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Or that of a storm-cloud in the sky, full of darkness, thunder and lightning.
They put their fingers in their ears against the thunderclaps, fearful
of death. Allah encompasses the disbelievers. (2:19)
(Satan said,) 'I will lead them astray and fill them with false hopes.
I will command them and they will cut off cattle's ears. I will command
them and they will change Allah's creation.' Anyone who takes Satan as
his protector in place of Allah has clearly lost everything. (4:119)
We prescribed for them in it: a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a
nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and retaliation
for wounds. But if anyone forgoes that as a charity, it will act as expiation
for him. Those who do not judge by what Allah has sent down, such people
are wrongdoers. (5:45)
Some of them listen to you but We have placed covers on their hearts,
preventing them from understanding it, and heaviness in their ears. Though
they see every Sign, they still have no faith, so that when they come
to you, disputing with you, those who disbelieve say, 'This is nothing
but the myths of previous peoples!' (6:25)
We created many of the jinn and mankind for Hell. They have hearts they
do not understand with. They have eyes they do not see with. They have
ears they do not hear with. Such people are like cattle. No, they are
even further astray! They are the unaware. (7:179)
Do they have legs they can walk with? Do they have hands they can grasp
with? Do they have eyes they can see with? Do they have ears they can
hear with? Say: 'Call on your partner-gods and try all your wiles against
me and grant me no reprieve. (7:195)
Among them are some who insult the Prophet, saying he is only an ear.
Say, 'An ear of good for you, believing in Allah and believing in the
believers, and a mercy for those among you who believe.' As for those
who insult the Messenger of Allah, they will have a painful punishment.
(9:61)
We have placed covers on their hearts, preventing them from understanding
it, and heaviness in their ears. When you mention your Lord alone in the
Qur'an, they turn their backs and run away. (17:46)
So We sealed their ears with sleep in the cave for a number of years.
(18:11)
Who could do greater wrong than someone who is reminded of the Signs
of his Lord and then turns away from them, forgetting all that he has
done before? We have placed covers on their hearts, preventing them from
understanding it, and heaviness in their ears. Though you call them to
guidance, they will nonetheless never be guided. (18:57)
Have they not travelled about the earth and do they not have hearts to
understand with or ears to hear with? It is not their eyes which are blind
but the hearts in their breasts which are blind. (22:46)
When Our Signs are recited to such a person, he turns away arrogantly
as if he had not heard, as if there was a great weight in his ears. So
give him news of a painful punishment. (31:7)
They say, 'Our hearts are covered up against what you call us to and
there is a heaviness in our ears. There is a screen between us and you.
So act-we are certainly acting.' (41:5)
If We had made it a Qur'an in a foreign tongue they would have said,
'Why have its Signs not been made plain? What! A foreign language for
an Arab?' Say: 'It is guidance and healing for people who believe. Those
who do not believe have heaviness in their ears and for them it is blindness.
Such people are being called from a very distant place.' (41:44)
And We diverted a group of jinn towards you to listen to the Qur'an.
When they were in earshot of it they said, 'Be quiet and listen.' When
it was over they went back to their people, warning them. (46:29)
Indeed, every time I called them to Your forgiveness, they put their
fingers in their ears, wrapped themselves up in their clothes and were
overweeningly arrogant. (71:7)
EARTH, THE
When they are told, 'Do not cause corruption on the earth,' they say,
'We are only putting things right.' (2:11)
It is He Who made the earth a couch for you, and the sky a dome. He sends
down water from the sky and by it brings forth fruits for your provision.
Do not, then, knowingly make others equal to Allah. (2:22)
Those who break Allah's contract after it has been agreed, and sever
what Allah has commanded to be joined, and cause corruption on the earth,
it is they who are the lost. (2:27)
When your Lord said to the angels, 'I am putting an overlord on the earth,'
they said, 'Why put on it one who will cause corruption on it and shed
blood when we glorify You with praise and proclaim Your purity?' He said,
'I know what you do not know.' (2:30)
But Satan made them slip up by means of it, expelling them from where
they were. We said, 'Go down from here as enemies to each other! You will
have residence on the earth and enjoyment for a time.' (2:36)
And when Musa was looking for water for his people, We said, 'Strike
the rock with your staff.' Then twelve fountains gushed out from it and
all the people knew their drinking place. 'Eat and drink of Allah's provision
and do not go about the earth corrupting it.' (2:60)
In the creation of the heavens and earth, and the alternation of the
night and day, and the ships which sail the seas to people's benefit,
and the water which Allah sends down from the sky-by which He brings the
earth to life when it was dead and scatters about in it creatures of every
kind-and the varying direction of the winds, and the clouds subservient
between heaven and earth, there are Signs for people who use their intellect.
(2:164)
Mankind! Eat what is good and lawful on the earth. And do not follow
in the footsteps of Satan. He truly is an outright enemy to you. (2:168)
When he leaves you, he goes about the earth corrupting it, destroying
crops and animals. Allah does not love corruption. (2:205)
And with Allah's permission they routed them. Dawud killed Goliath and
Allah gave him kingship and wisdom and taught him whatever He willed.
If it were not for Allah's driving some people back by means of others,
the earth would have been corrupted. But Allah shows favour to all the
worlds. (2:251)
As for those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers, the
whole earth filled with gold would not be accepted from any of them if
they were to offer it as a ransom. They will have a painful punishment.
They will have no helpers. (3:91)
Whole societies have passed away before your time, so travel about the
earth and see the final fate of the deniers. (3:137)
The angels ask those they take while they are wronging themselves, 'What
were your circumstances?' They reply, 'We were oppressed on earth.' They
say, 'Was Allah's earth not wide enough for you to have migrated elsewhere
in it?' The shelter of such people will be Hell. What an evil destination!
(4:97)
Those who migrate in the Way of Allah will find many places of refuge
on the earth and ample sustenance. If anyone leaves his home, migrating
to Allah and His Messenger, and death catches up with him, it is Allah
Who will reward him. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (4:100)
Those who say, 'Allah is the Messiah, son of Maryam,' are disbelivers.
Say: 'Who possesses any power at all over Allah if He desires to destroy
the Messiah, son of Maryam, and his mother, and everyone else on earth?'
