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Or (their likeness is) 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)
He (Musa) said, 'You throw.' And when they threw, they cast a spell on
the people's eyes and caused them to feel great fear of them. They produced
an extremely powerful magic. (7:116)
The Book will be set in place and you will see the evildoers fearful
of what is in it. They will say, 'Alas for us! What is this Book which
does not pass over any action, small or great, without recording it?'
They will find there everything they did and your Lord will not wrong
anyone at all. (18:49)
(A voice called out to Musa,) 'Put your hand inside your shirt front.
It will emerge pure white yet quite unharmed. And hug your arms to your
sides to still your fear. These are two proofs from your Lord for Pharaoh
and his ruling circle. They are a deviant people.' (28:32)
You are a greater cause of terror in their breasts than Allah! That is
because they (the hypocrites) are people who do not understand. (59:13)
FEAR OF ALLAH
Tribe of Israel! Remember the blessing I conferred on you. Honour My
contract and I will honour your contract. Have dread of Me alone. (2:40)
Believe in what I have sent down, confirming what is with you. Do not
be the first to reject it and do not sell My Signs for a paltry price.
Have fear of Me alone. (2:41)
Then your hearts became hardened after that, so they were like rocks
or even harder still. There are some rocks from which rivers gush out,
and others which split open and water pours out, and others which crash
down from fear of Allah. Allah is not unaware of what you do. (2:74)
Wherever you come from, turn your face to the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram).
Wherever you are, turn your faces towards it so that people will have
no argument against you-except for those among them who do wrong and then
you should not fear them but rather fear Me-and so that I can complete
My blessing to you so that hopefully you will be guided. (2:150)
Sacred month in return for sacred month-sacred things are subject to
retaliation. So if anyone oversteps the limits against you, overstep against
him the same as he did to you. But have fear of Allah. Know that Allah
is with those who guard against evil. (2:194)
Perform the pilgrimage and the pious visit for Allah. If you are forcibly
prevented, make whatever sacrifice is feasible. But do not shave your
heads until the sacrificial animal has reached the place of sacrifice.
If any of you are ill or have a head injury, the expiation is fasting
or charity or sacrifice when you are safe and well again. And if you are
secure, then he who takes advantage of a pious visit before the pilgrimage
should make whatever sacrifice is feasible. For any one who cannot, there
is three days' fast on pilgrimage and seven on your return-that is ten
in all. That is for anyone whose family does not live near the Sacred
Mosque (Masjid al-Haram). Have fear of Allah and know that Allah is fierce
in retribution. (2:196)
The pilgrimage takes place during certain well-known months. If anyone
undertakes the obligation of pilgrimage in them, there must be no sexual
intercourse, no wrongdoing, nor any quarrelling during pilgrimage. Whatever
good you do, Allah knows it. Take provision; but the best provision is
fear of Allah. So have fear of Me, people of intelligence! (2:197)
Remember Allah on the designated days. Those who hurry on in two days
have done no wrong, and those who stay another day have done no wrong-those
of them who guard against evil. So have fear of Allah. And know that you
will be gathered back to Him. (2:203)
To those who disbelieve, the life of this world is painted in glowing
colours and they laugh at those who believe. But on the Day of Rising
those who fear Allah will be over them. Allah provides for whoever He
wills without any reckoning. (2:212)
Your women are fertile fields for you, so come to your fertile fields
however you like. Send good ahead for yourselves and have fear of Allah.
Know that you are going to meet Him. And give good news to the believers.
