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SUCCESS
They are the people guided by their Lord. They are the ones who have
success. (2:5)
They will ask you about the crescent moons. Say, 'They are set times
for mankind and for the pilgrimage.' It is not devoutness for you to enter
houses by the back. Rather devoutness is possessed by those who guard
against evil. So come to houses by their doors and have fear of Allah,
so that hopefully you will be successful. (2:189)
Let there be a community among you who call to the good, and enjoin the
right, and forbid the wrong. They are the ones who have success. (3:104)
You who believe! Do not feed on usury, multiplied and then remultiplied.
Have fear of Allah so that hopefully you will be successful. (3:130)
You who believe, be steadfast; be supreme in steadfastness; be firm on
the battlefield; and have fear of Allah; so that hopefully you will be
successful. (3:200)
Those who anticipate the worst for you say, 'Were we not with you?' whenever
you gain a victory from Allah, but if the disbelievers have a success
they say, 'Did we not have the upper hand over you and yet in spite of
that keep the believers away from you?' Allah will judge between you on
the Day of Rising. Allah will not give the disbelievers any way against
the believers. (4:141)
You who believe! Have fear of Allah and seek the means of drawing near
to Him, and strive in His Way, so that hopefully you will be successful.
(5:35)
You who believe! Wine and gambling, stone altars and divining arrows
are filth from the handiwork of Satan. Avoid them completely so that hopefully
you will be successful. (5:90)
Say: 'Bad things and good things are not the same, even though the abundance
of the bad things may seem attractive to you.' Have fear of Allah, people
of intelligence, so that hopefully you will be successful. (5:100)
Who could do greater wrong than someone who invents lies against Allah
or denies His Signs? The wrongdoers are certainly not successful. (6:21)
Say: 'My people, do as you are doing, just as I am doing. You will certainly
come to know who will have the best home in the end. The wrongdoers will
certainly not be successful.' (6:135)
The weighing that Day will be the truth. As for those whose scales are
heavy, they are the successful. (7:8)
Or are you astonished that a reminder should come to you from your Lord
by way of a man among you in order to warn you? Remember when He appointed
you successors to the people of Nuh, and increased you greatly in stature.
Remember Allah's blessings, so that hopefully you will be successful.'
(7:69)
Musa said to his people, 'Seek help in Allah and be steadfast. The earth
belongs to Allah. He bequeathes it to any of His servants He wills. The
successful outcome is for those who guard against evil.' (7:128)
(Allah said, 'Believers are) those who follow the Messenger, the Ummi,
whom they find written down with them in the Torah and the Gospel, commanding
them to do right and forbidding them to do wrong, making good things lawful
for them and bad things forbidden for them, relieving them of their heavy
loads and the chains which were around them. Those who believe in him
and honour him and help him, and follow the Light that has been sent down
with him, they are the ones who are successful.' (7:157)
You who believe! When you meet a troop, stand firm and remember Allah
repeatedly so that hopefully you will be successful. (8:45)
But the Messenger and those who believe along with him have strived with
their wealth and with themselves. They are the people who will have the
good things. They are the ones who are successful. (9:88)
Who could do greater wrong than someone who invents lies against Allah
or denies His Signs? Evildoers are certainly not successful. (10:17)
Say: 'People who invent lies against Allah will not be successful.' (10:69)
Musa said, 'Do you say to the truth when it comes to you, "This is magic"?
Magicians are not successful.' (10:77)
He (Shu'ayb) said, 'My people! What do you think? If I do possess a Clear
Sign from my Lord and He has given me His good provision, I would clearly
not want to go behind your backs and do something I have forbidden you
to do. I only want to put things right as far as I can. My success is
with Allah alone. I have put my trust in Him and I turn to Him.' (11:88)
Do not say about what your lying tongues describe: 'This is lawful and
this is forbidden,' inventing lies against Allah. Those who invent lies
against Allah are not successful. (16:116)
That was the situation when we woke them up so they could question one
another. One of them asked, 'How long have you been here?' They replied,
'We have been here for a day or part of a day.' They said, 'Your Lord
knows best how long you have been here. Send one of your number into the
city with this silver you have, so he can see which food is purest and
bring you some of it to eat. But he should go about with caution so that
no one is aware of you, for if they find out about you they will stone
you or make you revert to their religion and then you will never have
success.' (18:19-20)
You who believe! Bow and prostrate and worship your Lord, and do good,
so that hopefully you will be successful. (22:77)
It is the believers who are successful. (23:1)
Those whose scales are heavy, they are the successful. (23:102)
Whoever calls on another god together with Allah, has no grounds for
doing so at all and his reckoning is with his Lord. Truly the disbelievers
have no success. (23:117)
Say to the believing women that they should lower their eyes and guard
their chastity and not display their adornments-except for what normally
shows-and draw their head-coverings across their breasts. They should
only display their adornments to their husbands or their fathers or their
husbands' fathers, or their sons or their husbands' sons or their brothers
or their brothers' sons or their sisters' sons or other women or those
they own as slaves or their male attendants who have no sexual desire
or children who still have no awareness of women's private parts. Nor
should they stamp their feet so that their hidden ornaments are known.
