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SELFISH
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)
SELF-SUFFICIENT
Whoever strives does it entirely for himself. Allah is Rich Beyond Need
of any being. (29:6)
That is because their Messengers brought them the Clear Signs but they
said, 'Are human beings going to guide us?' So they disbelieved and turned
away. But Allah is completely independent of them. Allah is Rich Beyond
Need, Praiseworthy. (64:6)
As for him who thinks himself self-sufficient, you give him your complete
attention, but it is not up to you whether or not he is purified. (80:5-7)
No indeed! Truly man is unbridled, seeing himself as self-sufficient.
(96:6-7)
SERENITY
Their Prophet said to them, 'The sign of his kingship is that the Ark
will come to you, containing serenity from your Lord and certain relics
left by the families of Musa and Harun. It will be borne by angels. There
is a sign for you in that if you are believers.' (2:248)
Then Allah sent down His serenity on His Messenger and on the believers,
and sent down troops you could not see, and punished those who disbelieved.
That is how the disbelievers are repaid. (9:26)
If you do not help him, Allah did help him when those who disbelieved
drove him out and there were two of them in the Cave. He said to his companion,
'Do not be despondent, Allah is with us.' Then Allah sent down His serenity
upon him and reinforced him with troops you could not see. He made the
word of those who disbelieved undermost. It is the word of Allah which
is uppermost. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. (9:40)
It is He Who sent down serenity into the hearts of the believers thereby
increasing their faith with more faith-the legions of the heavens and
the earth belong to Allah. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (48:4)
Allah was pleased with the believers when they pledged allegiance to
you under the tree. He knew what was in their hearts, and sent down serenity
to them and has rewarded them with an imminent victory. (48:18)
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)
SEXUALLY PERVERTED
(Lut said to his people,) 'Of all beings, do you lie with males, leaving
the wives Allah has created for you? You are a people who have overstepped
the limits.' They said, 'Lut, if you do not desist you will be expelled.'
(26:165-167)
And when Lut said to his people: 'Do you approach depravity with open
eyes? Do you come with lust to men instead of women? You are a people
who are deeply ignorant' the only response of his people was to say: 'Drive
the the family of Lut out of your city! They are people who keep themselves
pure!' (27:54-56)
When Lut said to his people, 'You are committing an obscenity not perpetrated
before you by anyone in all the worlds. Do you lie with men and waylay
them on the road and commit depravities within your gatherings?' the only
answer of his people was to say, 'Bring us Allah's punishment if you are
telling the truth.' (29:28-29)
SHADE - SHADOW
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)
What are they waiting for but for Allah to come to them in the shadows
of the clouds, together with the angels, in which case the matter will
have been settled? All matters return to Allah. (2:210)
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. In them they will have spouses of perfect purity and
We will admit them into cool, refreshing shade. (4:57)
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)
Everyone in heaven and earth prostrates to Allah willingly or unwillingly,
as do their shadows in the morning and the evening. (13:15)
What is the Garden promised to those who guard against evil like? It
has rivers flowing under it and its foodstuffs and cool shade never fail.
That is the final fate of those who guard against evil. But the final
fate of the disbelievers is the Fire. (13:35)
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)
Allah has made shaded places for you in what He has created and He has
made shelters for you in the mountains and He has made shirts for you
to protect you from the heat and shirts to protect you from each other's
violence. In that way He perfects His blessing on you so that hopefully
you will become Muslims. (16:81)
Do you not see how your Lord stretches out shadows? If He had wished
He could have made them stationary. Then We appoint the sun to be the
pointer to them. (25:45)
They denied him and the punishment of the Day of Shadow came down on
them. It was indeed the punishment of a terrible Day. (26:189)
So he (Musa) drew water for them and then withdrew into the shade and
said, 'My Lord, I am truly in need of any good You have in store for me.'
(28:24)
The blind and seeing are not the same nor are darkness and light nor
are cool shade and fierce heat. (35:19-21)
Do you not see that Allah sends down water from the sky and by it We
bring forth fruits of varying colours? And in the mountains there are
streaks of white and red, of varying shades, and rocks of deep jet black.