The kingdom of the heavens and the earth and everything between them belongs
to Allah. He creates whatever He wills. Allah has power over all things.
(5:17)
He said, 'The land will be forbidden to them for forty years during which
they will wander aimlessly about the earth. Do not waste grief on this
deviant people.' (5:26)
... So We decreed for the tribe of Israel that if someone kills another
person-unless it is in retaliation for someone else or for causing corruption
in the earth-it is as if he had murdered all mankind. And if anyone gives
life to another person, it is as if he had given life to all mankind.
Our Messengers came to them with Clear Signs but even after that many
of them committed outrages in the earth. (5:32)
The reprisal against those who wage war on Allah and His Messenger, and
go about the earth corrupting it, is that they should be killed or crucified,
or have their alternate hands and feet cut off, or be banished from the
land. That will be their degradation in this world and in the hereafter
they will have a terrible punishment. (5:33)
As for those who disbelieve, if they had everything on the earth and
the same again with it to ransom themselves from the punishment of the
Day of Rising, it would not be accepted from them. They will have a painful
punishment. (5:36)
The Jews say, 'Allah's hand is chained.' Their hands are chained and
they are cursed for what they say! No! Both His hands are open wide and
He gives however He wills. What has been sent down to you from your Lord
increases many of them in insolence and disbelief. We have incited enmity
and hatred between them until the Day of Rising. Each time they kindle
the fire of war, Allah extinguishes it. They rush about the earth corrupting
it. Allah does not love corrupters. (5:64)
Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them which
We had established on the earth far more firmly than We have established
you? We sent down heaven upon them in abundant rain and made rivers flow
under them. But We destroyed them for their wrong actions and raised up
further generations after them. (6:6)
Say: 'Travel about the earth and see the final fate of the deniers.'
(6:11)
There is no creature crawling on the earth or flying creature, flying
on its wings, who are not communities just like yourselves-We have not
omitted anything from the Book-then they will be gathered to their Lord.
(6:38)
If you obeyed most of those on earth, they would misguide you from Allah's
Way. They follow nothing but conjecture. They are only guessing. (6:116)
It is He Who appointed you successors on the earth and raised some of
you above others in rank so He could test you regarding what He has given
you. Your Lord is Swift in Retribution; and He is Ever-Forgiving, Most
Merciful. (6:165)
We have established you firmly on the earth and granted you your livelihood
in it. What little thanks you show! (7:10)
He said, 'Go down from here as enemies to each other! You will have residence
on the earth and enjoyment for a time.' (7:24)
Do not corrupt the earth after it has been put right. Call on Him fearfully
and eagerly. Allah's mercy is close to the good-doers. (7:56)
(Salih said to his people,) 'Remember when He appointed you successors
to 'Ad and settled you in the land. You built palaces on its plains and
carved out houses from the mountains. Remember Allah's blessings and do
not go about the earth, corrupting it.' (7:74)
Is it not clear to those who have inherited the earth after these people
that, if We wanted to, We could strike them for their wrong actions, sealing
up their hearts so that they cannot hear? (7:100)
The ruling circle of Pharaoh's people said, 'Are you going to leave Musa
and his people to cause corruption in the earth and abandon you and your
gods?' He said, 'We will kill their sons and let their women live. We
have absolute power over them!' (7:127)
Musa said to his people, 'Seek help in Allah and be steadfast. The earth
belongs to Allah. He bequeathes it to any of His servants He wills. The
successful outcome is for those who guard against evil.' (7:128)
I will divert from My Signs all those who are arrogant in the earth without
any right. If they see every Sign, they will not believe in it. If they
see the way of right guidance, they will not take it as a way. But if
they see the way of error, they will take that as a way. That is because
they denied Our Signs and paid no attention to them. (7:146)
And We divided them into nations in the earth. Some of them are righteous
and some are other than that. We tried them with good and evil so that
hopefully they would return. (7:168)
And (it is He Who) unified their hearts. Even if you had spent everything
on the earth, you could not have unified their hearts. But Allah has unified
them. He is Almighty, All-Wise. (8:63)
They swear by Allah that they said nothing, but they definitely spoke
the word of disbelief and returned to disbelief after their Islam. They
planned something which they did not achieve and they were vindictive
for no other cause than that Allah and His Messenger had enriched them
from His bounty. If they were to repent, it would be better for them.
But if they turn away, Allah will punish them with a painful punishment
in this world and the hereafter, and they will not find any protector
or helper on the earth. (9:74)
And (He turned) also towards the three who were left behind, so that
when the earth became narrow for them, for all its great breadth, and
their own selves became constricted for them and they realised that there
was no refuge from Allah except in Him, He turned to them so that they
might turn to Him. Allah is the Ever-Returning, the Most Merciful. (9:118)
Then We appointed you after them to be successors on the earth so We
might observe how you would act. (10:14)
But then, when He does rescue them, they become rebellious in the earth
without any right to do so. Mankind, your rebelliousness is only against
yourselves. There is the enjoyment of the life of this world and then
you will return to Us and We will inform you about what you did. (10:23)
The metaphor of the life of this world is that of water which We send
down from the sky, and which then mingles with the plants of the earth
to provide food for both people and animals. Then, when the earth is at
its loveliest and takes on its fairest guise and its people think they
have it under their control, Our command comes upon it by night or day
and We reduce it to dried-out stubble, as though it had not been flourishing
just the day before! In this way We make Our Signs clear for people who
reflect. (10:24)
If every self that did wrong possessed everything on earth, it would
offer it as a ransom. They will show remorse when they see the punishment.
Everything will be decided between them justly. They will not be wronged.
(10:54)
If your Lord had willed, all the people on the earth would have believed.
Do you think you can force people to be believers? (10:99)
There is no creature on the earth which is not dependent upon Allah for
its provision. He knows where it lives and where it dies. They are all
in a Clear Book. (11:6)
They were not able to thwart Allah on earth, and had no protectors besides
Allah. The punishment will be doubled for them. They were unable to hear
and could not see. (11:20)
(Salih said,) 'My people! Here is the she-camel of Allah as a Sign for
you. So leave her alone to eat on Allah's earth and do not inflict any
harm on her or you will be overcome by an imminent punishment.' (11:64)
(Shu'ayb said,) 'My people! Give full measure and full weight with justice;
do not diminish people's goods; and do not go about the earth, corrupting
it.' (11:85)
Would that there had been more people with a vestige of good among the
generations of those who came before you, who forbade corruption in the
earth, other than the few among them whom We saved. Those who did wrong
gladly pursued the life of luxury that they were given and were evildoers.
