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RABBI
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)
Why do their scholars and rabbis not prohibit them from evil speech and
acquiring ill-gotten gains? What an evil thing they invent! (5:63)
They have taken their rabbis and monks as lords besides Allah, and also
the Messiah, son of Maryam. Yet they were commanded to worship only one
God. There is no god but Him! Glory be to Him above anything they associate
with Him! (9:31)
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)
RACE
Each person faces a particular direction so race each other to the good.
Wherever you are, Allah will bring you all together. Truly Allah has power
over all things. (2:148)
Race each other to forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden as wide as
the heavens and the earth, prepared for the people who guard against evil.
(3:133)
That night they (Yusuf's brothers) came back to their father in tears,
saying, 'Father, we went out to run a race and left Yusuf together with
our things and then a wolf appeared and ate him up but you are never going
to believe us now, not even though we really tell the truth.' (12:16-17)
They raced to the door. She tore his (Yusuf's) shirt at the back. They
met her husband by the door. She said, 'How should a man whose intention
was to harm your family be punished for what he did except with prison
or painful punishment?' (12:25)
Such people are truly racing towards good things, and they are the first
to reach them. (23:61)
If We wished, We could put out their eyes. Then, though they might race
for the path, how would they see? (36:66)
RAGE
Those who give in times of both ease and hardship, those who control
their rage and pardon other people-Allah loves the good-doers. (3:134)
He will remove the rage from their hearts. Allah turns to anyone He wills.
Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (9:15)
Anyone who thinks that Allah will not help him in this world and the
hereafter should stretch a rope up to the ceiling and then cut (it) off.
Let him see whether his stratagem gets rid of what enrages him! (22:15)
Allah sent back those who disbelieved in their rage without their achieving
any good at all. Allah made it unnecessary for the believers to fight.
Allah is Most Strong, Almighty. (33:25)
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)
There you are, loving them when they do not love you, even though you
believe in all the Books. When they meet you, they say, 'We believe.'
But when they leave they bite their fingers out of rage against you. Say,
'Die in your rage.' Allah knows what your hearts contain. (3:119)
It was not for people of Madina, and the desert arabs around them, to
remain behind the Messenger of Allah nor to prefer themselves to him.
That is because no thirst or weariness or hunger will afflict them in
the Way of Allah, nor will they take a single step to infuriate the disbelievers,
nor secure any gain from the enemy, without a right action being written
down for them because of it. Allah does not let the wage of the good-doers
go to waste. (9:120)
When one of them is given the good news of a baby girl, his face darkens
and he is furious. (16:58)
Those who disbelieve filled their hearts with fanatical rage-the fanatical
rage of the Time of Ignorance-and Allah sent down serenity to His Messenger
and to the believers, and bound them to the expression of heedfulness
which they had most right to and were most entitled to. Allah has knowledge
of all things. (48:26)
It all but bursts with rage. Each time a group is flung into it its custodians
will question them: 'Did no warner come to you?' (67:8)
RAIN
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)
You who believe! Do not nullify your charity by demands for gratitude
or insulting words, like him who spends his wealth, showing off to people
and not believing in Allah and the Last Day. His likeness is that of a
smooth rock coated with soil, which, when heavy rain falls on it, is left
stripped bare. They have no power over anything they have earned. Allah
does not guide disbelieving people. (2:264)
The metaphor of those who spend their wealth, desiring the pleasure of
Allah and firmness for themselves, is that of a garden on a hillside.
When heavy rain falls on it, it doubles its produce; and if heavy rain
does not fall, there is dew. Allah sees what you do. (2:265)
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)
Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them which
We had established on the earth far more firmly than We have established
you? We sent down heaven upon them in abundant rain and made rivers flow
under them. But We destroyed them for their wrong actions and raised up
further generations after them. (6:6)
(Yusuf said,) 'Then after that another year will come in which the people
will be helped by rain in plenty and when they once more will press.'
(12:49)
Do you not see that Allah propels the clouds then makes them coalesce
then heaps them up, and then you see the rain come pouring out of the
middle of them? And He sends down mountains from the sky with hail inside
them, striking with it anyone He wills and averting it from anyone He
wills. The brightness of His lightning almost blinds the sight. (24:43)
They themselves have come across the city which was rained on by an evil
rain. Did they not then see it? But they do not expect to rise again.
(25:40)
Then We utterly destroyed the rest and made a Rain come pouring down
upon them. How evil is the rain of those who are warned! (26:172-173)
We rained down a rain upon them. How evil is the rain of those who are
warned! (27:58)
It is Allah Who sends the winds which stir up clouds which He spreads
about the sky however He wills. He forms them into dark clumps and you
see the rain come pouring out from the middle of them. When He makes it
fall on those of His servants He wills, they rejoice. (30:48)
Truly Allah has knowledge of the Hour and sends down abundant rain and
knows what is in the womb. And no self knows what it will earn tomorrow
and no self knows in what land it will die. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware.
(31:34)
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)
When they saw it as a storm cloud advancing on their valleys they said,
'This is a storm cloud which will give us rain.' No, rather it is what
you desired to hasten-a wind containing painful punishment. (46:24)
Know that the life of this world is merely a game and a diversion and
ostentation and a cause of boasting among yourselves and trying to outdo
one another in wealth and children: like the plant-growth after rain which
delights the cultivators, but then it withers and you see it turning yellow,
and then it becomes broken stubble. In the hereafter there is terrible
punishment but also forgiveness from Allah and His good pleasure. The
life of this world is nothing but the enjoyment of delusion. (57:20)
He will send heaven down on you in abundant rain. (71:11)
RAMADAN
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)
RAMPART
There will be a dividing wall between them and on the ramparts there
will be men who recognise everyone by their mark. They will call out to
the people of the Garden: 'Peace be upon you!' They will not enter it
for all their ardent desire to do so. (7:46)
The Companions of the Ramparts will call out to men they recognise by
their mark, saying, 'What you amassed was of no use to you, nor was your
arrogance. (7:48)
RANSOM
Have fear of a Day when no self will be able to compensate for another
in any way. No intercession will be accepted from it, no ransom taken
from it, and they will not be helped. (2:48)
Then you are the people who are killing one another and expelling a group
among you from their homes, ganging up against them in wrongdoing and
enmity. Yet if they are brought to you as captives, you ransom them, when
it was forbidden for you to expel them in the first place! Do you, then,
believe in one part of the Book and reject the other? What repayment will
there be for any of you who do that except disgrace in this world? And
on the Day of Rising, they will be returned to the harshest of punishments.
