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NAFS (SEE SELF)
NAKEDNESS
You will not go hungry in it or suffer from nakedness. (20:118)
You who believe! Those you own as slaves and those of you who have not
yet reached puberty should ask your permission to enter at three times:
before the Dawn Prayer, when you have undressed at noon, and after the
Prayer of Night-three times of nakedness for you. There is nothing wrong
for you or them at other times in moving around among yourselves from
one to another. In this way Allah makes the Signs clear to you. Allah
is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (24:58)
Had a blessing from his Lord not overtaken him, he (Yunus) would have
been thrown up on the naked shore, for he was at fault. (68:49)
NAME
He taught Adam the names of all things. Then He arrayed them before the
angels and said, 'Tell me the names of these if you are telling the truth.'
(2:31)
He said, 'Adam, tell them their names.' When he had told them their names,
He said, 'Did I not tell you that I know the Unseen of the heavens and
the earth, and I know what you make known and what you hide?' (2:33)
Who could do greater wrong than someone who bars access to the mosques
of Allah, preventing His name from being remembered in them, and goes
about destroying them? Such people will never be able to enter them-except
in fear. They will have disgrace in this world and in the hereafter they
will have a terrible punishment. (2:114)
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)
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.' (3:45)
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)
They will ask you what is lawful for them. Say: 'All good things are
lawful for you, and also what is caught for you by hunting animals which
you have trained as Allah has taught you. Eat what they catch for you,
mentioning Allah's name over it.' And have fear of Allah. Allah is swift
at reckoning. (5:4)
Eat that over which the name of Allah has been mentioned, if you believe
in His Signs. (6:118)
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)
Do not eat anything over which the name of Allah has not been mentioned.
To do so is sheer deviance. The Satans inspire their friends to dispute
with you. If you obeyed them you would then be idolaters. (6:121)
They say, 'These animals and crops are sacrosanct. No one may eat them
except those we wish',-as they allege-and animals on whose backs it is
forbidden to ride, and animals over which they do not mention Allah's
name, inventing falsehood against Him. He will repay them for the things
they have invented. (6:138)
He (Hud) said, 'Punishment and anger have come down on you from your
Lord. Do you argue with me regarding names which you and your forefathers
invented and for which Allah has sent down no authority? Wait, then; I
am waiting with you.' (7:71)
To Allah belong the Most Beautiful Names, so call on Him by them and
abandon those who desecrate His Names. They will be repaid for what they
did. (7:180)
He (Nuh) said, 'Embark in it. In the name of Allah be its voyage and
its landing! Truly my Lord is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.' (11:41)
What you serve apart from Him are only names which you and your forefathers
have made up There is no mandate for them from Allah. Allah alone is qualified
to judge. His order is to worship none but Him. That is in truth the straight
and upright religion, but most of mankind simply do not know. (12:40)
What then of Him Who is standing over every self seeing everything it
does? Yet still they associate others with Allah! Say: 'Name them! Or
would you inform Him of something in the earth He does not know, or are
they words which are simply guesswork on your part?' However, the plotting
of those who disbelieve seems good to them and they bar the way. Anyone
misguided by Allah has no guide. (13:33)
Say: 'Call on Allah or call on the All-Merciful, whichever you call upon,
the Most Beautiful Names are His.' Do not be too loud in your prayer or
too quiet in it, but try to find a way between the two. (17:110)
(His Lord said,) 'Zakariyya! We give you the good news of a boy named
Yahya, a name we have given to no one else before.' (19:7)
He is Lord of the heavens and the earth and everything in between them,
so worship Him and persevere in His worship. Do you know of any other
with His Name? (19:65)
Allah, there is no god but Him. The Most Beautiful Names are His. (20:8)
Announce the Pilgrimage to mankind. They will come to you on foot and
on every sort of lean animal, coming by every distant road so that they
can be present at what will profit them and invoke Allah's name on specific
days over livestock He has provided for them. Eat of them and feed those
who are poor and in need. (22:27-28)
We have appointed a rite of sacrifice for every nation so that they may
invoke Allah's name over the livestock He has given them. Your God is
One God so submit to Him. Give good news to the humble-hearted. (22:34)
We have appointed the sacrificial animals for you as one of the sacred
rites of Allah. There is good in them for you, so invoke Allah's name
over them, as they stand in rows. And then when they collapse on their
sides, eat of them and feed both those who ask and those who are too shy
to ask. In this way We have subjected them to you so that hopefully you
will be thankful. (22:36)
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).
