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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)
PRIVATE PARTS
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 other 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)
PROCLAIMING ALLAH'S GREATNESS
The month of Ramadan is the one in which the Qur'an was sent down as
guidance for mankind, with Clear Signs containing guidance and discrimination.
Any of you who are resident for the month should fast it. But any of you
who are ill or on a journey should fast a number of other days. Allah
desires ease for you; He does not desire difficulty for you. You should
complete the number of days and proclaim Allah's greatness for the guidance
He has given you so that hopefully you will be thankful. (2:185)
And say: 'Praise be to Allah Who has had no son and Who has no partner
in His Kingdom and Who needs no one to protect Him from abasement.' And
proclaim His Greatness repeatedly! (17:111)
Their flesh and blood does not reach Allah but your heedfulness does
reach Him. In this way He has subjected them to you so that you might
proclaim Allah's greatness for the way that He has guided you. Give good
news to the good-doers. (22:37)
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)
PROFITLESS ACTIONS
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)
They are the ones whose actions come to nothing in this world or the
hereafter. They will have no helpers. (3:22)
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. (5:5)
Those who believe say, 'Are these the people who swore by Allah, with
their most earnest oaths, that they were with you?' Their actions have
come to nothing and they now are losers. (5:53)
That is Allah's guidance. He guides by it those of His servants He wills.
If they had associated others with Him, nothing they did would have been
of any use. (6:88)
As for those who denied Our Signs and the encounter of the hereafter,
their actions will come to nothing. Will they be repaid except for what
they did? (7:147)
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)
Like those before you who had greater strength than you and more wealth
and children. They enjoyed their portion; so enjoy your portion as those
before you enjoyed theirs. You have plunged into defamation as they plunged
into it. The actions of such people come to nothing in this world or the
hereafter. They are the lost. (9:69)
But such people will have nothing in the hereafter but the Fire. What
they achieved here will come to nothing. What they did will prove to be
null and void. (11:16)
Those are the people who reject their Lord's Signs and the meeting with
Him. Their actions will come to nothing and, on the Day of Rising, We
will not assign them any weight. (18:105)
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)
If anyone wants power, all power belongs to Allah. All good words rise
to Him and He raises up all virtuous deeds. But people who plot evil deeds
will suffer a harsh punishment. The plotting of such people is profitless.
(35:10)
It has been revealed to you and those before you: 'If you associate others
with Allah, your actions will come to nothing and you will be among the
losers.' (39:65)
That is because they hate what Allah has sent down, so He has made their
actions come to nothing. (47:9)
That is because they followed what angers Allah and hated what is pleasing
to Him. So He made their actions come to nothing. (47:28)
Those who disbelieve and obstruct the Way of Allah and are entrenched
in hostility towards the Messenger after the guidance has become clear
to them, do not harm Allah in any way and He makes their actions come
to nothing. (47:32)
You who believe! Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet
and do not be as loud when speaking to him as you are when speaking to
one another, lest your actions should come to nothing without your realising
it. (49:2)
Did He not bring all their schemes to nothing? (105:2)
PROFLIGATE
It is He Who produces gardens, both cultivated and wild, and palm-trees
and crops of diverse kinds, and olives and pomegranates, both similar
and dissimilar. Eat of their fruits when they bear fruit and pay their
due on the day of their harvest, and do not be profligate. He does not
love the profligate. (6:141)
Children of Adam! Wear fine clothing in every mosque and eat and drink
but do not be profligate. He does not love the profligate. (7:31)
When harm touches man, he calls on Us, lying on his side or sitting down
or standing up. Then when We remove the harm from him he carries on as
if he had never called on Us when the harm first touched him. In that
way We make what they have done appear good to the profligate. (10:12)
No one believed in Musa except for a few of his people out of fear that
Pharaoh, and the elders, would persecute them. Pharaoh was high and mighty
in the land. He was one of the profligate. (10:83)
That is how We repay anyone who is profligate and does not believe in
the Signs of his Lord. And the punishment of the hereafter is much harsher
and longer lasting. (20:127)
But We kept Our promise to them and rescued them and those We willed,
and destroyed the profligate. (21:9)
Do not obey the orders of the profligate. (26:151)
This! Whereas for the profligate there is an evil Homecoming. (38:55)
(The man who believed said,) 'There is no question that what you call
me to has no foundation either in this world or the hereafter, that our
return is to Allah, and that the profligate will be Companions of the
Fire.' (40:43)
Shall We then deprive you of the Reminder for being a profligate people?
(43:5)
We rescued the tribe of Israel from the humiliating punishment, from
Pharaoh-he was haughty, one of the profligate. (44:30-31)
They (guests of Ibrahim) said, 'We have been sent to a people of evildoers
to unleash upon them lumps of clay earmarked by your Lord for the profligate.'
(51:32-34)
Hell lies in wait-a homecoming for the profligate. (78:21-22)
PROMISE
(Those firmly rooted in knowledge say,) 'Our Lord, You are the Gatherer
of mankind to a Day of which there is no doubt. Allah will not break His
promise.' (3:9)
(People with intelligence say,) 'Our Lord, give us what You promised
us through Your Messengers, and do not disgrace us on the Day of Rising.
You do not break Your promise.' (3:194)
But as for those who believe and do right actions, We will admit them
into Gardens with rivers flowing under them, remaining in them timelessly,
for ever and ever. Allah's promise is true. Whose speech could be truer
than Allah's? (4:122)
Each and every one of you will return to Him. Allah's promise is true.
He brings creation out of nothing and then regenerates it so that he can
repay with justice those who believed and did right actions. Those who
disbelieved will have a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment
because of their disbelief. (10:4)
Yes, everything in the heavens and earth belongs to Allah. Yes, Allah's
promise is true but most of them do not know it. (10:55)
Nuh called out to his Lord and said, 'My Lord, my son is one of my family
and Your promise is surely the truth and You are the Justest of Judges.'
(11:45)
Even if there was a Qur'an which moved mountains, or split the earth
open or spoke to the dead...! On the contrary! The affair is Allah's altogether.