Allah is not unaware of what you do. (2:85)
Have fear of a Day when no self will be able to compensate for another
in any way, and no ransom will be accepted from it, and no intercession
benefit it, and they will not be helped. (2:123)
Divorce can be pronounced two times; in which case wives may be retained
with correctness and courtesy or released with good will. It is not lawful
for you to keep anything you have given them unless a couple fear that
they will not remain within Allah's limits. If you fear that they will
not remain within Allah's limits, there is nothing wrong in the wife ransoming
herself with some of what she received. These are Allah's limits, so do
not overstep them. Those who overstep Allah's limits are wrongdoers. (2:229)
As for those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers, the
whole earth filled with gold would not be accepted from any of them if
they were to offer it as a ransom. They will have a painful punishment.
They will have no helpers. (3:91)
As for those who disbelieve, if they had everything on the earth and
the same again with it to ransom themselves from the punishment of the
Day of Rising, it would not be accepted from them. They will have a painful
punishment. (5:36)
If every self that did wrong possessed everything on earth, it would
offer it as a ransom. They will show remorse when they see the punishment.
Everything will be decided between them justly. They will not be wronged.
(10:54)
Those who respond to their Lord will receive the best. But as for those
who do not respond to Him, even if they owned everything on the earth
and the same again with it, they would offer it as a ransom. They will
receive an evil Reckoning. Their shelter will be Hell. What an evil resting-place!
(13:18)
We ransomed him (Ibrahim) with a mighty sacrifice. (37:107)
If those who did wrong owned everything on earth, and the same again
with it, they would offer it as a ransom to save themselves from the evil
of the punishment on the Day of Rising. What confronts them from Allah
will be something they did not reckon with. (39:47)
Therefore when you meet those who disbelieve strike their necks. Then
when you have decimated them, tie their bonds tightly and set them free
or ransom them, until the war is finally over. That is how it is to be.
If Allah willed, He could avenge Himself on them. But it is so that He
can test some of you by means of others. As for those who fight in the
Way of Allah, He will not let their actions go astray. (47:4)
So today no ransom will be accepted from you or from those who disbelieved.
Your refuge is the Fire. It is your master. What an evil destination!'
(57:15 )
(On that Day) no good friend will ask about his friend even though they
can see each other. An evildoer will wish he could ransom himself from
the punishment of that Day, by means of his sons, or his wife or his brother
or his family who sheltered him or everyone else on earth, if that only
meant that he could save himself. (70:10-14)
RASUL (SEE MESSENGER)
RECOMPENSATION
Muhammad is only a Messenger and he has been preceded by other Messengers.
If he were to die or be killed, would you turn on your heels? Those who
turn on their heels do not harm Allah in any way. Allah will recompense
the thankful. (3:144)
No self can die except with Allah's permission, at a predetermined time.
If anyone desires the reward of this world, We will give him some of it.
If anyone desires the reward of the hereafter, We will give him some of
it. We will recompense the thankful. (3:145)
We gave him Ishaq and Ya'qub, each of whom We guided. And before him
We had guided Nuh. And among his descendants were Dawud and Sulayman,
and Ayyub, Yusuf, Musa and Harun. That is how We recompense the good-doers.
(6:84)
Say: 'Is that better, or the Garden of Eternal Life which has been promised
to those who guard against evil? That is their recompense and destination.'
(25:15)
And when he reached his full strength and maturity, We gave him judgement
and knowledge. That is how We recompense good-doers. (28:14)
So that Allah might recompense the truthful for their truth and punish
the hypocrites, if He wills, or turn towards them. Allah is Ever-Forgiving,
Most Merciful. (33:24)
This is so that He may recompense those who believe and do right actions.
They will have forgiveness and generous provision. (34:4)
It is not your wealth or your children that will bring you near to Us-only
in the case of people who believe and act rightly; such people will have
a double recompense for what they did. They will be safe from all harm
in the High Halls of Paradise. (34:37)
That is how we recompense the good-doers. (37:80)
We called out to him, 'Ibrahim! You have discharged your vision.' That
is how We recompense good-doers. (37:104-105)
That is how We recompense good-doers. (37:110)
That is how We recompense good-doers. (37:121,131)
They will have anything they wish for with their Lord. That is the recompense
of the good-doers. (39:34)
It was a blessing direct from Our presence. That is how We recompense
those who give thanks. (54:35)
Gardens and grape vines, and nubile maidens of similar age, and an overflowing
cup, where they will hear no prattle and no denial, a recompense from
your Lord, a commensurate gift. (78:32-36)
RECONCILIATION
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)
If you fear a breach between a couple, send an arbiter from his people
and an arbiter from her people. If the couple desire to put things right,
Allah will bring about a reconciliation between them. Allah is All-Knowing,
All-Aware. (4:35)
How will it be when a disaster strikes them because of what they have
done, and then they come to you swearing by Allah: 'We desired nothing
but good and reconciliation'? (4:62)
If a woman fears cruelty or aversion on her husband's part, there is
nothing wrong in the couple becoming reconciled. Reconciliation is better.
