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SKIN
As for those who reject Our Signs, We will roast them in a Fire. Every
time their skins are burned off, We will replace them with new skins so
that they can taste the punishment. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. (4:56)
Here are two rival groups who disputed concerning their Lord. Those who
disbelieve will have garments of fire cut out for them, and boiling water
poured over their heads, which will melt the contents of their bellies
as well as their skin. (22:19-20)
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)
When they reach it (the Fire), their hearing, sight and skin will testify
against them concerning what they did. They will ask their skins, 'Why
did you testify against us?' and they will reply, 'Allah gave us speech
as He has given speech to everything. He created you in the first place
and you will be returned to Him. You did not think to shield yourselves
from your hearing, sight and skin testifying against you and you thought
that Allah would never know much of what you did. (41:20-22)
SLANDER
If you desire to exchange one wife for another and have given your original
wife a large amount, do not take any of it. Would you take it by means
of slander and outright crime? (4:20)
Anyone who commits an error or an evil action, and then ascribes it to
someone innocent, bears the weight of slander and clear wrongdoing. (4:112)
And on account of their disbelief, and their utterance of a monstrous
slander against Maryam, and their saying, 'We killed the Messiah, 'Isa
son of Maryam, Messenger of Allah.' They did not kill him and they did
not crucify him but it was made to seem so to them. Those who argue about
him are in doubt about it. They have no real knowledge of it, just conjecture.
But they certainly did not kill him. (4:156-157)
Why, when you heard it, did you not say, 'We have no business speaking
about this. Glory be to You! This is a terrible slander!'? (24:16)
And those who abuse men and women who are believers, when they have not
merited it, bear the weight of slander and clear wrongdoing. (33:58)
(Do not obey) any backbiter, slandermonger, (68:11)
(A band of the jinn listened and said,) "The fools among us have uttered
a vile slander against Allah. " (72:4)
SLAUGHTER
Remember when We 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 for you from your Lord. (2:49)
Allah fulfilled His promise to you when you were slaughtering them by
His permission. But then you faltered, disputing the command, and disobeyed
after He showed you what you love. Among you are those who want this world
and among you are those who want the hereafter. Then He turned you from
them in order to test you-but He has pardoned you. Allah shows favour
to the believers. (3:152)
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)
And also (He provides) animals for riding and for haulage and animals
for slaughtering and for wool. Eat what Allah has provided for you and
do not follow in the footsteps of Satan. He is an outright enemy to you.
(6:142)
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)
(Sulayman said,) 'I will certainly punish it (the hoopoe) most severely
or slaughter it if it does not bring me clear authority.' (27:21)
Pharaoh exalted himself arrogantly in the land and divided its people
into camps, oppressing one group of them by slaughtering their sons and
letting their women live. He was one of the corrupters. (28:4)
When he (Musa) brought them the truth from Us they said, 'Slaughter the
sons of those who believe with him but let their women live.' The stratagems
of the disbelievers are nothing but errors. (40:25)
SLAVE
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)
You who believe! Retaliation is prescribed for you in the case of people
killed: free man for free man, slave for slave, female for female. But
if someone is absolved by his brother, blood-money should be claimed with
correctness and paid with good will. That is an easement and a mercy from
your Lord. Anyone who goes beyond the limits after this will receive a
painful punishment. (2:178)
Do not marry women of the idolaters until they believe. A slavegirl who
is one of the believers is better for you than a woman of the idolaters,
even though she may attract you. And do not marry men of the idolaters
until they believe. A slave who is one of the believers is better for
you than a man of the idolaters, even though he may attract you. Such
people call you to the Fire whereas Allah calls you, with His permission,
to the Garden and forgiveness. He makes His Signs clear to people so that
hopefully they will pay heed. (2:221)
If you are afraid of not behaving justly towards orphans, then marry
other permissible women, two, three or four. But if you are afraid of
not treating them equally, then only one, or those you own as slaves.
That makes it more likely that you will not be unfair. (4:3)
A believer should never kill another believer unless it is by mistake.
Anyone who kills a believer by mistake should free a believing slave and
pay blood-money to his family unless they forgo it as a charity. If he
is from a people who are your enemies and is a believer, you should free
a believing slave. If he is from a people you have a treaty with, blood
money should be paid to his family and you should free a believing slave.