(35:27)
The Companions of the Garden are busy enjoying themselves today, they
and their wives reclining on couches in the shade. (36:55-56)
For those who fear the Station of their Lord there are two Gardens. So
which of your Lord's blessings do you both then deny? Shaded by spreading
branches. (55:46-48)
And (the Companions of the Right are amid) wide-spreading shade. (56:30)
Its shading branches will droop down over them, its ripe fruit hanging
ready to be picked. (76:14)
(Deniers!) Proceed to a shadow which forks into three but gives no shade
or protection from the flames. (77:30-31)
The heedful will be amid shade and fountains. (77:41)
SHARE
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)
They will have a good share from what they have earned. Allah is swift
at reckoning. (2:202)
They say, 'What is in the wombs of these animals is exclusively for our
men and forbidden for our wives. But if it is stillborn, they can share
in it.' He will repay them for their false depiction. He is All-Wise,
All-Knowing. (6:139)
(He said to Satan,) 'Stir up any of them you can with your voice and
rally against them your cavalry and your infantry and share with them
in their children and their wealth and make them promises! The promise
of Satan is nothing but delusion.' (17:64)
(Musa said,) 'Strengthen my back by him and let him share in my task.'
(20:31-32)
Say: 'Call on those you make claims for besides Allah. They have no power
over even the smallest particle, either in the heavens or in the earth.
They have no share in them. He has no need of their support.' (34:22)
If anyone desires to cultivate the hereafter, We will increase him in
his cultivation. If anyone desires to cultivate this world, We will give
him some of it but he will have no share in the hereafter. (42:20)
SHATTERER
No indeed! He will be flung into the Shatterer. And what will convey
to you what the Shatterer is? The kindled Fire of Allah reaching right
into the heart. It is sealed in above them in towering columns. (104:4-9)
SHAVE
Allah has confirmed His Messenger's vision with truth: 'You will enter
the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) in safety, Allah willing, shaving
your heads and cutting your hair without any fear.' He knew what you did
not know and ordained, in place of this, an imminent victory. (48:27)
Perform the pilgrimage and the pious visit for Allah. If you are forcibly
prevented, make whatever sacrifice is feasible. But do not shave your
heads until the sacrificial animal has reached the place of sacrifice.
If any of you are ill or have a head injury, the expiation is fasting
or charity or sacrifice when you are safe and well again. And if you are
secure, then he who takes advantage of a pious visit before the pilgrimage
should make whatever sacrifice is feasible. For any one who cannot, there
is three days' fast on pilgrimage and seven on your return-that is ten
in all. That is for anyone whose family does not live near the Sacred
Mosque (Masjid al-Haram). Have fear of Allah and know that Allah is fierce
in retribution. (2:196)
SHAYTAN (SEE SATAN)
SHEBA
However, it was not long delayed, and then it (hoopoe) said, 'I have
comprehended something you have not and bring you accurate intelligence
from Sheba. I found a woman ruling over them who has been given everything.
She possesses a mighty throne. 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. Allah-there is
no god but Him-the Lord of the Mighty Throne.' (27:22-26)
He (Sulayman) said, 'We will soon see if you have told the truth or are
a liar. Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them and then withdraw
from them a little and see how they respond.' (27:27-28)
She said, 'Council! A noble letter has been delivered to me. It is from
Sulayman and says: "In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful.
Do not rise up against me, but come to me in submission."' (27:29-31)
She said, 'Council! Give me your opinion about this matter. It is not
my habit to make a final decision until I have heard what you have to
say.' (27:32)
They said, 'We possess strength and we possess great force. But the matter
is in your hands so consider what you command.' (27:33)
She said, 'When kings enter a city, they lay waste to it and make its
mightiest inhabitants the most abased. That is what they too will do.