Do those who believe not know that if Allah had wanted to He could have
guided all mankind? Those who disbelieve will not cease to be struck by
disaster for what they have done-or a disaster will happen close to their
homes-until Allah's promise is fulfilled. Allah will not fail to keep
His promise. (13:31)
When the affair is decided Satan will say, 'Allah made you a promise,
a promise of truth, and I made you a promise but broke my promise. I had
no authority over you, except that I called you and you responded to me.
Do not, therefore, blame me but blame yourselves. I cannot come to your
aid nor you to mine. I reject the way you associated me with Allah before.'
The wrongdoers will have a painful punishment. (14:22)
We said to the tribe of Israel after that, 'Inhabit the land and, when
the promise of the hereafter comes, We will produce you as a motley crowd.'
(17:104)
Say: 'Believe in it or do not believe in it.' Certainly, when it is recited
to them, those who were given knowledge before it fall on their faces
in prostration, saying, 'Glory be to our Lord! The promise of our Lord
is truly fulfilled!' (17:107-108)
Accordingly We made them chance upon them unexpectedly so they might
know that Allah's promise is true and that there is no doubt about the
Hour. When they were arguing among themselves about the matter, they said,
'Wall up their cave, their Lord knows best about them.' But those who
got the better of the argument concerning them said, 'We will build a
place of worship over them.' (18:21)
He (Dhu'l-Qarnayn) said, 'This is a mercy from my Lord. But when my Lord's
promise comes about, He will crush it (the barrier) flat. The promise
of my Lord is surely true.' (18:98)
Mention Isma'il in the Book. He was true to his promise and was a Messenger
and a Prophet. (19:54)
Gardens of Eden which the All-Merciful has promised to His servants in
the Unseen. His promise is always kept. (19:61)
They ask you to hasten the punishment. Allah will not break His promise.
A day with your Lord is equivalent to a thousand years in the way you
count. (22:47)
That is how We returned him (Musa) to his mother so that she might delight
her eyes and feel no grief and so that she would know that Allah's promise
is true. But most of them do not know this. (28:13)
That is Allah's promise. Allah does not break His promise. But most people
do not know it. (30:6)
So be steadfast. Allah's promise is true. Do not let those who have no
certainty make you impatient and shake your firmness. (30:60)
For those who believe and do right actions there are Gardens of Delight,
to remain in them timelessly, for ever. Allah's promise is true. He is
the Almighty, the All-Wise. (31:8-9)
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)
Mankind! Allah's promise is true. Do not let the life of this world delude
you and do not let the Deluder delude you about Allah. (35:5)
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)
They will say, 'Praise be to Allah Who has fulfilled His promise to us
and made us the inheritors of this land, letting us settle in the Garden
wherever we want. How excellent is the wage of those who work!' (39:74)
So remain steadfast. Allah's promise is true. Ask forgiveness for your
wrong action and glorify your Lord with praise in the evening and the
early morning. (40:55)
So be steadfast, Allah's promise is true. Whether We show you some of
what We have promised them, or take you back to Us, they will in any case
be returned to Us. (40:77)
(Allah will say to disbelievers,) 'When you were told, "Allah's promise
is true and so is the Hour, of which there is no doubt," you said, "We
have no idea what the Hour is. We have only been conjecturing. We are
by no means certain."' (45:32)
But what of him who says to his parents, 'Fie on you! Do you promise
me that I will be resurrected when generations before me have passed away?'
They both call on Allah for help: 'Woe to you! Believe! Allah's promise
is true.' But he says, 'This is nothing but the myths of previous peoples.'
(46:17)
How will you safeguard yourselves, if you disbelieve, against a Day which
will turn children grey, by which heaven will be split apart? His promise
will be fulfilled. (73:17-18)
(FULFILLING) PROMISES
Allah fulfilled His promise to you when you were slaughtering them by
His permission. But then you faltered, disputing the command, and disobeyed
after He showed you what you love. Among you are those who want this world
and among you are those who want the hereafter. Then He turned you from
them in order to test you-but He has pardoned you. Allah shows favour
to the believers. (3:152)
But We kept Our promise to them and rescued them and those We willed,
and destroyed the profligate. (21:9)
They will say, 'Praise be to Allah Who has fulfilled His promise to us
and made us the inheritors of this land, letting us settle in the Garden
wherever we want. How excellent is the wage of those who work!' (39:74)
PROOF
Mankind! A clear proof has come to you from your Lord. We have sent down
a Clear Light to you. (4:174)
She wanted him and he would have wanted her, had he not seen the Clear
Proof of his Lord. That happened so We might avert from him all evil and
lust. He was Our chosen servant. (12:24)
PROPERTY
Do not devour one another's property by false means nor offer it to the
judges as a bribe, trying through crime to knowingly usurp a portion of
other people's property. (2:188)
Give orphans their property, and do not substitute bad things for good.
Do not assimilate their property into your own. Doing that is a serious
crime. (4:2)
Do not hand over to the simple-minded any property of theirs for which
Allah has made you responsible, but provide for them and clothe them out
of it, and speak to them correctly and courteously. (4:5)
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)
People who consume the property of orphans wrongfully consume nothing
in their bellies except fire. They will roast in a Searing Blaze. (4:10)
You who believe! Do not consume one another's property by false means,
but only by means of mutually agreed trade. And do not kill yourselves.
Allah is Most Merciful to you. (4:29)
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)
You who believe! Many of the rabbis and monks devour people's property
under false pretences and bar people from access to the Way of Allah.
As for those who hoard up gold and silver and do not spend it in the Way
of Allah, give them the news of a painful punishment. (9:34)
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)
He was a man of wealth and property and he said to his companion, debating
with him, 'I have more wealth than you and more people under me.' (18:34)
PROPHETS
And when you said, 'Musa, we will not put up with just one kind of food
so ask your Lord to supply to us some of what the earth produces-its green
vegetables, cucumbers, grains, lentils and onions,' he said, 'Do you want
to replace what is better with what is inferior? Go back to Egypt, then
you will have what you are asking for.' Abasement and destitution were
stamped upon them. They brought down anger from Allah upon themselves.
That was because they rejected Allah's Signs and killed the Prophets without
any right to do so. That was because they rebelled and went beyond the
limits. (2:61)
When they are told, 'Believe in what Allah has sent down,' they say,
'Our faith is in what was sent down to us,' and they reject anything beyond
that, even though it is the truth, confirming what they have. Say, 'Why
then, if you are believers, did you previously kill the Prophets of Allah?'
