GOD.

46:15 Part (c): “And to do the righteous works that please You”.

46:15 Part (d): “Let my children be righteous as well.”

Revealed: The Arabic letters are 15 and 14, revealing the diff. of 1 – GOD.

The last part of the verse takes us to “repentance” and pledging to be a “submitter” to Him and His commands. To be specific that your repentance and submission are to Allah, and no one else; He changes the revelation from Arabic letters to His own name letters, another profound miracle.

46:15 Part: I HAVE REPENTED TO YOU.

46:15 Part: I AM NOW A SUBMITTER.

Revealed: The Allah letters are 3 and 4, revealing the diff. of 1 – ABSOLUTE, ALMIGHTY GOD.

Through these miracles God has made it easy for you to understand the complexities of the verses, by breaking them into parts, and then explaining to you. His blessings are inexhaustible; all He wants to see is that the humans appreciate them and thereby worship Him, wholeheartedly.

Just as you have witnessed that God matched the messenger's letters to coincide with the word, “forty”, with 40 letters of messenger's name; similarly, you will now see that He will bring out the revelation of “19-14” through messenger's letters:

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46:15 Part: “My Lord, direct me to appreciate the blessings You have bestowed upon me and my parents.”

Revealed: The messenger's letters are 19.

46:15 Part: “And to do the righteous works that please You. Let my children be righteous as well.”

Revealed: The messenger's letters are 14.

This was a revelation of the Sacred Codes embedded in the verse above with the messenger's letters.

You have no way of knowing that your children will be guided by God or not. As you repent and submit to Him by age 40, your children should be on your mind, as you would like to see them again in Heaven. You will wish that your children follow the path of God through the messengers, and can only implore Him for their guidance, though you cannot guarantee their salvation. You wish that when they grow up, they are also inspired by God to believe and follow the guidance through the 114 chapters of the Quran. Hence the verse will prove what I just said:

46:15 Part: “Let my children be righteous as well.”

Revealed: The GV of messenger's letters is precisely 114, representing the chapters of the Quran.

After you have complied and uttered the righteous words, as given in 46:15, your Lord then accepts your Submission through the righteous works commanded by Him and provides the vivid Proof to confirm the truth of the messenger’s statement.

46:15 Part: My Lord, direct me to appreciate the blessings You have bestowed upon me, and upon my parents, and to do the righteous works that please You. Let my children be righteous as well. I have repented to You; I am now a submitter.

46:16 It is from these that we accept the righteous works, and overlook their sins. They have deserved Paradise. This is the truthful promise that is promised to them.

Revealed: The GVs of Allah letters are 348 and 238, revealing the diff. of

110. This is a profound number representing His Absolute Authority

through His Shahadah: “La Elaha Ella Hoo”, GV 110. This is the reason you

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have to recite the Shahadah to become a Muslim –(Submitter), which is an acknowledgment by you that Allah is One, and being the only Authority in the entire Universe, His commands supersede our wishes and the commands of all other human beings.

Note that 46:16 informs us about God’s acceptance of our righteous works, after we have fulfilled our obligation stated in 46:15. Count the number of remaining verses to the end of the chapter: they are precisely 19, to confirm the truth of 46:16. A great majority of people who are not reverent of God, and His Absolute Authority over all laws, will never reflect on His System through these verses. They fail to take advantage of His mercy, nor do they see and reflect on the Signs shown through these Khutbahs, to realize God’s blessings. The verse and the portion of the verse appropriately connected and linked together for disbelieving people and children are as follows:

46:17 Part 1: Then there is the one who says to his parents, “Woe to you; you are telling me that (after death) I will come back to life? How come those who died before us never come back?

**(the disbelieving children not meant to be guided by God will question God and the Hereafter).

46:18 Such are the ones stamped as disbelievers among every generation of jinns and humans; they are the losers.

Revealed: The Aleefs are 9 and 10, revealing the diff. of 1; or the sum being 19. Both numbers reveal God as 1.

The disbelieving children can cause a lot of anguish to the believing parents. Out of His mercy, God gives an example through 18:74,80,81 that He removed the child of believing parents from earth, as he was going to transgress when he grew up. God then substituted with a righteous child, out of His grace.

The portion in verse 46:17 where parents cry out for God’s help asking their children to believe carries the weighty Miracle of both the Sacred Codes.

46:17 Part: The parents would cry for GOD’s help and say, “Woe to you; please believe! GOD’s promise is the truth.”

Revealed: The Allah letters are 14, and messenger's letters are 19; a Supreme Miracle of God is revealed.

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The answer and the reason given by the disbelieving adults and children for not believing in God is:

46:17 Part: He would say, “Tales from the past!”

Revealed: The Allah letters are 12, and messenger's letters are 13, revealing the diff. of 1; truly proving that the words of Quran are from the ONE, Almighty, Omnipotent, Most Gracious, Most Merciful, Most Wise, All-Aware, All-Seeing, Cognizant, LORD.

If, as the disbelievers claim, that they are tales from the past; meaning that a human being made up these verses and stories, then their argument is nullified through these Proofs and Miracles, as they reveal the Signature of the Most Wise which you have witnessed many times over and over. Glory be to my Lord.

Now let me show and compare the two verses; the first one is for the “righteous” with the reward of Paradise, while the second one states the foreknowledge of God about the “disbelievers”, who are losers.

46:16 It is from these that we accept the righteous works, and overlook their sins. They have deserved Paradise. This is the truthful promise that is promised to them. 46:18 Such are the ones stamped as disbelievers among every generation of jinns and humans; they are losers.

Revealed: The Allah letters are 23 and 22, revealing the diff. of - 1 GOD. Revealed: The messenger's letters are 41 and 40, revealing the diff. of - 1 GOD.

Special Note: The reason God reveals the “Revelation of 1 God” using His letters and messenger's letters, is to show the importance of His messenger, which most believing and disbelieving people discount all the time and are therefore sent astray by God. If you can truly understand the magnitude of God’s miracles, then you can truly be a good believer, if God wills it.

Also note that the age of repentance verses starts with 46:15 preceded by 46:14 and ends at 46:18, followed by 46:19. This gives the subject added importance as it is surrounded by verses numbered 14 and 19, the two Divine Codes. Moreover, the verses themselves carry the Sacred Codes also.

46:14 They have deserved Paradise where they abide forever; a reward for their works.

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Revealed: The Allah letters are 14, and messenger's letters are 19, being the Divine Codes of 14 – 19.

46:19 They all attain the ranks they have deserved, in accordance with their works. He will pay them for their works, without the least injustice.

Revealed: The Allah letters are 14, and messenger's initials are 19, being the Sacred Codes of 14 – 19.

You will now realize that a few verses from God can extend to 11 pages of Khutbah. God has shown extreme mercy by revealing such profound Revelations. I hope they benefit mankind, and they resort to the truth of Submission which is to be tested as a “believer”, as all the subjects in the Quran are relative to God’s messengers. Please prostrate to the Most Gracious after hearing or reading this, and do not forget the command to repent at age 40, by reciting exactly what is written in the verses.

Peace be upon the messengers.

Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Universe.