Anyone who cannot find the means should fast two consecutive months. This
is a concession from Allah. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (4:92)
What they call on apart from Him are female idols. What they call on
is an arrogant Satan whom Allah has cursed. He (Satan) said, 'I will take
a certain fixed proportion of Your slaves.' (4:117-118)
Allah does not take you to task for your inadvertent oaths, but He will
take you to task for oaths you make intentionally. The expiation in that
case is to feed ten poor people with the average amount you feed your
family, or clothe them, or free a slave. Anyone without the means to do
so should fast three days. That is the expiation for breaking oaths when
you have sworn them. Keep your oaths. In this way Allah makes His Signs
clear to you, so that hopefully you will be thankful. (5:89)
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)
Some city women said, 'The governor's wife solicited her slave. He's
fired her heart with love. We see that she's the one to blame.' (12:30)
Marry off those among you who are unmarried and those of your slaves
and slavegirls who are righteous. If they are poor, Allah will enrich
them from His bounty. Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing. (24:32)
Those who cannot find the means to marry should be abstinent until Allah
enriches them from His bounty. If any slaves you own want to make a contract
to free themselves, write it for them if you know of good in them and
give them some of the wealth Allah has given you. Do not force your slavegirls
to prostitute themselves if they desire to be virtuous women out of your
desire for the goods of this world. If anyone forces them, then after
they have been forced, Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (24:33)
You who believe! Those you own as slaves and those of you who have not
yet reached puberty should ask your permission to enter at three times:
before the Dawn Prayer, when you have undressed at noon, and after the
Prayer of Night-three times of nakedness for you. There is nothing wrong
for you or them at other times in moving around among yourselves from
one to another. In this way Allah makes the Signs clear to you. Allah
is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (24:58)
(Musa said to Pharaoh,) 'And anyway you can only reproach me with this
favour because you made the tribe of Israel into slaves!' (26:22)
O Prophet! We have made lawful for you: your wives to whom you have given
dowries and any slavegirls you own from the booty Allah has allotted you
and the daughters of your paternal uncles and the daughters of your paternal
aunts and the daughters of your maternal uncles and the daughters of your
maternal aunts who have migrated with you and any believing woman who
gives herself to the Prophet if the Prophet desires to marry her: exclusively
for you as opposed to the rest of the believers-We know very well what
We have prescribed for them regarding their wives and any slavegirls they
possess-in order that there be no restriction on you. Allah is Ever-Forgiving,
Most Merciful. (33:50)
After that no other women are lawful for you nor may you exchange them
for other wives, even though their beauty might be pleasing to you, with
the exception of any you own as slaves. Allah is watchful over all things.
(33:52)
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)
Those who divorce their wives by equating them with their mothers, and
then wish to go back on what they said, must set free a slave before the
two of them may touch one another. This is what you are enjoined to do.
Allah is aware of what you do. (58:3)
(Believers are) those who guard their private parts except from their
wives and any slaves they own, in which case they incur no blame. (70:29-30)
What will convey to you what the steep ascent is? It is freeing a slave...
(90:12-13)
SLEEP
Allah, there is no god but Him, the Living, the Self-Sustaining. He is
not subject to drowsiness or sleep. Everything in the heavens and the
earth belongs to Him. Who can intercede with Him except by His permission?
He knows what is before them and what is behind them but they cannot grasp
any of His knowledge save what He wills. His Footstool encompasses the
heavens and the earth and their preservation does not tire Him. He is
the Most High, the Magnificent. (2:255)
So We sealed their ears with sleep in the cave for a number of years.
(18:11)
You would have supposed them to be awake whereas in fact they were asleep.
We moved them to the right and to the left, and, at the entrance, their
dog stretched out its paws. If you had looked down and seen them, you
would have turned from them and run and have been filled with terror at
the sight of them. (18:18)
It is He Who made the night a cloak for you and sleep a rest, and He
made the day a time for rising. (25:47)
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)
We made your sleep a break. (78:9)
SLIPPING OF THE FOOT
But Satan made them slip up by means of it, expelling them from where
they were. We said, 'Go down from here as enemies to each other! You will
have residence on the earth and enjoyment for a time.' (2:36)
Those of you who turned their backs on the day the two armies clashed-it
was Satan who made them slip for what they had done. But Allah has pardoned
them. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, All-Forbearing. (3:155)
Do not make your oaths a means of deceiving one another or your foot
will slip after it was firmly placed and you will taste evil for barring
access to the Way of Allah and you will have a terrible punishment. (16:94)
SLOPE
When you were on the nearer slope, and they were on the further slope
and the caravan was lower down than you. If you had made an appointment
with them you would have broken the appointment. However, it happened
so that Allah could settle a matter whose result was preordained: so that
those who died would die with clear proof, and those who lived would live
with clear proof. Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (8:42)
When Yajuj and Majuj are let loose and rush down from every slope, (21:96)
SMOKE
Say: 'It is the truth from your Lord; so let whoever wishes believe and
whoever wishes disbelieve.' We have prepared for the wrongdoers a Fire
whose billowing walls of smoke will hem them in. If they call for help,
they will be helped with water like seething molten brass, frying their
faces. What a noxious drink! What an evil repose! (18:29)
Then He turned to heaven when it was smoke and said to it and to the
earth, 'Come willingly or unwillingly.' They both said, 'We come willingly.'