But people are prone to selfish greed. If you do good and guard against
evil, Allah is aware of what you do. (4:128)
The alms are for: the poor, the destitute, those who collect it, reconciling
people's hearts, freeing slaves, those in debt, spending in the Way of
Allah, and travellers. It is a legal obligation from Allah. Allah is All-Knowing,
All-Wise. (9:60)
RECORDING ANGELS
And the two recording angels are recording, sitting on the right and
on the left. (50:17)
Standing over you are guardians, noble, recording, who know what you
do. (82:10-12)
REFLECT (TAFAKKUR)
They will ask you about alcoholic drinks and gambling. Say, 'There is
great wrong in both of them and also certain benefits for mankind. But
the wrong in them is greater than the benefit.' They will ask you what
they should give away. Say, 'Whatever is surplus to your needs.' In this
way Allah makes the Signs clear to you, so that hopefully you will reflect.
(2:219)
Would any of you like to have a garden of dates and grapes, with rivers
flowing underneath and containing all kinds of fruits, then to be stricken
with old age and have children who are weak, and then for a fierce whirlwind
containing fire to come and strike it so that it goes up in flames? In
this way Allah makes His Signs clear to you, so that hopefully you will
reflect. (2:266)
(People with intelligence are) those who remember Allah, standing, sitting
and lying on their sides, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and
the earth: 'Our Lord, You have not created this for nothing. Glory be
to You! So safeguard us from the punishment of the Fire.' (3:191)
Say: 'I do not say to you that I possess the treasuries of Allah, nor
do I know the Unseen, nor do I say to you that I am an angel. I only follow
what has been revealed to me.' Say: 'Are the blind the same as those who
can see? So will you not reflect?' (6:50)
If We had wanted to, We would have raised him up by them. But he gravitated
towards the earth and pursued his whims and base desires. His metaphor
is that of a dog: if you chase it away, it lolls out its tongue and pants,
and if you leave it alone, it lolls out its tongue and pants. That is
the metaphor of those who deny Our Signs. So tell the story so that hopefully
they will reflect. (7:176)
Have they not reflected? Their companion is not mad. He is only a clear
warner. (7:184)
The metaphor of the life of this world is that of water which We send
down from the sky, and which then mingles with the plants of the earth
to provide food for both people and animals. Then, when the earth is at
its loveliest and takes on its fairest guise and its people think they
have it under their control, Our command comes upon it by night or day
and We reduce it to dried-out stubble, as though it had not been flourishing
just the day before! In this way We make Our Signs clear for people who
reflect. (10:24)
It is He Who stretched out the earth and placed firmly embedded mountains
and rivers in it and made two types of every kind of fruit. He covers
over day with night. There are Signs in that for people who reflect. (13:3)
And by it He makes crops grow for you and olives and dates and grapes
and fruit of every kind. There is certainly a Sign in that for people
who reflect. (16:11)
We have only ever sent before you men who were given Revelation-ask the
People of the Reminder if you do not know-who brought Clear Signs and
Revealed Books. And We have sent down the Reminder to you so that you
can make clear to mankind what has been sent down to them so that hopefully
they will reflect. (16:43-44)
(Your Lord revealed to the bees:) 'Then eat from every kind of fruit
and travel the paths of your Lord, which have been made easy for you to
follow.' From inside them comes a drink of varying colours, containing
healing for mankind. There is certainly a Sign in that for people who
reflect. (16:69)
Have they not reflected within themselves? Allah did not create the heavens
and the earth and everything between them except with truth and for a
fixed term. Yet many people reject the meeting with their Lord. (30:8)
Among His Signs is that He created spouses for you of your own kind so
that you might find tranquillity in them. And He has placed affection
and compassion between you. There are certainly Signs in that for people
who reflect. (30:21)
Say: 'I exhort you to do one thing alone: to stand before Allah in pairs
and on your own and then reflect. Your companion is not possessed. He
is only a warner come to you ahead of a terrible punishment.' (34:46)
Allah takes back people's selves when their death arrives and those who
have not yet died, while they are asleep. He keeps hold of those whose
death has been decreed and sends the others back for a specified term.
There are certainly Signs in that for people who reflect. (39:42)
And He has made everything in the heavens and everything on the earth
subservient to you. It is all from Him. There are certainly Signs in that
for people who reflect. (45:13)
If We Had sent down this Qur'an onto a mountain, you would have seen
it humbled, crushed to pieces out of fear of Allah. We make such examples
for people so that hopefully they will reflect. (59:21)
REGION
In the earth there are diverse regions side by side and gardens of grapes
and cultivated fields, and palm-trees sharing one root and others with
individual roots, all watered with the same water. And We make some things
better to eat than others. There are Signs in that for people who use
their intellect. (13:4)
REGRET
Yet you see those with sickness in their hearts rushing to them, saying,
'We fear the wheel of fate may turn against us.' But it may well be that
Allah will bring about victory or some other contingency from Him. Then
they will deeply regret their secret thoughts. (5:52)
Those who disbelieve spend their wealth barring access to the Way of
Allah. They will spend it; then they will regret it; then they will be
overthrown. Those who disbelieve will be gathered into Hell. (8:36)
He said, 'In a short while they will be full of regret.' (23:40)
You who believe! If a deviator brings you a report, scrutinize it carefully
in case you attack people in ignorance and so come to greatly regret what
you have done. (49:6)
REJOICE
Do not suppose that those killed in the Way of Allah are dead. No indeed!
They are alive and well provided for in the very presence of their Lord,
delighting in the favour Allah has bestowed on them, rejoicing over those
they left behind who have not yet joined them, feeling no fear and knowing
no sorrow. (3:169-170)
If good happens to you it galls them. If a mishap occurs to you, they
say, 'We made our preparations in advance,' and they turn away rejoicing.
