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MADINA
Some of the desert Arabs around you are hypocrites and some of the people
of Madina are obdurate in their hypocrisy. You do not know them but We
know them. We will punish them twice over and then they will be returned
to a terrible punishment. (9:101)
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)
And a group of them said, 'People of Yathrib (Madina), Your position
is untenable so return!' some of them asked the Prophet to excuse them,
saying, 'Our houses are exposed,' when they were not exposed; it was merely
that they wanted to run away. (33:13)
If the hypocrites and those with sickness in their hearts and the rumour-mongers
in Madina do not desist, We will set you onto them. Then they will only
be your neighbours there a very short time. (33:60)
Those who were already settled in the abode (Madina), and in faith, before
they came, love those who have migrated to them and do not find in their
hearts any need for what they have been given and prefer them to themselves
even if they themselves are needy. It is the people who are safe-guarded
from the avarice of their own selves who are successful. (59:9)
They say, 'If we return to Madina, the mightier will drive out the inferior.'
But all might belongs to Allah and to His Messenger and the believers.
But the hypocrites do not know this. (63:8)
MADNESS
Those who practise usury will not rise from the grave except as someone
driven mad by Satan's touch. That is because they say, 'Trade is the same
as usury.' But Allah has permitted trade and He has forbidden usury. Whoever
is given a warning by his Lord and then desists, can keep what he received
in the past and his affair is Allah's concern. But all who return to it
will be the Companions of the Fire, remaining in it timelessly, for ever.
(2:275)
Have they not reflected? Their companion is not mad. He is only a clear
warner. (7:184)
(They said, 'Hud,) we only say that one of our gods has driven you mad.'
He said, 'I call on Allah to be my witness, and you also bear witness,
that I am free of all the gods you have apart from Him.' (11:54)
They say, 'You, to whom the Reminder has been sent down, are clearly
mad.' (15:6)
He (Pharaoh) said, 'This Messenger, who has been sent to you, is mad.'
(26:27)
They said, 'Are we to forsake our gods for a mad poet?' (37:36)
But then they turned away from him and said, 'He is an instructed madman!'
(44:14)'
But he turned away with his forces, saying, 'A magician or a madman!'
(51:39)
Equally, no Messenger came to those before them without their saying,
'A magician or a madman!' (51:52)
Remind them then! For, by the blessing of your Lord, you are neither
a soothsayer nor a madman. (52:29)
Before them the people of Nuh denied the truth. They denied Our servant,
saying, 'He is madman,' and he was driven away with jeers. (54:9)
By the blessing of your Lord, you are not mad. (68:2)
So you will see and they will see which of you is mad. (68:5-6)
Those who disbelieve all but strike you down with their evil looks when
they hear the Reminder and say, 'He is quite mad.' (68:51)
Your companion is not mad. (81:22)
MADYAN (SEE SHU'AYB (AS) AND MADYAN)
MAGIC - MAGICIAN
Remember when Allah said, ''Isa, son of Maryam, remember My blessing
to you and to your mother when I reinforced you with the Purest Spirit
so that you could speak to people in the cradle and when you were fully
grown; and when I taught you the Book and Wisdom, and the Torah and the
Gospel; and when you created a bird-shape out of clay by My permission,
and then breathed into it and it became a bird by My permission; and healed
the blind and the leper by My permission; and when you brought forth the
dead by My permission; and when I held back the tribe of Israel from you,
when you brought them the Clear Signs and those of them who disbelieved
said, "This is nothing but downright magic"' (5:110)
Even if We were to send down a book to you on parchment pages and they
were actually to touch it with their own hands, those who disbelieve would
still say, 'This is nothing but downright magic.' (6:7)
The ruling circle of Pharaoh's people said, 'This is certainly a skilled
magician who desires to expel you from your land, so what do you recommend?'
They said, 'Detain him and his brother and send out marshals to the cities,
to bring you all the skilled magicians.' The magicians came to Pharaoh
and they asked, 'Will we receive a reward if we are the winners?' He said,
'Yes, and you will be among those brought near.' They said, 'Musa, will
you throw first or shall we be the ones to throw?' He 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.
We revealed to Musa, 'Throw down your staff.' And it immediately swallowed
up what they had forged. So the Truth took place and what they did was
shown to be false. They were defeated then and there, transformed into
humbled men. The magicians threw themselves down in prostration. They
said, 'We believe in the Lord of all the worlds, the Lord of Musa and
Harun.' Pharaoh said, 'Have you believed in him before I authorised you
to do so? This is just some plot you have concocted in the city to drive
its people from it. I will cut off your alternate hands and feet and then
I will crucify every one of you.' They said, 'We are returning to our
Lord. You are only avenging yourself on us because we believed in our
Lord's Signs when they came to us. Our Lord, pour down steadfastness upon
us and take us back to You as Muslims.' (7:109-126)
Do people find it so surprising that We should reveal to a man among
them: 'Warn mankind and give good news to those who believe that they
are on a sure footing with their Lord'? The disbelievers say, 'This is
downright magic!' (10:2)
When the truth came to them from Us, they said, 'This is downright magic!'
Musa said, 'Do you say to the truth when it comes to you, "This is magic"?
