If you look at the ending of all these verses, they end with an action done by a third party which is apparent from the alphabet 'ya' as a prefix (yushrikoon, ya'diloon, ya'lamoon). The exception is the ending of verse 62 which ends with a verb with the prefix 'ta'(tadhakkaroon), which makes it a 2nd person verb. This verb means 'remember'. In this verse, Allah speaks about dua', how He responds to the call of the one in distress and removes harm. It is a favour conferred upon both believers and unbelievers, and that's why He, the Most Wise ends the verse with a sharp rebuke, "Little is it that YOU remember." It was this particular verse that struck me hard, because of the sudden change in the verb form. Allah was speaking to me, to us the believers directly, not about the disbelievers as in the previous and latter verses!
I hope his recitation will stir your emotions too and cause us to stop and reflect for a moment, the countless bounties that Allah has bestowed upon us, and in particular how He has always answered our call when we are in distress, and contrarily how little do we remember Him in times of happiness and ease....
p/s: If you do not understand arabic, then you can read the meanings as provided below, but the effect will not be the same. Still, better than not listening/reading at all....
Say, [O Muhammad], "Praise be to Allah , and peace upon His servants whom He has chosen. Is Allah better or what they associate with Him?" Is He [not best] who created the heavens and the earth and sent down for you rain from the sky, causing to grow thereby gardens of joyful beauty which you could not [otherwise] have grown the trees thereof? Is there a deity with Allah ? [No], but they are a people who ascribe equals [to Him].
Is He [not best] who made the earth a stable ground and placed within it rivers and made for it firmly set mountains and placed between the two seas a barrier? Is there a deity with Allah ? [No], but most of them do not know.
Is He [not best] who responds to the desperate one when he calls upon Him and removes evil and makes you inheritors of the earth? Is there a deity with Allah ? Little do you remember.
Is He [not best] who guides you through the darknesses of the land and sea and who sends the winds as good tidings before His mercy? Is there a deity with Allah ? High is Allah above whatever they associate with Him.
Is He [not best] who begins creation and then repeats it and who provides for you from the heaven and earth? Is there a deity with Allah ? Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful." Quran 27: 58-64
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