I will send them a gift and then wait and see what the messengers bring
back.' (27:34-35)
When it reached Sulayman he said, 'Would you give me wealth when what
Allah has given me is better than what He has given you? No, rather it
is you who delight in your gift. Return to them. We will come to them
with troops they cannot face and we will expel them from it abased and
humiliated.' (27:36-37)
He said, 'Council! Who among you will bring me her throne before they
come to me in submission?' (27:38)
A demon of the jinn said, 'I will bring it to you before you get up from
your seat. I am strong and trustworthy enough to do it.' (27:39)
He who possessed knowledge of the Book said, 'I will bring it to you
before your glance returns to you.' And when he saw it standing firmly
in his presence, he said, 'This is part of my Lord's favour to test me
to see if I will give thanks or show ingratitude. Whoever gives thanks
only does so to his own gain. Whoever is ungrateful, my Lord is Rich Beyond
Need, Generous.' (27:40)
He said, 'Disguise her throne. We shall see whether she is guided or
someone who is not guided.' (27:41)
Then when she came, she was asked, 'Is your throne like this?' She said,
'It is exactly like it.' 'We were given knowledge before her and were
already Muslims, but what she worshipped besides Allah impeded her. She
was from an unbelieving people.' (27:42-43)
She was told: 'Enter the courtyard,' but when she saw it she supposed
it to be a pool and bared her legs. He said, 'It is a courtyard paved
with glass.' She said, 'My Lord, I have wronged myself but I have submitted
with Sulayman to the Lord of all the worlds.' (27:44)
SHEEP
There are eight in pairs: A pair of sheep and a pair of goats-Say: 'Is
it the two males He has made forbidden, or the two females, or what the
wombs of the two females contain? Tell me with knowledge if you are being
truthful.' (6:143)
We made forbidden for the Jews every animal with an undivided hoof, and
in respect of cattle and sheep, We made their fat forbidden for them,
except what is attached to their backs or guts or mixed up with bone.
That is how We repaid them for their insolence. And We certainly speak
the truth. (6:146)
He (Musa) said, 'It is my staff. I lean on it and beat down leaves for
my sheep with it and have other uses for it.' (20:18)
And Dawud and Sulayman when they gave judgement about the field, when
the people's sheep strayed into it at night. We were Witness to their
judgement. (21:78)
(One of the two litigants said to Dawud,) 'This brother of mine has ninety-nine
ewes and I have only one. He said, "Let me have charge of it," and got
the better of me with his words.' He said, 'He has wronged you by asking
for your ewe to add to his ewes. Truly many partners are unjust to one
another-except those who believe and do right actions, and how few they
are!' Dawud realised that We had put him to the test. He begged forgiveness
from his Lord and fell down prone, prostrating, and repented. (38:23-24)
SHEETS OF PAPER
They do not measure Allah with His true measure when they say, 'Allah
would not send down anything to a mere human being.' Say: 'Who, then,
sent down the Book which Musa brought as a Light and Guidance for the
people?' You put it down on sheets of paper to display it while concealing
much. You were taught things you did not know, neither you nor your forefathers.
Say: 'Allah!' Then leave them engrossed in playing their games. (6:91)
SHIP
In the creation of the heavens and earth, and the alternation of the
night and day, and the ships which sail the seas to people's benefit,
and the water which Allah sends down from the sky-by which He brings the
earth to life when it was dead and scatters about in it creatures of every
kind-and the varying direction of the winds, and the clouds subservient
between heaven and earth, there are Signs for people who use their intellect.
(2:164)
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)
It is He Who made the sea subservient to you so that you can eat fresh
flesh from it and bring out from it ornaments to wear. And you see the
ships cleaving through it so that you can seek His bounty, and so that
hopefully you will show thanks. (16:14)
Your Lord is He Who propels the ships on the sea for you so that you
may seek His bounty. He is indeed Most Merciful to you. (17:66)
Do you not see that Allah has made everything on the earth subservient
to you and the ships running upon the sea by His command? He holds back
the heaven, preventing it from falling to the earth-except by His permission.