Magicians are not successful.' They said, 'Have you come to us to turn
us from what we found our fathers doing, and to gain greatness in the
land? We do not believe you.' Pharaoh said, 'Bring me every knowledgeable
magician.' When the magicians came, Musa said to them, 'Throw whatever
you have to throw!' When they had thrown, Musa said, 'What you have brought
is magic. Allah will certainly prove it false. Allah does not uphold the
actions of corrupters.' (10:76-81)
It is He Who created the heavens and the earth in six days when His Throne
was on the water, in order to test which of you has the best actions.
If you say, 'You will be raised up after death,' those who disbelieve
will say, 'This is nothing but downright magic.' (11:7)
He said, 'Have you come to us to expel us from our land by means of your
magic, Musa? We will bring you magic to match it. So fix a time between
us and you which neither we nor you will fail to keep at a place where
we can meet halfway.' He said, 'Your time is the day of the Festival.
The people should gather in the morning.' So Pharaoh went away and concocted
his scheme and then he arrived. Musa said to them, 'Woe to you! Do not
fabricate lies against Allah or He will annihilate you with His punishment.
Fabricators of lies are bound to fail.' They argued among themselves about
the matter and had a secret conference. They said, 'These two magicians
desire by their magic to expel you from your land and abolish your most
excellent way of life, so decide on your scheme and then arrive together
in force. He who gains the upper hand today will definitely prosper.'
They said, 'Musa, will you throw or shall we be the first to throw?' He
said, 'No, you throw!' And suddenly their ropes and staffs appeared to
him, by their magic, to be slithering about. Musa experienced in himself
a feeling of alarm. We said, 'Have no fear. You will have the upper hand.
Throw down what is in your right hand. It will swallow up their handiwork.
Their handiwork is just a magician's trick. Magicians do not prosper wherever
they go.' The magicians threw themselves down in prostration. They said,
'We believe in the Lord of Harun and Musa.' Pharaoh said, 'Do you believe
in him before I have authorised you? He is your chief, the one who taught
you magic. I will cut off your hands and feet alternately and have you
crucified on palm trunks. Then you will know for certain which of us has
the harsher and longer lasting punishment.' They said, 'We will never
prefer you to the Clear Signs which have come to us nor to Him Who brought
us into being. Decide on any judgment you like. Your jurisdiction only
covers the life of this world. We have believed in our Lord so that He
may forgive us for our mistakes and for the magic which you forced us
to perform. Allah is better and longer lasting.' (20:57-73)
Their hearts are distracted. Those who do wrong confer together secretly,
saying, 'Is this man anything but a human being like yourselves? Do you
succumb to magic with your eyes wide open?' (21:3)
He (Pharaoh) said to the High Council round about him, 'This certainly
is a skilled magician who desires by his magic to expel you from your
land, so what do you recommend?' They said, 'Detain him and his brother
and send out marshals to the cities, to bring you all the skilled magicians.'
So the magicians were assembled for a meeting on a specified day. The
people were asked, 'Are you all assembled so we can follow the magicians
if they are the winners?' When the magicians came, they said to Pharaoh,
'Will we be rewarded if we are the winners?' He said, 'Yes, and in that
case you will be among those brought near.' Musa said to them, 'Throw
whatever it is you are going to throw!' They threw down their ropes and
staffs and said, 'By the might of Pharaoh we are the winners.' But Musa
threw down his staff and at once it swallowed up what they had fabricated.
The magicians threw themselves down, prostrating. They said, 'We believe
in the Lord of all the worlds, the Lord of Musa and Harun.' He said, 'Have
you believed in him before I authorised you? He is your chief who taught
you magic. But you will soon know! I will cut off your alternate hands
and feet and I will crucify every one of you.' They said, 'We do not care!
We are returning to our Lord. We remain hopeful that our Lord will forgive
us our mistakes for being the first of the believers.' (26:34-51)
When Our Signs came to them in all their clarity, they said, 'This is
downright magic.' (27:13)
But when Musa brought them Our Clear Signs they said, 'This is nothing
but trumped-up magic. We never heard anything like this among our earlier
forefathers.' (28:36)
But when the truth did come to them from Us they said, 'Why has he not
been given the same as Musa was given?' But did they not previously reject
what Musa was given? They say, 'Two magicians who back each other up.'
And they say, 'We reject both of them.' (28:48)
When Our Clear Signs are recited to them, they say, 'This is nothing
but a man who wants to debar you from what your fathers used to worship.'
They say, 'This is nothing but an invented lie.' Those who disbelieve
say to the truth when it comes to them, 'This is nothing but downright
magic.' (34:43)
They say, 'This is just downright magic.' (37:15)
They are surprised that a warner should come to them from among themselves.