(11:116)
In the earth there are diverse regions side by side and gardens of grapes
and cultivated fields, and palm-trees sharing one root and others with
individual roots, all watered with the same water. And We make some things
better to eat than others. There are Signs in that for people who use
their intellect. (13:4)
Those who respond to their Lord will receive the best. But as for those
who do not respond to Him, even if they owned everything on the earth
and the same again with it, they would offer it as a ransom. They will
receive an evil Reckoning. Their shelter will be Hell. What an evil resting-place!
(13:18)
But as for those who break Allah's contract after it has been agreed
and sever what Allah has commanded to be joined, and cause corruption
in the earth, the curse will be upon them. They will have the Evil Abode.
(13:25)
What then of Him Who is standing over every self seeing everything it
does? Yet still they associate others with Allah! Say: 'Name them! Or
would you inform Him of something in the earth He does not know, or are
they words which are simply guesswork on your part?' However, the plotting
of those who disbelieve seems good to them and they bar the way. Anyone
misguided by Allah has no guide. (13:33)
Musa said, 'If you were to be ungrateful, you and everyone on the earth,
Allah is Rich Beyond Need, Praiseworthy.' (14:8)
He (Satan) said, 'My Lord, because You misled me, I will make things
on the earth seem good to them and I will mislead them all, every one
of them.' (15:39)
We sent a Messenger among every people saying: 'Worship Allah and keep
clear of all false gods.' Among them were some whom Allah guided but others
received the misguidance they deserved. Travel about the earth and see
the final fate of the deniers. (16:36)
He hides away from people because of the evil of the good news he has
been given. Should he keep her ignominiously or bury her in the earth?
What an evil judgement they make! (16:59)
Do not strut arrogantly about the earth. You will certainly never split
the earth apart nor will you ever rival the mountains in height. (17:37)
Say: 'If there had been angels on the earth going about in peace, We
would have sent down to them an angel from heaven as Messenger.' (17:95)
We made everything on the earth adornment for it so that We could test
them to see whose actions are the best. (18:7)
Make a metaphor for them of the life of this world. It is like water
which We send down from the sky and the plants of the earth combine with
it but then become dry chaff scattered by the winds. Allah has absolute
power over everything. (18:45)
On the Day We make the mountains move and you see the earth laid bare
and We gather them together, not leaving out a single one of them. (18:47)
We gave him (Dhu'l-Qarnayn) power and authority on the earth and granted
him a way to everything. (18:84)
It is We Who will inherit the earth and all those on it. They will be
returned to Us. (19:40)
It is He Who made the earth a cradle for you and threaded pathways for
you through it and sent down water from the sky by which We have brought
forth various different types of plants. (20:53)
We placed firmly embedded mountains on the earth, so it would not move
under them, and We put broad valleys as roadways in it, so that perhaps
they might be guided. (21:31)
We wrote down in the Zabur, after the Reminder came: 'It is My servants
who are righteous who will inherit the earth.' (21:105)
Mankind! If you are in any doubt about the Rising, know that We created
you from dust then from a drop of sperm then from a clot of blood then
from a lump of flesh, formed yet unformed, so We may make things clear
to you. We make whatever We want stay in the womb until a specified time
and then We bring you out as children so that you can reach your full
maturity. Some of you die and some of you revert to the lowest form of
life so that, after having knowledge, they then know nothing at all. And
you see the earth dead and barren; then when We send down water onto it
it quivers and swells and sprouts with luxuriant plants of every kind.
(22:5)
(Believers are) those who, if We establish them firmly on the earth,
will perform prayer and give the alms, and command what is right and forbid
what is wrong. The end result of all affairs is with Allah. (22:41)
Do you not see that Allah sends down water from the sky and then in the
morning the earth is covered in green? Allah is All-Subtle, All-Aware.
(22:63)
We sent down a measured amount of water from heaven and lodged it firmly
in the earth; and We are well able to remove it. (23:18)
It is He Who dispersed you about the earth and you will be gathered to
Him. (23:79)
Say: 'To whom does the earth belong, and everyone in it, if you have
any knowledge?' (23:84)
He will say, 'How many years did you tarry on the earth?' (23:112)
Do not imagine that those who disbelieve are able to escape Allah on
earth. Their shelter will be the Fire. What an evil destination! (24:57)
The servants of the All-Merciful are those who walk lightly on the earth
and, who, when the ignorant speak to them, say, 'Peace'. (25:63)
Have they not looked at the earth and seen how We have made every sort
of beneficial species grow in it? (26:7)
(Salih said to his people,) 'Do not obey the orders of the profligate,
those who corrupt the earth and do not put things right.' (26:151-152)
Do not diminish people's goods and do not go about the earth, corrupting
it. (26:183)
He Who made the earth a stable dwelling place and appointed rivers flowing
through its midst and placed firmly embedded mountains on it and set a
barrier between the two seas. Is there another god besides Allah? No indeed,
but most of them do not know it! (27:61)
He Who responds to the oppressed when they call on Him and removes their
distress, and has appointed you as inheritors of the earth. Is there another
god besides Allah? How little you pay heed! (27:62)
Say: 'Travel about the earth and see the final fate of the evildoers.'
(27:69)
(His people said to Qarun,) 'Seek the abode of the hereafter with what
Allah has given you, without forgetting your portion of this world. And
do good as Allah has been good to you. And do not seek to cause corruption
in the earth. Allah does not love corrupters.' (28:77)
That abode of the hereafter-We grant it to those who do not seek to exalt
themselves in the earth or to cause corruption in it. The successful outcome
is for those who guard against evil. (28:83)
Say: 'Travel about the earth and see how He brought creation out of nothing.
Then later Allah will bring about the next existence. Allah has power
over all things. ' (29:20)
And to Madyan We sent their brother Shu'ayb, he said, 'My people, worship
Allah and look to the Last Day and do not act unjustly on earth, corrupting
it.' (29:36)
And Qarun and Pharaoh and Haman-Musa came with the Clear Signs to them,
but they were arrogant on the earth. They could not outstrip Us. (29:39)
My servants, you who believe, My earth is wide, so worship Me alone!