(2:223)
When you divorce women and they are near the end of their waiting period,
then either retain them with correctness and courtesy or release them
with correctness and courtesy. Do not retain them by force, thus overstepping
the limits. Anyone who does that has wronged himself. Do not make a mockery
of Allah's Signs. Remember Allah's blessing to you and the Book and Wisdom
He has sent down to you to admonish you. Have fear of Allah and know that
Allah has knowledge of all things. (2:231)
Mothers should nurse their children for two full years-those who wish
to complete the full term of nursing. It is the duty of the fathers to
feed and clothe them with correctness and courtesy-no self is charged
with more than it can bear. No mother should be put under pressure in
respect of her child nor any father in respect of his child. The same
duty is incumbent on the heir. If the couple both wish weaning to take
place after mutual agreement and consultation, there is nothing wrong
in their doing that. If you wish to find wet-nurses for your children,
there is nothing wrong in your doing that provided you hand over to them
what you have agreed to give with correctness and courtesy. Have fear
of Allah and know that Allah sees what you do. (2:233)
You who believe! Have fear of Allah the way He should be feared and do
not die except as Muslims. (3:102)
That was only Satan who intimidated his adherents. But do not fear them-fear
Me if you are believers. (3:175)
You who believe, be steadfast; be supreme in steadfastness; be firm on
the battlefield; and have fear of Allah; so that hopefully you will be
successful. (3:200)
O mankind! Have fear of your Lord Who created you from a single self
and created its mate from it and then disseminated many men and women
from the two of them. Have fear of Allah in whose name you make demands
on one another and also in respect of your families. Allah watches over
you continually. (4:1)
Do you not see those who were told: 'Hold back from fighting but perform
prayer and give the alms'? Then when fighting is prescribed for them,
a group of them fear people as Allah should be feared, or even more than
that. They say, 'Our Lord, why have you prescribed fighting for us? If
only You would give us just a little more time!' Say, 'The enjoyment of
this world is very brief. The hereafter is better for those who guard
against evil. You will not be wronged by so much as the smallest speck.'
(4:77)
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)
You who believe! Show integrity for the sake of Allah, bearing witness
with justice. Do not let hatred for a people incite you into not being
just. Be just. That is closer to heedfulness. Have fear of Allah. Allah
is aware of what you do. (5:8)
You who believe! Remember Allah's blessing to you when certain people
were on the verge of raising their hands against you and He held their
hands back from you. Have fear of Allah. The believers should put their
trust in Allah. (5:11)
(One of the Adam's two sons said to the other,) 'Even if you do raise
your hand against me to kill me, I am not going to raise my hand against
you to kill you. Truly I fear Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.' (5:28)
You who believe! Have fear of Allah and seek the means of drawing near
to Him, and strive in His Way, so that hopefully you will be successful.
(5:35)
We sent down the Torah containing guidance and light, and the Prophets
who had submitted themselves gave judgement by it for the Jews-as did
their scholars and their rabbis-by what they had been allowed to preserve
of Allah's Book to which they were witnesses. Do not be afraid of people,
be afraid of Me. And do not sell My Signs for a paltry price. Those who
do not judge by what Allah has sent down, such people are disbelievers.
(5:44)
You who believe! Do not take as friends any of those who who make a mockery
and a game out of your religion among the ones who were given the Book
before you or the disbelievers. Have fear of Allah if you are believers.
(5:57)
Eat the lawful and good things Allah has provided for you, and have fear
of Allah, Him in Whom you believe. (5:88)
You who believe! Allah will test you with game animals which come within
the reach of your hands and spears, so that Allah will know those who
fear Him in the Unseen. Anyone who oversteps the limits after this will
have a painful punishment. (5:94)
Anything you catch in the sea is lawful for you, and all food from it,
for your enjoyment and that of travellers, but land game is forbidden
for you while you are in the state of pilgrimage. So have fear of Allah,
Him to Whom you will be gathered. (5:96)
That makes it more likely that they will give their evidence properly
or be afraid that their oaths will be refuted by subsequent oaths. Have
fear of Allah and listen carefully. Allah does not guide deviant people.
(5:108)
Warn by it (the Qur'an) those who fear they will be gathered to their
Lord, having no protector or intercessor apart from Him, so that hopefully
they will guard against evil. (6:51)
(Say:) 'And (we are commanded) to perform prayer and have fear of Him.
It is He to Whom you will be gathered.' (6:72)
You who believe! If you have fear of Allah, He will give you discrimination
and erase your bad actions from you and forgive you. Allah's favour is
indeed immense. (8:29)
So make full use of any booty you have taken which is lawful and good;
and have fear of Allah. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (8:69)
Will you not fight a people who have broken their oaths and resolved
to expel the Messenger, and who initiated hostilities against you in the
first place? Is it them you fear? Allah has more right to your fear if
you are believers. (9:13)
The mosques of Allah should only be maintained by those who believe in
Allah and the Last Day and perform prayer and give the alms, and fear
no one but Allah. They are the ones most likely to be guided. (9:18)
But the wages of the hereafter are the best for people who believe and
fear their Lord. (12:57)
They said, 'Are you Yusuf?' He said, 'I am indeed Yusuf, and this here
is my brother. Allah has acted graciously to us. As for those who fear
Allah and are steadfast, Allah does not allow to go to waste the wage
of any people who do good.' (12:90)
The thunder glorifies His praise, as do the angels, out of fear of Him.