(41:11)
So be on the watch for a day when heaven brings forth a distinctive smoke,
which enshrouds mankind. 'This is a painful punishment!' (44:10-11)
He will pursue you with a piercing flame and fiery smoke, and you will
not be helped. (55:35)
(The Companions of the Left are) amid searing blasts and scalding water
and the murk of thick black smoke, providing no coolness and no pleasure.
(56:42-44)
SNAKE
So He (Musa) threw down his staff and there it was, unmistakably a snake.
(7:107, 26:32)
He (Musa) threw it down and suddenly it was a slithering snake. (20:20)
(A voice called out to Musa,) 'Throw down your staff.' Then when he saw
it slithering like a snake he turned and fled and did not turn back again.
'Have no fear, Musa. In My Presence the Messengers have no fear.' (27:10)
(A voice called out to Musa,) 'Throw down your staff!' Then when he saw
it slithering like a snake he turned and fled and did not turn back again.
'Musa, approach and have no fear! You are one of those who are secure.'
(28:31)
SNOUT
When Our Signs are recited to him, he says, 'Just myths of previous peoples!'
We will brand him on the snout! (68:15-16)
SOIL (SEE EARTH)
SOLOMON (SEE SULAYMAN (AS))
SONS
We gave Musa the Book and sent a succession of Messengers after him.
We gave 'Isa, son of Maryam, the Clear Signs and reinforced him with the
Purest Spirit. Why then, whenever a Messenger came to you with something
your lower selves did not desire, did you grow arrogant, and deny some
of them and murder others? (2:87)
They say, 'Allah has a son.' Glory be to Him! No, everything in the heavens
and earth belongs to Him. Everything is obedient to Him. (2:116)
Or were you present when death came to Ya'qub and he said to his sons,
'What will you worship when I have gone?' They said, 'We will worship
your God, the God of your forefathers, Ibrahim, Isma'il and Ishaq-one
God. We are Muslims submitted to Him.' (2:133)
These Messengers: We favoured some of them over others. Allah spoke directly
to some of them and raised up some of them in rank. We gave Clear Signs
to 'Isa, son of Maryam, and reinforced him with the Purest Spirit. If
Allah had willed, those who came after them would not have fought each
other after the Clear Signs came to them, but they differed. Among them
there are those who believe and among them there are those who disbelieve.
If Allah had willed, they would not have fought each other. But Allah
does whatever He desires. (2:253)
He (Zakariyya) said, 'My Lord, how can I possibly have a son when I have
reached old age and my wife is barren?' He said, 'It will be so. Allah
does whatever He wills.' (3:40)
When the angels said, 'Maryam, your Lord gives you good news of a Word
from Him. His name is the Messiah, 'Isa, son of Maryam, of high esteem
in this world and the hereafter, and one of those brought near.' (3:45)
If anyone argues with you about him after the knowledge that has come
to you, say, 'Come then! Let us summon our sons and your sons, our women
and your women, ourselves and yourselves. Then let us make earnest supplication
and call down the curse of Allah upon the liars.' (3:61)
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)
Forbidden for you are: your mothers and your daughters and your sisters,
your maternal aunts and your paternal aunts, your brothers' daughters
and your sisters' daughters, your foster mothers who have suckled you,
your foster sisters by suckling, your wives' mothers, your stepdaughters
who are under your protection: the daughters of your wives whom you have
had sexual relations with (though if you have not had sexual relations
with them there is nothing blameworthy for you in it then), the wives
of your sons whom you have fathered, and marrying two sisters at the same
time-except for what may have already taken place. Allah is Ever-Forgiving,
Most Merciful. (4:23)
And (We punished them) on account of their disbelief, and their utterance
of a monstrous slander against Maryam, and their saying, 'We killed the
Messiah, 'Isa son of Maryam, Messenger of Allah.' They did not kill him
and they did not crucify him but it was made to seem so to them. Those
who argue about him are in doubt about it. They have no real knowledge
of it, just conjecture. But they certainly did not kill him. (4:156-157)
People of the Book! Do not go to excess in your religion. Say nothing
but the truth about Allah. The Messiah, 'Isa son of Maryam, was only the
Messenger of Allah and His Word, which He cast into Maryam, and a Spirit
from Him. So believe in Allah and His Messengers. Do not say, 'Three.'
It is better that you stop. Allah is only One God. He is too Glorious
to have a son! Everything in the heavens and in the earth belongs to Him.