(22:40)
Strive for Allah with the striving due to Him. He has selected you and
not placed any constraint upon you in the religion-the religion of your
forefather Ibrahim. He named you Muslims before and also in this, so that
the Messenger could be witness against you and you could be witnesses
against all mankind. So perform prayer and give the alms and hold fast
to Allah. He is your Protector-the Best Protector, the Best Helper. (22:78)
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.
(24:36)
You who believe! People should not ridicule others who may be better
than themselves; nor should any women ridicule other women who may be
better than themselves. And do not find fault with one another or insult
each other with derogatory nicknames. How evil it is to have a name for
evil conduct after coming to faith! Those people who do not turn from
it are wrongdoers. (49:11)
They (the idols) are nothing but names which you yourselves have given,
you and your forefathers. Allah has sent down no authority for them. They
are following nothing but conjecture and what their own selves desire.
And that when guidance has reached them from their Lord! (53:23)
Those who do not believe in the hereafter give the angels female names.
(53:27)
Blessed be the name of your Lord, Master of Majesty and Generosity. (55:78)
So glorify the name of your Lord, the Magnificent! (56:74)
So glorify the Name of your Lord, the Magnificent! (56:96)
He is Allah-the Creator, the Maker, the Giver of Form. To Him belong
the Most Beautiful Names. Everything in the heavens and earth glorifies
Him. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise. (59:24)
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)
Glorify then the name of your Lord, the Magnificent. (69:52)
Remember the Name of your Lord, and devote yourself to Him completely.
(73:8)
Remember the Name of your Lord in the morning and the evening. (76:25)
Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High. (87:1)
He who invokes the Name of his Lord and prays. (87:15)
Recite: In the Name of your Lord Who created. (96:1)
NAMES OF ALLAH
(Allah is) the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful. (1:2)
They say, 'Allah has a son.' Glory be to Him! No, everything in the heavens
and earth belongs to Him. Everything is obedient to Him, the Originator
of the heavens and earth. When He decides on something, He just says to
it, 'Be!' and it is. (2:116-117)
If their faith is the same as yours then they are guided. But if they
turn away, they are entrenched in hostility. Allah will be enough for
you against them. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. (2:137)
Your God is One God. There is no god but Him, the All-Merciful, the Most
Merciful. (2:163)
And among the people there are some who give up everything, desiring
the good pleasure of Allah. Allah is Ever-Gentle with His servants. (2:
207)
Divorced women should wait by themselves for three menstrual cycles;
and it is not lawful for them to conceal what Allah has created in their
wombs if they believe in Allah and the Last Day. Their husbands have the
right to take them back within that time, if they desire to be reconciled.
Women possess rights similar to those held over them to be honoured with
fairness; but men have a degree above them. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.
(2:228)
Allah, there is no god but Him, the Living, the Self-Sustaining. He is
not subject to drowsiness or sleep. Everything in the heavens and the
earth belongs to Him. Who can intercede with Him except by His permission?
He knows what is before them and what is behind them but they cannot grasp
any of His knowledge save what He wills. His Footstool encompasses the
heavens and the earth and their preservation does not tire Him. He is
the Most High, the Magnificent. (2:255)
Allah, there is no god but Him, the Living, the Self-Sustaining. (3:2)
Allah bears witness that there is no god but Him, as do the angels and
the people of knowledge, upholding justice. There is no god but Him, the
Almighty, the All-Wise. (3:18)
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)
Allah knows best who your enemies are. Allah suffices as a Protector;
Allah suffices as a Helper. (4:45)
If anyone desires the reward of this world, the reward of both this world
and hereafter is with Allah. Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing. (4:134)
(Isa said,) 'If You punish them, they are Your servants. If you forgive
them, You are the Almighty, the All-Wise.' (5:118)
Your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days
and then settled Himself firmly on the Throne. He covers the day with
the night, each pursuing the other urgently; and the sun and moon and
stars are subservient to His command. Both creation and command belong
to Him. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. (7:54)
Allah only did this to give you good news and that so your hearts would
be at rest. Victory comes from no one but Allah. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.
