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THATCHER
We sent a single Blast against them and they were just like a thatcher's
reeds. (54:31)
THIEF - STEALING
As for thieves, both male and female, cut off their hands in reprisal
for what they have done: an object lesson from Allah. Allah is Almighty,
All-Wise. (5:38)
Then when he (Yusuf) had supplied them with their needs, he put the goblet
in his brother's bag. A herald called out, 'Caravan! You are thieves!'
(12:70)
They said, 'By Allah, you know we did not come to corrupt the land and
that we are not thieves.' (12:73)
They said, 'If he steals now, his brother stole before.' But Yusuf kept
it to himself and still did not disclose it to them, saying, 'The plight
that you are in is worse than that. Allah knows best the matter you describe.'
(12:77)
(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)
Mankind! An example has been made, so listen to it carefully. Those whom
you call upon besides Allah are not even able to create a single fly,
even if they were to join together to do it. And if a fly steals something
from them, they cannot get it back. How feeble are both the seeker and
the sought! (22:73)
O Prophet! When women who believe come to you pledging allegiance to
you on the grounds that they will not associate anything with Allah or
steal or fornicate or kill their children or give a false ascription of
paternity-making up lies about their bodies-or disobey you in respect
of anything right, then accept their pledge and ask forgiveness for them.
Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (60:12)
THING OF THE PAST
We made them a thing of the past, an example for later peoples. (43:56)
THIRST
It was not for people of Madina, and the desert arabs around them, to
remain behind the Messenger of Allah nor to prefer themselves to him.
That is because no thirst or weariness or hunger will afflict them in
the Way of Allah, nor will they take a single step to infuriate the disbelievers,
nor secure any gain from the enemy, without a right action being written
down for them because of it. Allah does not let the wage of the good-doers
go to waste. (9:120)
(We said, Adam,) 'You will not go thirsty in it or burn in the sun.'
(20:119)
But the actions of those who disbelieve are like a mirage in the desert.
A thirsty man thinks it is water but when he reaches it, he finds it to
be nothing at all, but he finds Allah there. He will pay him his account
in full. Allah is swift at reckoning. (24:39)
Then you, you misguided, you deniers will eat from the tree of Zaqqum,
filling your stomachs with it and drink scalding water on top of it, slurping
like thirst-crazed camels. (56:51-55)
THOSE FIRMLY ROOTED IN KNOWLEDGE
It is He Who sent down the Book to you from Him: verses containing clear
judgements-they are the core of the Book-and others which are open to
interpretation. Those with deviation in their hearts follow what is open
to interpretation in it, desiring conflict, seeking its inner meaning.
No one knows its inner meaning but Allah. Those firmly rooted in knowledge
say, 'We believe in it. All of it is from our Lord.' But only people of
intelligence pay heed. (3:7)
But those of them who are firmly rooted in knowledge, and the believers,
believe in what has been sent down to you and what was sent down before
you: those who perform prayer and give the alms, and believe in Allah
and the Last Day-We will pay such people an immense wage. (4:162)
THOSE IN COMMAND
You who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in command
among you. If you have a dispute about something, refer it back to Allah
and the Messenger, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is the
best thing to do and gives the best result. (4:59)
When news of any matter reaches them they spread it about, whether it
is of a reassuring or disquieting nature. If they had only referred it
to the Messenger and those in command among them, those among them able
to discern the truth about it would have had proper knowledge of it. If
it were not for Allah's favour to you and His mercy, all but a very few
of you would have followed Satan. (4:83)
THOSE WHO FLEE FROM BATTLE
Among you there are people who hang back and if you encounter a setback
then they say, 'Allah has blessed me in that I was not there with them.'
(4:72)
But if you meet with favour from Allah they say-as if there were no friendship
between you and them-'Oh! If only I had been with them so that I too might
have won a great victory.' (4:73)
... Do not take any of them as either a friend or helper-except for those
who seek shelter with people with whom you have a treaty, or who come
to you greatly perturbed at the prospect of fighting either you or their
own people. If Allah had willed, He could have given them the upper hand
over you and then they would have fought you. If they keep away from you
and do not fight you and submit to you, Allah has not given you any way
against such people. (4:89-90)
You will find others who desire to be safe from you and safe from their
own people. Each time they are returned to dissension they are overwhelmed
by it. If they do not keep away from you or submit to you or refrain from
fighting, seize them and kill them wherever you find them. Over such people
We have given you clear authority. (4:91)
You who believe! When you encounter those who disbelieve advancing in
massed ranks into battle, do not turn your backs on them. (8:15)
Anyone who turns his back on them that day, unless he is withdrawing
to rejoin the fight or withdrawing to support another group, brings Allah's
anger down upon himself. His refuge is Hell. What an evil destination!
(8:16)
You who believe! What is the matter with you that when you are told,
'Go out and fight in the way of Allah,' you sink down heavily to the earth?