(9:50)
Each time a sura is sent down there are some among them who say, 'Which
of you has this increased in faith?' As for those who believe, it increases
them in faith and they rejoice at it. (9:124)
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)
Those to whom We gave the Book rejoice at what has been sent down to
you but some of the parties refuse to acknowledge part of it. Say: 'I
have only been ordered to worship Allah and not to associate anything
with Him. I summon to Him and to Him I will return.' (13:36)
The Romans have been defeated in the land nearby, but after their defeat
they will themselves be victorious in a few years' time. The affair is
Allah's from beginning to end. On that day, the believers will rejoice
in Allah's help. He grants victory to whoever He wills. He is the Almighty,
the Most Merciful. (30:2-5)
When We give people a taste of mercy, they rejoice in it, but when something
bad happens to them because of what they themselves have done, they immediately
lose all hope. (30:36)
It is Allah Who sends the winds which stir up clouds which He spreads
about the sky however He wills. He forms them into dark clumps and you
see the rain come pouring out from the middle of them. When He makes it
fall on those of His servants He wills, they rejoice, even though before
He sent it down on them they were in despair. (30:48-49)
The angels descend on those who say, 'Our Lord is Allah,' and then go
straight: 'Do not fear and do not grieve but rejoice in the Garden you
have been promised. (41:30)
That Day some faces will be radiant, laughing, rejoicing. (80:38-39)
RELATIVE
Remember when We made a covenant with the tribe of Israel: 'Worship none
but Allah and be good to your parents and to relatives and orphans and
the very poor. And speak good words to people. And perform prayer and
give the alms.' But then you turned away-except a few of you-you turned
aside. (2:83)
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)
It is prescribed for you, when death approaches one of you and if he
has some goods to leave, to make a will in favour of his parents and relatives,
correctly and fairly: a duty for all those who guard against evil. (2:180)
They will ask you what they should give away. Say, 'Any wealth you give
away should go to your parents and relatives and to orphans and the very
poor and travellers.' Whatever good you do, Allah knows it.' (2:215)
Men receive a share of what their parents and relatives leave and women
receive a share of what their parents and relatives leave, a fixed share,
no matter whether it is a little or a lot. (4:7)
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)
Allah instructs you regarding your children: A male receives the same
as the share of two females. If there are more than two daughters they
receive two-thirds of what you leave. If she is one on her own she receives
a half. Each of your parents receives a sixth of what you leave if you
have children. If you are childless and your heirs are your parents your
mother receives a third. If you have brothers or sisters your mother receives
a sixth, after any bequest you make or any debts. With regard to your
fathers and your sons, you do not know which of them is going to benefit
you more. These are obligatory shares from Allah. Allah is All-Knowing,
All-Wise. (4:11)
We have appointed heirs for everything that parents and relatives leave.
If you have a bond with people, give them their share. Allah is a witness
of all things. (4:33)
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)
You who believe! Be upholders of justice, bearing witness for Allah alone,
even against yourselves or your parents and relatives. Whether they are
rich or poor, Allah is well able to look after them. Do not follow your
own desires and deviate from the truth. If you twist or turn away, Allah
is aware of what you do. (4:135)
You who believe! When one of you is near to death and makes a will, two
just men from among you should act as witnesses; or, if you are travelling
when the misfortune of death occurs, two men who are strangers to you.
You should detain them after prayer and, if you are doubtful, they should
swear by Allah: 'We will not sell it for any price, even to a near relative,
and we will not conceal the testimony of Allah. If we did we would indeed
be wrongdoers.' (5:106)
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. 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. (6:151-152)
Know that when you take any booty a fifth of it belongs to Allah, and
to the Messenger, and to close relatives, orphans, the very poor and travellers,
if you believe in Allah and in what We sent down to Our servant on the
Day of Discrimination, the day the two groups met-Allah has power over
all things. (8:41)
Those who believe and migrate later on and accompany you in striving,
they also are of your number. But blood relations are closer to one another
in the Book of Allah. Allah has knowledge of all things. (8:75)
It is not right for the Prophet and those who believe to ask forgiveness
for the idolaters-even if they are close relatives-after it has become
clear to them that they are the Companions of the Blazing Fire. (9:113)
We sent Messengers before you and gave them wives and children. Nor was
any Messenger able to bring a Sign except by Allah's permission. There
is a prescribed limit to every term. (13:38)
Allah commands justice and doing good and giving to relatives. And He
forbids indecency and doing wrong and tyranny. He warns you so that hopefully
you will pay heed. (16:90)
Your Lord has decreed that you should worship none but Him, and that
you should show kindness to your parents. Whether one or both of them
reach old age with you, do not say 'Ugh!' to them out of irritation and
do not be harsh with them but speak to them with gentleness and generosity.
Take them under your wing, out of mercy, with due humility and say: 'Lord,
show mercy to them as they did in looking after me when I was small.'
Your Lord knows best what is in your selves. If you are righteous, He
is Ever-Forgiving to the remorseful. Give your relatives their due, and
the very poor and travellers but do not squander what you have. (17:23
- 26)
(Zakariyya said,) 'My Lord, I fear my relatives when I am gone and my
wife is barren, so give me an heir from You.' (19:5)
Those of you possessing affluence and ample wealth should not make oaths
that they will not give to their relatives and the very poor and those
who have migrated in the way of Allah. They should rather pardon and overlook.
Would you not love Allah to forgive you? Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most
Merciful. (24:22)
Warn your near relatives. (26:214)
When Our Messengers came to Lut, he was distressed on their account,
feeling incapable of protecting them. They said, 'Do not fear and do not
grieve. We are going to rescue you and your family-except for your wife;
she will be one of those who stay behind.' (29:33)
Give relatives their due, and the poor and travellers. That is best for
those who seek the pleasure of Allah. They are the ones who are successful.