(2:91)
Say, 'We believe in Allah and what has been sent down to us and what
was sent down to Ibrahim and Isma'il and Ishaq and Ya'qub and the Tribes,
and what Musa and 'Isa were given, and what all the Prophets were given
by their Lord. We do not differentiate between any of them. We are Muslims
submitted to Him.' (2:136)
It is not devoutness to turn your faces to the East or to the West. Rather,
those with true devoutness are those who believe in Allah and the Last
Day, the Angels, the Book and the Prophets, and who, despite their love
for it, give away their wealth to their relatives and to orphans and the
very poor, and to travellers and beggars and to set slaves free, and who
perform prayer and give the alms; those who honour their contracts when
they make them, and are steadfast in poverty and illness and in battle.
Those are the people who are true. They are the people who guard against
evil. (2:177)
Mankind was a single community. Then Allah sent out Prophets bringing
good news and giving warning, and with them He sent down the Book with
truth to decide between people regarding their differences. Only those
who were given it differed about it, after the Clear Signs had come to
them, envying one another. Then, by His permission, Allah guided those
who believed to the truth of that about which they had differed. Allah
guides whoever He wills to a straight path. (2:213)
As for those who reject Allah's Signs, and kill the Prophets without
any right to do so, and kill those who command justice, give them news
of a painful punishment. (3:21)
He would never command you to take the angels and Prophets as Lords.
Would He command you to disbelieve after being Muslim? (3:80)
Remember when Allah made a covenant with the Prophets: 'Now that We have
given you a share of the Book and Wisdom, and then a messenger comes to
you confirming what is with you, you must believe in him and help him.'
He asked, 'Do you agree and undertake my commission on that condition?'
They replied, 'We agree.' He said, 'Bear witness, then. I am with you
as one of the witnesses.' (3:81)
Say, 'We believe in Allah and what has been sent down to us and what
was sent down to Ibrahim, Isma'il and Ishaq and Ya'qub and the Tribes,
and what Musa and 'Isa and all the Prophets were given by their Lord.
We do not differentiate between any of them. We are Muslims submitted
to Him.' (3:84)
They will be plunged into abasement wherever they are found, unless they
have a treaty with Allah and with the people. They have brought down anger
from Allah upon themselves, and they have been plunged into destitution.
That was because they rejected Allah's Signs and killed the Prophets without
any right to do so. That was because they disobeyed and went beyond the
limits. (3:112)
Allah has heard the words of those who say, 'Allah is poor and we are
rich.' We will write down what they said and their killing of the Prophets
without any right to do so and We will say, 'Taste the punishment of the
Burning.' (3:181)
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)
Because of the fact that they (the Tribe of Israel) broke their covenant,
and rejected Allah's Signs, and killed the Prophets without any right
to do so and said, 'Our hearts are uncircumcised,' Allah has stamped them
with disbelief, so they do not believe except for very few. (4:155)
We have revealed to you as We revealed to Nuh and the Prophets who came
after him. And We revealed to Ibrahim and Isma'il and Ishaq and Ya'qub
and the Tribes, and 'Isa and Ayyub and Yunus and Harun and Sulayman. And
We gave Dawud the Zabur. (4:163)
Remember when Musa said to his people, 'My people! Remember Allah's blessing
to you when He appointed Prophets among you and appointed kings for you,
and gave you what He had not given to anyone else in all the worlds! (5:20)
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)
My Lord knows best everyone in the heavens and earth. We favoured some
of the Prophets over others. And We gave Dawud the Zabur. (17:55)
Those are some of the Prophets Allah has blessed, from the descendants
of Adam and from those We carried with Nuh, and from the descendants of
Ibrahim and Isra'il and from those We guided and chose. When the Signs
of the All-Merciful were recited to them they fell on their faces, weeping,
in prostration. (19:58)
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)
Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but the Messenger of Allah
and the Final Seal of the Prophets. Allah has knowledge of all things.
(33:40)
And the earth will shine with the Pure Light of its Lord; the Book will
be put in place; the Prophets and witnesses will be brought; it will be
decided between them with the truth; and they will not be wronged. (39:69)
How many Prophets We sent to the previous peoples! (43:6)
PROPORTION
What they call on apart from Him are female idols. What they call on
is an arrogant Satan whom Allah has cursed. He said, 'I will take a certain
fixed proportion of Your servants.' (4:117-118)
As for the earth, We stretched it out and cast firmly embedded mountains
in it and made everything grow in due proportion on it. (15:19)
From a drop of sperm He created him and proportioned him. (80:19)
He Who created you and formed you and proportioned you. (82:7)
And (I swear by) the self and what proportioned it and inspired it with
depravity or sense of duty, he who purifies it has succeeded, he who covers
it up has failed. (91:7-10)
PROSTRATION
We said to the angels, 'Prostrate to Adam!' and they prostrated, with
the exception of Diabolis. He refused and was arrogant and was one of
the disbelievers. (2:34)
Remember when We said, 'Go into this town and eat from it wherever you
like, freely. Enter the gate prostrating and say, "Relieve us of our burdens!"
Your mistakes will be forgiven. We will grant increase to all good-doers.'
(2:58)
And when We made the House (Kaaba) a place of return, a sanctuary for
mankind: They took the place where Ibrahim stood (to pray) as a place
of prayer. We contracted with Ibrahim and Isma'il: 'Purify My House for
those who circle it, and those who stay there, and those who bow and who
prostrate.' (2:125)
(The angels said,) 'Maryam, obey your Lord and prostrate and bow with
those who bow.' (3:43)
They are not all the same. There is a community among the People of the
Book who are upright. They recite Allah's Signs throughout the night,
and they prostrate. (3:113)
When you are with them and leading them in prayer, a group of them should
stand with you, keeping hold of their weapons. When they prostrate, the
others should guard your backs. Then the other group who have not yet
prayed should come and pray with you. They too should be careful and keep
hold of their weapons. Those who disbelieve would like you to be negligent
of your arms and equipment so that they can swoop down on you once and
for all. There is nothing wrong, if you are bothered by rain or you are
ill, in laying your weapons down; but take every precaution. Allah has
prepared a humiliating punishment for the disbelievers. (4:102)
We lifted up the Mount above their heads in accordance with the covenant
they had made, and We said to them, 'Enter the gate prostrating,' and
We said to them, 'Do not break the Sabbath,' and We made a binding covenant
with them. (4:154)
We created you and then formed you and then We said to the angels, 'Prostrate
before Adam,' and they prostrated-except for Diabolis. He was not among
those who prostrated. (7:11)
He said, 'What prevented you from prostrating when I commanded you to?'