(8:10)
And (He turned) also towards the three who were left behind, so that
when the earth became narrow for them, for all its great breadth, and
their own selves became constricted for them and they realised that there
was no refuge from Allah except in Him, He turned to them so that they
might turn to Him. Allah is the Ever-Returning, the Most Merciful. (9:118)
That is Allah, your Lord, the Truth, and what is there after truth except
misguidance? So how have you been distracted? (10:32)
Then when Our command came We rescued Salih and those who believed along
with him by a mercy from Us from the disgrace of that day. Your Lord is
the All-Strong, the Almighty. (11:66)
They said, 'Are you astonished at Allah's command? May Allah's mercy
and His blessings be upon you, People of the House! He is Praiseworthy,
All-Glorious.' (11:73)
He said, 'No blame at all will fall on you. Today you have forgiveness
from Allah. He is the Most Merciful of the merciful.' (12: 92)
Do not imagine that Allah will break His promise to His Messengers. Allah
is Almighty, Exactor of Revenge. (14:47)
It is We Who give life and cause to die and We are the Inheritor. (15:
23)
Your Lord expands the provision of anyone He wills and restricts it.
He is aware of and sees His servants. (17:30)
Glory be to Him! He is exalted above what they say in Greatness and Sublimity!
(Qur'an, 17:43)
Say: 'Call on Allah or call on the All-Merciful, whichever you call upon,
the Most Beautiful Names are His.' Do not be too loud in your prayer or
too quiet in it, but try to find a way between the two. (17:110)
Faces will be humbled to the Living, the All-Sustaining and anyone weighed
down with wrongdoing will have failed. (20:111)
Everything in the heavens and everything in the earth belongs to Him.
Allah is the Rich Beyond Need, the Praiseworthy. (22:64)
Exalted be Allah, the King, the Real. There is no god but Him, Lord of
the Noble Throne. (23:116)
Put your trust in the Living Who does not die and glorify Him with praise.
He is well aware of the wrong actions of His servants. (25:58)
He who possessed knowledge of the Book said, 'I will bring it to you
before your glance returns to you.' And when he saw it standing firmly
in his presence, he said, 'This is part of my Lord's favour to test me
to see if I will give thanks or show ingratitude. Whoever gives thanks
only does so to his own gain. Whoever is ungrateful, my Lord is Rich Beyond
Need, Generous.' (27:40)
Your Lord creates and chooses whatever He wills. The choice is not theirs.
Glory be to Allah! He is exalted above anything they associate with Him!
(28:68)
Everything in the heavens and earth belongs to Allah. Allah is the Rich
Beyond Need, the Praiseworthy. (31:26)
That is the Knower of the Unseen and the Visible, the Almighty, the Most
Merciful. (32:6)
And remember the Signs of Allah and the wise words which are recited
in your rooms. Allah is All-Pervading, All-Aware. (33:34)
He had no authority over them except to enable Us to know those who believe
in the hereafter from those who are in doubt about it. Your Lord is the
Preserver of all things. (34: 21)
Say: 'Our Lord will bring us all together and then will judge between
us with the truth. He is the Just Decider, the All-Knowing.' (34:26)
Say: 'Show me those you have joined to Him as associates. No indeed!
He is Allah, the Almighty, the All-Wise.' (34:27)
Mankind! You are the poor in need of Allah whereas Allah is the Rich
Beyond Need, the Praiseworthy. (35:15)
Allah keeps a firm hold on the heavens and earth, preventing them from
vanishing away. And if they vanished no one could then keep hold of them.
Certainly He is Most Forbearing, Ever-Forgiving. (35:41)
Allah is the Creator of everything and He is Guardian over everything.
(39: 62)
He is the Living-there is no god but Him-so call on Him, making your
religion sincerely His. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.
(40: 65)
It is He Who sends down abundant rain, after they have lost all hope,
and unfolds His mercy. He is the Protector, the Praiseworthy. (42:28)
The legions of the heavens and the earth belong to Allah. Allah is Almighty,
All-Wise. (48:7)
(Has he not been informed) that it is He Who brings about both laughter
and tears; that it is He Who brings about both death and life; that He
created the two sexes-male and female? (53:43-45)
Everything in the heavens and the earth glorifies Allah. He is the Almighty,
the All-Wise. The kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs to Him.