He discharges the thunderbolts, striking with them anyone He wills. Yet
still they argue about Allah when He is inexorable in His power! (13:13)
(People of intelligence are) those who join what Allah has commanded
to be joined and are afraid of their Lord and fear an evil Reckoning.
(13:21)
When those who have fear of Allah are asked, 'What has your Lord sent
down?' their reply is, 'Good!' There is good in this world for those who
do good, and the abode of the hereafter is even better. How wonderful
is the abode of those who guard against evil. (16:30)
They fear their Lord above them and do everything they are ordered to
do. (16:50)
Allah says, 'Do not take two gods. He is only One God. So dread Me alone.'
(16:51)
Everything in the heavens and earth belongs to Him, and the religion
belongs to Him, firmly and for ever. So why do you fear anyone other than
Allah? (16:52)
Allah is with those who have fear of Him and with those who are good-doers.
(16:128)
He knows what is in front of them and what is behind them. They only
intercede on behalf of those with whom He is pleased, and even they are
apprehensive out of fear of Him. (21:28)
... for the heedful: those who fear their Lord in the Unseen and are
apprehensive about the Hour. (21:48-49)
Mankind, have fear of your Lord! The quaking of the Hour is a terrible
thing. (22:1)
This faith of yours is a single faith and I am your Lord, so have fear
of Me. (23:52)
(Believers are) those who are filled with the fear of their Lord. (23:57)
So set your face firmly towards the Religion, as a pure natural believer,
Allah's natural pattern on which He made mankind. There is no changing
Allah's creation. That is the true Religion-but most people do not know
it-turning towards Him. Have fear of Him and perform prayer. Do not be
among the idolaters. (30:30-31)
Mankind! Have fear of your Lord and fear a day when no father will be
able to atone for his son, or son for his father, in any way. Allah's
promise is true. So do not let the life of this world delude you and do
not let the Deluder delude you concerning Allah. (31:33)
Their sides eschew their beds as they call on their Lord in fear and
ardent hope. And they give of what We have provided for them. (32:16)
There is no restriction on the Prophet regarding anything Allah allots
to him. This was Allah's pattern with those who passed away before-and
Allah's command is a pre-ordained decree-those who conveyed Allah's Message
and had fear of Him, fearing no one except Allah. Allah suffices as a
Reckoner. (33:38-39)
No burden-bearer can bear another's burden. If someone weighed down calls
for help to bear his load, none of it will be borne for him, even by his
next of kin. You can only warn those who fear their Lord in the Unseen
and perform prayer. Whoever is purified, is purified for himself alone.
Allah is your final destination. (35:18)
And mankind and beasts and livestock are likewise of varying colours.
Only those of His servants with knowledge have fear of Allah. Allah is
Almighty, Ever-Forgiving. (35:28)
You can only warn those who act on the Reminder and fear the All-Merciful
in the Unseen. Give them the good news of forgiveness and a generous reward.
(36:11)
They will have awnings of Fire above them and awnings below them. By
that Allah strikes fear into His servants: 'So have fear, My servants,
of Me!' (39:16)
But those who have fear of their Lord will have high-ceilinged Halls,
and more such Halls built one above the other, and rivers flowing under
them. That is Allah's promise. Allah does not break His promise. (39:20)
Allah has sent down the Supreme Discourse, a Book consistent in its frequent
repetitions. The skins of those who fear their Lord tremble at it and
then their skins and hearts yield softly to the remembrance of Allah.