He (Diabolis) replied, 'I am better than him. You created me from fire
and You created him from clay.' (7:12)
The magicians threw themselves down in prostration. (7:120)
When they were told: 'Live in this town and eat of it wherever you like
and say, "Relieve us of our burdens!" and enter the gate prostrating.
Your mistakes will be forgiven you. We will grant increase to good-doers.'
(7:161)
Those who are in the presence of your Lord do not consider themselves
too great to worship Him. They glorify His praise and they prostrate to
Him. (7:206)
Those who repent, those who worship, those who praise, those who fast,
those who bow, those who prostrate, those who command the right, those
who forbid the wrong, those who preserve the limits of Allah: give good
news to the believers. (9:112)
When Yusuf told his father, 'Father! I saw eleven bright stars, and the
sun and moon as well. I saw them all prostrate in front of me.' (12:4)
He (Yusuf) raised his parents up onto the throne. The others fell prostrate
in front of him. He said, 'My father, truly this is now the interpretation
of the dream I had. My Lord has made it all come true; and He was kind
to me by letting me out of prison and brought you from the desert when
Satan had caused dissent between me and my brothers. My Lord is kind to
anyone He wills. He is indeed All-Knowing and All-Wise.' (12:100)
Everyone in heaven and earth prostrates to Allah willingly or unwillingly,
as do their shadows in the morning and the evening. (13:15)
(Your Lord said to the angels,) 'When I have formed him and breathed
My Spirit into him, fall down in prostration in front of him!' (15:29)
Then the angels prostrated all together, every one of them-except Diabolis.
He disdained to be one of the prostrators. (15:30-31)
He said, 'Diabolis, what is it that prevents you being among the prostrators?'
(15:32)
He said, 'I will not prostrate to a human being whom You have created
out of dried clay formed from fetid black mud.' (15:33)
So glorify your Lord with praise and be one of the prostrators. (15:98)
Do they not see the things Allah has created, casting their shadows to
the right and to the left, prostrating themselves before Allah in complete
humility? (16:48)
Everything in the heavens and every creature on the earth prostrates
to Allah, as do the angels. They are not puffed up with pride. (16:49)
When We said to the angels, 'Prostrate yourselves to Adam!' they prostrated,
except for Diabolis. He said 'What! Am I to prostrate to one You have
created out of clay?' (17:61)
Say: 'Believe in it or do not believe in it.' Certainly, when it is recited
to them, those who were given knowledge before it fall on their faces
in prostration,' (17:107)
When We said to the angels, 'Prostrate yourselves to Adam,' they prostrated
with the exception of Diabolis. He was one of the jinn and wantonly deviated
from his Lord's command. Do you take him and his offspring as protectors
apart from Me when they are your enemy? How evil is the exchange the wrongdoers
make! (18:50)
Those are some of the Prophets Allah has blessed, from the descendants
of Adam and from those We carried with Nuh, and from the descendants of
Ibrahim and Isra'il and from those We guided and chose. When the Signs
of the All-Merciful were recited to them they fell on their faces, weeping,
in prostration. (19:58)
The magicians threw themselves down in prostration. They said, 'We believe
in the Lord of Harun and Musa.' (20:70)
When We said to the angels, 'Prostrate yourselves to Adam!' they prostrated,
with the exception of Diabolis who disdained to do it. (20:116)
Do you not see that everyone in the heavens and everyone on the earth
prostrates to Allah, and the sun and moon and stars and the mountains,
trees and beasts and many of mankind? But many of them inevitably merit
punishment. Those Allah humiliates will have no one to honour them. Allah
does whatever He wills. (22:18)
You who believe! Bow and prostrate and worship your Lord, and do good,
so that hopefully you will be successful. (22:77)
When they are told to prostrate to the All-Merciful, they say, 'And what
is the All-Merciful? Are we to prostrate to something you command us to?'
And it merely makes them run away all the more. (25:60)
(The servants of the All-Merciful are) those who pass the night prostrating
and standing before their Lord; (25:64)
The magicians threw themselves down, prostrating. (26:46)
He Who sees you when you stand up to pray and your movements with those
who prostrate. (26:218-219)
(The hoopoe said,) 'I found both her and her people prostrating to the
sun instead of Allah. Satan has made their actions seem good to them and
debarred them from the Way so they are not guided and do not prostrate
to Allah, Who brings out what is hidden in the heavens and the earth,
and knows what you conceal and what you divulge.' (27:24-25)
The people who truly do believe in Our Signs are those who fall to the
ground prostrating when they are reminded of them, and glorify their Lord
with praise, and are not arrogant. (32:15)
(Your Lord said to the angels,) 'When I have formed him and breathed
My Spirit into him, fall down in prostration to him!' (38:72)
So the angels prostrated, all of them together, except for Diabolis who
was arrogant and was one of the disbelievers. (38:73-74)
He said, 'Diabolis, what prevented you prostrating to what I created
with My own Hands? Were you overcome by arrogance or are you one of the
exalted?' (38:75)
What of him who spends the night hours in prayer, prostrating and standing
up, mindful of the hereafter, hoping for the mercy of his Lord? Say: 'Are
they the same-those who know and those who do not know?' It is only people
of intelligence who pay heed. (39:9)
Among His Signs are the night and day and the sun and moon. Do not prostrate
to the sun nor to the moon. Prostrate to Allah Who created them, if you
worship Him. (41:37)
Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him are fierce
to the disbelievers, merciful to one another. You see them bowing and
prostrating, seeking Allah's good favour and His pleasure. Their mark
is on their faces, the traces of prostration. That is their likeness in
the Torah. And their likeness in the Gospel is that of a seed which puts
up a shoot and makes it strong so that it thickens and grows up straight
upon its stalk, filling the sowers with delight-so that by them He may
infuriate the disbelievers. Allah has promised those of them who believe
and do right actions forgiveness and an immense reward. (48:29)
And glorify Him during the night and after you have prostrated. (50:40)
Prostrate before Allah and worship Him! (53:62)
The herbs and the trees all bow down in prostration. (55:6)
On the Day when legs are bared and they are called on to prostrate, they
will not be able to do so. (68:42)
Their eyes will be downcast, darkened by debasement; for they were called
on to prostrate when they were in full possession of their faculties.