Allah is All-Compassionate to mankind, Most Merciful. (22:65)
And you are conveyed on them (your livestock) and on ships as well. (23:22)
We revealed to him (Nuh): 'Build the Ship under Our supervision and as
We reveal. When Our command comes and water bubbles up from the earth,
load into it a pair of every species, and your family-except for those
among them against whom the word has already gone ahead. And do not address
Me concerning those who do wrong. They shall be drowned.' (23:27)
When you and those with you are settled in the Ship, then say: "Praise
be to Allah Who has rescued us from the people of the wrongdoers!" (23:28)
So We rescued him (Nuh) and those with him in the loaded ship. (26:119)
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)
Among His Signs is that He sends the winds bearing good news, to give
you a taste of His mercy, and to make the ships run by His command, and
to enable you to seek His bounty so that hopefully you will be thankful.
(30:46)
Do you not see that ships sail on the sea by Allah's blessing so that
He can show you something of His Signs? There are certainly Signs in that
for everyone who is steadfast and thankful. (31:31)
The two seas are not the same: the one is sweet, refreshing, delicious
to drink, the other salty, bitter to the taste. Yet from both of them
you eat fresh flesh and extract ornaments for yourselves to wear; and
you see ships on them, cleaving through the waves so that you can seek
His bounty and so that hopefully you will be thankful. (35:12)
A Sign for them is that We carried their families in the laden ship.
(36:41)
When he (Yunus) ran away to the fully laden ship. (37:140)
You gain various benefits from them (livestock), and on them you can
obtain what your hearts desire, and on them and on the ships you are transported.
(40:80)
Among His Signs are the tall ships sailing like mountains through the
sea. (42:32)
It is He Who created all the species and gave you ships and livestock
for you to ride. (43:12)
It is Allah Who has made the sea subservient to you so that the ships
sail on it at His command, enabling you to seek His bounty, so that hopefully
you will be thankful. (45:12)
We bore him (Nuh) on a planked and well-caulked ship, which ran before
Our eyes-a reward for him who had been rejected. (54:13-14)
His, too, are the ships sailing like mountain peaks on the sea. (55:24)
When the waters rose We carried you in the ship. (69:11)
SHIRK (SEE ASSOCIATING PARTNERS WITH
ALLAH)
SHIRT
They then produced his (Yusuf's) shirt with false blood on it. He (Yusuf's
father) said, 'It is merely that your lower selves have suggested something
to you which you did; but beauty lies in showing steadfastness. It is
Allah alone Who is my Help in face of the event that you describe.' (12:18)
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?' He (Yusuf) said, 'It was she who tried to seduce
me.' A witness from her people then declared, 'If his shirt is torn in
front, she speaks the truth and he has clearly told a shameless lie. If
his shirt is torn at the back, then she has lied and he has clearly told
the simple truth.' He saw the shirt torn at the back and said, 'The source
of this is women's deviousness. Without a doubt your guile is very great.'
(12:25-28)
(Yusuf said,) 'Go with this shirt of mine and cast it on my father's
face and he will see again. Then come to me with all your families.' (12:93)
That Day you will see the evildoers yoked together in chains, wearing
shirts of tar, their faces enveloped in the Fire. (14:49-50)
Allah has made shaded places for you in what He has created and He has
made shelters for you in the mountains and He has made shirts for you
to protect you from the heat and shirts to protect you from each other's
violence. In that way He perfects His blessing on you so that hopefully
you will become Muslims. (16:81)
(Allah said to Musa,) 'Put your hand inside your shirt front. It will
emerge pure white, yet quite unharmed-one of nine Signs to Pharaoh and
his people. They are a people of deviators.' (27:12)
(Allah said to Musa,) 'Put your hand inside your shirt front. It will
emerge pure white yet quite unharmed. And hug your arms to your sides
to still your fear. These are two proofs from your Lord for Pharaoh and
his ruling circle. They are a deviant people.' (28:32)
SHOWING OFF
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)
As for those who are tight-fisted and direct others to be tight-fisted,
and hide the bounty Allah has given them, We have prepared a humiliating
punishment for those who disbelieve, and also for those who spend their
wealth to show off to people, not believing in Allah and the Last Day.
