1: Already a fascinating qualifier: that those reading this may only be led out of darkness by the permission of their own Rabb, a vague referent that I am inclined to agree with Hulusi in interpreting as "the higher self".
2,3: Standard admonition against the unbelievers. They are specifically chided for making what is simple appear complicated.
4: The but . . . why? Because he is the Aziz and the Hakim, and we can't understand his ways? Pretty fruitless reasoning, that.
5-8: and related is the question "why this 'testing' through suffering? what end does it serve?"
9-12: A whole lost, alternate history lurks here, the people of Aad and Thamud, who received their own prophets and whose messages could probably sustain their own book.
13-15: The distinction between Hulusi's interpretation of "Rabb" and the traditional one blurs here, and it is possible that drawing a distinction is pointless anyway.
16-17: Culturally fitting that the ultimate punishment is thirst.
18-22: It certainly seems like the only requirement for escaping the tortures of hell is to not deny Allah. Indeed, as far as rules and regulations go, the entire Quran is startlingly non-prescripitive. The characterization of Satan here is spot on too.
23: And the reward is also aquatic.
24-26:Hulusi's liberties here are really unsupportable. All seven of the other renderings I'm referencing are true to the word بِإِذْنِ, and translate it "will" or "permission". Hulusi can't help himself from squeezing the inscrutable Sufi interpretation "based on the suitability of its Name composition" out of it.
27-30: "Have fun in hell!" is an unexpected bit of comedy.
31-34: Really all that has ever been required of followers is a spirit of submission, salat, and prayer. Pretty reasonable if you ask me, especially considering the benefits outlined here.
35-39: We finally get to the eponymous character of this book, and he seems to be referring to Lot in his pleas.
40-41: Here ends the portion that has anything to do with Ibrahim. All he asks is that people be generous and that Allah be merciful.
42-52: The entire book is a warning, and Hulusi naturally metaphorizes all of it in quite a pleasing and resonant way. Your Rabb is clear. The rasuls have been given you. Allah is consistent. However you respond to them in this life is exactly what you will experience in the next.
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