Turn to Allah every one of you, believers, so that hopefully you will
have success. (24:31)
The reply of the believers when they are summoned to Allah and His Messenger
so that he can judge between them, is to say, 'We hear and we obey.' They
are ones who are successful. (24:51)
Musa said, 'My Lord knows best who has come with guidance from Him and
who will have the best Home in the end. The wrongdoers will certainly
not be successful.' (28:37)
But as for those who repent and act rightly, they will hopefully be successful.
(28:67)
Those who had longed to take his place the day before woke up saying,
'Allah expands the provision of any of His servants He wills or restricts
it. If Allah had not shown great kindness to us, we would have been swallowed
up as well. Ah! Truly the disbelievers are not successful.' (28:82)
That abode of the hereafter-We grant it to those who do not seek to exalt
themselves in the earth or to cause corruption in it. The successful outcome
is for those who guard against evil. (28:83)
Give relatives their due, and the poor and travellers. That is best for
those who seek the pleasure of Allah. They are the ones who are successful.
(30:38)
Such people are following guidance from their Lord. They are the ones
who are successful. (31:5)
You will not find people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having
love for anyone who opposes Allah and His Messenger, though they be their
fathers, their sons, their brothers or their clan. Allah has inscribed
faith upon such people's hearts and will reinforce them with a Spirit
from Him and admit them into Gardens with rivers flowing under them, remaining
in them timelessly, for ever. Allah is pleased with them and they are
pleased with Him. Such people are the party of Allah. Truly it is the
party of Allah who are successful. (58:22)
Those who were already settled in the abode, and in faith, before they
came, love those who have migrated to them and do not find in their hearts
any need for what they have been given and prefer them to themselves even
if they themselves are needy. It is the people who are safe-guarded from
the avarice of their own selves who are successful. (59:9)
Then when the prayer is finished spread through the earth and seek Allah's
bounty and Allah much so that hopefully you will be successful. (62:10)
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 purified himself will have success. (87:14)
SUCCESSION - SUCCESSOR
When your Lord said to the angels, 'I am putting a successor (khalif)
on the earth,' they said, 'Why put on it one who will cause corruption
on it and shed blood when we glorify You with praise and proclaim Your
purity?' He said, 'I know what you do not know.' (2:30)
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)
It is He Who appointed you successors (khalif) on the earth and raised
some of you above others in rank so He could test you regarding what He
has given you. Your Lord is Swift in Retribution; and He is Ever-Forgiving,
Most Merciful. (6:165)
(Hud said to his people,) 'Or are you astonished that a reminder should
come to you from your Lord by way of a man among you in order to warn
you? Remember when He appointed you successors to the people of Nuh, and
increased you greatly in stature. Remember Allah's blessings, so that
hopefully you will be successful.' (7:69)
(Salih said to his people,) 'Remember when He appointed you successors
to 'Ad and settled you in the land. You built palaces on its plains and
carved out houses from the mountains. Remember Allah's blessings and do
not go about the earth, corrupting it.' (7:74)
They said, 'We suffered harm before you came to us and after you came
to us.' He (Musa) said, 'It may well be that your Lord is going to destroy
your enemy and make you the successors in the land so that He can see
how you behave.' (7:129)
We set aside thirty nights for Musa and then completed them with ten,
so the appointed time of his Lord was forty nights in all. Musa said to
his brother Harun, 'Be my successor (khalif) among my people. Keep order
and do not follow the way of the corrupters.' (7:142)
Then We appointed you after them to be successors (khalif) on the earth
so We might observe how you would act. (10:14)
But they denied him (Nuh) so We rescued him, and all those with him,
in the Ark and We made them the successors and We drowned the people who
denied Our Signs. See the final fate of those who were warned! (10:73)
Everyone has a succession of angels in front of him and behind him, guarding
him by Allah's command. Allah never changes a people's state until they
change what is in themselves. When Allah desires evil for a people, there
is no averting it. They have no protector apart from Him. (13:11)
Allah has promised those of you who believe and do right actions that
He will make them successors in the land as He made those before them
successors, and will firmly establish for them their religion with which
He is pleased and give them, in place of their fear, security. 'They worship