The disbelievers say, 'This is a lying magician.' (38:4)
We sent Musa with Our Signs and clear authority to Pharaoh, Haman and
Qarun. But they said, 'A lying magician.' (40:23-24)
But when the truth came to them they said, 'This is magic and we reject
it.' (43:30)
They said (to Musa), 'Magician, invoke your Lord for us by the contract
He has made with you and we shall certainly follow the guidance.' (43:49)
When Our Clear Signs are recited to them, those who reject say to the
truth when it comes to them, 'This is downright magic.' (46:7)
But he (Pharaoh) turned away with his forces, saying, 'A magician or
a madman!' (51:39)
Equally, no Messenger came to those before them without their saying,
'A magician or a madman!' (51:52)
So is this magic? Or is it that you do not see? (52:15)
And when 'Isa son of Maryam said, 'Tribe of Israel, I am the Messenger
of Allah to you, confirming the Torah which came before me and giving
you the good news of a Messenger after me whose name is Ahmad.' When he
brought them the Clear Signs, they said, 'This is downright magic.' (61:6)
He said, 'This is nothing but magic from the past.' (74:24)
MAHR (SEE DOWRY)
MAHRAM (UNMARRIAGEABLE) OF WOMEN
Say to the believing women that they should lower their eyes and guard
their chastity and not display their adornments-except for what normally
shows-and draw their head-coverings across their breasts. They should
only display their adornments to their husbands or their fathers or their
husbands' fathers, or their sons or their husbands' sons or their brothers
or their brothers' sons or their sisters' sons or their women or those
they own as slaves or their male attendants who have no sexual desire
or children who still have no awareness of women's private parts. Nor
should they stamp their feet so that their hidden ornaments are known.
Turn to Allah every one of you, believers, so that hopefully you will
have success. (24:31)
They incur no blame in respect of their fathers or their sons or their
brothers or their brothers' or sisters' sons, or their women or any slaves
they own. Have fear of Allah. Allah is witness of all things. (33:55)
MAIDEN
There will be dark-eyed maidens with them, with eyes reserved for them
alone. (37:48)
And there will be dark-eyed maidens with them with eyes reserved for
them alone. (38:52)
So it will be. We will marry them to dark-eyed maidens. (44:54)
They will recline on couches ranged in rows and We will marry them to
dark-eyed maidens. (52:20)
In them are maidens with eyes for them alone, untouched before them by
either man or jinn. (55:56)
In them are sweet, lovely maidens. (55:70)
Dark-eyed, secluded in cool pavilions. (55:72)
And dark-eyed maidens like hidden pearls. (56:22-23)
We have brought maidens into being. (56:35)
And (there are) nubile maidens of similar age (for those who guard against
evil). (78:33)
MAINTAIN
It is not for the idolaters to maintain the mosques of Allah, bearing
witness against themselves of their disbelief. They are the ones whose
actions will come to nothing. They will be in the Fire timelessly, for
ever. (9:17)
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)
Do you make the giving of water to the pilgrims and looking after the
Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) the same as believing in Allah and the
Last Day and striving in the Way of Allah? They are not equal in the sight
of Allah. Allah does not guide wrongdoing people. (9:19)
MAJORITY
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)
You are the best nation ever to be produced before mankind. You enjoin
the right, forbid the wrong and believe in Allah. If the People of the
Book were to believe, it would be better for them. Some of them are believers
but most of them are deviators. (3:110)
They thought there would be no testing. They were blind and deaf. Then
Allah turned towards them. Then many of them went blind and deaf again.
Allah sees what they do. (5:71)
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)
Most of them follow nothing but conjecture. Conjecture is of no use whatsoever
against the truth. Allah most certainly knows what they are doing. (10:36)
But as for those who have clear evidence from their Lord followed up
by a witness from Him-and before it the Book of Musa came as a model and
a mercy-such people believe in it. Any faction which rejects it is promised
the Fire. Be in no doubt about it. It is the Truth from your Lord. But
most people have no faith. (11:17)
They also said, 'We have more wealth and children. We are not going to
be punished.' (34:35)
MAKING CLEAR
But if a man divorces his wife a third time, she is not lawful for him
after that until she has married another husband. Then if he divorces
her, there is nothing wrong in the original couple getting back together
provided they think they will remain within Allah's limits. These are
Allah's limits which he has made clear to people who know. (2:230)
What is the matter with you that you do not eat that over which the name
of Allah has been mentioned, when He has made clear to you what He has
made forbidden for you except when you are forced to eat it? Many people
lead others astray through their whims and desires without having any
knowledge. Your Lord knows best those who overstep the limits. (6:119)
Just as your Lord brought you out from your house with truth, even though
a group of the believers disliked it, arguing with you about the Truth
after it had been made clear as though they were being driven to their
death with open eyes. (8:5-6)
It is so that He can make clear to them the things they differed about
and so that those who disbelieved will know that they were liars. (16:39)
We have only ever sent before you men who were given Revelation-ask the
People of the Reminder if you do not know-who brought Clear Signs and
Revealed Books. And We have sent down the Reminder to you so that you
can make clear to mankind what has been sent down to them so that hopefully
they will reflect. (16:43-44)
We have only sent down the Book to you so that you can make clear to
them the things about which they differ, and as a guidance and a mercy
to people who believe. (16:64)
Do not be like a woman who spoils the thread she has spun by unravelling
it after it is strong, by making your oaths a means of deceiving one another,
merely because one community is bigger than another. Allah is only testing
you by this. He will make clear to you on the Day of Rising the things
about which you differed. (16:92)
Then when We decreed that he 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)
If He did ask you for it and put you under pressure, you would be tight-fisted
and it would bring out your malevolence. (47:37)
MAKKA (THE SAFE HAVEN)
If you do not help him, Allah did help him when those who disbelieved
drove him out (of Makka) and there were two of them in the Cave. He said
to his companion, 'Do not be despondent, Allah is with us.' Then Allah
sent down His serenity upon him and reinforced him with troops you could
not see. He made the word of those who disbelieved undermost. It is the
word of Allah which is uppermost. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. (9:40)
Do they not see that We have established a safe haven (Makka) while people
all round them are violently dispossessed? So why do they believe in falsehood
and reject the blessing of Allah? (29:67)
And (I swear by) this safe land, We created man in the finest mould.