He gives life and causes to die. He has power over all things. He is the
First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward. He has knowledge of all
things. (57:1-3)
(Allah does not love) those who are tight-fisted and tell others to be
tight-fisted. If anyone turns away, Allah is the Rich Beyond Need, the
Praiseworthy. (57:24)
He is Allah-there is no god but Him. He is the Knower of the Unseen and
the Visible. He is the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful. (59:22)
He is Allah-there is no god but Him. He is the King, the Most Pure, the
Perfect Peace, the Trustworthy, the Safeguarder, the Almighty, the Compeller,
the Supremely Great. Glory be to Allah above all they associate with Him.
(59:23)
He is Allah-the Creator, the Maker, the Giver of Form. To Him belong
the Most Beautiful Names. Everything in the heavens and earth glorifies
Him. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise. (59:24)
There is an excellent example in them for you to follow, that is for
those whose hope is in Allah and the Last Day. But if anyone turns away,
Allah is the Rich Beyond Need, the Praiseworthy. (60:6)
That is because their Messengers brought them the Clear Signs but they
said, 'Are human beings going to guide us?' So they disbelieved and turned
away. But Allah is completely independent of them. Allah is Rich Beyond
Need, Praiseworthy. (64:6)
If you make a generous loan to Allah He will multiply it for you and
forgive you. Allah is All-Thankful, Most Forbearing. The Knower of the
Unseen and the Visible, the Almighty, the All-Wise. (64:17-18)
(He is) the Possessor of the Throne, the All-Glorious. (85:15)
Say: 'He is Allah, Absolute Oneness, Allah, the Everlasting Sustainer
of all. He has not given birth and was not born. And no one is comparable
to Him.' (112: 1-4)
NASR
They have hatched a mighty plot saying, "Do not abandon your gods. Do
not abandon Wadd or Suwa' or Yaghuth or Ya'uq or Nasr." (71:22-23)
NATION
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)
How will it be when We bring a witness from every nation and bring you
as a witness against them? (4:41)
We sent Messengers to nations before you, and afflicted those nations
with hardship and distress so that hopefully they would humble themselves.
(6:42)
Do not curse those they call upon besides Allah, in case that makes them
curse Allah in animosity, without knowledge. In this way We make the actions
of every nation seem attractive to them. Then they will return to their
Lord, and He will inform them about what they did. (6:108)
Every nation has an appointed time. When their time comes, they cannot
delay it a single hour or bring it forward. (7:34)
He will say, 'Enter the Fire together with the nations of jinn and men
who have passed away before you.' Each time a nation enters, it will curse
its sister nation, until, when they are all gathered together in it, the
last of them will say to the first, 'Our Lord, those are the ones who
misguided us, so give them a double punishment in the Fire.' He will say,
'Each will receive double. But you do not know it.' (7:38)
Every nation has a Messenger and when their Messenger comes everything
is decided between them justly. They are not wronged. (10:47)
Say: 'I possess no power to harm or help myself except as Allah wills.
Every nation has an appointed time. When their appointed time comes, they
cannot delay it a single hour or bring it forward.' (10:49)
It was said, 'Nuh, descend with peace from Us and with blessings on you
and on the nations which will issue from those who are with you. But there
are nations to whom we will give enjoyment and then a painful punishment
from Us will afflict them.' (11:48)
In the same way We have sent you among a nation before which other nations
passed away, to recite to them what We have revealed to you. Yet they
still reject the All-Merciful. Say: 'He is my Lord; there is no god but
Him. I put my trust in Him and I turn to Him.' (13:30)
No nation can advance its appointed time nor can they delay it. (15:5)
On the Day We raise up a witness from every nation, those who disbelieved
will not be excused nor will they be able to appease Allah. (16:84)
This nation of yours is one nation and I am your Lord, so worship Me.
(21:92)
We have appointed a rite of sacrifice for every nation so that they may
invoke Allah's name over the livestock He has given them. Your God is
One God so submit to Him. Give good news to the humble-hearted. (22:34)
We have appointed for every nation a rite that they observe, so let them
not dispute with you about the matter. Call the people to your Lord. You
are guided straight. (22:67)
No nation can advance its appointed time nor can they delay it. (23:43)
We will drag out a witness from each nation and will say, 'Produce your
evidence!' They will know then that the truth is with Allah and that what
they invented has forsaken them. (28:75)
And if you deny it, nations before you also denied the truth. The Messenger
is only responsible for clear transmission. (29:18)
The people of Nuh denied the truth before them, and the Confederates
after them. Every nation planned to seize its Messenger and used false
arguments to rebut the truth. So I seized them, and how was My retribution!