Me, not associating anything with Me.' Any who disbelieve after that,
such people are deviators. (24:55)
He Who responds to the oppressed when they call on Him and removes their
distress, and has appointed you as successors (khalif) of the earth. Is
there another god besides Allah? How little you pay heed! (27:62)
It is He Who made you successors (khalif) on the earth. So whoever disbelieves,
his disbelief is against himself. In Allah's sight, the disbelief of the
disbelievers only increases their loathsomeness; the disbelief of the
disbelievers only increases their loss. (35:39)
(We said), 'Dawud! We have made you a successor (khalif) on the earth,
so judge between people with truth and do not follow your own desires,
letting them misguide you from the Way of Allah. Those who are misguided
from the Way of Allah will receive a harsh punishment because they forgot
the Day of Reckoning.' (38:26)
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)
What is the matter with you that you do not hope for honour from Allah,
when He created you by successive stages? (71:13-14)
(I swear) by those sent forth in succession, (77:1)
When the stars fall in rapid succession. (81:2)
SUCKLING
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)
We revealed to Musa's mother, 'Suckle him and then when you fear for
him cast him into the sea. Do not fear or grieve; We will return him to
you and make him one of the Messengers.' (28:7)
Let them live where you live, according to your means. Do not put pressure
on them, so as to harass them. If they are pregnant, maintain them until
they give birth. If they are suckling for you, give them their wages and
consult together with correctness and courtesy. But if you make things
difficult for one another, another woman should do the suckling for you.
(65:6)
SULAYMAN (AS) (SOLOMON)
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)
We have revealed to you as We revealed to Nuh and the Prophets who came
after him. And We revealed to Ibrahim and Isma'il and Ishaq and Ya'qub
and the Tribes, and 'Isa and Ayyub and Yunus and Harun and Sulayman. And
We gave Dawud the Zabur. (4:163)
We gave him Ishaq and Ya'qub, each of whom We guided. And before him
We had guided Nuh. And among his descendants were Dawud and Sulayman,
and Ayyub, Yusuf, Musa and Harun. That is how We recompense the good-doers.
(6:84)
And to Sulayman We gave the fiercely blowing wind, speeding at his command
towards the land which We had blessed. And We had full knowledge of everything.
And some of the Satans dived for him and did other things apart from that.
And We were watching over them. (21:81-82)
We gave knowledge to Dawud and Sulayman who said, 'Praise be to Allah
Who has favoured us over many of His servants who are believers.' Sulayman
was Dawud's heir. He said, 'Mankind! We have been taught the speech of
birds and we have been given everything. This is indeed clear favour.'
Sulayman's troops, made up of jinn and men and birds, were assembled for
him, paraded in tight ranks. Then, when they reached the Valley of the
Ants, an ant said, 'Ants! Enter your dwellings so that Sulayman and his
troops do not crush you unwittingly.' He smiled, laughing at its words,
and said, 'My Lord, keep me thankful for the blessing You have bestowed
on me and on my parents, and keep me acting rightly, pleasing You, and
admit me, by Your mercy, among Your servants who are righteous.' He inspected
the birds and said, 'How is it that I do not see the hoopoe? Or is it
absent without leave? I will certainly punish it most severely or slaughter
it if it does not bring me clear authority.' However, it was not long
delayed, and then it 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.' He 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.' 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."' 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.' They said, 'We possess strength and
we possess great force. But the matter is in your hands so consider what
you command.' 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.' 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.' He said, 'Council! Who among you will bring me her throne
before they come to me in submission?' 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.' 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.' He said, 'Disguise her throne. We shall see
whether she is guided or someone who is not guided.' 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.' 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.' (27:15-44)
And We gave Sulayman power over the wind-a month's journey in the morning
and a month in the afternoon. And We made a fount of molten brass flow
out for him. And some of the jinn worked in front of him by his Lord's
permission. And if a single one of them deviates at all from Our command,
We let him taste the punishment of the Searing Blaze. They made for him
anything he wished: high arches and statues, huge dishes like cisterns,
great built-in cooking vats. 'Work, family of Dawud, in thankfulness!'