(95:3-4)
This is a Book We have sent down and blessed, confirming what came before
it, so that you can warn the Mother of Cities (Makka) and the people around
it. Those who believe in the hereafter believe in it and safeguard their
prayer. (6:92)
It is He Who held their hands back from you, and your hands from them
in the valley of Makka, after giving you the upper hand over them. Allah
sees what you do. (48:24)
MAN - MEN
The Companions of the Ramparts will call out to men they recognise by
their mark, saying, 'What you amassed was of no use to you, nor was your
arrogance.' (7:48)
(Nuh said to his people,) 'Or are you astonished that a reminder should
come to you from your Lord by way of a man among you, to warn you and
make you guard against evil so that hopefully you will gain mercy?' (7:63)
(Hud said,) 'Or are you astonished that a reminder should come to you
from your Lord by way of a man among you in order to warn you? Remember
when He appointed you successors to the people of Nuh, and increased you
greatly in stature. Remember Allah's blessings, so that hopefully you
will be successful.' (7:69)
Musa chose seventy men from his people for Our appointed time and when
the earthquake seized them he said, 'My Lord, if You had willed, You could
have destroyed them previously and me as well. Would you destroy us for
what the fools among us did? It was only a trial from You by which You
misguided those You willed and guided those You willed. You are our Protector
so forgive us and have mercy on us. You are the Best of Forgivers.' (7:155)
Do not ever stand in it. A mosque founded on performing one's duty from
the first day has a greater right for you to stand in it. In it there
are men who love to purify themselves. Allah loves those who purify themselves.
(9:108)
Do people find it so surprising that We should reveal to a man among
them: 'Warn mankind and give good news to those who believe that they
are on a sure footing with their Lord'? The disbelievers say, 'This is
downright magic!' (10:2)
His people came running to him excitedly-they were long used to committing
evil acts. He (Lut) said, 'My people, here are my daughters. They are
purer for you. So have fear of Allah and do not shame me with my guests.
Is there not one rightly-guided man among you?' (11:78)
We know how they listen when they listen to you, and when they confer
together secretly, and when the wrongdoers say, 'You are only following
a man who is bewitched!' (17:47)
When the young men took refuge in the cave and said, 'Our Lord, give
us mercy directly from You and open the way for us to right guidance in
our situation.' (18:10)
We will relate their story to you with truth. They were young men who
believed in their Lord and We increased them in guidance. (18:13)
Make an example for them of two men. To one of them We gave two gardens
of grape-vines and surrounded them with date-palms, putting between them
some cultivated land. (18:32)
His companion, with whom he was debating, said to him, 'Do you then disbelieve
in Him Who created you from dust, then from a drop of sperm, and then
formed you as a man?' (18:37)
They said, 'We heard a young man mentioning them. They call him Ibrahim.'
(21:60)
(The ruling circle of Nuh's people said,) 'He is nothing but a man possessed
so wait a while and see what happens to him.' (23:25)
(The ruling circle of his people said,) 'What is he but a man who has
invented a lie against Allah? We do not believe in him.' (23:38)
In houses which Allah has permitted to be built and in which His name
is remembered, there are men who proclaim His glory morning and evening,
not distracted by trade or commerce from the remembrance of Allah and
the performance of prayer and the giving of the alms; fearing a day when
all hearts and eyes will be in turmoil. (24:36-37)
(The disbelievers say,) '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.' (25:8)
He (Musa) 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)
A man came running from the furthest part of the city, saying, 'Musa,
the Council are conspiring to kill you, so leave! I am someone who brings
you good advice.' (28:20)
Allah has not allotted to any man two hearts within his breast, nor has
He made those of your wives you equate with your mothers your actual mothers,
nor has He made your adopted sons your actual sons. These are just words
coming out of your mouths. But Allah speaks the truth and He guides to
the Way. (33:4)
Among the believers there are men who have been true to the contract
they made with Allah. Some of them have fulfilled their pact by death
and some are still waiting to do so, not having changed in any way at
all. (33:23)
Those who disbelieve say, 'Shall we show you to a man who will tell you
that when you have completely disintegrated, you will then be recreated
all anew? (34:7)
When Our Clear Signs are recited to them, they say, 'This is nothing
but a man who wants to debar you from what your fathers used to worship.'
They say, 'This is nothing but an invented lie.' Those who disbelieve
say to the truth when it comes to them, 'This is nothing but downright
magic.' (34:43)
A man came running from the far side of the city, saying, 'My people!
Follow the Messengers!' (36:20)
They will say, 'How is it that we do not see some men whom we used to
count among the worst of people?' (38:62)
Allah has made a metaphor for them of a man owned by several partners
in dispute with one another and another man wholly owned by a single man.