(40:5)
We have assigned close comrades to them who have made what is before
them and behind them seem good to them. And the statement about the nations,
both of jinn and men, who passed away before them has proved true of them
as well. Certainly they were lost. (41:25)
If Allah had willed, He would have made them a single nation. But He
admits whoever He wills into His mercy and the wrongdoers have no protector
and no helper. (42:8)
You will see every nation on its knees, every nation summoned to its
Book: 'Today you will be repaid for what you did.' (45:28)
Those are people of whom the statement about the nations, both of jinn
and men, who passed away before them, has also proved true; truly they
were the lost. (46:18)
ALLAH'S NATURAL PATTERN (FITRAH)
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. (30:30)
NATURAL PURE BELIEF
They say, 'Be Jews or Christians and you will be guided.' Say, 'Rather
adopt the religion of Ibrahim, a man of natural pure belief. He was not
one of the idolaters.' (2:135)
Ibrahim was neither a Jew nor a Christian but a man of pure natural belief-a
Muslim. He was not one of the idolaters. (3:67)
Say, 'Allah speaks the truth, so follow the religion of Ibrahim, a man
of pure natural belief. He was not one of the idolaters.' (3:95)
Who could have a better religion than someone who submits himself completely
to Allah and is a good-doer, and follows the religion of Ibrahim, a man
of pure natural belief? Allah took Ibrahim as an intimate friend. (4:125)
(Ibrahim said,) 'I have turned my face to Him Who brought the heavens
and earth into being, a pure natural believer. I am not one of the idolaters.'
(6:79)
Say: 'My Lord has guided me to a straight path, a well-founded religion,
the religion of Ibrahim, a man of pure natural belief. He was not one
of the idolaters.' (6:161)
Turn your face towards the religion in pure natural faith, and on no
account be among the idolaters. (10:105)
Ibrahim was a community in himself, exemplary, obedient to Allah, a man
of pure natural belief. He was not one of the idolaters. (16:120)
Then We revealed to you: 'Follow the religion of Ibrahim, a man of pure
natural belief. He was not one of the idolaters.' (16:123)
Be people of pure natural belief in Allah, not associating anything else
with Him. As for anyone who associates others with Allah, it is as though
he had fallen from the sky and the birds had seized him and carried him
away or the wind had dropped him in a distant place. (22:31)
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. (30:30)
They were only ordered to worship Allah, making their religion sincerely
His as people of pure natural belief, and to perform prayer and give the
alms-that is the religion of the correct. (98:5)
NEARNESS OF ALLAH TO PEOPLE
Or did you suppose that you would enter the Garden without facing the
same as those who came before you? Poverty and illness afflicted them
and they were shaken to the point that the Messenger and those who believed
with him said, 'When is Allah's help coming?' Be assured that Allah's
help is very near. (2:214)
If My servants ask you about Me, I am near. I answer the call of the
caller when he calls on Me. They should therefore respond to Me and believe
in Me so that hopefully they will be rightly guided. (2:186)
What is in the heavens and in the earth belongs to Allah. Allah encompasses
all things. (4:126)
Eyesight cannot perceive Him but He perceives eyesight. He is the All-Penetrating,
the All-Aware. (6:103)
Do not be like those who left their homes in arrogance, showing off to
people and barring them from the way of Allah-Allah encompasses what they
do. (8:47)
We created man and We know what his own self whispers to him. We are
nearer to him than his jugular vein. (50:16)
Why then, when death reaches his throat and you are at that moment looking
on-and We are nearer him than you but you cannot see. (56:83-85)
Do you not see that Allah knows what is in the heavens and on the earth?
Three men cannot confer together secretly without Him being the fourth
of them, or five without Him being the sixth of them, or fewer than that
or more without Him being with them wherever they are. Then He will inform
them on the Day of Rising of what they did. Allah has knowledge of all
things. (58:7)
NEIGHBOUR
Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him. Be good to your
parents and relatives and to orphans and the very poor, and to neighbours
who are related to you and neighbours who are not related to you, and
to companions and travellers and your slaves. Allah does not love anyone
vain or boastful. (4:36)
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