(68:43)
Prostrate to Him during the night and glorify Him throughout the long
night. (76:26)
What is the matter with them that they have no faith and, when the Qur'an
is recited to them, do not prostrate? (84:20-21)
No indeed! Do not obey him, but prostrate and draw near. (96:19)
PROTECTION
Those who believe and have migrated and strived with their wealth and
themselves in the Way of Allah, and those who have given refuge and help,
they are the friends and protectors of one another. But as for those who
believe but have not migrated, you are not in any way responsible for
their protection until they migrate. But if they ask you for help in respect
of the religion, it is your duty to help them, except against people you
have a treaty with. Allah sees what you do. (8:72)
In that situation the only protection is from Allah, the Real. He gives
the best reward and the best outcome. (18:44)
PROTECTOR
Do you not know that Allah is He to Whom the kingdom of the heavens and
the earth belongs and that, besides Allah, you have no protector and no
helper? (2:107)
Allah is the Protector of those who believe. He brings them out of the
darkness into the light. But those who disbelieve have false gods as protectors.
They take them from the light into the darkness. Those are the Companions
of the Fire remaining in it timelessly, for ever. (2:257)
The people with the strongest claim to Ibrahim are those who followed
him and this Prophet and those who believe. Allah is the Protector of
the believers. (3:68)
Allah knows best who your enemies are. Allah suffices as a Protector;
Allah suffices as a Helper. (4:45)
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)
It is not a matter of wishful thinking on your part nor of the wishful
thinking of the People of the Book. Anyone who does evil will be repaid
for it. He will not find any protector or helper besides Allah. (4:123)
Say: 'Am I to take anyone other than Allah as my protector, the Bringer
into Being of the heavens and the earth, He Who feeds and is not fed?'
Say: 'I am commanded to be the first of the Muslims,' and, 'Do not be
among the idolaters.' (6:14)
Warn by it 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)
Abandon those who have turned their religion into a game and a diversion
and who have been deluded by the life of this world. Remind by it lest
a person is delivered up to destruction for what he has earned with no
protector or intercessor besides Allah. Were he to offer every kind of
compensation, it would not be accepted from him. Such people are delivered
up to destruction for what they have earned. They will have scalding water
to drink and a painful punishment because they disbelieved. (6:70)
They will have the Abode of Peace with their Lord. He is their Protector
because of what they have done. (6:127)
Follow what has been sent down to you from your Lord and do not follow
any protectors apart from Him. How little you remember! (7:3)
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)
(Say:) 'My Protector is Allah Who sent down the Book. He takes care of
the righteous.' (7:196)
Those who believe and have migrated and strived with their wealth and
themselves in the Way of Allah, and those who have given refuge and help,
they are the friends and protectors of one another. But as for those who
believe but have not migrated, you are not in any way responsible for
their protection until they migrate. But if they ask you for help in respect
of the religion, it is your duty to help them, except against people you
have a treaty with. Allah sees what you do. (8:72)
Those who disbelieve are the friends and protectors of one another. If
you do not act in this way there will be turmoil in the land and great
corruption. (8:73)
Allah is He to Whom the kingdom of the heavens and earth belongs. He
gives life and causes to die. You have no protector or helper besides
Allah. (9:116)
They were not able to thwart Allah on earth, and had no protectors besides
Allah. The punishment will be doubled for them. They were unable to hear
and could not see. (11:20)
Do not rely on those who do wrong thus causing the Fire to afflict you,
for you have no protector besides Allah; then you will not be helped.
(11:113)
Everyone has a succession of angels in front of him and behind him, guarding
him by Allah's command. Allah never changes a people's state until they
change what is in themselves. When Allah desires evil for a people, there
is no averting it. They have no protector apart from Him. (13:11)
Say: 'Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth?' Say: 'Allah.' Say:
'So why have you taken protectors apart from Him who possess no power
to help or harm themselves?' Say: 'Are the blind and seeing equal? Or
are darkness and light the same? Or have they assigned partners to Allah
Who create as He creates, so that all creating seems the same to them?'
Say: 'Allah is the Creator of everything. He is the One, the All-Conquering.'
(13:16)
By Allah, We sent Messengers to communities before your time, but Satan
made their actions seem good to them. Therefore today he is their protector.
They will have a painful punishment. (16:63)
Whoever Allah guides is truly guided. But as for those He leads astray,
you will not find any protectors for them apart from Him. We will gather
them on the Day of Rising, flat on their faces, blind, dumb and deaf.
Their shelter will be Hell. Whenever the Blaze dies down, We will increase
it for them. (17:97)
You would have seen the sun, when it rose, inclining away from their
cave towards the right, and, when it set, leaving them behind on the left,
while they were lying in an open part of it. That was one of Allah's Signs.
Whoever Allah guides is truly guided. But if He misguides someone, you
will find no protector for them to guide them rightly. (18:17)
Say: 'Allah knows best how long they stayed. The Unseen of the heavens
and the earth belongs to Him. How perfectly He sees, how well He hears!
They have no protector apart from Him. Nor does He share His rule with
anyone.' (18:26)
When We said to the angels, 'Prostrate yourselves to Adam,' they prostrated
with the exception of Diabolis. He was one of the jinn and wantonly deviated
from his Lord's command. Do you take him and his offspring as protectors
apart from Me when they are your enemy? How evil is the exchange the wrongdoers
make! (18:50)
Do those who disbelieve imagine that they can take My servants as protectors
instead of Me? We have prepared Hell as hospitality for the disbelievers!