Are they the same? Praise be to Allah! The fact is that most of them do
not know. (39:29)
A man among Pharaoh's people who believed, but kept his faith concealed,
said, 'Are you going to kill a man for saying "My Lord is Allah" when
he has brought you Clear Signs from your Lord? If he is telling a lie,
be it on his own head. But if he is telling the truth, then some of what
he is promising you will certainly happen to you. Allah does not guide
any unbridled inveterate liar.' (40:28)
They say, 'Why was this Qur'an not sent down to one of the great men
of the two cities?' (43:31)
Certain men from among mankind used to seek refuge with certain men from
among the jinn but they increased them in wickedness. (72:6)
MARK
If We wished, We would show them to you and you would know them by their
mark and know them by their ambivalent speech. Allah knows your actions.
(47:30)
The evildoers will be recognised by their mark and seized by their forelocks
and their feet. (55:41)
MARKET-PLACE
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?' (25:7)
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)
MARRIAGE
Do not marry women of the idolaters until they believe. A slavegirl who
is one of the believers is better for you than a woman of the idolaters,
even though she may attract you. And do not marry men of the idolaters
until they believe. A slave who is one of the believers is better for
you than a man of the idolaters, even though he may attract you. Such
people call you to the Fire whereas Allah calls you, with His permission,
to the Garden and forgiveness. He makes His Signs clear to people so that
hopefully they will pay heed. (2:221)
But if a man divorces his wife a third time, she is not lawful for him
after that until she has married another husband. Then if he divorces
her, there is nothing wrong in the original couple getting back together
provided they think they will remain within Allah's limits. These are
Allah's limits which he has made clear to people who know. (2:230)
When you divorce women and they are near the end of their waiting period,
do not prevent them from marrying their first husbands if they have mutually
agreed to it with correctness and courtesy. This is an admonition for
those of you who believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is better and
purer for you. Allah knows and you do not know. (2:232)
Nor is there anything wrong in any allusion to marriage you make to a
woman, nor for any you keep to yourself. Allah knows that you will say
things to them. But do not make secret arrangements with them, rather
only speak with correctness and courtesy. Do not finally decide on the
marriage contract until the prescribed period has come to its end. Know
that Allah knows what is in your selves, so beware of Him! And know that
Allah is Ever-Forgiving, All-Forbearing. (2:235)
If you divorce them before you have touched them but have already allotted
them a dowry, they should have half the amount which you allotted, unless
they forgo it or the one in charge of the marriage contract forgoes it.
To forgo it is closer to heedfulness. Do not forget to show generosity
to one another. Allah sees what you do. (2:237)
If you are afraid of not behaving justly towards orphans, then marry
other permissible women, two, three or four. But if you are afraid of
not treating them equally, then only one, or those you own as slaves.
That makes it more likely that you will not be unfair. (4:3)
Keep a close check on orphans until they reach a marriageable age, then
if you perceive that they have sound judgement hand over their property
to them. Do not consume it extravagantly and precipitately before they
come of age. Those who are wealthy should abstain from it altogether.
Those who are poor should use it sensibly and correctly. When you hand
over their property to them ensure that there are witnesses on their behalf.
Allah suffices as a Reckoner. (4:6)
You who believe! It is not lawful for you to inherit women by force.
Nor may you treat them harshly so that you can make off with part of what
you have given them, unless they commit an act of flagrant indecency.
Live together with them correctly and courteously. If you dislike them,
it may well be that you dislike something in which Allah has placed a
lot of good. (4:19)
Do not marry any women your fathers married-except for what may have
already taken place. That is an indecent act, a loathsome thing and an
evil path. (4:22)
Forbidden for you are: your mothers and your daughters and your sisters,
your maternal aunts and your paternal aunts, your brothers' daughters
and your sisters' daughters, your foster mothers who have suckled you,
your foster sisters by suckling, your wives' mothers, your stepdaughters
who are under your protection: the daughters of your wives whom you have
had sexual relations with (though if you have not had sexual relations
with them there is nothing blameworthy for you in it then), the wives
of your sons whom you have fathered, and marrying two sisters at the same
time-except for what may have already taken place. Allah is Ever-Forgiving,
Most Merciful. (4:23)
And also married women, except for those you have taken in war as slaves.
This is what Allah has prescribed for you. Apart from that He has made
all other women lawful for you provided you seek them with your wealth
in marriage and not in fornication. When you consummate your marriage
with them give them their prescribed dowry. There is nothing wrong in
any further agreement you might come to after the dowry has been given.
Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (4:24)
If any of you do not have the means to marry free women who are believers,
you may marry slavegirls who are believers. Allah knows best about your
faith; you are all the same in that respect. Marry them with their owners'
permission and give them their dowries correctly and courteously as married
women, not in fornication or taking them as lovers. When they are married,
if they commit fornication they should receive half the punishment of
free women. This is for those of you who are afraid of committing fornication.