(29:56)
If you ask them, 'Who sends down water from the sky, bringing the earth
back to life again after it was dead?' they will say, 'Allah.' Say: 'Praise
be to Allah.' But most of them do not use their intellect. (29:63)
Have they not travelled in the earth and seen the final fate of those
before them? They had greater strength than them and cultivated the land
and inhabited it in far greater numbers than they do. Their Messengers
also came to them with the Clear Signs. Allah would never have wronged
them; but they wronged themselves. (30:9)
Say: 'Travel about the earth and see the final fate of those before.
Most of them were idolaters.' (30:42)
So look at the effect of the mercy of Allah, how He brings the dead earth
back to life. Truly He is the One Who brings the dead to life. He has
power over all things. (30:50)
It is Allah Who created the heavens with no support-you can see them-and
cast firmly embedded mountains on the earth so that it would not move
under you, and scattered about in it creatures of every kind. And We send
down water from the sky and make every generous species grow in it. (31:10)
Do not avert your face from people out of haughtiness and do not strut
about arrogantly on the earth. Allah does not love anyone who is vain
or boastful. (31:18)
If all the trees on earth were pens and all the sea, with seven more
seas besides, was ink Allah's words still would not run dry. Allah is
Almighty, All-Wise. (31:27)
It is He Who made you representatives on the earth. So whoever disbelieves,
his disbelief is against himself. In Allah's sight, the disbelief of the
disbelievers only increases their loathsomeness; the disbelief of the
disbelievers only increases their loss. (35:39)
Have they not travelled in the land and seen the final fate of those
before them? They were far greater than them in strength. Allah cannot
be withstood in any way, either in the heavens or on earth. He is All-Knowing,
All-Powerful. (35:44)
(We said), 'Dawud! We have made you a successor on the earth, so judge
between people with truth and do not follow your own desires, letting
them misguide you from the Way of Allah. Those who are misguided from
the Way of Allah will receive a harsh punishment because they forgot the
Day of Reckoning.' (38:26)
We did not create heaven and earth and everything between them to no
purpose. That is the opinion of those who disbelieve. Woe to those who
disbelieve, because of the Fire! (38:27)
Would We make those who believe and do right actions the same as those
who cause corruption on the earth? Would We make those who guard against
evil the same as the dissolute? (38:28)
If those who did wrong owned everything on earth, and the same again
with it, they would offer it as a ransom to save themselves from the evil
of the punishment on the Day of Rising. What confronts them from Allah
will be something they did not reckon with. (39:47)
Have they not travelled in the earth and seen the final fate of those
before them? They were greater than them in strength and left far deeper
traces on the earth, yet Allah seized them for their wrong actions and
they had no one to protect them from Allah. (40:21)
It is Allah Who made the earth a stable home for you and the sky a dome,
and formed you, giving you the best of forms, and provided you with good
and wholesome things. That is Allah, your Lord. Blessed be Allah, the
Lord of all the worlds. (40:64)
(Disbelievers will be told,) 'That is because you exulted on the earth,
without any right to do so; and strutted about.' (40:75)
Have they not travelled in the land and seen the final fate of those
before them? They were more numerous than them and greater in strength
and left more and deeper traces on earth, but what they earned was of
no use to them. (40:82)
Among His Signs is that you see the earth laid bare and then when We
send down water on it, it quivers and swells. He Who gives it life is
He Who gives life to the dead. Certainly He has power over all things.
(41:39)
Were Allah to expand the provision of His servants, they would act as
tyrants on the earth. But He sends down whatever He wills in a measured
way. He is aware of and He sees His servants. (42:27)
You will not be able to thwart Him on the earth and you have no protector
or helper besides Allah. (42:31)
There are only grounds against those who wrong people and act as tyrants
in the earth without any right to do so. Such people will have a painful
punishment. (42:42)
If We wished We could appoint angels in exchange for you to succeed you
on the earth. (43:60)
And in the alternation of night and day and the provision Allah sends
down from the sky, bringing the earth to life by it after it has died,
and the varying direction of the winds, there are Signs for people who
use their intellect. (45:5)
On the Day when those who disbelieved are exposed to the Fire: 'You dissipated
the good things you had in your worldly life and enjoyed yourself in it.
So today you are being repaid with the punishment of humiliation for being
arrogant in the earth without any right and for being deviators.' (46:20)
(A group of jinn said to their people,) 'Those who do not respond to
Allah's caller cannot thwart Allah on earth and have no protectors apart
from Him. Such people are clearly misguided.' (46:32)
Have they not travelled about the earth and seen the final fate of those
before them? Allah destroyed them utterly. And those who disbelieve will
suffer the same fate. (47:10)
Is it not likely that, if you did turn away, you would cause corruption
in the earth and sever your ties of kinship? (47:22)
There are certainly Signs in the earth for people with certainty. (51:20)
Know that Allah brings the earth to life after it was dead. We have made
the Signs clear to you so that hopefully you will use your intellect.
(57:17)
Nothing occurs, either in the earth or in yourselves, without its being
in a Book before We make it happen. That is something easy for Allah.
(57:22)
Then when the prayer is finished spread through the earth and seek Allah's
bounty and remember Allah much so that hopefully you will be successful.