Anyone who has made Satan his comrade, what an evil comrade he is! (4:37-38)
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)
Do not be like those who left their homes in arrogance, showing off to
people and barring them from the way of Allah-Allah encompasses what they
do. (8:47)
So woe to those who perform prayer, and are forgetful of their prayer,
those who show off. (107:4-6)
SHU'AYB (AS) AND MADYAN
And to Madyan We sent their brother Shu'ayb who said, 'My people, worship
Allah! You have no other god than Him. A Clear Sign has come to you from
your Lord. Give full measure and full weight. Do not diminish people's
goods. Do not cause corruption in the land after it has been put right.
That is better for you if you are believers. Do not lie in wait on every
pathway, threatening people, barring those who believe from the Way of
Allah, seeking in it something crooked. Remember when you were few and
He increased your number: see the final fate of the corrupters! There
is a group of you who believe in what I have been sent with and a group
who do not, so be steadfast until Allah judges between us. He is the best
of judges.' 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.' The ruling
circle of those of his people who disbelieved said, 'If you follow Shu'ayb,
you will definitely be lost.' So the earthquake seized them and morning
found them lying flattened in their homes. (7:85-91)
Has the news of those who came before them not reached them, the people
of Nuh and 'Ad and Thamud, and the people of Ibrahim and the inhabitants
of Madyan and the overturned cities? Their Messengers brought them the
Clear Signs. Allah did not wrong them; rather they wronged themselves.
(9:70)
And (We have sent) to Madyan their brother Shu'ayb. He said, 'My people,
worship Allah! You have no god apart from Him. Do not give short measure
and short weight. I see you prospering and I fear for you the punishment
of an all-encompassing Day.' (11:84)
When Our command came, We rescued Shu'ayb and those who believed along
with him by a mercy from Us. The Great Blast seized hold of those who
did wrong and morning found them lying flattened in their homes as if
they had never lived there at all. Yes indeed! Away with Madyan just like
Thamud! (11:94-95)
(Allah said,) 'When your sister went and said, "Shall I direct you to
someone who will take care of him?" that was how We returned you to your
mother so that she might delight her eyes and not be grieved. You killed
a man and We rescued you from trouble and tested you with many trials.
You stayed some years among the people of Madyan. Then you arrived at
the pre-ordained time, Musa!' (20:40)
And the companions of Madyan (denied); and Musa was denied as well. I
allowed time to the disbelievers but then I seized them. How terrible
was My denial! (22:44)
When turned his face in the direction of Madyan, he (Musa) said, 'Hopefully
my Lord will guide me to the right way.' (28:22)
When he (Musa) arrived at the water of Madyan, he found a crowd of people
drawing water there. Standing apart from them, he found two women, holding
back their sheep. He said, 'What are you two doing here?' They said, 'We
cannot draw water until the shepherds have driven off their sheep. You
see our father is a very old man.' (28:23)
Yet We produced further generations and ages passed. Nor did you live
among the people of Madyan and recite Our Signs to them, yet We have sent
you news of them. (28:45)
And to Madyan We sent their brother Shu'ayb, he said, 'My people, worship
Allah and look to the Last Day and do not act unjustly on earth, corrupting
it.' (29:36)
SHUKR (SEE THANKSGIVING)
SICKNESS
There is a sickness in their hearts and Allah has increased their sickness.