(18:102)
They will say, 'Glory be to You! It would not have been fitting for us
to have taken any protectors apart from You. But You let them and their
fathers enjoy themselves so that they forgot the Reminder. They were people
devoid of good.' (25:18)
They said, 'Let us make an oath to one another by Allah that we will
fall on him and his family in the night and then say to his protector,
"We did not witness the destruction of his family and we are telling the
truth."' (27:49)
(Say:) 'There is no way out for you in earth or heaven. You have no protector
or helper besides Allah.' (29:22)
The metaphor of those who take protectors besides Allah is that of a
spider which builds itself a house; but no house is flimsier than a spider's
house, if they only knew. (29:41)
Say: 'Who is going to shield you from Allah if He desires evil for you
or desires mercy for you?' They will find no one to protect or help them
besides Allah. (33:17)
Allah has cursed the disbelievers and prepared a Searing Blaze for them
where they will remain timelessly, for ever and ever, not finding any
protector or any helper. (33:64-65)
They (angels) will say, 'Glory be to You! You are our Protector, not
them. No, they were worshipping the jinn. They mostly had faith in them.'
(34:41)
Indeed is the sincere religion not Allah's alone? If people take protectors
besides Him-'We only worship them so that they may bring us nearer to
Allah'-Allah will judge between them regarding the things about which
they differed. Allah does not guide anyone who is an ungrateful liar.
(39:3)
We are your protectors in the life of this world and the hereafter. You
will have there all that your selves could wish for. You will have there
everything you demand. (41:31)
As for those who take others besides Him as protectors, Allah takes care
of them. You are not set over them as a guardian. (42:6)
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)
Have they then taken others besides Him as protectors? But Allah is the
Protector. He gives life to the dead. He has power over all things. (42:9)
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)
You will not be able to thwart Him on the earth and you have no protector
or helper besides Allah. (42:31)
Whoever Allah misguides has no one to protect them after that. You will
see the wrongdoers saying, when they see the punishment, 'Is there no
way back?' (42:44)
They have no one to protect or help them apart from Allah. There is no
way out for anyone Allah misguides. (42:46)
Hell is right at their heels. Nothing they have earned will be of any
use to them, nor will those they took as protectors besides Allah. They
will have a terrible punishment. (45:10)
They will not help you in any way against Allah. The wrongdoers are protectors
of one another but Allah is the Protector of those who guard against evil.
(45:19)
(A group of jinn said to their people,) 'Those who do not respond to
Allah's caller cannot thwart Allah on earth and have no protectors apart
from Him. Such people are clearly misguided.' (46:32)
That is because Allah is the Protector of those who believe and because
those who disbelieve have no protector. (47:11)
If those who disbelieve should fight you, they would turn their backs
and then find no one to protect or help them. (48:22)
PROVIDE
That is the Book, without any doubt. It contains guidance for those who
guard against evil: those who believe in the Unseen and perform prayer
and spend from what We have provided for them; (2:2-3)
And We shaded you with clouds and sent down manna and quails to you:
'Eat of the good things We have provided for you.' They did not wrong
Us; rather it was themselves they were wronging. (2:57)
And when Ibrahim said, 'My Lord, make this a place of safety and provide
its inhabitants with fruits-all of them who believe in Allah and the Last
Day,' He said, 'I will let anyone who becomes a disbeliever enjoy himself
a little but then I will drive him to the punishment of the Fire. What
an evil destination!' (2:126)
You who believe! Eat of the good things We have provided for you and
give thanks to Allah if you worship Him alone. (2:172)
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)
You who believe! Give away some of what We have provided for you before
a Day arrives on which there is no trading, no close friendship and no
intercession. It is the disbelievers who are the wrongdoers. (2:254)
(Say, 'O Allah!) You merge the night into the day. You merge the day
into the night. You bring out the living from the dead. You bring out
the dead from the living. You provide for whoever You will without any
reckoning.' (3:27)
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)
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,
(3:169)
Do not hand over to the simple-minded any property of theirs for which
Allah has made you responsible, but provide for them and clothe them out
of it, and speak to them correctly and courteously. (4:5)
If other relatives or orphans or poor people attend the sharing-out,
provide for them out of it and speak to them correctly and courteously.
(4:8)
What harm would it have done them to have believed in Allah and the Last
Day and to have given of what Allah has provided for them? Allah knows
everything about them. (4:39)
Eat the lawful and good things Allah has provided for you, and have fear
of Allah, Him in Whom you believe. (5:88)
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)
Those who kill their children foolishly without any knowledge and make
what Allah has provided for them forbidden, inventing lies against Allah,
such people are lost. They are misguided. They are not guided. (6:140)
And also animals for riding and for haulage and animals for slaughtering
and for wool. Eat what Allah has provided for you and do not follow in
the footsteps of Satan. He is an outright enemy to you. (6:142)
Say: 'Come and I will recite to you what your Lord has made forbidden
for you': that you do not associate anything with Him; that you are good
to your parents; that you do not kill your children because of poverty-We
will provide for you and them; that you do not approach indecency-outward
or inward; that you do not kill any person Allah has made inviolate-except
with the right to do so. That is what He instructs you to do so that hopefully
you will use your intellect. (6:151)
We divided them up into twelve tribes-communities. We revealed to Musa,
when his people asked him for water: 'Strike the rock with your staff.'
Twelve fountains flowed out from it and all the people knew their drinking
place. And We shaded them with clouds and sent down manna and quails to
them: 'Eat of the good things We have provided you with.' They did not
wrong Us; rather it was themselves they wronged. (7:160)
(Believers are) those who perform prayer and give of what We have provided
for them. (8:3)
When you were few and oppressed in the land, afraid that the people would
snatch you away, He gave you refuge and supported you with His help and
provided you with good things so that hopefully you would be thankful.
(8:26)
Say: 'Who provides for you out of heaven and earth? Who controls hearing
and sight? Who brings forth the living from the dead and the dead from
the living? Who directs the whole affair?' They will say, 'Allah.' Say,
'So will you not guard against evil?' (10:31)
Tell My servants who believe that they should perform prayer and give
from what We have provided for them, secretly and openly, before a Day
arrives on which there will be no trading and no friendship. (14:31)
(Ibrahim said,) 'Our Lord! I have settled some of my offspring by Your
Sacred House in an uncultivated valley. Our Lord! Let them perform prayer!
