of the
Authorized
English translation of the Quran by
Dr.
Rashad Khalifa
The Crucial
Age of 40
What is the age of responsibility?
If a child dies at the age of 12,
without even hearing about God,
does this child go to Heaven or Hell?
What if the child is 15 years
old, or 21, or 25? At what age will the
human being be held responsible
for his or her beliefs?
This question has puzzled researchers
of all religions for a long time.
The Quran sets the age of
responsibility at 40; anyone who dies before
this age goes to Heaven
(46:15).
If the person believed in God
and benefitted from belief by nourishing and developing the soul
(see Appendix 15),
he or she goes to the High Heaven. Otherwise, the person goes to the Lower
Heaven.
Your first reaction to this piece
of information is objection: "What
if the person was really bad,
evil, and an atheist, will he go to
Heaven if he died before the age
of 40?" This is
because you are mean,
while God is the Most Merciful.
Our tendency is to
"put them all in
Hell." People who
objected strongly to this Divine mercy cannot come up with
a cut-off age of responsibility.
They ask questions like,
"What if the person was really
wicked?" The answer
is, "Does God know
that this person was wicked?"
"Yes."
"Does God know that this person
does not deserve to go to Heaven?"
"Yes."
"Therefore, this person will not
die before the age of 40."
As simple as that.
God is the only one who terminates
our lives on this earth.
He knows exactly who deserves
to go Heaven and who deserves to go to Hell.
Early in 1989 a man by the name
of Theodore Robert Bundy was executed
for killing a number of women.
The whole nation agreed that he was one
of the most vicious criminals
in history.
So
much so that his execution was one of the rare occasions where the opponents
of capital punishment did not protest.
On the contrary, many people actually
celebrated his execution. Numerous journalists, editorials, and politicians
lamented the fact that justice took eleven years to execute Ted
Bundy. They
stated that Bundy should have been executed within a maximum of six years
after his conviction.
According to the Quran, this would
have been the greatest favor anyone could have done to Bundy. He was 42 years
old when executed. Had he been executed five years earlier, at the age of
37, he would have gone straight to Heaven, and he did not deserve
that.
As it turns out, Bundy was one
of the signs God has given us to
confirm that anyone who dies before
40 goes to Heaven. Bundy's name,
Theodore Robert Bundy, consists
of 19 letters, and he confessed to
killing 19 women just one day
before his execution.
There were many other signs from
God.
Delivering this important piece
of information is one of the
responsibilities given to me as
God's Messenger of the
Covenant. It is
not my personal
opinion. It is
noteworthy that both Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were
assassinated just a couple of
months before their 40th birthdays.
Editorial Note (1):
God reminds us in the Quran that He gave those who are punished in Hell,
a life long chance before committing them to Hell. What is a life long chance,
12, 15, 20 .....years ??!!!
[35:37] They will scream therein, "Our Lord, if you get us out of here, we
will work righteousness, instead of the works we used to do." Did we not
give you a life-long chance, with continuous reminders for those who
would take heed? Did you not receive the warner? Therefore, taste (the
consequences). The transgressors will have no one to help them.
Editorial Note (2):
The Quran mentions that a human being reaches full maturity at age forty
(Quran 46:15). This is a very unusual statement. Even today most people accept
that full maturity is reached at puberty and laws usually put it between
18 to 21. However, the Quran is scientifically correct where even modern
laws are inaccurate. If we analyze the statement based on psychological tests
conducted by scientisits, what we find is that the "overall quantity of stored
knowledge in the mind of an individual reaches a peak at age thirty-nine
and after that it gradually declines."
Arthur
C. Guyton, in his standard textbook on physiology,
Physiology
of the Human Body( 6th ed, pg.207), states this. Guyton's book is used
as a standard text in at many pre-medical schools around the world.
Taken from:
http://members.aol.com/masadi/sci.htm
Glory be to God!
Omar
Editorial Note (3):
* And
from Emon;
Nothing is a coincidence , Sura 40 of the Quran is named:
Forgiver
(Ghafer). The hint is very clear to the believers.
Editorial Note (4):
* Age
of responsibility is stated in the Quran as the age of 40 in verse
46:15.
4615+40=4655
4655=19X245
* In
verse 46:15 the word forty (40) is the 19th word in the verse, an
indication that the discovery of its significance will be unveiled by the
messenger of the covenant who was destined to unveil the mathemtical miracle
of the Quran based on number 19.
* And
from Mehmet K. K. from Istanbul, Turkey
4615+40=4655 4655=19*245
and
2*4*5=40!!!!!
* And
from Lydia;
I enjoyed this observation. And I would add a note.
4615+40=4655 and 4655=19 X 245. Taking
the 245... [2:45]
You shall seek help through steadfastness and the Contact Prayers (Salat).
This is difficult indeed, but not so for the reverent,
And [24:5] If they repent afterwards and reform, then GOD is Forgiver, Merciful.
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It is known historically that prophet Muhamed was officially sent as a prophet
and a messenger of God at the age of 40.
Moses was mentioned in the Bible to reach maturity at the age of 40.
Salaamun 'Alaikum
I have discovered an astonishing connection between the Bible and the
Quran. I was reading verse 28:14 where it says in the Holy Quran that
when Moses reached the age of maturity, Moses was given wisdom and
knowledge due to his righteousness. The next verse talks about when
Moses killed the Egyptian man. Knowing that the age of maturity is 40 in
the
Quran, I was curious to find what the Bible would say about Moses' age
during this occurrence. I went on the internet and found a web page at
http://oeonline.com/~patti/part2.html
that gave me the answer I was looking for.
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Moses, at the age of 40, has it in his heart to visit his people, the
Hebrews. When he saw an Egyptian beating one of his brethren, he
avenged him by killing the Egyptian and buried his body in the sand.
Moses then fled from the presence of Pharaoh into the desert of Midian
because Pharaoh sought to kill him.The Bible also says that Moses
was grown up during this occurrence.
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[Exod 2:11] One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people
and looked on their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew,
one of his people.
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HE WAS GROWN UP SO HE HAD REACHED MATURITY. LOOK
AT WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF ACTS!!!!!!!!
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[Acts 7:23] "When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to
visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.
[Acts 7:24] And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended the
oppressed man and avenged him by striking the Egyptian.
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