Allah suffices as a Guardian. (4:171)
Those who say, 'Allah is the Messiah, son of Maryam,' disbelieve. Say:
'Who possesses any power at all over Allah if He desires to destroy the
Messiah, son of Maryam, and his mother, and everyone else on earth?' The
kingdom of the heavens and the earth and everything between them belongs
to Allah. He creates whatever He wills. Allah has power over all things.
(5:17)
Recite to them the true report of Adam's two sons when they offered a
sacrifice and it was accepted from one of them but not accepted from the
other. The one said, 'I shall kill you.' The other said, 'Allah only accepts
from people who guard against evil. (5:27)
And We sent 'Isa son of Maryam following in their footsteps, confirming
the Torah that came before him. We gave him the Gospel containing guidance
and light, confirming the Torah that came before it, and as guidance and
admonition for those who guard against evil. (5:46)
Those who say that the Messiah, son of Maryam, is Allah are disbelievers.
The Messiah said, 'Tribe of Israel! Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord.
If anyone associates anything with Allah, Allah has forbidden him the
Garden and his refuge will be the Fire.' The wrongdoers will have no helpers.
(5:72)
The Messiah, the son of Maryam, was only a Messenger, before whom other
Messengers came and went. His mother was a woman of truth. Both of them
ate food. See how We make the Signs clear to them! Then see how they are
perverted! (5:75)
Those among the tribe of Israel who disbelieved were cursed on the tongue
of Dawud and that of 'Isa, son of Maryam. That is because they rebelled
and overstepped the limits. (5:78)
And when the Disciples said, ''Isa son of Maryam! Can your Lord send
down a table to us out of heaven?' He said, 'Have fear of Allah if you
are believers!' (5:112)
'Isa son of Maryam said, 'Allah, our Lord, send down a table to us out
of heaven to be a feast for us, for the first and last of us, and as a
Sign from You. Provide for us! You are the Best of Providers!' (5:114)
And when Allah says, ''Isa son of Maryam! Did you say to people, "Take
me and my mother as gods besides Allah?"' he will say, 'Glory be to You!
It is not for me to say what I have no right to say! If I had said it,
then You would have known it. You know what is in my self but I do not
know what is in Your Self. You are the Knower of all unseen things.' (5:116)
Yet they make the jinn co-partners with Allah when He created them! And
they attribute sons and daughters to Him without any knowledge. Glory
be to Him! He is far above what they describe! (6:100)
The Jews say, ''Uzayr is the son of Allah,' and the Christians say, 'The
Messiah is the son of Allah.' That is what they say with their mouths,
copying the words of those who disbelieved before. Allah fight them! How
perverted they are! (9:30)
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)
It sailed with them through mountainous waves, and Nuh called out to
his son, who had kept himself apart, 'My son! Come on board with us. Do
not stay with the disbelievers!' (11:42)
Nuh called out to his Lord and said, 'My Lord, my son is one of my family
and Your promise is surely the truth and You are the Justest of Judges.'
(11:45)
He (Ya'qub) said, 'My son, don't tell your brothers your dream lest they
devise some scheme to injure you, Satan is a clear-cut enemy to man.'
(12:5)
(The eldest of Yusuf's brothers said,) 'Return now to your father and
say to him, "Your son stole, father. We can do no more than testify to
what we know and we are not the guardians of the Unseen."' (12:81)
(Ya'qub said,) 'My sons! Seek news of Yusuf and his brother. Do not despair
of solace from Allah. No one despairs of solace from Allah except for
people who are disbelievers.' (12:87)
He (Zakariyya) said, 'My Lord! How can I have a boy when my wife is barren
and I have reached advanced old age?' (19:8)
That is 'Isa, son of Maryam, the word of truth about which they are in
doubt. (19:34)
He (Harun) said, 'Son of my mother! Do not seize me by the beard or by
the hair. I was afraid that you would say, "You have caused division in
the tribe of Israel and taken no notice to anything I said."' (20:94)
And We made the son of Maryam and his mother a Sign and gave them shelter
on a mountainside where there was a meadow and a flowing spring. (23:50)
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)
When Luqman said to his son, counselling him, 'My son, do not associate
anything with Allah. Associating others with Him is a terrible wrong.'
(31:13)
(Luqman said,) 'My son, even if something weighs as little as a mustard-seed
and is inside a rock or anywhere else in the heavens or earth, Allah will
bring it out. Allah is All-Pervading, All-Aware.' My son, perform prayer
and command what is right and forbid what is wrong and be steadfast in
the face of all that happens to you. That is certainly the most resolute
course to follow.' (31:16-17)
When We made a covenant with all the Prophets-with you and with Nuh and
Ibrahim and Musa and 'Isa son of Maryam-We made a binding covenant with
them. (33:7)
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)
When he was of an age to work with him, he (Ibrahim) said, 'My son, I
saw in a dream that I must sacrifice you. What do you think about this?'