Make the hearts of mankind incline towards them and provide them with
fruits, so that hopefully they will be thankful.' (14:37)
And We put livelihoods in it both for you and for those you do not provide
for. (15:20)
So eat from what Allah has provided for you, lawful and good, and be
thankful for the blessing of Allah if it is Him you worship. (16:114)
Do not kill your children out of fear of being poor. We will provide
for them and you. Killing them is a terrible mistake. (17:31)
We have honoured the sons of Adam and conveyed them on land and sea and
provided them with good things and favoured them greatly over many We
have created. (17:70)
Eat of the good things We have provided for you but do not go to excess
in it or My anger will be unleashed on you. Anyone who has My anger unleashed
on him has plunged to his ruin. (20:81)
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)
... Give good news to the humble-hearted, whose hearts quake at the mention
of Allah, and who are steadfast in the face of all that happens to them,
those who perform prayer and give of what We have provided for them. (22:34-35)
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)
Are you asking them for payment? Your Lord's payment is better. He is
the Best of Providers. (23:72)
(This is) so that Allah can reward them for the best of what they did
and give them more from His unbounded favour. Allah provides for anyone
He wills without reckoning. (24:38)
He Who originates creation and then regenerates it and provides for you
from out of heaven and earth. Is there another god besides Allah? Say:
'Bring your proof if you are being truthful.' (27:64)
They will be given their reward twice over because they have been steadfast
and because they ward off the bad with the good and give from what we
have provided for them. (28:54)
He has made an example for you from among yourselves. Are any of the
slaves you own partners with you in what We have provided for you so that
you are equal in respect of it, you fearing them the same as one another?
In that way We make Our Signs clear for people who use their intellect.
(30:28)
Allah is He Who created you, then provides for you, then will cause you
to die and then bring you back to life. Can any of your partner-gods do
any of that? Glory be to Him and may He be exalted above anything they
associate with Him! (30:40)
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)
Say: 'Who provides for you from the heavens and earth?' Say: 'Allah.
It is certain that one or the other of us, either we or you, is following
guidance or else clearly astray.' (34:24)
Mankind! Remember Allah's blessing to you. Is there any creator other
than Allah providing for you from heaven and earth? There is no god but
Him. So how have you been perverted? (35:3)
Those who recite the Book of Allah and perform prayer and give of what
We have provided for them, secretly and openly, hope for a transaction
which will not prove profitless. (35:29)
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)
It is Allah Who made the earth a stable home for you and the sky a dome,
and formed you, giving you the best of forms, and provided you with good
and wholesome things. That is Allah, your Lord. Blessed be Allah, the
Lord of all the worlds. (40:64)
Allah is very gentle with His servants. He provides for anyone He wills.
He is the Most Strong, the Almighty. (42:19)
(Believers are) those who respond to their Lord and perform prayer, and
manage their affairs by mutual consultation and give of what We have provided
for them. (42:38)
We gave the Book and Judgement and Prophethood to the tribe of Israel
and provided them with good things and favoured them over all other people.
(45:16)
Truly Allah, He is the Provider, the Possessor of Strength, the Sure.
(51:58)
But when they see a chance of trade or entertainment they scatter off
to it and leave you standing there. Say: 'What is with Allah is better
than trade or entertainment. Allah is the Best of Providers.' (62:11)
Give from what We have provided for you before death comes to one of
you and he says, 'My Lord, if only you would give me a little more time
so that I can give charity and be one of the righteous!' (63:10)
... Whoever has fear of Allah-He will give him a way out and provide
for him from where he does not expect. Whoever puts his trust in Allah-He
will be enough for him. Allah always achieves His aim. Allah has appointed
a measure for all things. (65:2-3)
(Allah has sent down) a Messenger reciting Allah's Clear Signs to you
to bring those who believe and do right actions out of the darkness into
the Light. Whoever believes in Allah and acts rightly, We will admit him
into Gardens with rivers flowing under them remaining in them timelessly,
for ever and ever. Allah has provided for him excellently! (65:11)
It is He Who made the earth submissive to you, so walk its broad trails
and eat what it provides. The Resurrection is to Him. (67:15)
PROVISION
It is He Who made the earth a couch for you, and the sky a dome. He sends
down water from the sky and by it brings forth fruits for your provision.
Do not, then, knowingly make others equal to Allah. (2:22)
Give the good news to those who believe and do right actions that they
will have Gardens with rivers flowing under them. When they are given
fruit there as provision, they will say, 'This is what we were given before.'
But they were only given a simulation of it. They will have there spouses
of perfect purity and will remain there timelessly, for ever. (2:25)
And when Musa was looking for water for his people, We said, 'Strike
the rock with your staff.' Then twelve fountains gushed out from it and
all the people knew their drinking place. 'Eat and drink of Allah's provision
and do not go about the earth corrupting it.' (2:60)
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)
Say: 'Who has forbidden the fine clothing Allah has produced for His
servants and the good kinds of provision?' Say: 'On the Day of Rising
such things will be exclusively for those who believed during their life
in this world.' In this way We make the Signs clear for people who know.
(7:32)
The Companions of the Fire will call out to the Companions of the Garden,
'Throw down some water to us or some of what Allah has given you as provision.'