(62:10)
It is He Who made the earth submissive to you, so walk its broad trails
and eat what it provides. The Resurrection is to Him. (67:15)
Say: 'It is He Who scattered you about the earth and you will be gathered
to Him.' (67:24)
So when the Trumpet is blown with a single blast, and the earth and the
mountains are lifted and crushed with a single blow, (69:13-14)
On the Day the sky is like molten brass and the mountains like tufts
of coloured wool. no good friend will ask about his friend even though
they can see each other. An evildoer will wish he could ransom himself
from the punishment of that Day, by means of his sons, or his wife or
his brother or his family who sheltered him or everyone else on earth,
if that only meant that he could save himself. (70:8-14)
Nuh said, 'My Lord! Do not leave a single one of the disbelievers on
earth!' (71:26)
(Say: 'It has been revealed to me that a band of the jinn listened and
said,) "We have no idea whether evil is intended for those on the earth,
or whether their Lord intends them to be rightly guided."' (72:10)
(Say: 'It has been revealed to me that a band of the jinn listened and
said,) "We realised we would never thwart Allah on earth and would never
thwart Him by flight."' (72:12)
On the Day the earth and mountains shake and the mountains become like
shifting dunes. (73:14)
Did We not make the earth a receptacle? (77:25)
Have We not made the earth a flat carpet? (78:6)
After that He smoothed out the earth. (79:30)
EARTH (SOIL)
You who believe! Do not nullify your charity by demands for gratitude
or insulting words, like him who spends his wealth, showing off to people
and not believing in Allah and the Last Day. His likeness is that of a
smooth rock coated with soil, which, when heavy rain falls on it, is left
stripped bare. They have no power over anything they have earned. Allah
does not guide disbelieving people. (2:264)
The likeness of 'Isa in Allah's sight is the same as Adam. He created
him from earth and then He said to him, 'Be!' and he was. (3:59)
You who believe! Do not approach the prayer when you are drunk, so that
you will know what you are saying, nor in a state of major impurity-unless
you are travelling-until you have washed yourselves completely. If you
are ill or on a journey, or any of you have come from the lavatory or
touched women, and you cannot find any water, then take for yourselves
clean earth, wiping your faces and your hands. Allah is Ever-Pardoning,
Ever-Forgiving. (4:43)
You who believe! When you get up to perform prayer, wash your faces and
your hands and your arms to the elbows, and wipe over your heads, and
(wash) your feet to the ankles. If you are in a state of major impurity,
then purify yourselves. But if you are ill or on a journey, or have come
from the lavatory, or have touched women, and cannot find any water, then
take for yourselves clean earth, and wipe your faces and your hands therewith.
Allah does not want to make things difficult for you, but He does want
to purify you and to perfect His blessing upon you so that hopefully you
will be thankful. (5:6)
It is He Who created you from earth, then from a drop of sperm, then
from a clot of blood, then He brings you out as infants, then so you may
achieve full strength, then so you may become old men-though some of you
may die before that time-so that you may reach a predetermined age and
so that hopefully you will use your intellect. (40:67)
To whoever avoids the major wrong actions and indecencies-except for
minor lapses-truly your Lord is vast in forgiveness. He has most knowledge
of you when He first produced you from the earth, and when you were embryos
in your mothers' wombs. So do not claim purity for yourselves. He knows
best those who guard against evil. (53:32)
EAST - WEST
Both East and West belong to Allah, so wherever you turn, the Face of
Allah is there. Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing. (2:115)
The fools among the people will ask, 'What has made them turn round from
the direction they used to face?' Say, 'Both East and West belong to Allah.
He guides whoever He wills to a straight path.' (2:142)
It is not devoutness to turn your faces to the East or to the West. Rather,
those with true devoutness are those who believe in Allah and the Last
Day, the Angels, the Book and the Prophets, and who, despite their love
for it, give away their wealth to their relatives and to orphans and the
very poor, and to travellers and beggars and to set slaves free, and who
perform prayer and give the alms; those who honour their contracts when
they make them, and are steadfast in poverty and illness and in battle.
Those are the people who are true. They are the people who guard against
evil. (2:177)
What about the one who argued with Ibrahim about his Lord, on the basis
that Allah had given him sovereignty? Ibrahim said, 'My Lord is He Who
gives life and causes to die.' He said, 'I too give life and cause to
die.' Ibrahim said, 'Allah makes the sun come from the East. Make it come
from the West.' And the one who was a disbeliever was dumbfounded. Allah
does not guide wrongdoing people. (2:258)
And We bequeathed to the people who had been oppressed the easternmost
part of the land We had blessed, and its westernmost part as well. The
most excellent Word of your Lord was fulfilled for the tribe of Israel
on account of their steadfastness. And We utterly destroyed what Pharaoh
and his people made and the buildings they constructed. (7:137)
Mention Maryam in the Book, how she withdrew from her people to an eastern
place. (19:16)
Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The metaphor of His
Light is that of a niche in which is a lamp, the lamp inside a glass,
the glass like a brilliant star, lit from a blessed tree, an olive, neither
of the east nor of the west, its oil all but giving off light even if
no fire touches it. Light upon Light. Allah guides to His Light whoever
He wills and Allah makes metaphors for mankind and Allah has knowledge
of all things. (24:35)
He said, 'The Lord of the East and the West and everything between them
if you used your intellect.' (26:28)
So they pursued them towards the east. (26:60)
Lord of the heavens and the earth and everything between them; Lord of
the Easts. (37:5)
If someone shuts his eyes to the remembrance of the All-Merciful, We
assign him a Satan who becomes his bosom friend. They debar them from
the path, yet they still think they are guided-so that, when he reaches
Us, he says, 'If only there was the distance of the two Easts between
you and me!' What an evil companion! (43:36-38)
The Lord of the two Easts and the Lord of the two Wests. (55:17)
No! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and Wests that We have the power.
(70:40)
Lord of the East and West-there is no god but Him-so take Him as your
Guardian. (73:9)
EATING
They (the Disciples) said, 'We want to eat from it and for our hearts
to be at peace and to know that you have told us the truth and to be among
those who witness it.' (5:113)
Do not eat anything over which the name of Allah has not been mentioned.
To do so is sheer deviance. The Satans inspire their friends to dispute
with you. If you obeyed them you would then be idolaters. (6:121)
He (Yusuf's father) said, 'It grieves me to let him go with you I fear
a wolf might come and eat him up while you are heedless, not attending
him.' (12:13)
Two servants entered prison along with him. One said, 'I dreamt that
I was pressing grapes.' The other said, 'I dreamt I carried bread upon
my head and birds were eating it. Tell us the true meaning of these dreams.
We see that you're one of the righteous.' (12:36)
(Yusuf said,) 'My fellow-captives, one of you will serve his lord with
wine, the other of you will be crucified and birds will eat his head.
The thing you asked about is foreordained.' (12:41)
And He created livestock. There is warmth for you in them, and various
uses and some you eat. (16:5)
It is He Who made the sea subservient to you so that you can eat fresh
flesh from it and bring out from it ornaments to wear. And you see the
ships cleaving through it so that you can seek His bounty, and so that
hopefully you will show thanks. (16:14)
They say, 'What is the matter with this Messenger, that he eats food
and walks in the market-place? Why has an angel not been sent down to
him so that it can be a warner along with him? Why has treasure not been
showered down on him? Why does he not have a garden to give him food?'