That is Allah's guidance by which He guides whoever He wills. And no one
can guide those whom Allah misguides. (39:23)
And those who have fear of their Lord will be driven to the Garden in
companies and when they arrive there, finding its gates open, its custodians
will say to them, 'Peace be upon you! You have done well so enter it timelessly,
for ever.' (39:73)
(The Garden is for) those who fear the All-Merciful in the Unseen and
come with a contrite heart. (50:33)
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)
Whatever booty Allah gives to His Messenger from city dwellers belongs
to Allah and to the Messenger and to near relatives and orphans and the
very poor and travellers, so that it does not become something which merely
revolves between the rich among you. Whatever the Messenger gives you
you should accept and whatever he forbids you you should forgo. Have fear
of Allah-Allah is severe in retribution. (59:7)
They are like Satan when he says to a human being, 'Disbelieve,' and
then when he disbelieves, says, 'I wash my hands of you. Truly I fear
Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.' (59:16)
You who believe! Have fear of Allah and let each self look to what it
has sent forward for Tomorrow. Have fear of Allah. Allah is aware of what
you do. (59:18)
If We Had sent down this Qur'an onto a mountain, you would have seen
it humbled, crushed to pieces out of fear of Allah. We make such examples
for people so that hopefully they will reflect. (59:21)
So have fear of Allah, as much as you are able to, and listen and obey
and spend for your own benefit. It is the people who are safe-guarded
from the avarice of their own selves who are successful. (64:16)
O Prophet! When any of you divorce women, divorce them during their period
of purity and calculate their waiting period carefully. And have fear
of Allah, your Lord. Do not evict them from their homes, nor should they
leave, unless they commit an outright indecency. Those are Allah's limits,
and anyone who oversteps Allah's limits has wronged himself. You never
know, it may well be that after that Allah will cause a new situation
to develop. (65:1)
Then when they have reached the end of their waiting period either retain
them with correctness and courtesy or part from them with correctness
and courtesy. Call two upright men from among yourselves as witnesses
and they should carry out the witnessing for Allah. This is admonishment
for all who believe in Allah and the Last Day. Whoever has fear of Allah-He
will give him a way out. (65:2)
In the case of those of your wives who are past the age of menstruation,
if you have any doubt, their waiting period should be three months, and
that also applies to those who have not yet menstruated. The time for
women who are pregnant is when they give birth. Whoever has fear of Allah-He
will make matters easy for him. (65:4)
Allah has prepared a terrible punishment for them. So have fear of Allah,
people of intelligence-those who believe-Allah has sent down a reminder
to you. (65:10)
Those who fear their Lord in the Unseen will have forgiveness and an
immense reward. (67:12)
But they will only pay heed if Allah wills. He is entitled to be feared
and entitled to forgive. (74:56)
There is certainly instruction in that for those who fear. (79:26)
But as for him who feared the Station of his Lord and forbade the lower
self its appetites, the Garden will be his refuge. (79:40-41)
He who has fear will be reminded. (87:10)
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)
FEAR OF DEATH
What do you think about those who left their homes in thousands in fear
of death? Allah said to them, 'Die!' and then brought them back to life.
Allah shows great favour to mankind, but most people are not grateful.
(2:243)
Allah knows the obstructers among you and those who say to their brothers,
'Come to us,' and who only come to fight a very little, and are begrudging
towards you. Then when fear comes, you see them looking at you, their
eyes rolling like people scared to death. But when fear departs they flay
you with sharp tongues, grasping for wealth. Such people have no faith
and Allah will make their actions come to nothing. That is easy for Allah.
(33:18-19)
Those who believe say, 'If only a sura could be sent down.' But when
a straightforward sura is sent down and fighting is mentioned in it, you
see those with sickness in their hearts looking at you with the look of
someone about to faint from fear of death. More fitting for them would
be obedience and honourable words. Once the matter is resolved upon, being
true to Allah would be better for them. (47:20-21)
FEMALE
You who believe! Retaliation is prescribed for you in the case of people
killed: free man for free man, slave for slave, female for female. But
if someone is absolved by his brother, blood-money should be claimed with
correctness and paid with good will. That is an easement and a mercy from
your Lord. Anyone who goes beyond the limits after this will receive a
painful punishment. (2:178)
When she (the wife of 'Imran) gave birth, she said, 'My Lord! I have
given birth to a girl'-and Allah knew very well what she had given birth
to, male and female are not the same-'and I have named her Maryam and
placed her and her children in Your safekeeping from the accursed Satan.'
(3:36)
Their Lord responds to them: 'I will not let the deeds of any doer among
you go to waste, male or female- you are both the same in that respect.