Are you happier with this world than the hereafter? Yet the enjoyment
of this world is very small compared to that of the hereafter. (9:38)
If you do not go out to fight, He will punish you with a painful punishment
and substitute another people in your place. You will not harm Him in
any way. Allah has power over all things. (9:39)
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)
Go out to fight, light-armed and heavy-armed, and strive with your wealth
and yourselves in the Way of Allah. That is better for you if you only
knew. (9:41)
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)
Allah pardon you! Why did you excuse them until it was clear to you which
of them were telling the truth and until you knew the liars? (9:43)
Those who believe in Allah and the Last Day do not ask you to excuse
them from striving with their wealth and themselves. Allah knows the people
who guard against evil. (9:44)
Only those who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day ask you to excuse
them. Their hearts are full of doubt and in their doubt they waver to
and fro. (9:45)
If they had really desired to go out (to fight), they would have made
proper preparations for it, but Allah was averse to their setting out
so He held them back and they were told: 'Stay behind with those who stay
behind.' (9:46)
If they had gone out among you, they would have added nothing to you
but confusion. They would have scurried about amongst you seeking to cause
conflict between you, and among you there are some who would have listened
to them. Allah knows the wrongdoers. (9:47)
They have already tried to cause conflict before, and turned things completely
upside down for you, until the truth came and Allah's command prevailed
even though they detested it. (9:48)
Among them are there some who say, 'Give me permission to stay. Do not
put temptation in my way.' Have they not fallen into that very temptation?
Hell hems in the disbelievers. (9:49)
If good happens to you it galls them. If a mishap occurs to you, they
say, 'We made our preparations in advance,' and they turn away rejoicing.
(9:50)
Say: 'Nothing can happen to us except what Allah has ordained for us.
He is Our Master. It is in Allah that the believers should put their trust.'
(9:51)
Say: 'What do you await for us except for one of the two best things?
But what we await for you is for Allah to inflict a punishment on you
either directly from Himself or at our hands. So wait, we are waiting
with you!' (9:52)
Say: 'Whether you give readily or reluctantly, it will not be accepted
from you. You are people who are deviators.' (9:53)
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)
If they could find a bolt-hole, cave or burrow, they would turn and scurry
away into it. (9:57)
Those who were left behind were glad to stay behind the Messenger of
Allah. They did not want to strive with their wealth and themselves in
the Way of Allah. They said, 'Do not go out to fight in the heat.' Say:
'The Fire of Hell is much hotter, if they only understood.' (9:81)
Let them laugh little and weep much, in repayment for what they have
earned. (9:82)
If Allah returns you to a group of them, and they ask you for permission
to go out, say, 'You will never go out with me, nor will you ever fight
an enemy with me. You were happy to stay behind the first time, so stay
behind with those who are left behind.' (9:83)
Never pray over any of them who die or stand at their graves. They rejected
Allah and His Messenger and died as deviators. (9:84)
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)
You who believe! Remember Allah's blessing to you when forces came against
you and We sent a wind against them and other forces you could not see.
Allah sees what you do. (33:9)
When they came at you from above you and below you, when your eyes rolled
and your hearts rose to your throats, and you thought unworthy thoughts
about Allah, at that point the believers were tested and severely shaken.
(33:10-11)
When the hypocrites and people with sickness in their hearts said, 'What
Allah and His Messenger promised us was mere delusion.' and a group of
them said, 'People of Yathrib, Your position is untenable so return!',
some of them asked the Prophet to excuse them, saying, 'Our houses are
exposed,' when they were not exposed; it was merely that they wanted to
run away. (33:12-13)
If they had been overrun from every side, and had then been asked to
revert to disbelief, they would have done so and hesitated very little
about it. (33:14)
Yet they had previously made a contract with Allah that they would never
turn their backs. Contracts made with Allah will be asked about. (33:15)
Say: 'Flight will not benefit you if you try to run away from death or
being killed. Then you will only enjoy a short respite.' (33:16)
Say: 'Who is going to shield you from Allah if He desires evil for you
or desires mercy for you?' They will find no one to protect or help them
besides Allah. (33:17)
Allah knows the obstructers among you and those who say to their brothers,
'Come to us,' and who only come to fight a very little, and are begrudging
towards you. Then when fear comes, you see them looking at you, their
eyes rolling like people scared to death. But when fear departs they flay
you with sharp tongues, grasping for wealth. Such people have no faith
and Allah will make their actions come to nothing. That is easy for Allah.
(33:18-19)
They think that the Confederates have not departed and if the Confederates
did appear then they would wish they were out in the desert with the Arabs,
asking for news of you. If they were with you they would only fight a
very little. (33:20)
THOSE WHO HAVE PERMISSION NOT TO FIGHT
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. (9:92)
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)
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)
THROAT
When they came at you from above you and below you, when your eyes rolled
and your hearts rose to your throats, and you thought unworthy thoughts
about Allah, at that point the believers were tested and severely shaken.