(30:38)
The Prophet is closer to the believers than their own selves, and his
wives are their mothers. But blood-relations have closer ties to one another
in the Book of Allah than the believers and the emigrants, except that
you should act in a proper manner towards your close associates. That
is inscribed in the Book. (33:6)
Whatever booty Allah gives to His Messenger from city dwellers belongs
to Allah and to the Messenger and to near relatives and orphans and the
very poor and travellers, so that it does not become something which merely
revolves between the rich among you. Whatever the Messenger gives you
you should accept and whatever he forbids you you should forgo. Have fear
of Allah-Allah is severe in retribution. (59:7)
Neither your blood relations nor your children will be of any use to
you. On the Day of Rising He will differentiate between you. Allah sees
what you do. (60:3)
You who believe! Some of your wives and children are an enemy to you,
so be wary of them. But if you pardon and exonerate and forgive, Allah
is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (64:14)
Your wealth and children are a trial. But with Allah there is an immense
reward. (64:15)
It (the steep ascent) is freeing a slave or feeding on a day of hunger
an orphaned relative. (90:13-15)
RELATIVITY OF TIME
The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day whose length is fifty
thousand years. (70:4)
He directs the whole affair from heaven to earth. Then it will again
ascend to Him on a Day whose length is a thousand years by the way you
measure. (32:5)
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)
RELIGION (DEEN)
The Jews and the Christians will never be pleased with you until you
follow their religion. Say, 'Allah's guidance is the true guidance.' If
you were to follow their whims and desires, after the knowledge that has
come to you, you would find no protector or helper against Allah. (2:120)
Who would deliberately renounce the religion of Ibrahim except someone
who reveals himself to be a fool? We chose him in this world and in the
hereafter he will be one of the righteous. (2:130)
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)
There is no compulsion where the religion is concerned. Right guidance
has become clearly distinct from error. Anyone who rejects false gods
and believes in Allah has grasped the Firmest Handhold, which will never
give way. Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (2:256)
The religion with Allah is Islam. Those given the Book only differed
after knowledge had come to them, envying one another. As for those who
reject Allah's Signs, Allah is swift at reckoning. (3:19)
Is it other than the religion of Allah that you desire, when everything
in the heavens and earth, willingly or unwillingly, submits to Him and
to Him you will be returned? (3:83)
If anyone desires anything other than Islam as a religion, it will not
be accepted from him, and in the hereafter he will be among the losers.
(3:85)
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)
Some of the Jews distort the true meaning of words, saying, 'We hear
and disobey,' and 'Listen without listening,' and 'Listen to us!' twisting
them with their tongues, disparaging the religion. If they had said, 'We
hear and we obey,' and 'Listen,' and, 'Look at us!' that would have been
better for them and more upright. But Allah has cursed them for their
disbelief. Very few of them believe. (4:46)
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)
People of the Book! Do not go to excess in your religion. Say nothing
but the truth about Allah. The Messiah, 'Isa son of Maryam, was only the
Messenger of Allah and His Word, which He cast into Maryam, and a Spirit
from Him. So believe in Allah and His Messengers. Do not say, 'Three.'
It is better that you stop. Allah is only One God. He is too Glorious
to have a son! Everything in the heavens and in the earth belongs to Him.
Allah suffices as a Guardian. (4:171)
Forbidden for you are carrion, blood and pork, and what has been consecrated
to other than Allah, and animals which have been strangled, and animals
which have been killed by a blow, and animals which have fallen to their
death, and animals which have been gored, and animals which wild beasts
have eaten-except those you are able to slaughter properly-and animals
which have been sacrificed on altars, and deciding things by means of
divining arrows-that is deviance. Today those who disbelieve have despaired
of overcoming your religion. So do not be afraid of them but be afraid
of Me. Today I have perfected your religion for you and completed My blessing
upon you and I am pleased with Islam as a religion for you. But if anyone
is forced by hunger, not intending any wrongdoing, Allah is Ever-Forgiving,
Most Merciful. (5:3)
You who believe! If any of you renounce your religion, Allah will bring
forward a people whom He loves and who love Him, humble to the believers,
fierce to the disbelievers, who strive in the Way of Allah and do not
fear the blame of any censurer. That is the unbounded favour of Allah
which He gives to whoever He wills. Allah is Boundless, All-Knowing. (5:54)
You who believe! Do not take as friends any of those who who make a mockery
and a game out of your religion among the ones who were given the Book
before you or the disbelievers. Have fear of Allah if you are believers.
(5:57)
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)
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)
In the same way their idols have made killing their children appear good
to many of the idolaters, in order to destroy them and confuse them in
their religion. If Allah had willed, they would not have done it; so abandon
them and what they fabricate. (6:137)
As for those who divide up their religion and form into sects, you have
nothing whatsoever to do with them. Their affair will go back to Allah
and then He will inform them about what they did. (6:159)
(Believers will say, 'Disbelievers are) those who took their religion
as a diversion and a game, and were deluded by the life of this world.'