He said, 'Do as you are ordered, father. Allah willing, you will find
me resolute.' (37:102)
When an example is made of the son of Maryam your people laugh uproariously.
(43:57)
Then We sent Our Messengers following in their footsteps and sent 'Isa
son of Maryam after them, giving him the Gospel. We put compassion and
mercy in the hearts of those who followed him. They invented monasticism-We
did not prescribe it for them-purely out of desire to gain the pleasure
of Allah, but even so they did not observe it as it should have been observed.
To those of them who believed We gave their reward but many of them are
deviators. (57:27)
And when 'Isa son of Maryam said, 'Tribe of Israel, I am the Messenger
of Allah to you, confirming the Torah which came before me and giving
you the good news of a Messenger after me whose name is Ahmad.' When he
brought them the Clear Signs, they said, 'This is downright magic.' (61:6)
You who believe! Be helpers of Allah as 'Isa son of Maryam said to the
Disciples, 'Who will be my helpers to Allah?' The Disciples said, 'We
will be the helpers of Allah.' One faction of the tribe of Israel believed
and the other disbelieved. So We supported those who believed against
their enemy and they became victorious. (61:14)
(On the 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, (70:10-11)
SOOTHSAYER
Remind them then! For, by the blessing of your Lord, you are neither
a soothsayer nor a madman. (52:29)
SORCERY
They follow what the Satans recited in the reign of Sulayman. Sulayman
did not disbelieve, but the Satans did, teaching people sorcery and what
had been sent down to Harut and Marut, the two angels in Babylon, who
taught no one without first saying to him, 'We are merely a trial and
temptation, so do not disbelieve.' People learned from them how to separate
a man and his wife but they cannot harm anyone by it, except with Allah's
permission. They have learned what will harm them and will not benefit
them. They know that any who deal in it will have no share in the hereafter.
What an evil thing they have sold themselves for if they only knew! (2:102)
SOUND INTELLECT
Eat and pasture your cattle. Certainly there are Signs in that for people
of sound intellect. (20:54)
Are they not guided by the many generations We have destroyed before
them, among whose dwelling places they walk about? There are Signs in
that for people of sound intellect. (20:128)
SPARK
Proceed to a shadow which forks into three but gives no shade or protection
from the flames, shooting up great sparks the size of castles, like a
herd of yellow camels. (77:30-33)
SPATHE
(Salih said to his people,) 'Are you going to be left secure amid what
is here, amid gardens and clear springs, and cultivated fields and palms
with supple spathes?' (26:146-148)
And We sent down blessed water from the sky and made gardens grow by
it and grain for harvesting and soaring date-palms with layered spathes,
(50:9-10)
SPECIFIED TERM
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)
It is He Who created you from clay and then decreed a fixed term, and
another fixed term is specified with Him. Yet you still have doubts! (6:2)
It is He Who takes you back to Himself at night, while knowing the things
you perpetrate by day, and then wakes you up again, so that a specified
term may be fulfilled. Then you will return to Him. Then He will inform
you about what you did. (6:60)
Have they not looked into the dominions of the heavens and the earth
and what Allah has created, and seen that it may well be that their appointed
time is near? In what discourse after this will they believe? (7:185)
If Allah were to hasten evil for people the way they try to hasten good,
their term would already have been completed for them. We abandon those
who do not expect to meet Us to wander blindly in their excessive insolence.
(10:11)
Say: 'I possess no power to harm or help myself except as Allah wills.
Every nation has an appointed time. When their appointed time comes, they
cannot delay it a single hour or bring it forward.' (10:49)
Allah is He Who raised up the heavens without any support-you can see
that-and then established Himself firmly on the Throne. He made the sun
and moon subservient, each running for a specified term. He directs the
whole affair. He makes the Signs clear so that hopefully you will be certain
about the meeting with your Lord. (13:2)
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)
No nation can advance its appointed time nor can they delay it. (15:5)
And were it not for a prior word from your Lord, and a specified term,
it would inevitably have already taken place. (20:129)
No nation can advance its appointed time nor can they delay it. (23:43)
They ask you to hasten the punishment. If it were not for a stipulated
term, the punishment would have come to them already. It will come upon
them suddenly when they are not expecting it. (29:53)
If Allah were to take mankind to task for what they have earned, He would
not leave a single creature crawling on it, but He is deferring them until
a specified time. Then, when their time comes, Allah sees His servants!