But very few of My servants are thankful. Then when We decreed that he
should die, nothing divulged his death to them except the worm which ate
his staff; so that when he fell down it was made clear to the jinn that
if they had truly had knowledge of the Unseen they need not have stayed
there suffering humiliating punishment. (34:12-14)
We gave Dawud Sulayman. What an excellent servant! He truly turned to
his Lord. When swift horses, champing at the bit, were displayed before
him in the afternoon, he said, 'Truly do I love the love of good, with
a view to the glory of my Lord until the sun disappeared behind its veil.
Return them to me!' And he set about slashing through their shanks and
necks. We tested Sulayman and placed a lifeless body on his throne. Then
he repented. He said, 'My Lord, forgive me and give me a kingdom the like
of which will never be granted to anyone after me. Truly You are the Ever-Giving.'
So We subjected the wind to him to blow at his command, softly, wherever
he directed. And the Satans, every builder and diver, and others of them,
yoked together in chains. 'This is Our gift: so bestow it or withhold
it without reckoning.' He will have nearness to Us and a good Homecoming.
(38:30-40)
SUMMONING
Remember when you were scrambling up the slope, refusing to turn back
for anyone, and the Messenger was calling to you from the rear. Allah
rewarded you with one distress in return for another so you would not
feel grief for what escaped you or what assailed you. Allah is aware of
what you do. (3:153)
(Believers say,) 'Our Lord, we heard a caller calling us to faith: "Believe
in your Lord!" and we believed. Our Lord, forgive us our wrong actions,
erase our bad actions from us and take us back to You with those who are
truly good.' (3:193)
They said, 'Salih, we had great hopes in you before this happened. Do
you forbid us to worship what our fathers worshipped? We have grave doubts
about what you are calling us to.' (11:62)
Say: 'This is my way. I call to Allah with inner sight, I and all who
follow me. Glory be to Allah! I am not one of the idolaters!' (12:108)
Those to whom We gave the Book rejoice at what has been sent down to
you but some of the parties refuse to acknowledge part of it. Say: 'I
have only been ordered to worship Allah and not to associate anything
with Him. I summon to Him and to Him I will return.' (13:36)
Has news not reached you of those who came before you, the peoples of
Nuh and 'Ad and Thamud, and those who came after them who are known to
no one but Allah? Their Messengers came to them with Clear Signs, but
they put their hands to their mouths, saying, 'We reject what you have
been sent with. We have grave doubts about what you are calling us to.'
(14:9)
Their Messengers said, 'Is there any doubt about Allah, the Bringer into
Being of the heavens and the earth? He summons you to forgive you for
your wrong actions and to defer you until a specified time.' They said,
'You are nothing but human beings like ourselves who want to debar us
from what our fathers worshipped; so bring us a clear authority.' (14:10)
You are calling them to a straight path. (23:73)
One of them came walking shyly up to him (Musa) and said, 'My father
invites you so that he can pay you your wage for drawing water for us.'
When he came to him and told him the whole story he said, 'Have no fear,
you have escaped from wrongdoing people.' (28:25)
When they are told: 'Follow what Allah has sent down,' they say, 'No,
we will follow what we found our fathers doing.' What! Even if Satan is
calling them to the punishment of the Blazing Fire? (31:21)
So call and go straight as you have been ordered to. Do not follow their
whims and desires but say, 'I believe in a Book sent down by Allah and
I am ordered to be just between you. Allah is our Lord and your Lord.
We have our actions and you have your actions. There is no debate between
us and you. Allah will gather us all together. He is our final destination.'
(42:15)
Our people, respond to Allah's caller and believe in Him. He will forgive
you some of your wrong actions and save you from a painful punishment.
(46:31)
(A group of jinn said to their people,) 'Those who do not respond to
Allah's caller cannot thwart Allah on earth and have no protectors apart
from Him. Such people are clearly misguided.' (46:32)
Their eyes will be downcast, darkened by debasement; for they were called
on to prostrate when they were in full possession of their faculties.