Today We will forget them just as they forgot the encounter of this Day
and denied Our Signs. (7:51)
The ruling circle of those of his people who were arrogant said, 'We
will drive you out of our city, Shu'ayb, you and those who believe along
with you, unless you return to our religion.' He said, 'What, even though
we detest it? We would be inventing lies against Allah if we returned
to your religion after Allah has saved us from it. We could never return
to it unless Allah our Lord so willed. Our Lord encompasses everything
in His knowledge. We have put our trust in Allah. Our Lord, judge between
us and our people with truth. You are the best of judges.' (7:88-89)
Fight them until there is no more discord and the religion is Allah's
alone. If they stop, Allah sees what they do. (8:39)
And when the hypocrites and those with sickness in their hearts said,
'These people have been deluded by their religion.' But those who put
their trust in Allah will find Allah to be Almighty, All-Wise. (8:49)
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)
But if they repent and perform prayer and give the alms, they are your
brothers in the religion. We make the Signs clear for people who have
knowledge. (9:11)
If they break their oaths after making their treaty and defame your religion,
then fight the leaders of disbelief-they have no binding oaths-so that
hopefully they will stop. (9:12)
Fight those of the people who were given the Book who do not believe
in Allah and the Last Day and who do not make forbidden what Allah and
His Messenger have made forbidden and do not take as their religion the
religion of Truth, until they pay the poll tax with their own hands in
a state of complete abasement. (9:29)
It is He Who sent His Messenger with guidance and the Religion of Truth
to exalt it over every other religion, even though the idolaters detest
it. (9:33)
There have been twelve months with Allah in the Book of Allah, from the
day He first created the heavens and earth. Four of them are forbidden.
That is the True Religion. So do not wrong one another during them. However,
fight the idolaters totally just as they fight you totally, and know that
Allah is with those who guard against evil. (9:36)
It is not necessary for the believers to go out all together. If a party
from each group of them were to go out so they could increase their knowledge
of the religion they would be able to notify their people when they returned
to them so that hopefully they would take warning! (9:122)
It is He Who conveys you on both land and sea so that when some of you
are on a boat, running before a fair wind, rejoicing at it, and then a
violent squall comes upon them and the waves come at them from every side
and they realise there is no way of escape, they call on Allah, making
their religion sincerely His: 'If You rescue us from this, we will truly
be among the thankful.' (10:22)
Say: 'Mankind! If you are in any doubt about my religion, I do not worship
those you worship besides Allah. Rather I worship Allah Who will take
you back to Him and I am commanded to be one of the believers: Turn your
face towards the religion in pure natural faith, and on no account be
among the idolaters.' (10:104-105)
He (Yusuf) said, 'No meal to feed you will arrive before I have informed
you what they mean. That is part of what my Lord taught me. For I have
left the religion of a people who clearly have no faith in Allah and who
refuse to acknowledge the truth of the world to come.' (12:37)
(Yusuf said,) '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)
Those who disbelieved said to their Messengers, 'We will drive you from
our land unless you return to our religion.' Their Lord revealed to them,
'We will destroy those who do wrong.' (14:13)
Everything in the heavens and earth belongs to Him, and the religion
belongs to Him, firmly and for ever. So why do you fear anyone other than
Allah? (16:52)
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)
That was the situation when we woke them up so they could question one
another. One of them asked, 'How long have you been here?' They replied,
'We have been here for a day or part of a day.' They said, 'Your Lord
knows best how long you have been here. Send one of your number into the
city with this silver you have, so he can see which food is purest and
bring you some of it to eat. But he should go about with caution so that
no one is aware of you, for if they find out about you they will stone
you or make you revert to their religion and then you will never have
success.' (18:19-20)
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)
A woman and a man who commit fornication: flog both of them with one
hundred lashes and do not let compassion for either of them possess you
where Allah's religion is concerned, if you believe in Allah and the Last
Day. A number of believers should witness their punishment. (24:2)
Allah has promised those of you who believe and do right actions that
He will make them successors in the land as He made those before them
successors, and will firmly establish for them their religion with which
He is pleased and give them, in place of their fear, security. 'They worship
Me, not associating anything with Me.' Any who disbelieve after that,
such people are deviators. (24:55)
When they embark in ships, they call on Allah, making their religion
sincerely His, but then when He delivers them safely to the land, they
associate others with Him. (29:65)
So set your face firmly towards the Religion, as a pure natural believer,
Allah's natural pattern on which He made mankind. There is no changing
Allah's creation. That is the true Religion-but most people do not know
it-turning towards Him. Have fear of Him and perform prayer. Do not be
among the idolaters: those who split up their religion, and form into
sects, each faction exulting in what they have. (30:30-32)
So set your face firmly towards the True Religion, before a Day comes
from Allah which cannot be turned back. On that Day they will be split
up. (30:43)
When the waves hang over them like canopies, they call on Allah, making
their religion sincerely His. But then when He delivers them safely to
the land, some of them are ambivalent. None but a treacherous, thankless
man denies Our Signs. (31:32)
Call them after their fathers. That is closer to justice in Allah's sight.
And if you do not know who their fathers were then they are your brothers
in the religion and people under your patronage. You are not to blame
for any honest mistake you make but only for what your hearts premeditate.
Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (33:5)
(Their leaders went off saying,) 'We have not heard of this in the old
religion. This is merely something contrived.' (38:7)
We have sent down the Book to you with truth. So worship Allah, making
your religion sincerely His. (39:2)
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)
Say: 'I am commanded to worship Allah, making my religion sincerely His.'
(39:11)
Say: 'It is Allah I worship, making my religion sincerely His.' (39:14)
So call upon Allah, making your religion sincerely His, even though the
disbelievers detest it. (40:14)
Pharaoh said, 'Let me kill Musa and let him call upon his Lord! I am
afraid that he may change your religion and bring about corruption in
the land.' (40:26)
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)
He has laid down the same religion for you as He enjoined on Nuh: that
which We have revealed to you and which We enjoined on Ibrahim, Musa and
'Isa: 'Establish the religion and do not make divisions in it.' What you
call the idolaters to follow is very hard for them. Allah chooses for
Himself anyone He wills and guides to Himself those who turn to Him. (42:13)
Or do they have partners who have laid down a religion for them for which
Allah has not given any authority? Were it not for the prior Word of Decision,
the judgement between them would already have been made. The wrongdoers
will have a painful punishment. (42:21)
No, in fact they say, 'We found our fathers following a religion and
we are simply guided in their footsteps.' (43:22)
Similarly We never sent any warner before you to any city without the
affluent among them saying, 'We found our fathers following a religion
and we are simply following in their footsteps.' (43:23)
It is He Who sent His Messenger with the Guidance and the Religion of
Truth to exalt it over every other religion and Allah suffices as a witness.