They will have a painful punishment on account of their denial. (2:10)
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)
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)
Nothing is held against the weak and sick nor against those who find
nothing to spend, provided they are true to Allah and His Messenger-there
is no way open against good-doers, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
(9:91)
But as for those with sickness in their hearts, it adds defilement to
their defilement, and they die while they are disbelievers. (9:125)
We did not send any Messenger or any Prophet before you without Satan
insinuating something into his recitation while he was reciting. But Allah
revokes whatever Satan insinuates and then Allah confirms His Signs-Allah
is All-Knowing, All-Wise-so that He can make what Satan insinuates a trial
for those with sickness in their hearts and for those whose hearts are
hard-the wrongdoers are entrenched in hostility. (22:52-53)
Is there a sickness in their hearts or do they have misgivings or do
they fear that Allah and His Messenger will be unjust to them? No, it
is simply that they are wrongdoers. (24:50)
There is no objection to the blind, no objection to the lame, no objection
to the sick; nor to yourselves if you eat in your own houses or your fathers'
houses or your mothers' houses or your brothers' houses or your sisters'
houses or the houses of your paternal uncles or paternal aunts or the
houses of your maternal uncles or maternal aunts or places to which you
own the keys or those of your friends. There is nothing wrong in your
eating together or eating separately. And when you enter houses greet
one another with a greeting from Allah, blessed and good. In this way
Allah makes the Signs clear to you so that hopefully you will use your
intellect. (24:61)
When the hypocrites and people with sickness in their hearts said, 'What
Allah and His Messenger promised us was mere delusion.' (33:12)
Wives of the Prophet! You are not like other women provided you guard
against evil. Do not be too soft-spoken in your speech lest someone with
sickness in his heart becomes desirous. Speak correct and courteous words.
(33:32)
If the hypocrites and those with sickness in their hearts and the rumour-mongers
in Madina do not desist, We will set you onto them. Then they will only
be your neighbours there a very short time. (33:60)
And (Ibrahim) said, 'I am sick.' (37:89)
So We cast him (Yunus) up onto the beach and he was sick. (37:145)
Those who believe say, 'If only a sura could be sent down.' But when
a straightforward sura is sent down and fighting is mentioned in it, you
see those with sickness in their hearts looking at you with the look of
someone about to faint from fear of death. More fitting for them would
be obedience and honourable words. Once the matter is resolved upon, being
true to Allah would be better for them. (47:20-21)
Or did those with sickness in their hearts imagine that Allah would not
expose their malevolence? (47:29)
There is no constraint on the blind, nor on the lame, nor on the sick.
We will admit all who obey Allah and His Messenger into Gardens with rivers
flowing under them. But We will punish with a painful punishment anyone
who turns his back. (48:17)
We have only appointed angels as masters of the Fire and We have only
specified their number as a trial for those who disbelieve; so that those
who were given the Book might gain in certainty, and those who believe
might increase in their faith, and both those who were given the Book
and the believers might have no doubt; and so that those with sickness
in their hearts and the disbelievers might say, 'What did Allah intend
by this example?' In this way Allah misguides those He wills and guides
those He wills. No one knows the legions of your Lord but Him. This is
nothing but a reminder to all human beings. (74:31)
SIGHT
The lightning all but takes away their sight. Whenever they have light,
they walk in it but whenever darkness covers them, they halt. If Allah
wished, He could take away their hearing and their sight. Allah has power
over all things. (2:20)
We will overturn their hearts and sight, just as when they did not believe
in it at first, and We will abandon them to wander blindly in their excessive
insolence. (6:110)
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)
But when the bringer of the good news came, he (Yusuf's father) cast
it on his face and sight returned. He said, 'Did I not say to you before,
I know things from Allah you do not know?' (12:96)
Do not consider Allah to be unaware of what the wrongdoers perpetrate.
He is merely deferring them to a Day on which their sight will be transfixed,
rushing headlong-heads back, eyes vacant, hearts hollow. (14:42-43)
Those are the people whose hearts, hearing and sight Allah has sealed
up. They are the unaware. (16:108)
It is He Who has created hearing, sight and hearts for you. What little
thanks you show! (23:78)
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)
Then (He) formed him and breathed His Spirit into him and gave you hearing,
sight and hearts. What little thanks you show! (32:9)
He Who created the seven heavens in layers. You will not find any flaw
in the creation of the All-Merciful. Look again- do you see any gaps?
Then look again and again. Your sight will return to you dazzled and exhausted!
(67:3-4)
Say: 'It is He Who brought you into being and gave you hearing, sight
and hearts. What little thanks you show!' (67:23)
SIGN - MIRACLE
They said, 'No matter what kind of Sign you bring us to bewitch us, we
will not believe in you.' (7:132)
So We sent down on them floods, locusts, lice, frogs and blood, Signs,
clear and distinct, but they proved arrogant and were an evildoing people.