Those who migrated and were driven from their homes and suffered harm
in My Way and fought and were killed, I will erase their bad actions from
them and admit them into Gardens with rivers flowing under them, as a
reward from Allah. The best of all rewards is with Allah.' (3:195)
Allah instructs you regarding your children: A male receives the same
as the share of two females. If there are more than two daughters they
receive two-thirds of what you leave. If she is one on her own she receives
a half. Each of your parents receives a sixth of what you leave if you
have children. If you are childless and your heirs are your parents your
mother receives a third. If you have brothers or sisters your mother receives
a sixth, after any bequest you make or any debts. With regard to your
fathers and your sons, you do not know which of them is going to benefit
you more. These are obligatory shares from Allah. Allah is All-Knowing,
All-Wise. (4:11)
What they call on apart from Him are female idols. What they call on
is an arrogant Satan. (4:117)
Anyone, male or female, who does right actions and is a believer, will
enter the Garden. They will not be wronged by so much as the tiniest speck.
(4:124)
They request from you a ruling. Say: 'Allah gives you a ruling about
people who die without direct heirs: If a man dies childless but has a
sister she receives half of what he leaves, and he is her heir if she
dies childless. If there are two sisters they receive two-thirds of what
he leaves. If there are brothers and sisters the males receive the share
of two females. Allah makes things clear to you so you will not go astray.
Allah has knowledge of all things.' (4:176)
As for thieves, both male and female, cut off their hands in reprisal
for what they have done: an object lesson from Allah. Allah is Almighty,
All-Wise. (5:38)
There are eight in pairs: A pair of sheep and a pair of goats-Say: 'Is
it the two males He has made forbidden, or the two females, or what the
wombs of the two females contain? Tell me with knowledge if you are being
truthful.' (6:143)
And a pair of camels and a pair of cattle-Say: 'Is it the two males He
has made forbidden, or the two females, or what the wombs of the two females
contain? Were you then witnesses when Allah gave you this instruction?'
Who could do greater wrong than someone who invents lies against Allah
thus leading people astray without any knowledge? Allah does not guide
the people of the wrongdoers. (6:144)
And to Thamud We sent their brother Salih, who said, 'My people, worship
Allah! You have no other god than Him. A Clear Sign has come to you from
your Lord. This is the She-Camel of Allah as a Sign for you. Leave her
alone to eat on Allah's earth and do not harm her in any way or a painful
punishment will afflict you.' (7:73)
And they hamstrung the She-Camel, spurning their Lord's command, and
said, 'Salih! Bring us what you have promised us if you are one of the
Messengers.' (7:77)
His Lord replied to him (Yusuf) and turned away from him their female
guile and deviousness. He is the One Who Hears, the One Who Knows. (12:34)
Allah knows what every female bears and every shrinking of the womb and
every swelling. Everything has its measure with Him. (13:8)
Anyone who acts rightly, male or female, being a believer, We will give
them a good life and We will recompense them according to the best of
what they did. (16:97)
Nothing has prevented Us sending you Signs except the fact that the previous
peoples denied them. We gave Thamud the she-camel as a visible Sign, and
then they mistreated her. We do not send Signs except to frighten people.
(17:59)
He (Salih) said, 'Here is a she-camel. She has a time for drinking and
you have a time for drinking-on specified days.' (26:155)
Allah created you from dust and then from a drop of sperm and then made
you into pairs. No female becomes pregnant or gives birth except with
His knowledge. And no living thing lives long or has its life cut short
without that being in a Book. That is easy for Allah. (35:11)
Or did We create the angels female, with them as witnesses? (37:150)
Whoever does an evil act will only be repaid with its equivalent. But
whoever acts rightly, male or female, being a believer, such a person
will enter the Garden, provided for in it without any reckoning. (40:40)
Knowledge of the Hour is referred to Him. And no fruit emerges from its
husk, nor does any female get pregnant or give birth, without His knowledge.
On the Day He calls out to them: 'Where are My associates?' they will
say, 'We declare to you that none of us is a witness.' (41:47)
They have designated the angels as female, those who are in the presence
of the All-Merciful! Were they present to witness their creation? Their
testimony will be recorded and they will be asked about it! (43:19)
Mankind! We created you from a male and female, and made you into peoples
and tribes so that you might come to know each other. The noblest among
you in Allah's sight is the one of you who best performs his duty. Allah
is All-Knowing, All-Aware. (49:13)
Do you have males and He females? (53:21)
Those who do not believe in the hereafter give the angels female names.