(48:28)
Say: 'Do you presume to teach Allah your religion when Allah knows everything
in the heavens and everything in the earth? Allah has knowledge of all
things.' (49:16)
Allah does not forbid you from being good to those who have not fought
you in the religion or driven you from your homes, or from being just
towards them. Allah loves those who are just. (60:8)
Allah merely forbids you from taking as friends those who have fought
you in the religion and driven you from your homes and who supported your
expulsion. Any who take them as friends are wrongdoers. (60:9)
It is He Who sent His Messenger with guidance and the Religion of Truth
to exalt it over every other religion, though the idolaters hate it. (61:9)
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)
Have you seen him who denies the religion? (107:1)
(Say: 'Disbelievers!) You have your religion and I have my religion.'
(109:6)
When Allah's help and victory have arrived and you have seen people entering
Allah's religion in droves, then glorify your Lord's praise and ask His
forgiveness. He is the Ever-Returning. (110:1-3)
REMEMBRANCE OF ALLAH
Remember Me-I will remember you. Give thanks to Me and do not be ungrateful.
(2:152)
There is nothing wrong in seeking bounty from your Lord. When you pour
down from Arafat, remember Allah at the Sacred Landmark. Remember Him
because He has guided you, even though before this you were astray. (2:198)
When you have completed your rites, remember Allah as you used to remember
your forefathers-or even more. There are some people who say, 'Our Lord,
give us good in this world.' They will have no share in the hereafter.
(2:200)
Remember Allah on the designated days. Those who hurry on in two days
have done no wrong, and those who stay another day have done no wrong-those
of them who guard against evil. So have fear of Allah. And know that you
will be gathered back to Him. (2:203)
When you divorce women and they are near the end of their waiting period,
then either retain them with correctness and courtesy or release them
with correctness and courtesy. Do not retain them by force, thus overstepping
the limits. Anyone who does that has wronged himself. Do not make a mockery
of Allah's Signs. Remember Allah's blessing to you and the Book and Wisdom
He has sent down to you to admonish you. Have fear of Allah and know that
Allah has knowledge of all things. (2:231)
If you are afraid, then perform prayer on foot or mounted. But when you
are safe, remember Allah in the way He taught you when previously you
did not know. (2:239)
He (Zakariyya) said, 'My Lord, appoint a Sign for me.' He said, 'Your
Sign is that you will not speak to people for three days, except by gesture.
Remember your Lord much and glorify Him in the evening and after dawn.'
(3:41)
Hold fast to the rope of Allah all together, and do not separate. Remember
Allah's blessing to you when you were enemies and He joined your hearts
together so that you became brothers by His blessing. You were on the
very brink of a pit of the Fire and He rescued you from it. In this way
Allah makes His Signs clear to you, so that hopefully you will be guided.
(3:103)
(People who guard against evil are) those who, when they act indecently
or wrong themselves, remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their bad
actions (and who can forgive bad actions except Allah?) and do not knowingly
persist in what they were doing. (3:135)
(Believers are) those who remember Allah, standing, sitting and lying
on their sides, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth:
'Our Lord, You have not created this for nothing. Glory be to You! So
safeguard us from the punishment of the Fire.' (3:191)
When you have finished prayer remember Allah standing, sitting and lying
on your sides. When you are safe again perform prayer in the normal way.
The prayer is prescribed for the believers at specific times. (4:103)
The hypocrites think they deceive Allah, but He is deceiving them. When
they get up to pray, they get up lazily, showing off to people, and only
remembering Allah a very little. (4:142)
Remember Allah's blessing to you and the covenant He made with you when
you said, 'We hear and we obey.' Have fear of Allah. Allah knows what
the heart contains. (5:7)
You who believe! Remember Allah's blessing to you when certain people
were on the verge of raising their hands against you and He held their
hands back from you. Have fear of Allah. The believers should put their
trust in Allah. (5:11)
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)
Satan wants to stir up enmity and hatred between you by means of wine
and gambling, and to debar you from remembrance of Allah and from prayer.
Will you not then give them up? (5:91)
Remember when Allah said, ''Isa, son of Maryam, remember My blessing
to you and to your mother when I reinforced you with the Purest Spirit
so that you could speak to people in the cradle and when you were fully
grown; and when I taught you the Book and Wisdom, and the Torah and the
Gospel; and when you created a bird-shape out of clay by My permission,
and then breathed into it and it became a bird by My permission; and healed
the blind and the leper by My permission; and when you brought forth the
dead by My permission; and when I held back the tribe of Israel from you,
when you brought them the Clear Signs and those of them who disbelieved
said, "This is nothing but downright magic";' (5:110)
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)
(Hud said to his people,) 'Or are you astonished that a reminder should
come to you from your Lord by way of a man among you in order to warn
you? Remember when He appointed you successors to the people of Nuh, and
increased you greatly in stature. Remember Allah's blessings, so that
hopefully you will be successful.' (7:69)
(Salih said,) 'Remember when He appointed you successors to 'Ad and settled
you in the land. You built palaces on its plains and carved out houses
from the mountains. Remember Allah's blessings and do not go about the
earth, corrupting it.' (7:74)
As for those who guard against evil, when they are bothered by visitors
from Satan, they remember and immediately see clearly. (7:201)
Remember your Lord in yourself humbly and fearfully, without loudness
of voice, morning and evening. Do not be one of the unaware. (7:205)
You who believe! When you meet a troop, stand firm and remember Allah
repeatedly so that hopefully you will be successful. (8:45)
Those who disbelieve say, 'Why has a Sign not been sent down to him from
his Lord?' Say: 'Allah misguides whoever He wills and guides to Himself
all who turn to Him: those who believe and whose hearts find peace in
the remembrance of Allah. Only in the remembrance of Allah can the heart
find peace.' (13:27-28)
Remember when Musa said to his people, 'Remember Allah's blessing to
you when He rescued you from the people of Pharaoh. They were inflicting
an evil punishment on you, slaughtering your sons and letting your women
live. In that there was a terrible trial from your Lord.' (14:6)
Never say about anything, 'I am doing that tomorrow,' without adding
'If Allah wills.' Remember your Lord when you forget, and say, 'Hopefully
my Lord will guide me to something closer to right guidance than this.'