But being patient is better for you. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
(4:25)
Men have charge of women because Allah has preferred the one above the
other and because they spend their wealth on them. Right-acting women
are obedient (to Allah), guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded. If
there are women whose disobedience you fear, you may admonish them, refuse
to sleep with them, and then beat them. But if they obey you, do not look
for a way to punish them. Allah is All-High, Most Great. (4:34)
If you fear a breach between a couple, send an arbiter from his people
and an arbiter from her people. If the couple desire to put things right,
Allah will bring about a reconciliation between them. Allah is All-Knowing,
All-Aware. (4:35)
They request from you a ruling concerning women. Say, 'Allah gives you
a ruling about them; and also what is recited to you in the Book about
orphan girls to whom you do not give the inheritance they are owed, while
at the same time desiring to marry them; and also about young children
who are denied their rights: that you should act justly with respect to
orphans.' Whatever good you do, Allah knows it. (4:127)
If a woman fears cruelty or aversion on her husband's part, there is
nothing wrong in the couple becoming reconciled. Reconciliation is better.
But people are prone to selfish greed. If you do good and guard against
evil, Allah is aware of what you do. (4:128)
You will not be able to be completely fair between your wives, however
hard you try. But do not be completely partial so as to leave a wife,
as it were, suspended in mid-air. And if you make amends and guard against
evil, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (4:129)
Today all good things have been made lawful for you. And the food of
those given the Book is also lawful for you and your food is lawful for
them. So are chaste women from among the believers and chaste women of
those given the Book before you, once you have given them their dowries
in marriage, not in fornication or taking them as lovers. But as for anyone
who rejects faith, his actions will come to nothing and in the hereafter
he will be among the losers. (5:15)
A man who has fornicated may only marry a woman who has fornicated or
a woman of the idolaters. A woman who has fornicated may only marry a
man who has fornicated or a man of the idolaters. Doing such a thing is
forbidden for the believers. (24:3)
Marry off those among you who are unmarried and those of your slaves
and slavegirls who are righteous. If they are poor, Allah will enrich
them from His bounty. Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing. (24:32)
Those who cannot find the means to marry should be abstinent until Allah
enriches them from His bounty. If any slaves you own want to make a contract
to free themselves, write it for them if you know of good in them and
give them some of the wealth Allah has given you. Do not force your slavegirls
to prostitute themselves if they desire to be virtuous women out of your
desire for the goods of this world. If anyone forces them, then after
they have been forced, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (24:33)
As for women who are past child-bearing age and no longer have any hope
of getting married, there is nothing wrong in their removing their outer
clothes, provided they do not flaunt their adornments; but to refrain
from doing so is better for them. Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (24:60)
And it is He Who created human beings from water and then gave them relations
by blood and marriage. Your Lord is All-Powerful. (25:54)
He said, 'I would like to marry you to one of these two daughters of
mine on condition that you work for me for eight full years. If you complete
ten, that is up to you. I do not want to be hard on you. You will find
me, Allah willing, to be one of the righteous.' (28:27)
When you said to him whom Allah has blessed and you yourself have greatly
favoured, 'Keep your wife to yourself and have fear of Allah,' while concealing
something in yourself which Allah wished to bring to light, you were fearing
people when Allah has more right to your fear. Then when Zayd divorced
her We married her to you so that there should be no restriction for the
believers regarding the wives of their adopted sons when they have divorced
them. Allah's command is always carried out. (33:37)
You who believe! When you marry believing women and then divorce them
before you have touched them, there is no waiting period for you to calculate
for them, so give them a gift and let them go with kindness. (33:49)
O Prophet! We have made lawful for you: your wives to whom you have given
dowries and any slavegirls you own from the booty Allah has allotted you
and the daughters of your paternal uncles and the daughters of your paternal
aunts and the daughters of your maternal uncles and the daughters of your
maternal aunts who have migrated with you and any believing woman who
gives herself to the Prophet if the Prophet desires to marry her: exclusively
for you as opposed to the rest of the believers-We know very well what
We have prescribed for them regarding their wives and any slavegirls they
possess-in order that there be no restriction on you. Allah is Ever-Forgiving,
Most Merciful. (33:50)
After that no other women are lawful for you nor may you exchange them
for other wives, even though their beauty might be pleasing to you, with
the exception of any you own as slaves. Allah is watchful over all things.
(33:52)
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)
So it will be. We will marry them to dark-eyed maidens. (44:54)
They will recline on couches ranged in rows and We will marry them to
dark-eyed maidens. (52:20)
You who believe! When women who believe come to you as emigrants, submit
them to a test. Allah has best knowledge of their faith. If you know they
are believers, do not return them to the disbelievers. They are not lawful
for the disbelievers nor are the disbelievers lawful for them. Give the
disbelievers whatever dowry they paid. And there is nothing wrong in your
marrying them provided you pay them their due. Do not hold to any marriage
ties with women who disbelieve. Ask for what you paid and let them ask
for what they paid. That is Allah's judgement. Allah will judge between
them. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (60:10)
Allah has made an example for those who disbelieve: the wife of Nuh and
the wife of Lut. They were married to two of Our servants who were righteous
but they betrayed them and were not helped at all against Allah. They
were told, 'Enter the Fire along with all who enter it.' (66:10)
MARTYRDOM
Do not say that those who are killed in the Way of Allah are dead. On
the contrary, they are alive but you are not aware of it. (2:154)
If you are killed in the Way of Allah or if you die, forgiveness and
mercy from Allah are better than anything you can acquire. (3:157)
Do not suppose that those killed in the Way of Allah are dead. No indeed!