(35:45)
He created the heavens and the earth with truth. He wraps the night around
the day and wraps the day around the night, and has made the sun and moon
subservient, each one running for a specified term. Is He not indeed the
Almighty, the Endlessly Forgiving? (39:5)
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)
It is He Who created you from earth, then from a drop of sperm, then
from a clot of blood, then He brings you out as infants, then so you may
achieve full strength, then so you may become old men-though some of you
may die before that time-so that you may reach a predetermined age and
so that hopefully you will use your intellect. (40:67)
They only split up after knowledge came to them, tyrannising one another.
And were it not for a prior decree from your Lord for a specified term,
the judgement between them would already have been made. Those who inherited
the Book after them are indeed in grave doubt about it. (42:14)
Allah will not give anyone more time, once their time has come. Allah
is aware of what you do. (63:11)
(Nuh said to his people,) 'He will forgive you your wrong actions and
defer you until a specified time. When Allah's time comes it cannot be
deferred, if you only knew.' (71:4)
SPECK
Allah does not wrong anyone by so much as the smallest speck. And if
there is a good deed Allah will multiply it and pay out an immense reward
direct from Him. (4:40)
Do you not see those who claim to be purified? No, Allah purifies whoever
He wills. They will not be wronged by so much as the smallest speck. (4:49)
Do you not see those who were told: 'Hold back from fighting but perform
prayer and give the alms'? Then when fighting is prescribed for them,
a group of them fear people as Allah should be feared, or even more than
that. They say, 'Our Lord, why have you prescribed fighting for us? If
only You would give us just a little more time!' Say, 'The enjoyment of
this world is very brief. The hereafter is better for those who guard
against evil. You will not be wronged by so much as the smallest speck.'
(4:77)
Anyone, male or female, who does right actions and is a believer, will
enter the Garden. They will not be wronged by so much as the tiniest speck.
(4:124)
You do not engage in any matter or recite any of the Qur'an or do any
action without Our witnessing you while you are occupied with it. Not
even the smallest speck eludes your Lord, either on earth or in heaven.
Nor is there anything smaller than that, or larger, which is not in a
Clear Book. (10:61)
On the Day We summon every people with their records, those who are given
their Book in their right hand will read their Book and they will not
be wronged by even the smallest speck. (17:71)
We will advance on the actions they have done and make them scattered
specks of dust. (25:23)
He makes night merge into day and day merge into night, and He has made
the sun and moon subservient, each one running until a specified time.
That is Allah, your Lord. The Kingdom is His. Those you call on besides
Him have no power over even the smallest speck. (35:13)
SPENDING IN THE WAY OF ALLAH
(Those who guard against evil are) those who believe in the Unseen and
perform prayer and spend from what We have provided for them. (2:3)
Spend in the Way of Allah. Do not cast yourselves into destruction. And
do good: Allah loves good-doers. (2:195)
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)
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)
You who believe! Give away some of what We have provided for you before
a Day arrives on which there is no trading, no close friendship and no
intercession. It is the disbelievers who are the wrongdoers. (2:254)
The metaphor of those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allah is that
of a grain which produces seven ears; in every ear there are a hundred
grains. Allah gives such multiplied increase to whoever He wills. Allah
is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing. (2:261)
Those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allah, and then do not follow
what they have spent by demands for gratitude or insulting words will
have their reward with their Lord. They will feel no fear and will know
no sorrow. (2:262)
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)
You who believe! Give away some of the good things you have earned and
some of what the earth produces for you. Do not have recourse to bad things
when you give, things you would only take with your eyes tight shut! Know
that Allah is Rich Beyond Need, Praiseworthy. (2:267)
Whatever amount you spend or vow you make, Allah knows it. The wrongdoers
have no helpers. (2:270)
You are not responsible for their guidance, but Allah guides whoever
He wills. Whatever good you give away is to your own benefit, when you
give desiring only the Face of Allah. Whatever good you give away will
be repaid to you in full. You will not be wronged. (2:272)
It (charity) is for the poor who are held back in the Way of Allah, unable
to travel in the land. The ignorant consider them rich because of their
reticence. You will know them by their mark. They do not ask from people
insistently. Whatever good you give away, Allah knows it. (2:273)
Those who give away their wealth by night and day, secretly and openly,
will have their reward with their Lord. They will feel no fear and will
know no sorrow. (2:274)
The steadfast, the truthful, the obedient, the givers, and those who
seek forgiveness before dawn. (3:17)
You will not attain true goodness until you give of what you love. Whatever
you give away, Allah knows it. (3:92)
(The people who guard against evil are) 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)
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)
What harm would it have done them to have believed in Allah and the Last
Day and to have given of what Allah has provided for them? Allah knows
everything about them. (4:39)
The Jews say, 'Allah's hand is chained.' Their hands are chained and
they are cursed for what they say! No! Both His hands are open wide and