(18:23-24)
Restrain yourself patiently with those who call on their Lord morning
and evening, desiring His face. Do not turn your eyes from them, desiring
the attractions of this world. And do not obey someone whose heart We
have made neglectful of Our remembrance and who follows his own whims
and desires and whose life has transgressed all bounds. (18:28)
(Disbelievers are) those whose eyes were blind to My remembrance and
whose ears were unable to hear. (18:101)
Remembering your Lord's mercy to His servant Zakariyya, (19:2)
(A voice called out to Musa,) 'I am Allah. There is no god but Me, so
worship Me and perform prayer to remember Me.' (20:14)
(Musa said,) 'Strengthen my back by him and let him share in my task,
so that we can glorify You much and remember You much,' (20:31-34)
(He said,) 'Go, you and your brother, with My Signs and do not slacken
in remembering Me.' (20:42)
Say: 'Who will protect you night and day from the All-Merciful?' Yet
they turn away from the remembrance of their Lord. (21:42)
But you made a mockery of them so that they made you forget to remember
Me while you were laughing at them. (23:110)
In houses which Allah has permitted to be built and in which His name
is remembered, there are men who proclaim His glory morning and evening,
not distracted by trade or commerce from the remembrance of Allah and
the performance of prayer and the giving of the alms; fearing a day when
all hearts and eyes will be in turmoil. (24:36-37)
Do you not see how they ramble on in every style and say things which
they do not do, except those who believe and do right actions and remember
Allah repeatedly and defend themselves after they have been wronged? Those
who do wrong will soon know the kind of reversal they will receive! (26:225-227)
Recite what has been revealed to you of the Book and perform prayer.
Prayer precludes indecency and wrongdoing. And remembrance of Allah is
greater still. Allah knows what you do. (29:45)
You who believe! Remember Allah's blessing to you when forces came against
you and We sent a wind against them and other forces you could not see.
Allah sees what you do. (33:9)
You have an excellent model in the Messenger of Allah, for all who put
their hope in Allah and the Last Day and remember Allah much. (33:21)
And remember the Signs of Allah and the wise words which are recited
in your rooms. Allah is All-Pervading, All-Aware. (33:34)
Men and women who are Muslims, men and women who are believers, men and
women who are obedient, men and women who are truthful, men and women
who are steadfast, men and women who are humble, men and women who give
charity, men and women who fast, men and women who guard their chastity,
men and women who remember Allah much: Allah has prepared forgiveness
for them and an immense reward. (33:35)
You who believe! Remember Allah much. (33:41)
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)
Sād. By the Qur'an holding the Remembrance. (38:1)
Is he whose breast is opened to Islam, and who is therefore illuminated
by his Lord...? Woe to those whose hearts are hardened against the remembrance
of Allah! Such people are clearly misguided. (39:22)
Allah has sent down the Supreme Discourse, a Book consistent in its frequent
repetitions. The skins of those who fear their Lord tremble at it and
then their skins and hearts yield softly to the remembrance of Allah.
That is Allah's guidance by which He guides whoever He wills. And no one
can guide those whom Allah misguides. (39:23)
Those who reject the Remembrance when it comes to them-truly it is a
Mighty Book; (41:41)
It is He Who created all the species and gave you ships and livestock
for you to ride, so that you might sit firmly on their backs and remember
your Lord's blessing while you are seated on them, saying, 'Glory be to
Him Who has subjected this to us. We could never have done it by ourselves.'
(43:12-13)
If someone shuts his eyes to the remembrance of the All-Merciful, We
assign him a Satan who becomes his bosom friend. (43:36)
So turn away from him who turns away from Our remembrance and desires
nothing but the life of this world. (53:29)
We left it as a Sign. But is there any rememberer there? (54:15)
We have made the Qur'an easy to remember. But is there any rememberer
there? (54:17, 54:22, 54:32, 54:40)
We destroyed those of your kind in the past. But is there any rememberer
there? (54:51)
Has the time not arrived for the hearts of those who believe to yield
to the remembrance of Allah and to the truth He has sent down, so they
are not like those who were given the Book before for whom the time seemed
over long so that their hearts became hard? Many of them are deviators.
(57:16)
Satan has gained mastery over them and made them forget the remembrance
of Allah. Such people are the party of Satan. No indeed! It is the party
of Satan who are the losers. (58:19)
You who believe! When you are called to prayer on the Day of Friday,
hasten to the remembrance of Allah and abandon trade. That is better for
you if you only knew. (62:9)
Then when the prayer is finished spread through the earth and seek Allah's
bounty and remember Allah much so that hopefully you will be successful.
(62:10)
You who believe! Do not let your wealth or children divert you from the
remembrance of Allah. Whoever does that is lost. (63:9)
If only they were to go straight on the Path, We would give them abundant
water to drink so that We could test them by it. Whoever turns aside from
the remembrance of his Lord, He will introduce him to an arduous punishment.
(72:16-17)
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) |