The wrongdoers say, 'You are merely following a man who is bewitched.'
(25:7-8)
We never sent any Messengers before you who did not eat food and walk
in the market-place. But We have made some of you a trial for others to
see if you will be steadfast. Your Lord sees everything. (25:20)
Do they not see how We drive water to barren land and bring forth crops
by it which their livestock and they themselves both eat? So will they
not see? (32:27)
You who believe! Do not go into the Prophet's rooms except when you are
invited to come and eat. Do not wait there while the food is being cooked.
However, when you are called, go in, and when you have eaten, disperse,
not remaining there to chat with one another. Doing that causes annoyance
to the Prophet though he is too reticent to tell you so. But Allah is
not reticent with the truth. When you ask his wives for something, ask
them from behind a screen. That is purer for your hearts and their hearts.
It is not right for you to cause annoyance to the Messenger of Allah or
ever to marry his wives after him. To do that would be a dreadful thing
in Allah's sight. (33:53)
Then when We decreed that he (Sulayman) should die, nothing divulged
his death to them except the worm which ate his staff; so that when he
fell down it was made clear to the jinn that if they had truly had knowledge
of the Unseen they need not have stayed there suffering humiliating punishment.
(34:14)
A Sign for them is the dead land which We bring to life and from which
We bring forth grain of which they eat. (36:33)
We place in it gardens of dates and grapes, and cause springs to gush
out in it, so they may eat its fruits-they did not do it themselves. So
will they not be thankful? (36:34-35)
They will eat from it and fill their bellies with it. (37:66)
He (Ibrahim) turned surreptitiously to their gods and said, 'Do you not
eat?' (37:91)
It is Allah Who has given you livestock, some for you to ride and some
to eat. (40:79)
There will be many fruits in it for you to eat. (43:73)
Allah will admit those who believe to Gardens with rivers flowing under
them. Those who disbelieve have their enjoyment, eating as cattle eat,
but the Fire will be their final residence. (47:12)
You who believe! Avoid most suspicion. Indeed some suspicion is a crime.
And do not spy and do not backbite one another. Would any of you like
to eat his brother's dead flesh? No, you would hate it. And have fear
of Allah. Allah is Ever-Returning, Most Merciful. (49:12)
He (Ibrahim) offered it to them and then exclaimed, 'Do you not then
eat?' (51:27)
Then you, you misguided, you deniers will eat from the tree of Zaqqum.
(56:51-52)
'Therefore here today he has no friend nor any food except exuding pus
which no one will eat except those who were in error.' (69:35-37)
EDEN
Allah has promised the men and women of the believers Gardens with rivers
flowing under them, remaining in them timelessly, for ever, and fine dwellings
in the Gardens of Eden. And Allah's good pleasure is even greater. That
is the great victory. (9:72)
Gardens of Eden which they will enter, and all of their parents, wives
and children who were righteous. Angels will enter in to welcome them
from every gate. (13:23)
Gardens of Eden which they enter, with rivers flowing under them, where
they have whatever they desire. That is how Allah repays those who guard
against evil. (16:31)
They will have Gardens of Eden with rivers flowing under them. They will
be adorned in them with bracelets made of gold and wear green garments
made of the finest silk and rich brocade, reclining there on couches under
canopies. What an excellent reward! What a wonderful repose! (18:31)
Gardens of Eden which the All-Merciful has promised to His servants in
the Unseen. His promise is always kept. (19:61)
Gardens of Eden with rivers flowing under them, remaining in them timelessly,
for ever. That is the reward of those who purify themselves. (20:76)
They will enter Gardens of Eden where they will be adorned with gold
bracelets and pearls, and where their clothing will be of silk. (35:33)
Gardens of Eden, whose gates will be open to them. (38:50)
(Angels ask forgiveness for the believers,) 'Our Lord, admit them to
the Gardens of Eden You have promised them, and all of their parents,
wives and children who acted rightly. Truly You are the Almighty, the
All-Wise.' (40:8)
He will forgive you your wrong actions and admit you into Gardens with
rivers flowing under them, and fine dwellings in the Gardens of Eden.
That is the Great Victory. (61:12)
Their reward is with their Lord: Gardens of Eden with rivers flowing
under them, remaining in them timelessly, for ever and ever. Allah is
pleased with them and they are pleased with Him. That is for those who
fear their Lord. (98:8)
EGYPT
And when you said, 'Musa, we will not put up with just one kind of food
so ask your Lord to supply to us some of what the earth produces-its green
vegetables, cucumbers, grains, lentils and onions,' he said, 'Do you want
to replace what is better with what is inferior? Go back to Egypt, then
you will have what you are asking for.' Abasement and destitution were
stamped upon them. They brought down anger from Allah upon themselves.
That was because they rejected Allah's Signs and killed the Prophets without
any right to do so. That was because they rebelled and went beyond the
limits. (2:61)
We revealed to Musa and his brother: 'Settle your people in houses in
Egypt and make your houses places of worship and perform prayer and give
good news to the believers.' (10:87)
The Egyptian who had bought him told his wife, 'Look after him with honour
and respect. It's possible he will be of use to us or perhaps we might
adopt him as a son.' And thus We established Yusuf in the land to teach
him the true meaning of events. Allah is in control of His affair. However,
most of mankind do not know. (12:21)
Then when they entered into Yusuf's presence, he drew his parents close
to him and said, 'Enter Egypt safe and sound, if Allah wills.' (12:99)
Pharaoh called to his people, saying, 'My people, does the kingdom of
Egypt not belong to me? Do not all these rivers flow under my control?