He gives however He wills. What has been sent down to you from your Lord
increases many of them in insolence and disbelief. We have incited enmity
and hatred between them until the Day of Rising. Each time they kindle
the fire of war, Allah extinguishes it. They rush about the earth corrupting
it. Allah does not love corrupters. (5:64)
(The believers are) those who perform prayer and give of what We have
provided for them. (8:3)
Arm yourselves against them with all the firepower and cavalry you can
muster, to terrify the enemies of Allah and your enemies, and others besides
them whom you do not know. Allah knows them. Anything you spend in the
Way of Allah will be repaid to you in full. You will not be wronged. (8:60)
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)
Say: 'Whether you give readily or reluctantly, it will not be accepted
from you. You are people who are deviators.' (9:53)
Nothing prevents what they give from being accepted from them but the
fact that they have rejected Allah and His Messenger, and that they only
come to prayer lethargically, and that they only give reluctantly. (9:54)
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)
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-nor
is anything held against those who, when they came to you for you to provide
them with mounts and you said, 'I cannot find anything on which to mount
you,' turned away with their eyes overflowing with tears, overcome by
grief at having nothing to give. (9:91-92)
Among the desert arabs there are some who regard what they give as an
imposition and are waiting for your fortunes to change. The evil turn
of fortune will be theirs! Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (9:98)
And among the desert arabs there are some who believe in Allah and the
Last Day and regard what they give as something which will bring them
nearer to Allah and to the prayers of the Messenger. It does indeed bring
them near. Allah will admit them into His mercy. Allah is Ever-Forgiving,
Most Merciful. (9:99)
Nor will they give away any amount, whether large or small, nor will
they cross any valley, without it being written down for them so that
Allah can recompense them for the best of what they did. (9:121)
Those who are steadfast in seeking the face of their Lord, and perform
prayer and give from the provision We have given them, secretly and openly,
and stave off evil with good, it is they who will have the Ultimate Abode.
(13:22)
Tell My servants who believe that they should perform prayer and give
from what We have provided for them, secretly and openly, before a Day
arrives on which there will be no trading and no friendship. (14:31)
Allah does make a metaphor: an owned slave possessing no power over anything,
and someone We have given plentiful provision who gives out from it secretly
and openly. Are they the same? Praise be to Allah! They are not! But most
people do not know it. (16:75)
... Give good news to the humble-hearted, whose hearts quake at the mention
of Allah, and who are steadfast in the face of all that happens to them,
those who perform prayer and give of what We have provided for them. (22:34-35)
They will be given their reward twice over because they have been steadfast
and because they ward off the bad with the good and give from what we
have provided for them. (28:54)
Their sides eschew their beds as they call on their Lord in fear and
ardent hope. And they give of what We have provided for them. (32:16)
Those who recite the Book of Allah and perform prayer and give of what
We have provided for them, secretly and openly, hope for a transaction
which will not prove profitless. (35:29)
And when they are told, 'Spend from the provision Allah has given you,'
those who disbelieve say to those who believe, 'Why should we feed someone
whom, if He wished, Allah would feed Himself? You are clearly in error.'
(36:47)
(Believers are) those who respond to their Lord and perform prayer, and
manage their affairs by mutual consultation and give of what We have provided
for them. (42:38)
Here you are then: people who are called upon to spend in the Way of
Allah and then some of you are tight-fisted! But whoever is tight-fisted
is only tight-fisted to himself. Allah is Rich and you are poor. If you
turn away, He will replace you with a people other than yourselves and
they will not be like you. (47:38)
Believe in Allah and His Messenger and give of that to which He has made
you successors. Those of you who believe and give will have an immense
reward. (57:7)
And how is it with you that you do not give in the Way of Allah, when
the inheritance of the heavens and the earth belongs to Allah? Those of
you who gave and fought before the Victory are not the same as those who
gave and fought afterwards. They are higher in rank. But to each of them
Allah has promised the Best. Allah is aware of what you do. (57:10)
They are the people who say, 'Do not spend on those who are with the
Messenger of Allah, so that they may go away.' The treasuries of the heavens
and earth belong to Allah. But the hypocrites do not understand this.
(63:7)
Give from what We have provided for you before death comes to one of
you and he says, 'My Lord, if only you would give me a little more time
so that I can give charity and be one of the righteous!' (63:10)
So have fear of Allah, as much as you are able to, and listen and obey
and spend for your own benefit. It is the people who are safe-guarded
from the avarice of their own selves who are successful. (64:16)
He who has plenty should spend out from his plenty, but he whose provision
is restricted should spend from what Allah has given him. Allah does not
demand from any self more than He has given it. Allah will appoint after
difficulty, ease. (65:7)
SPIDER
The metaphor of those who take protectors besides Allah is that of a
spider which builds itself a house; but no house is flimsier than a spider's
house, if they only knew. (29:41)
SPIRIT (RUH)
We gave Musa the Book and sent a succession of Messengers after him.