(53:27)
(Has he not been informed) that He created the two sexes-male and female?
(53:45)
We will send the she-camel as a trial for them. Just keep a watchful
eye on them and be steadfast. (54:27)
Was he not a drop of ejaculated sperm, then a blood-clot which He created
and shaped, making from it both sexes, male and female? (75:37-39)
And (I swear by) the creation of male and female. (92:3)
FIERCE WIND
Would any of you like to have a garden of dates and grapes, with rivers
flowing underneath and containing all kinds of fruits, then to be stricken
with old age and have children who are weak, and then for a fierce whirlwind
containing fire to come and strike it so that it goes up in flames? In
this way Allah makes His Signs clear to you, so that hopefully you will
reflect. (2:266)
Do you feel secure against Him causing the shore to swallow you up or
sending against you a sudden squall of stones? Then you will find no one
to be your guardian. (17:68)
So We sent a howling wind against them on disastrous ill-fated days to
make them taste the punishment of degradation in this world. And the punishment
of the hereafter is even more degrading. And they will not be helped.
(41:16)
We unleashed a howling wind against them on a day of unremitting horror.
(54:19)
We unleashed a sudden squall of stones against all of them, except the
family of Lut, who We rescued before dawn. (54:34)
'Ad were destroyed by a savage howling wind. (69:6)
FIG
(I swear) by the fig and the olive. (95:1)
FIGHTING
Fight in the Way of Allah against those who fight you, but do not go
beyond the limits. Allah does not love those who go beyond the limits.
(2:190)
Kill them wherever you come across them and expel them from where they
expelled you. Corruption is worse than killing. Do not fight them in the
Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) until they fight you there. But if they
do fight you, then kill them. That is how the disbelievers should be repaid.
(2:191)
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)
Fighting is prescribed for you even if it is hateful to you. It may be
that you hate something when it is good for you and it may be that you
love something when it is bad for you. Allah knows and you do not know.
(2:216)
They will ask you about the Sacred Month and fighting in it. Say, 'Fighting
in it is a serious matter; but barring access to the Way of Allah and
rejecting Him and barring access to the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram)
and expelling its people from it are far more serious in the sight of
Allah. Discord is worse than killing.' They will not stop fighting you
until they make you revert from your religion, if they are able. As for
any of you who revert from their religion and die disbelievers, their
actions will come to nothing in this world and the hereafter. They are
the Companions of the Fire, remaining in it timelessly, for ever. (2:217)
Fight in the Way of Allah. Know that Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
(2:244)
What do you think about the council of the tribe of Israel after Musa's
time when they said to one of their Prophets, 'Give us a king and we will
fight in the Way of Allah!'? He said, 'Is it not possible that if fighting
were prescribed for you, you would not fight?' They said, 'How could we
not fight in the way of Allah when we have been driven from our homes
and children?' But then when fighting was prescribed for them, they turned
their backs-except for a few of them. Allah knows the wrongdoers. (2:246)
They will not harm you except with abusive words. If they fight you,
they will turn their backs on you. Then they will not be helped. (3:111)
Many a Prophet has been fought, when there were many thousands with him!
They did not give up in the face of what assailed them in the Way of Allah,
nor did they weaken, nor did they yield. Allah loves the steadfast. (3:146)
And (it is) so that He would know the hypocrites. They were told, 'Come
and fight in the Way of Allah or at least help defend us.' They said,
'If we knew how to fight, we would certainly follow you.' They were closer
to disbelief that day than to faith, saying with their mouths what was
not in their hearts. And Allah knows best what they are hiding. (3:167)
You who believe! Take all necessary precautions, then go out to fight
in separate groups or go out as one body. (4:71)
So let those who sell the life of this world for the hereafter fight
in the Way of Allah. If someone fights in the Way of Allah, whether he
is killed or is victorious, We will pay him an immense reward. (4:74)
What reason could you have for not fighting in the Way of Allah-for those
men, women and children who are oppressed and say, 'Our Lord, take us
out of this city whose inhabitants are wrongdoers! Give us a protector
from You! Give us a helper from You!'? (4:75)
Those who believe fight in the Way of Allah. Those who disbelieve fight
in the way of false gods. So fight the friends of Satan! Satan's scheming
is always feeble. (4:76)
Do you not see those who were told: 'Hold back from fighting but perform
prayer and give the alms'? Then when fighting is prescribed for them,
a group of them fear people as Allah should be feared, or even more than
that. They say, 'Our Lord, why have you prescribed fighting for us? If
only You would give us just a little more time!' Say, 'The enjoyment of
this world is very brief. The hereafter is better for those who guard
against evil. You will not be wronged by so much as the smallest speck.'