They will say, 'Allah has forbidden them to the disbelievers:' (7:50)
They are in truth the believers. They have high ranks with their Lord
and forgiveness and generous provision. (8:4)
Those who believe and have migrated and strived in the Way of Allah and
those who have given refuge and help, they are the true believers. They
will have forgiveness and generous provision. (8:74)
Say: 'What do you think about the things Allah has sent down to you as
provision which you have then designated as lawful and forbidden?' Say:
'Has Allah given you authority to do this or are you inventing lies against
Allah?' (10:59)
We settled the tribe of Israel in a noble place and gave them good things
as provision. They did not differ until knowledge came to them. Your Lord
will decide between them on the Day of Rising regarding the things about
which they differed. (10:93)
There is no creature on the earth which is not dependent upon Allah for
its provision. He knows where it lives and where it dies. They are all
in a Clear Book. (11:6)
He (Shu'ayb) said, 'My people! What do you think? If I do possess a Clear
Sign from my Lord and He has given me His good provision, I would clearly
not want to go behind your backs and do something I have forbidden you
to do. I only want to put things right as far as I can. My success is
with Allah alone. I have put my trust in Him and I turn to Him.' (11:88)
(The people of intelligence are) those who are steadfast in seeking the
face of their Lord, and perform prayer and give from the provision We
have given them, secretly and openly, and stave off evil with good, it
is they who will have the Ultimate Abode. (13:22)
Allah expands provision to anyone He wills and restricts it. They rejoice
in the life of this world. Yet the life of this world, compared to the
hereafter, is only fleeting enjoyment. (13:26)
Allah is He Who created the heavens and the earth and sends down water
from the sky and by it brings forth fruits as provision for you. He has
made the ships subservient to you to run upon the sea by His command,
and He has made the rivers subservient to you. (14:32)
They allot a portion of the provision We have given them to things they
have no knowledge of at all. By Allah, you will be asked about what you
invented! (16:56)
And from the fruit of the date-palm and the grape-vine you derive both
intoxicants and wholesome provision. There is certainly a Sign in that
for people who use their intellect. (16:67)
Allah has favoured some of you over others in provision, but those who
have been favoured do not give their provision to their slaves so they
become the same in respect of it. So why do they renounce the blessings
of Allah? (16:71)
Allah has given you wives from among yourselves, and given you children
and grandchildren from your wives, and provided good things for you. So
why do they believe in falsehood and reject the blessings of Allah, and
worship, instead of Allah, things that have no control over their provision
from the heavens or earth in any way, and are themselves completely impotent?
(16:72-73)
Allah does make a metaphor: an owned slave possessing no power over anything,
and someone We have given plentiful provision who gives out from it secretly
and openly. Are they the same? Praise be to Allah! They are not! But most
people do not know it. (16:75)
Allah makes an example of a city which was safe and at peace, its provision
coming to it plentifully from every side. Then it showed ingratitude for
Allah's blessings so Allah made it wear the robes of hunger and fear for
what it did. (16:112)
Your Lord expands the provision of anyone He wills and restricts it.
He is aware of and sees His servants. (17:30)
They will not hear any prattling there-nothing but 'Peace'. They will
receive their provision there morning and night. (19:62)
Do not direct your eyes longingly to what We have given certain of them
to enjoy, the flower of the life of this world, so that We can test them
by it. Your Lord's provision is better and longer lasting. (20:131)
Instruct your family to perform prayer, and be constant in it. We do
not ask you for provision. We provide for you. And the outcome rests on
doing your duty. (20:132)
As for those who believe and do right actions, they will have forgiveness
and generous provision. (22:50)
Corrupt women are for corrupt men and corrupt men are for corrupt women,
Good women are for good men and good men are for good women. The latter
are innocent of what they say. They will have forgiveness and generous
provision. (24:26)
They say, 'If we follow the guidance with you, we shall be forcibly uprooted
from our land.' Have We not established a safe haven for them to which
produce of every kind is brought, provision direct from Us? But most of
them do not know it. (28:57)
Those who had longed to take his place the day before woke up saying,
'Allah expands the provision of any of His servants He wills or restricts
it. If Allah had not shown great kindness to us, we would have been swallowed
up as well. Ah! Truly the disbelievers are not successful.' (28:82)
(Ibrahim said,) 'Instead of Allah you worship only idols. You are inventing
a lie. Those you worship besides Allah have no power to provide for you.
So seek your provision from Allah and worship Him and give thanks to Him.
It is to Him you will be returned.' (29:17)
How many creatures do not carry their provision with them! Allah provides
for them and He will for you. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
(29:60)
Allah expands the provision of any of His servants He wills and restricts
it. Allah has knowledge of all things. (29:62)
Do they not see that Allah expands provision for whoever He wills and
also restricts it? There are certainly Signs in that for people who believe.
(30:37)
But those of you who are obedient to Allah and His Messenger and act
rightly will be given their reward twice over; and We have prepared generous
provision for them. (33:31)
This is so that He may recompense those who believe and do right actions.
They will have forgiveness and generous provision. (34:4)
There was also a sign for Saba in their dwelling place: two gardens-one
to the right and one to the left. 'Eat of your Lord's provision and give
thanks to Him: a bountiful land and a forgiving Lord.' (34:15)
Say: 'My Lord expands the provision of anyone He wills or restricts it.
But the majority of mankind do not know it.' (34:36)
Say: 'My Lord expands the provision of any of His servants He wills or
restricts it. But anything you expend will be replaced by Him. He is the
Best of Providers.' (34:39)
And when they are told, 'Spend from the provision Allah has given you,'
those who disbelieve say to those who believe, 'Why should we feed someone
whom, if He wished, Allah would feed Himself? You are clearly in error.'
(36:47)
They (believers) will have preordained provision (in Gardens of Delight).
(37:41)
This is Our provision which will never run out. (38:54)
Do they not know that Allah expands the provision of anyone He wills
and restricts it? There are certainly Signs in that for people who believe.
(39:52)
It is He Who shows you His Signs and sends down provision to you out
of heaven. But none pay heed save those who repent. (40:13)
The Keys of the heavens and earth belong to Him. He expands the provision
of anyone He wills or restricts it. He has knowledge of all things. (42:12)
Were Allah to expand the provision of His servants, they would act as
tyrants on the earth. But He sends down whatever He wills in a measured
way. He is aware of and He sees His servants. (42:27)
And in the alternation of night and day and the provision Allah sends
down from the sky, bringing the earth to life by it after it has died,
and the varying direction of the winds, there are Signs for people who
use their intellect. (45:5)
(And We sent down blessed water from the sky) as provision for Our servants;
by it We brought a dead land to life. That is how the Emergence will take
place. (50:11)
Your provision is in heaven-and what you are promised. (51:22)
I do not require any provision from them and I do not require them to
nourish Me. (51:57)
Do you nonetheless regard this discourse with scorn and think your provision
depends on your denial of the truth? (56:81-82)
He who has plenty should spend out from his plenty, but he whose provision
is restricted should spend from what Allah has given him. Allah does not
demand from any self more than He has given it. Allah will appoint after
difficulty, ease. (65:7)
Who is there who could provide for you if He withholds His provision?
Yet still they obstinately persist in insolence and evasion. (67:21)
But then when He tests him by restricting his provision, he says, 'My
Lord has humiliated me!' (89:16)
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