(68:43)
He (Nuh) said, 'My Lord, I have called my people night and day but my
calling has only made them more evasive. Indeed, every time I called them
to Your forgiveness, they put their fingers in their ears, wrapped themselves
up in their clothes and were overweeningly arrogant. Then I called them
openly.' (71:5-8)
SUN
What about the one who argued with Ibrahim about his Lord, on the basis
that Allah had given him sovereignty? Ibrahim said, 'My Lord is He Who
gives life and causes to die.' He said, 'I too give life and cause to
die.' Ibrahim said, 'Allah makes the sun come from the East. Make it come
from the West.' And the one who was a disbeliever was dumbfounded. Allah
does not guide wrongdoing people. (2:258)
Then when he (Ibrahim) saw the sun come up he said, 'This is my Lord!
This is greater!' Then when it set he said, 'My people, I am free of what
you associate with Allah!' (6:78)
It is He Who splits the sky at dawn, and appoints the night as a time
of stillness and the sun and moon as a means of reckoning. That is what
the Almighty, the All-Knowing has ordained. (6:96)
Your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days
and then settled Himself firmly on the Throne. He covers the day with
the night, each pursuing the other urgently; and the sun and moon and
stars are subservient to His command. Both creation and command belong
to Him. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. (7:54)
It is He Who appointed the sun to give radiance, and the moon to give
light, assigning it phases so you would know the number of years and the
reckoning of time. Allah did not create these things except with truth.
We make the Signs clear for people who know. (10:5)
When Yusuf told his father, 'Father! I saw eleven bright stars, and the
sun and moon as well. I saw them all prostrate in front of me.' (12:4)
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)
And He has made the sun and moon subservient to you holding steady to
their courses, and He has made the night and day subservient to you. (14:33)
He has made night and day subservient to you, and the sun and moon and
stars, all subject to His command. There are certainly Signs in that for
people who use their intellect. (16:12)
Perform prayer from the time the sun declines until the darkening of
the night, and also the recitation at dawn. The dawn recitation is certainly
witnessed. (17:78)
You would have seen the sun, when it rose, inclining away from their
cave towards the right, and, when it set, leaving them behind on the left,
while they were lying in an open part of it. That was one of Allah's Signs.
Whoever Allah guides is truly guided. But if He misguides someone, you
will find no protector for them to guide them rightly. (18:17)
So he followed a way until he reached the setting of the sun and found
it setting in a muddy spring and found a people by it. We said, 'Dhu'l-Qarnayn!
You can either punish them or else you can treat them with gentleness.'
(18:85-86)
Then he (Dhu'l-Qarnayn) followed a way until he reached the rising of
the sun and found it rising on a people to whom We had not given any shelter
from it. (18:89-90)
(We said to Adam,) 'You will not go thirsty in it (the Garden) or burn
in the sun.' (20:119)
So be steadfast in the face of what they say and glorify your Lord with
praise before the rising of the sun and before its setting. And glorify
Him during part of the night and at both ends of the day, so that hopefully
you will be pleased. (20:130)
It is He Who created night and day and the sun and moon, each one swimming
in a sphere. (21:33)
Do you not see that everyone in the heavens and everyone on the earth
prostrates to Allah, and the sun and moon and stars and the mountains,
trees and beasts and many of mankind? But many of them inevitably merit
punishment. Those Allah humiliates will have no one to honour them. Allah
does whatever He wills. (22:18)
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)
(The hoopoe said,) 'I found both her (Queen of Sheba) 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.'