Do you not then see?' (43:51)
EMBRYO
To whoever avoids the major wrong actions and indecencies-except for
minor lapses-truly your Lord is vast in forgiveness. He has most knowledge
of you when He first produced you from the earth, and when you were embryos
in your mothers' wombs. So do not claim purity for yourselves. He knows
best those who guard against evil. (53:32)
EMINENCE
They said, 'Your Eminence! He has an old and venerable father, so take
one of us instead of him. We see without a doubt that you are of the people
who do good.' (12:78)
So when they came into his presence, they said, 'Your Eminence! Hardship
has hit us and our families. We bring scant merchandise, but fill the
measure for us generously. Allah always rewards a generous giver.' (12:88)
ENEMY - ENMITY
But Satan made them slip up by means of it, expelling them from where
they were. We said, 'Go down from here as enemies to each other! You will
have residence on the earth and enjoyment for a time.' (2:36)
Then you are the people who are killing one another and expelling a group
among you from their homes, ganging up against them in wrongdoing and
enmity. Yet if they are brought to you as captives, you ransom them, when
it was forbidden for you to expel them in the first place! Do you, then,
believe in one part of the Book and reject the other? What repayment will
there be for any of you who do that except disgrace in this world? And
on the Day of Rising, they will be returned to the harshest of punishments.
Allah is not unaware of what you do. (2:85)
Say, 'Anyone who is the enemy of Gabriel should know that it was he who
brought it down upon your heart, by Allah's authority, confirming what
came before, and as guidance and good news for the believers.' (2:97)
Anyone who is the enemy of Allah and of His angels, and of His Messengers
and of Gabriel and Michael, should know that Allah is the enemy of the
disbelievers. (2:98)
Mankind! Eat what is good and lawful on the earth. And do not follow
in the footsteps of Satan. He truly is an outright enemy to you. (2:168)
Fight them until there is no more discord and the religion belongs to
Allah alone. If they cease, there should be no enmity towards any but
wrongdoers. (2:193)
You who believe! Enter Islam totally. Do not follow in the footsteps
of Satan. He is an outright enemy to you. (2:208)
Hold fast to the rope of Allah all together, and do not separate. Remember
Allah's blessing to you when you were enemies and He joined your hearts
together so that you became brothers by His blessing. You were on the
very brink of a pit of the Fire and He rescued you from it. In this way
Allah makes His Signs clear to you, so that hopefully you will be guided.
(3:103)
As for anyone who does that out of enmity and wrongdoing, We will roast
him in a Fire. That is an easy matter for Allah. (4:30)
Allah knows best who your enemies are. Allah suffices as a Protector;
Allah suffices as a Helper. (4:45)
A believer should never kill another believer unless it is by mistake.
Anyone who kills a believer by mistake should free a believing slave and
pay blood-money to his family unless they forgo it as a charity. If he
is from a people who are your enemies and is a believer, you should free
a believing slave. If he is from a people you have a treaty with, blood
money should be paid to his family and you should free a believing slave.
Anyone who cannot find the means should fast two consecutive months. This
is a concession from Allah. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (4:92)
When you are travelling in the land, there is nothing wrong in your shortening
your prayer if you fear that those who disbelieve may harass you. The
disbelievers are your clear-cut enemies. (4:101)
Do not relax in pursuit of the enemy. If you feel pain, they too are
feeling it just as you are, but you hope for something from Allah which
they cannot hope for. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (4:104)
You who believe! Do not profane the sacred rites of Allah or the sacred
months, or the sacrificial animals, or the ritual garlands, or those heading
for the Sacred House, desiring profit and good pleasure from their Lord.
When your pilgrimage is over, then you may hunt. Do not let hatred for
a people who debar you from the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) incite
you into going beyond the limits. Help each other to goodness and heedfulness.
Do not help each other to wrongdoing and enmity. Have fear of Allah. Allah
is severe in retribution. (5:2)
We also made a covenant with those who say, 'We are Christians,' and
they too forgot a good portion of what they were reminded of. So We stirred
up enmity and hatred between them until the Day of Rising when Allah will
inform them about what they did. (5:14)
You see many of them rushing to wrongdoing and enmity and acquiring ill-gotten
gains. What an evil thing they do! (5:62)
The Jews say, 'Allah's hand is chained.' Their hands are chained and
they are cursed for what they say! No! Both His hands are open wide and
He gives however He wills. What has been sent down to you from your Lord
increases many of them in insolence and disbelief. We have incited enmity
and hatred between them until the Day of Rising. Each time they kindle
the fire of war, Allah extinguishes it. They rush about the earth corrupting
it. Allah does not love corrupters. (5:64)
Satan wants to stir up enmity and hatred between you by means of wine
and gambling, and to debar you from remembrance of Allah and from prayer.
Will you not then give them up? (5:91)
In this way We have appointed as enemies to every Prophet Satans from
both mankind and from the jinn, who inspire each other with delusions
by means of specious words-if your Lord had willed, they would not have
done it, so abandon them and all they fabricate. (6:112)
And also (He provides) animals for riding and for haulage and animals
for slaughtering and for wool. Eat what Allah has provided for you and
do not follow in the footsteps of Satan. He is an outright enemy to you.
(6:142)
So he enticed them to do it by means of trickery. Then when they tasted
the tree, their private parts were disclosed to them and they started
stitching together the leaves of the Garden in order to cover themselves.
Their Lord called out to them, 'Did I not forbid you this tree and say
to you, "Satan is an outright enemy to you"?' (7:22)
He said, 'Go down from here as enemies to each other! You will have residence
on the earth and enjoyment for a time.' (7:24)
They said, 'We suffered harm before you came to us and after you came
to us.' He (Musa) said, 'It may well be that your Lord is going to destroy
your enemy and make you the successors in the land so that He can see
how you behave.' (7:129)
When Musa returned to his people in anger and great sorrow, he said,
'What an evil thing you did in my absence after I left! Did you want to
hasten your Lord's command?' He threw down the Tablets and seized hold
of his brother's head, dragging him towards him. Harun said, 'Son of my
mother, The people oppressed me and almost killed me. Do not give my enemies
cause to gloat over me. Do not include me with the wrongdoing people.'
(7:150)
Arm yourselves against them with all the firepower and cavalry you can
muster, to terrify the enemies of Allah and your enemies, and others besides
them whom you do not know. Allah knows them. Anything you spend in the
Way of Allah will be repaid to you in full. You will not be wronged. (8:60)
If Allah returns you to a group of them, and they ask you for permission
to go out, say, 'You will never go out with me, nor will you ever fight
an enemy with me. You were happy to stay behind the first time, so stay
behind with those who are left behind.' (9:83)
Ibrahim would not have asked forgiveness for his father but for a promise
he made to him, and when it became clear to him that he was an enemy of
Allah, he renounced him. Ibrahim was tender-hearted and forbearing. (9:114)
It was not for people of Madina, and the desert arabs around them, to
remain behind the Messenger of Allah nor to prefer themselves to him.