(7:133)
Put your hand under your arm and press it to your side. It will emerge
pure white yet quite unharmed, another Sign. (20:22)
In this way We show you some of Our greatest Signs. (20:23)
Then he (Musa) showed him the Great Sign. (79:20)
SIJJIN
No indeed! The book of the dissolute is in Sijjin. (83:7)
And what will convey to you what Sijjin is? (83:8)
SILK
They will have Gardens of Eden with rivers flowing under them. They will
be adorned in them with bracelets made of gold and wear green garments
made of the finest silk and rich brocade, reclining there on couches under
canopies. What an excellent reward! What a wonderful repose! (18:31)
But Allah will admit those who believe and do right actions into Gardens
with rivers flowing under them where they will be adorned with gold bracelets
and pearls, and where their clothing will be of silk. (22:23)
They will enter Gardens of Eden where they will be adorned with gold
bracelets and pearls, and where their clothing will be of silk. (35:33)
(Believers will be) wearing fine silk and rich brocade, face to face
with one another. (44:53)
And (Allah) will reward them for their steadfastness with a Garden and
with silk. (76:12)
They will wear green garments of fine silk and rich brocade. They will
be adorned with silver bracelets. And their Lord will give them a pure
draught to drink. (76:21)
SILVER
To mankind the love of worldly appetites is painted in glowing colours:
women and children, and heaped-up mounds of gold and silver, and horses
with fine markings, and livestock and fertile farmland. All that is merely
the enjoyment of the life of this world. The best homecoming is in the
presence of Allah. (3:14)
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)
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.' (18:19)
Were it not that mankind might all become one community, We would have
given those who reject the All-Merciful silver roofs to their houses and
silver stairways to ascend and silver doors to their houses and silver
couches on which to recline. (43:33-34)
(In the Garden of Paradise) vessels of silver and goblets of pure crystal
will be passed round among them, crystalline silver-they have measured
them very exactly. (76:15-16)
They will wear green garments of fine silk and rich brocade. They will
be adorned with silver bracelets. And their Lord will give them a pure
draught to drink. (76:21)
SIN
He (Qarun) said, 'I have only been given it because of knowledge I have.'
Did he not know that before him Allah had destroyed generations with far
greater strength than his and far more possessions? The evildoers will
not be questioned about their sins. (28:78)
That Day no man or jinn will be asked about his sin. (55:39)
But they denied him and they hamstrung her (the she-camel), so their
Lord crushed them for their sin and flattened them. (91:14)
SINAI (SEE MOUNT SINAI)
SINCERITY (IKHLAS)
Allah will say, 'This is the Day when the sincerity of the sincere will
benefit them. They will have Gardens with rivers flowing under them, remaining
in them timelessly, for ever and ever. Allah is pleased with them and
they are pleased with Him. That is the Great Victory.' (5:119)
You who believe! Have fear of Allah and be with the truly sincere. (9:119)
He (Satan) said, 'My Lord, because You misled me, I will make things
on the earth seem good to them and I will mislead them all, every one
of them, except Your servants among them who are sincere.' (15:39-40)
Say: 'My Lord, make my entry sincere and make my leaving sincere and
grant me supporting authority direct from Your Presence.' (17:80)
Mention Musa in the Book. He was truly sincere and was a Messenger and
a Prophet. (19:51)
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, so that He would be able to question the truthful about their truth;
and He has prepared a painful punishment for the disbelievers. (33:7-8)
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)
They used to say, 'If we had only had a Reminder from the previous peoples,
we would certainly have been sincere servants of Allah!' (37:167-169)
We purified their sincerity through sincere remembrance of the Abode.