They are alive and well provided for in the very presence of their Lord,
delighting in the favour Allah has bestowed on them, rejoicing over those
they left behind who have not yet joined them, feeling no fear and knowing
no sorrow, rejoicing in blessings and favour from Allah and that Allah
does not let the wage of the believers go to waste. (169-171)
Whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger will be with those whom Allah has
blessed: the Prophets, the steadfast affirmers of truth, the martyrs and
the righteous. What excellent company such people are! (4:69)
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)
Say: 'What do you await for us except for one of the two best things
(martyrdom or victory)? But what we await for you is for Allah to inflict
a punishment on you either directly from Himself or at our hands. So wait,
we are waiting with you!' (9:52)
Those who migrate in the Way of Allah and then are killed or die, Allah
will provide for them handsomely. Truly Allah is the best Provider. (22:58)
MARYAM (AS) (MARY)
We gave Musa the Book and sent a succession of Messengers after him.
We gave 'Isa, son of Maryam, the Clear Signs and reinforced him with the
Purest Spirit. Why then, whenever a Messenger came to you with something
your lower selves did not desire, did you grow arrogant, and deny some
of them and murder others? (2:87)
These Messengers: We favoured some of them over others. Allah spoke directly
to some of them and raised up some of them in rank. We gave Clear Signs
to 'Isa, son of Maryam, and reinforced him with the Purest Spirit. If
Allah had willed, those who came after them would not have fought each
other after the Clear Signs came to them, but they differed. Among them
there are those who believe and among them there are those who disbelieve.
If Allah had willed, they would not have fought each other. But Allah
does whatever He desires. (2:253)
And when the angels said, 'Maryam, Allah has chosen you and purified
you. He has chosen you over all other women. Maryam, obey your Lord and
prostrate and bow with those who bow.' This is news from the Unseen which
We reveal to you. You were not with them when they cast their reeds to
see which of them would be the guardian of Maryam. You were not with them
when they quarrelled. When the angels said, 'Maryam, your Lord gives you
good news of a Word from Him. His name is the Messiah, 'Isa, son of Maryam,
of high esteem in this world and the hereafter, and one of those brought
near.' (3:42-45)
And (We punished them) on account of their disbelief, and their utterance
of a monstrous slander against Maryam, and their saying, 'We killed the
Messiah, 'Isa son of Maryam, Messenger of Allah.' They did not kill him
and they did not crucify him but it was made to seem so to them. Those
who argue about him are in doubt about it. They have no real knowledge
of it, just conjecture. But they certainly did not kill him. (4:156-157)
People of the Book! Do not go to excess in your religion. Say nothing
but the truth about Allah. The Messiah, 'Isa son of Maryam, was only the
Messenger of Allah and His Word, which He cast into Maryam, and a Spirit
from Him. So believe in Allah and His Messengers. Do not say, 'Three.'
It is better that you stop. Allah is only One God. He is too Glorious
to have a son! Everything in the heavens and in the earth belongs to Him.
Allah suffices as a Guardian. (4:171)
Those who say, 'Allah is the Messiah, son of Maryam,' disbelieve. 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)
And We sent 'Isa son of Maryam following in their footsteps, confirming
the Torah that came before him. We gave him the Gospel containing guidance
and light, confirming the Torah that came before it, and as guidance and
admonition for those who guard against evil. (5:46)
Those who say that the Messiah, son of Maryam, is Allah are disbelievers.
The Messiah said, 'Tribe of Israel! Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord.
If anyone associates anything with Allah, Allah has forbidden him the
Garden and his refuge will be the Fire.' The wrongdoers will have no helpers.
(5:72)
The Messiah, the son of Maryam, was only a Messenger, before whom other
Messengers came and went. His mother was a woman of truth. Both of them
ate food. See how We make the Signs clear to them! Then see how they are
perverted! (5:75)
Those among the tribe of Israel who disbelieved were cursed on the tongue
of Dawud and that of 'Isa, son of Maryam. That is because they rebelled
and overstepped the limits. (5:78)
Remember when Allah said, ''Isa, son of Maryam, remember My blessing
to you and to your mother when I reinforced you with the Purest Spirit
so that you could speak to people in the cradle and when you were fully
grown; and when I taught you the Book and Wisdom, and the Torah and the
Gospel; and when you created a bird-shape out of clay by My permission,
and then breathed into it and it became a bird by My permission; and healed
the blind and the leper by My permission; and when you brought forth the
dead by My permission; and when I held back the tribe of Israel from you,
when you brought them the Clear Signs and those of them who disbelieved
said, "This is nothing but downright magic";' (5:110)
And when the Disciples said, ''Isa son of Maryam! Can your Lord send
down a table to us out of heaven?' He said, 'Have fear of Allah if you
are believers!' (5:112)
'Isa son of Maryam said, 'Allah, our Lord, send down a table to us out
of heaven to be a feast for us, for the first and last of us, and as a
Sign from You. Provide for us! You are the Best of Providers!' (5:114)
And when Allah says, ''Isa son of Maryam! Did you say to people, "Take
me and my mother as gods besides Allah?"' he will say, 'Glory be to You!