We gave 'Isa, son of Maryam, the Clear Signs and reinforced him with the
Purest Spirit. Why then, whenever a Messenger came to you with something
your lower selves did not desire, did you grow arrogant, and deny some
of them and murder others? (2:87)
These Messengers: We favoured some of them over others. Allah spoke directly
to some of them and raised up some of them in rank. We gave Clear Signs
to 'Isa, son of Maryam, and reinforced him with the Purest Spirit. If
Allah had willed, those who came after them would not have fought each
other after the Clear Signs came to them, but they differed. Among them
there are those who believe and among them there are those who disbelieve.
If Allah had willed, they would not have fought each other. But Allah
does whatever He desires. (2:253)
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)
(Your Lord said to the angels,) 'When I have formed him and breathed
My Spirit into him, fall down in prostration in front of him!' (15:29)
He sends down angels with the Spirit of His command to any of His servants
He wills: 'Give warning that there is no god but Me, so have fear of Me!'
(16:2)
Say: 'The Purest Spirit has brought it down from your Lord with truth,
to make those who believe firm, and as guidance and good news for the
Muslims.' (16:102)
They will ask you about the Spirit. Say: 'The Spirit is my Lord's concern.
You have only been given a little knowledge.' (17:85)
Mention Maryam in the Book, how she withdrew from her people to an eastern
place, and veiled herself from them. Then We sent Our Spirit to her and
it took on for her the form of a handsome, well-built man. (19:16-17)
And she (Maryam) who protected her private parts. We breathed into her
some of Our Spirit and made her and her son a Sign for all the worlds.
(21:91)
The Faithful Spirit brought it (the revelation) down. (26:193)
Then (He) formed him and breathed His Spirit into him and gave you hearing,
sight and hearts. What little thanks you show! (32:9)
(Your Lord said to the angels,) 'When I have formed him and breathed
My Spirit into him, fall down in prostration to him!' (38:72)
He is the Raiser of ranks, the Possessor of the Throne, He sends the
Spirit by His command to whichever of His servants He wills so that he
may warn mankind about the Day of Meeting: (40:15)
And Maryam, the daughter of 'Imran, who guarded her chastity-We breathed
Our Spirit into her and she confirmed the Words of her Lord and His Book
and was one of the obedient. (66:12)
SPOUSE
Give the good news to those who believe and do right actions that they
will have Gardens with rivers flowing under them. When they are given
fruit there as provision, they will say, 'This is what we were given before.'
But they were only given a simulation of it. They will have there spouses
of perfect purity and will remain there timelessly, for ever. (2:25)
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)
It is He Who created you from a single self and made from him his spouse
so that he might find repose in her. Then when he covered her she bore
a light load and carried it around. Then when it became heavy they called
on Allah, their Lord, 'If You grant us a healthy child, we will be among
the thankful!' (7:189)
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)
SPRING
Those who guard against evil will be amid Gardens and Springs. (15:45)
They say, 'We will not believe you until you make a spring gush out from
the earth for us;' (17:90)
We expelled them (Pharaoh and his people) from gardens and springs. (26:57)
Have fear of Him Who has supplied you with what you know, supplied you
with livestock and children and gardens and clear springs. (26:132-134)
(Salih said,) 'Are you going to be left secure amid what is here, amid
gardens and clear springs?' (26:146-147)
We place in it gardens of dates and grapes, and cause springs to gush
out in it. (36:34)
(The believers will have) a cup from a flowing spring passing round among
them (in Gardens of Delight). (37:45)
Do you not see that Allah sends down water from the sky and threads it
through the earth to emerge as springs and then by it brings forth crops
of varying colours, which then wither and you see them turning yellow
and then He makes them into broken stubble? There is a reminder in that
for people of intelligence. (39:21)
And (We) made the earth burst forth with gushing springs. And the waters
met together in a way which was decreed. (54:12)
In them (the Gardens) are two clear flowing springs. (55:50)
In them are two gushing springs. (55:66)
The truly good will drink from a cup mixed with the coolness of camphor,
a spring from which Allah's servants will drink, making it gush forth
at will abundantly. (76:5-6)
In it there is a flowing spring called Salsabil. (76:18)
(The inhabitants of the Fire will be) drinking from a boiling spring.
(88:5)
In it is a gushing spring. (88:12)
STAKE
Before them the people of Nuh denied the truth, as did 'Ad and Pharaoh
of the Stakes. (38:12)
And Pharaoh of the Stakes (was one of the tyrants). (89:10) |