(27:24)
If you ask them, 'Who created the heavens and the earth and made the
sun and moon subservient?' they will say, 'Allah.' So how have they been
perverted? (29:61)
Do you not see that Allah makes night merge into day and day merge into
night, and that He has made the sun and moon subservient, each one running
for a specified time, and that Allah is aware of what you do? (31:29)
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)
And the sun runs to its resting place. That is the decree of the Almighty,
the All-Knowing. (36:38)
It is not for the sun to overtake the moon nor for the night to outstrip
the day; each one is swimming in a sphere. (36:40)
We subjected the mountains to glorify with him (Dawud) in the evening
and at sunrise. (38:18)
He (Sulayman) said, 'Truly do I love the love of good, with a view to
the glory of my Lord until the sun disappeared behind its veil.' (38:32)
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)
Among His Signs are the night and day and the sun and moon. Do not prostrate
to the sun nor to the moon. Prostrate to Allah Who created them, if you
worship Him. (41:37)
So be patient in the face of what they say and glorify your Lord with
praise before the rising of the sun and before it sets. (50:39)
The sun and the moon both run with precision. (55:5)
Do you not see how He created seven heavens in layers, and placed the
moon as a light in them and made the sun a blazing lamp? (71:15-16)
And (when) the sun and moon are fused together, (75:9)
Reclining in it (the Garden) on couches, they will experience there neither
burning sun nor bitter cold. (76:13)
When the sun is compacted in blackness, (81:1)
By the sun and its morning brightness, (91:1)
SUNNAH (SEE PATTERN)
SUPPORTERS (SEE ANSAR)
SUWA
They have hatched a mighty plot saying, "Do not abandon your gods. Do
not abandon Wadd or Suwa' or Yaghuth or Ya'uq or Nasr." (71:22-23)
SWEAR
Those who swear to abstain from sexual relations with their wives can
wait for a period of up to four months. If they then retract their oath,
Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (2:226)
How will it be when a disaster strikes them because of what they have
done, and then they come to you swearing by Allah: 'We desired nothing
but good and reconciliation'? (4:62)
Those who believe say, 'Are these the people who swore by Allah, with
their most earnest oaths, that they were with you?' Their actions have
come to nothing and they now are losers. (5:53)
You who believe! When one of you is near to death and makes a will, two
just men from among you should act as witnesses; or, if you are travelling
when the misfortune of death occurs, two men who are strangers to you.
You should detain them after prayer and, if you are doubtful, they should
swear by Allah: 'We will not sell it for any price, even to a near relative,
and we will not conceal the testimony of Allah. If we did we would indeed
be wrongdoers.' If it then comes to light that the two of them have merited
the allegation of wrongdoing, two others who have the most right to do
so should take their place and swear by Allah: 'Our testimony is truer
than their testimony. We have not committed perjury. If we had we would
indeed be wrongdoers.' That makes it more likely that they will give their
evidence properly or be afraid that their oaths will be refuted by subsequent
oaths. Have fear of Allah and listen carefully. Allah does not guide deviant
people. (5:106-108)
He (Satan) swore to them, 'I am one of those who give you good advice.'
(7:21)
The Companions of the Ramparts will call out to men they recognise by
their mark, saying, 'What you amassed was of no use to you, nor was your
arrogance. Are these the people you swore that Allah's mercy would never
reach?' 'Enter the Garden. You will feel no fear and know no sorrow.'
(7:48-49)
If it had been a case of easy gains and a short journey, they would have
followed you, but the distance was too great for them. They will swear
by Allah: 'Had we been able to, we would have gone out with you.' They
are destroying their own selves. Allah knows that they are lying. (9:42)
They swear by Allah that they are of your number, but they are not of
your number. Rather, they are people who are scared. (9:56)
They swear to you by Allah in order to please you, but it would be more
fitting for them to please Allah and His Messenger if they are believers.
(9:62)
They will swear to you to make you pleased with them, but even if you
are pleased with them, Allah is certainly not pleased with deviant people.
(9:96)
As for those who have set up a mosque, causing harm and out of disbelief,
to create division between the believers, and in readiness for those who
previously made war on Allah and His Messenger, they will swear, 'We only
desired the best.' But Allah bears witness that they are truly liars.
(9:107)
They swear by Allah with their most earnest oaths that Allah will not
raise up those who die, when, on the contrary, it is a binding promise
on Him; but most people do not know it. (16:38)
They have sworn by Allah with their most earnest oaths that if you give
them the command, they will go out. Say: 'Do not swear. Honourable obedience
is enough. Allah is aware of what you do.' (24:53)
They swore by Allah with their most earnest oaths that if a warner came
to them they would be better guided than any other community. But then
when a warner did come to them, it only increased their aversion. (35:42)
And I swear by the falling of the stars-and that is a mighty oath if
you only knew. (56:75-76)
Do you not see those who have turned to people with whom Allah is angry?
They belong neither to you nor to them. And they swear to falsehood and
do so knowingly. (58:14)
On the Day Allah raises up all of them together they will swear to Him
just as they have sworn to you and imagine they have something to stand
upon. No indeed! It is they who are the liars. (58:18)
I swear both by what you see. (69:38)
No! I swear by the Lord of the Easts and Wests that We have the power.
(70:40)
No! I swear by the planets with their retrograde motion, (81:15)
No, I swear by the evening glow, (84:16)
I swear by this city, (90:1)
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