It is not for me to say what I have no right to say! If I had said it,
then You would have known it. You know what is in my self but I do not
know what is in Your Self. You are the Knower of all unseen things.' (5:116)
They have taken their rabbis and monks as lords besides Allah, and also
the Messiah, son of Maryam. Yet they were commanded to worship only one
God. There is no god but Him! Glory be to Him above anything they associate
with Him! (9:31)
Mention Maryam in the Book, how she withdrew from her people to an eastern
place. (19:16)
She brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, 'Maryam! You
have done an unthinkable thing! ' (19:27)
That is 'Isa, son of Maryam, the word of truth about which they are in
doubt. (19:34)
And We made the son of Maryam and his mother a Sign and gave them shelter
on a mountainside where there was a meadow and a flowing spring. (23:50)
When We made a covenant with all the Prophets-with you and with Nuh and
Ibrahim and Musa and 'Isa son of Maryam-We made a binding covenant with
them. (33:7)
When an example is made of the son of Maryamyour people laugh uproariously.
(43:57)
Then We sent Our Messengers following in their footsteps and sent 'Isa
son of Maryam after them, giving him the Gospel. We put compassion and
mercy in the hearts of those who followed him. They invented monasticism-We
did not prescribe it for them-purely out of desire to gain the pleasure
of Allah, but even so they did not observe it as it should have been observed.
To those of them who believed We gave their reward but many of them are
deviators. (57:27)
And when 'Isa son of Maryam said, 'Tribe of Israel, I am the Messenger
of Allah to you, confirming the Torah which came before me and giving
you the good news of a Messenger after me whose name is Ahmad.' When he
brought them the Clear Signs, they said, 'This is downright magic.' (61:6)
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)
And Maryam, the daughter of 'Imran, who guarded her chastity-We breathed
Our Spirit into her and she confirmed the Words of her Lord and His Book
and was one of the obedient. (66:12)
Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the family of Ibrahim and the family of
'Imran over all other beings-descendants one of the other. Allah is All-Hearing,
All-Knowing. (3:33-34)
Remember when the wife of 'Imran said, 'My Lord, I have pledged to You
what is in my womb, devoting it to Your service. Please accept my prayer.
You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.' ( 3:35)
When she 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)
Her Lord accepted her with approval and made her grow in health and beauty.
And Zakariyya became her guardian. Every time Zakariyya visited her in
the Upper Room, he found food with her. He said, 'Maryam, how did you
come by this?' She said, 'It is from Allah. Allah provides for whoever
He wills without any reckoning.' (3: 37)
MASHA'LLAH (SEE "IT IS AS ALLAH WILLS")
MASJID (SEE MOSQUE)
MASJID AL-AQSA (SEE THE FURTHER MOSQUE)
MASTER
Allah does not impose on any self any more than it can stand. For it
is what it has earned; against it, what it has brought upon itself. 'Our
Lord, do not take us to task if we forget or make a mistake! Our Lord,
do not place on us a load like the one You placed on those before us!
Our Lord, do not place on us a load we have not the strength to bear!
And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy on us. You are our Master,
so help us against the people of the disbelievers.' (2:286)
Then they are returned to Allah, their Master, the Real. Jurisdiction
belongs to Him alone and He is the Swiftest of Reckoners. (6:62)
But if they turn away, know that Allah is your Master, the Best of Masters,
and the Best of Helpers! (8:40)
Say: 'Nothing can happen to us except what Allah has ordained for us.
He is Our Master. It is in Allah that the believers should put their trust.'
(9:51)
Then and there every self will be tried for what it did before. They
will be returned to Allah, their Master, the Real, and what they invented
will abandon them. (10:30)
Allah has made the expiation of your oaths obligatory for you. Allah
is your Master-He is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. (66:2)
MATE
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)
He created you from a single self, then produced its mate from it, and
sent down livestock to you-eight kinds in pairs. He creates you stage
by stage in your mothers' wombs in a threefold darkness. That is Allah,
your Lord. Sovereignty is His. There is no god but Him. So what has made
you deviate? (39:6)
The Bringer into Being of the heavens and the earth: He has given you
mates from among yourselves, and given mates to the livestock, in that
way multiplying you. Nothing is like Him. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.
(42:11)
MATURITY
And that you do not go near the property of orphans before they reach
maturity-except in a good way; that you give full measure and full weight
with justice-We impose on no self any more than it can bear; that you
are equitable when you speak-even if a near relative is concerned; and
that you fulfil Allah's contract. That is what He instructs you to do,
so that hopefully you will pay heed. (6:152)
Do not go near the property of orphans before they reach maturity, except
in a good way. Fulfil your contracts. Contracts will be asked about. (17:34)
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)
And when he (Musa) reached his full strength and maturity, We gave him
judgement and knowledge. That is how We recompense good-doers. (28:14)
MEADOW
And We made the son of Maryam and his mother a Sign and gave them shelter
on a mountainside where there was a meadow and a flowing spring. (23:50)
As for those who believed and did right actions, they will be made joyful
in a verdant meadow. (30:15)
You will see the wrongdoers afraid of what they have earned, when it
is about to land right on top of them, whereas those who believe and do
right actions will be in the lush Meadows of the Gardens. They will have
whatever they wish for with their Lord. That is the great favour. (42:22)
And (then We make) orchards and meadows (grow in it), for you and your
livestock to enjoy. (80:31-32)
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