(4:77)
So fight in the way of Allah-you are only answerable for yourself-and
spur on the believers. It may well be that Allah will curb the force of
those who disbelieve. Allah has greater force and greater power to punish.
(4:84)
... Do not take any of them as either a friend or helper-except for those
who seek shelter with people with whom you have a treaty, or who come
to you greatly perturbed at the prospect of fighting either you or their
own people. If Allah had willed, He could have given them the upper hand
over you and then they would have fought you. If they keep away from you
and do not fight you and submit to you, Allah has not given you any way
against such people. (4:89-90)
They said, 'We will never enter it, Musa, as long as they are there.
So you and your Lord go and fight. We will stay sitting here.' (5:24)
Anyone who turns his back on them that day, unless he is withdrawing
to rejoin the fight or withdrawing to support another group, brings Allah's
anger down upon himself. His refuge is Hell. What an evil destination!
(8:16)
Fight them until there is no more discord and the religion is Allah's
alone. If they stop, Allah sees what they do. (8:39)
O Prophet! Spur on the believers to fight. If there are twenty of you
who are steadfast, they will overcome two hundred; and if there are a
hundred of you, they will overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve,
because they are people who do not understand. (8:65)
Will you not fight a people who have broken their oaths and resolved
to expel the Messenger, and who initiated hostilities against you in the
first place? Is it them you fear? Allah has more right to your fear if
you are believers. (9:13)
Fight them! Allah will punish them at your hands, and disgrace them and
help you against them, and heal the hearts of those who believe. (9:14)
Fight those of the people who were given the Book who do not believe
in Allah and the Last Day and who do not make forbidden what Allah and
His Messenger have made forbidden and do not take as their religion the
religion of Truth, until they pay the poll tax with their own hands in
a state of complete abasement. (9:29)
There have been twelve months with Allah in the Book of Allah, from the
day He first created the heavens and earth. Four of them are forbidden.
That is the True Religion. So do not wrong one another during them. However,
fight the idolaters totally just as they fight you totally, and know that
Allah is with those who guard against evil. (9:36)
You who believe! What is the matter with you that when you are told,
'Go out and fight in the way of Allah,' you sink down heavily to the earth?
Are you happier with this world than the hereafter? Yet the enjoyment
of this world is very small compared to that of the hereafter. (9:38)
If you do not go out to fight, He will punish you with a painful punishment
and substitute another people in your place. You will not harm Him in
any way. Allah has power over all things. (9:39)
Go out to fight, light-armed and heavy-armed, and strive with your wealth
and yourselves in the Way of Allah. That is better for you if you only
knew. (9:41)
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)
Allah has bought from the believers their selves and their wealth in
return for the Garden. They fight in the Way of Allah and they kill and
are killed. It is a promise binding on Him in the Torah, the Gospel and
the Qur'an and who is truer to his contract than Allah? Rejoice then in
the bargain you have made. That is the great victory. (9:111)
You who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are near to you
and let them find you implacable. Know that Allah is with those who guard
against evil. (9:123)
Permission to fight is given to those who are fought against because
they have been wronged-truly Allah has the power to come to their support-those
who were expelled from their homes without any right, merely for saying,
'Our Lord is Allah' (if Allah had not driven some people back by means
of others, monasteries, churches, synagogues and mosques, where Allah's
name is mentioned much, would have been pulled down and destroyed. Allah
will certainly help those who help Him-Allah is All-Strong, Almighty),
(22:39-40)
They think that the Confederates have not departed and if the Confederates
did appear then they would wish they were out in the desert with the Arabs,
asking for news of you. If they were with you they would only fight a
very little. (33:20)
Allah sent back those who disbelieved in their rage without their achieving
any good at all. Allah made it unnecessary for the believers to fight.
Allah is Most Strong, Almighty. (33:25)
Therefore when you meet those who disbelieve strike their necks. Then
when you have decimated them, tie their bonds tightly and set them free
or ransom them, until the war is finally over. That is how it is to be.