That is because no thirst or weariness or hunger will afflict them in
the Way of Allah, nor will they take a single step to infuriate the disbelievers,
nor secure any gain from the enemy, without a right action being written
down for them because of it. Allah does not let the wage of the good-doers
go to waste. (9:120)
We brought the tribe of Israel across the sea and Pharaoh and his troops
pursued them out of tyranny and enmity. Then, when he was on the point
of drowning, he said, 'I believe that there is no god but Him in whom
the tribe of Israel believe. I am one of the Muslims.' (10:90)
He (Yusuf's father) said, 'My son, don't tell your brothers your dream
lest they devise some scheme to injure you, Satan is a clear-cut enemy
to man.' (12:5)
Say to My servants that they should only say the best. Satan wants to
stir up trouble between them. Satan is an outright enemy to man. (17:53)
When We said to the angels, 'Prostrate yourselves to Adam,' they prostrated
with the exception of Diabolis. He was one of the jinn and wantonly deviated
from his Lord's command. Do you take him and his offspring as protectors
apart from Me when they are your enemy? How evil is the exchange the wrongdoers
make! (18:50)
(Allah said to Musa,) 'When We revealed to your mother: "Place him into
the box and throw it into the sea and the sea will wash it up on the shore,
where an enemy of Mine and his will pick it up." I showered you with love
from Me so that you would be brought up under My supervision.' (20:38-39)
Tribe of Israel! We rescued you from your enemy and made an appointment
with you on the right hand side of the Mount and sent down manna and quails
for you. (20:80)
We said, 'Adam, this is an enemy for you and your wife, so do not let
him expel you from the Garden and thus make you miserable.' (20:117)
He said, 'Go down from it, all of you, as enemies to one another! But
when guidance comes to you from Me, all those who follow My guidance will
not go astray and will not be miserable.' (20:123)
In this way We have assigned to every Prophet an enemy from among the
evildoers. But your Lord is a sufficient guide and helper. (25:31)
(Ibrahim said,) 'They are all my enemies-except for the Lord of all the
worlds.' (26:77)
The family of Pharaoh picked him up so that he might be an enemy and
a source of grief to them. Certainly Pharaoh and Haman and their troops
were in the wrong. (28:8)
He entered the city at a time when its inhabitants were unaware and found
two men fighting there-one from his party and the other from his enemy.
The one from his party asked for his support against the other from his
enemy. So Musa hit him, dealing him a fatal blow. He said, 'This is part
of Satan's handiwork. He truly is an outright and misleading enemy.' (28:15)
But when he was about to grab the man who was their common enemy, he
said, 'Musa! Do you want to kill me just as you killed a person yesterday?
You only want to be a tyrant in the land; you do not want to be a reformer.'
(28:19)
Satan is your enemy so treat him as an enemy. He summons his party so
they will be among the people of the Searing Blaze. (35:6)
Did I not make a contract with you, tribe of Adam, not to worship Satan,
who truly is an outright enemy to you? (36:60)
On the Day We crowd the enemies of Allah into the Fire and they are driven
in close-packed ranks. (41:19)
That is the repayment of the enemies of Allah-the Fire. They will have
it for their Eternal Home as repayment for their renunciation of Our Signs.
(41:28)
A good action and a bad action are not the same. Repel the bad with something
better and, if there is enmity between you and someone else, he will be
like a bosom friend. (41:34)
Do not let Satan bar your way. He truly is an outright enemy to you.
(43:62)
On that Day the closest friends will be enemies to one another-except
for those who guard against evil. (43:67)
When mankind is gathered together, they will be their enemies and will
reject their worship. (46:6)
Do you not see those who were forbidden to confer together secretly returning
to the very thing they were forbidden to do, and conferring together secretly
in wrongdoing and enmity and disobedience to the Messenger? And when they
come to you they greet you with words Allah has never used in greeting
you, and say to themselves 'Why does Allah not punish us for what we say?'
Hell will be enough for them! They will roast in it. What an evil destination!
(58:8)
You who believe! When you confer together secretly, do not do so in wrongdoing
and enmity and disobedience to the Messenger; rather confer together in
goodness and fear of Allah. Have fear of Allah-Him to Whom you will be
gathered. (58:9)
You who believe! Do not take My enemy and your enemy as friends, showing
love for them when they have rejected the truth that has come to you,
driving out the Messenger and yourselves simply because you believe in
Allah your Lord. If you go out to strive in My Way and seeking My pleasure,
keeping secret the love you have for them, I know best what you conceal
and what you make known. Any of you who do that have strayed from the
right way. (60:1)
If they come upon you, they will be your enemies and stretch out their
hands and tongues against you with evil intent, and they would dearly
love you to become disbelievers. (60:2)
You have an excellent example in Ibrahim and those with him, when they
said to their people, 'We wash our hands of you and all that you worship
apart from Allah, and we reject you. Between us and you there will be
enmity and hatred for ever unless and until you believe in Allah alone.'
Except for Ibrahim's words to his father: 'I will ask forgiveness for
you but I have no power to help you in any way against Allah.' 'Our Lord,
we have put our trust in You and have repented to You. You are our final
destination. ' (60:4)
It may well be that Allah will restore the love between you and those
of them who are now your enemies. Allah is All-Powerful. Allah is Ever-Forgiving,
Most Merciful. (60:7)
You who believe! Be helpers of Allah as 'Isa son of Maryam said to the
Disciples, 'Who will be my helpers to Allah?' The Disciples said, 'We
will be the helpers of Allah.' One faction of the tribe of Israel believed
and the other disbelieved. So We supported those who believed against
their enemy and they became victorious. (61:14)
When you see them, their outward form appeals to you, and if they speak
you listen to what they say. But they are like propped-up planks of wood.
They imagine every cry to be against them. They are the enemy, so beware
of them. May Allah destroy them! How they are perverted! (63:4)
You who believe! Some of your wives and children are an enemy to you,
so be wary of them. But if you pardon and exonerate and forgive, Allah
is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (64:14) |