(38:46)
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)
Those who believe in Allah and His Messengers-such people are the truly
sincere-and the martyrs who are with their Lord will receive their wages
and their light. But those who disbelieve and deny Our Signs, will be
Companions of the Blazing Fire. (57:19)
It (booty) is for the poor of the emigrants who were driven from their
homes and wealth desiring the favour and the pleasure of Allah and supporting
Allah and His Messenger. Such people are the truly sincere. (59:8)
SISTER
You receive half of what your wives leave if they are childless. If they
have children you receive a quarter of what they leave after any bequest
they make or any debts. They receive a quarter of what you leave if you
are childless. If you have children they receive an eighth of what you
leave after any bequest you make or any debts. If a man or woman has no
direct heirs, but has a brother or sister, each of them receives a sixth.
If there are more than that they share in a third after any bequest you
make or any debts, making sure that no one's rights are prejudiced. This
is an instruction from Allah. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Forbearing. (4:12)
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)
They request from you a ruling. Say: 'Allah gives you a ruling about
people who die without direct heirs: If a man dies childless but has a
sister she receives half of what he leaves, and he is her heir if she
dies childless. If there are two sisters they receive two-thirds of what
he leaves. If there are brothers and sisters the males receive the share
of two females. Allah makes things clear to you so you will not go astray.
Allah has knowledge of all things.' (4:176)
He will say, 'Enter the Fire together with the nations of jinn and men
who have passed away before you.' Each time a nation enters, it will curse
its sister nation, until, when they are all gathered together in it, the
last of them will say to the first, 'Our Lord, those are the ones who
misguided us, so give them a double punishment in the Fire.' He will say,
'Each will receive double. But you do not know it.' (7:38)
(Her people said to Maryam,) 'Sister of Harun, your father was not an
evil man nor was your mother an unchaste woman!' (19:28)
(Allah said,) 'When your sister went and said, "Shall I direct you to
someone who will take care of him?" that was how We returned you to your
mother so that she might delight her eyes and not be grieved. You killed
a man and We rescued you from trouble and tested you with many trials.
You stayed some years among the people of Madyan. Then you arrived at
the pre-ordained time, Musa!' (20:40)
Say to the believing women that they should lower their eyes and guard
their chastity and not display their adornments-except for what normally
shows-and draw their head-coverings across their breasts. They should
only display their adornments to their husbands or their fathers or their
husbands' fathers, or their sons or their husbands' sons or their brothers
or their brothers' sons or their sisters' sons or their women or those
they own as slaves or their male attendants who have no sexual desire
or children who still have no awareness of women's private parts. Nor
should they stamp their feet so that their hidden ornaments are known.
Turn to Allah every one of you, believers, so that hopefully you will
have success. (24:31)
There is no objection to the blind, no objection to the lame, no objection
to the sick nor to yourselves if you eat in your own houses or your fathers'
houses or your mothers' houses or your brothers' houses or your sisters'
houses or the houses of your paternal uncles or paternal aunts or the
houses of your maternal uncles or maternal aunts or places to which you
own the keys or those of your friends. There is nothing wrong in your
eating together or eating separately. And when you enter houses greet
one another with a greeting from Allah, blessed and good. In this way
Allah makes the Signs clear to you so that hopefully you will use your
intellect. (24:61)
She said to his sister, 'Go after him.' And she kept an eye on him from
afar and they were not aware. (28:11)
We first made him refuse all wet-nurses, so she (his sister) said, 'Shall
I show you to a household who will feed him for you and be good to him?'
(28:12)
They incur no blame in respect of their fathers or their sons or their
brothers or their brothers' or sisters' sons, or their women or any slaves
they own. Have fear of Allah. Allah is witness of all things. (33:55)
SKILL
The ruling circle of Pharaoh's people said, 'This is certainly a skilled
magician who desires to expel you from your land, so what do you recommend?'
They said, 'Detain him and his brother and send out marshals to the cities,
to bring you all the skilled magicians.' (7:109-112)
He (Pharaoh) said to the High Council round about him, 'This certainly
is a skilled magician who desires by his magic to expel you from your
land, so what do you recommend?' They said, 'Detain him and his brother
and send out marshals to the cities, to bring you all the skilled magicians.'
(26:34-37)
(Salih said to his people,) 'Will you continue hewing houses from the
mountains with exultant skill?' (26:149) |