If Allah willed, He could avenge Himself on them. But it is so that He
can test some of you by means of others. As for those who fight in the
Way of Allah, He will not let their actions go astray. (47:4)
Those who believe say, 'If only a sura could be sent down.' But when
a straightforward sura is sent down and fighting is mentioned in it, you
see those with sickness in their hearts looking at you with the look of
someone about to faint from fear of death. More fitting for them would
be obedience and honourable words. Once the matter is resolved upon, being
true to Allah would be better for them. (47:20-21)
Say to the Arabs who remained behind: 'You will be called up against
a people who possess great force whom you must fight unless they submit.
If you obey, Allah will give you an excellent reward. But if you turn
your backs as you did before, He will punish you with a painful punishment.'
(48:16)
If those who disbelieve should fight you, they would turn their backs
and then find no one to protect or help them. (48:22)
If two parties of the believers fight, make peace between them. But if
one of them attacks the other unjustly, fight the attackers until they
revert to Allah's command. If they revert, make peace between them with
justice, and be even-handed. Allah loves those who are even-handed. (49:9)
And how is it with you that you do not give in the Way of Allah, when
the inheritance of the heavens and the earth belongs to Allah? Those of
you who gave and fought before the Victory are not the same as those who
gave and fought afterwards. They are higher in rank. But to each of them
Allah has promised the Best. Allah is aware of what you do. (57:10)
Did you not see the hypocrites saying to their brothers, those among
the People of the Book who disbelieve, 'If you are driven out we will
leave with you, we will never obey anyone to your detriment. And if you
are fought against we will help you'? Allah bears witness that they are
truly liars. (59:11)
If they are driven out they will not leave with them. If they are fought
against they will not help them. And if they did help them they would
turn their backs, and then they would not be helped. (59:12)
They will not fight against you all together as a group except in fortified
towns or behind high walls. Their hostility towards each other is intense.
They are full of bravado in each other's company. You consider them united
but their hearts are scattered wide. That is because they are people who
do not use their intellect. (59:14)
Allah does not forbid you from being good to those who have not fought
you in the religion or driven you from your homes, or from being just
towards them. Allah loves those who are just. (60:8)
Allah merely forbids you from taking as friends those who have fought
you in the religion and driven you from your homes and who supported your
expulsion. Any who take them as friends are wrongdoers. (60:9)
FILTH
You who believe! Wine and gambling, stone altars and divining arrows
are filth from the handiwork of Satan. Avoid them completely so that hopefully
you will be successful. (5:90)
They will swear to you by Allah when you return to them, so that you
leave them alone. Leave them alone, then! They are filth. Their shelter
will be Hell as repayment for what they did. (9:95)
People who love to see filth being spread about concerning those who
believe will have a painful punishment both in this world and the hereafter.
Allah knows and you do not know. (24:19)
Shun all filth. (74:5)
FINERY
Musa said, 'Our Lord, You have given Pharaoh and his ruling circle finery
and wealth in the life of this world, Our Lord, so that they may be misguided
from Your Way. Our Lord, obliterate their wealth and harden their hearts
so that they do not believe until they see the painful punishment.' (10:88)
As for those who desire the life of this world and its finery, We will
give them full payment in it for their actions. They will not be deprived
here of their due. (11:15)
Anything you have been given is only the enjoyment of the life of this
world and its finery. What is with Allah is better and longer lasting.
So will you not use your intellect? (28:60)
He (Qarun) went out among his people in his finery. Those who desired
the life of this world said, 'Oh! If only we had the same as Qarun has
been given! What immense good fortune he possesses.' (28:79)
O Prophet, tell your wives: 'If you desire the life of this world and
its finery, come and I will give you all you need and release you with
kindness.' (33:28)
FINGER
Or (their likeness is) 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)
There you are, loving them when they do not love you, even though you
believe in all the Books. When they meet you, they say, 'We believe.'
But when they leave they bite their fingers out of rage against you. Say,
'Die in your rage.' Allah knows what your hearts contain. (3:119)
And when your Lord revealed to the angels, 'I am with you so make those
who believe firm. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve,
so strike their necks and strike all their finger joints!' (8:12)
(Nuh said,) '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)
On the contrary! We are well able to reshape his fingers. (75:4)
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