(33:10-11)
And warn them of the Day of Immediacy when hearts rise choking to the
throat. The wrongdoers will have no close friend nor any intercessor who
might be heard. (40:18)
Why then, when death reaches his throat and you are at that moment looking
on-and We are nearer him than you but you cannot see-why then, if you
are not subject to Our command, do you not send it back if you are telling
the truth? (56:83-87)
THRONE
He (Yusuf) raised his parents up onto the throne. The others fell prostrate
in front of him. He said, 'My father, truly this is now the interpretation
of the dream I had. My Lord has made it all come true; and He was kind
to me by letting me out of prison and brought you from the desert when
Satan had caused dissent between me and my brothers. My Lord is kind to
anyone He wills. He is indeed All-Knowing and All-Wise.' (12:100)
(The hoopoe said,) 'I found a woman ruling over them who has been given
everything. She possesses a mighty throne.' (27:23)
He (Sulayman) said, 'Council! Who among you will bring me her throne
before they come to me in submission?' (27:38)
He (Sulayman) 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,' (27:42)
We tested Sulayman and placed a lifeless body on his throne. Then he
repented. (38:34)
THRONE, THE
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)
But if they turn away, say, 'Allah is enough for me. There is no god
but Him. I have put my trust in Him. He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne.'
(9:129)
Your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days
and then established Himself firmly on the Throne. He directs the whole
affair. No one can intercede except with His permission. That is Allah
your Lord, so worship Him. Will you not pay heed? (10:3)
It is He Who created the heavens and the earth in six days when His Throne
was on the water, in order to test which of you has the best actions.
If you say, 'You will be raised up after death,' those who disbelieve
will say, 'This is nothing but downright magic.' (11:7)
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)
Say: 'If there had, as you say, been other gods together with Him, they
would have sought a way to the Master of the Throne.' (17:42)
(The Qur'an is) a Revelation from Him Who created the earth and the high
heavens, the All-Merciful, established firmly upon the Throne. (20:4-5)
If there had been any gods besides Allah in heaven or earth, they would
both be ruined. Glory be to Allah, Lord of the Throne, beyond what they
describe! (21:22)
Say: 'Who is the Lord of the Seven Heavens and the Lord of the Mighty
Throne?' (23:86)
Exalted be Allah, the King, the Real. There is no god but Him, Lord of
the Noble Throne. (23:116)
He Who created the heavens and the earth and everything in between them
in six days, and then established Himself firmly on the Throne; the All-Merciful-ask
anyone who is informed about Him. (25:59)
(The hoopoe said,) 'Allah-there is no god but Him-the Lord of the Mighty
Throne.' (27:26)
Allah is He Who created the heavens and the earth and everything between
them in six days and then established Himself firmly upon the Throne.
You have no protector or intercessor apart from Him. So will you not pay
heed? (32:4)
You will see the angels circling round the Throne, glorifying their Lord
with praise. It will be decided between them with truth. And it will be
said: 'Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.' (39:75)
Those who bear the Throne, and all those around it, glorify their Lord
with praise and believe in Him and ask forgiveness for those who believe:
'Our Lord, You encompass everything in mercy and knowledge! Forgive those
who turn to You and who follow Your Way and safeguard them from the punishment
of the Blazing Fire.' (40:7)
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)
Glory be to the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of the Throne,
beyond what they describe. (43:82)
It is He Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then established
Himself firmly on the Throne. He knows what goes into the earth and what
comes out of it, what comes down from heaven and what goes up into it.
He is with you wherever you are-Allah sees what you do. (57:4)
The angels will be gathered round its edge. On that Day, eight will bear
the Throne of their Lord above their heads. (69:17)
Truly it (the Qur'an) is the speech of a noble Messenger, possessing
great strength, securely placed with the Lord of the Throne. (81:19-20)
(He is) the Possessor of the Throne, the All-Glorious. (85:15)
THUNDER
Or (their likeness is) that of a storm-cloud in the sky, full of darkness,
thunder and lightning. They put their fingers in their ears against the
thunderclaps, fearful of death. Allah encompasses the disbelievers. (2:19)
And when you said, 'Musa, we will not believe in you until we see Allah
with our own eyes.' So the thunder-bolt struck you dead while you were
looking. (2:55)
The thunder glorifies His praise, as do the angels, out of fear of Him.
He discharges the thunderbolts, striking with them anyone He wills. Yet
still they argue about Allah when He is inexorable in His power! (13:13)
TIGHT-FISTED
Those who are tight-fisted with the bounty Allah has given them should
not suppose that that is better for them. No indeed, it is worse for them!
What they were tight-fisted with will be hung around their necks on the
Day of Rising. Allah is the inheritor of the heavens and the earth and
Allah is aware of what you do. (3:180)
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. (4:37)
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 on the Day it is
heated up in the fire of Hell and their foreheads, sides and backs are
branded with it: 'This is what you hoarded for yourselves, so taste what
you were hoarding!' (9:34-35)
But when He does give them of His bounty they are tight-fisted with it
and turn away. (9:76)
Do not keep your hand chained to your neck but do not extend it either
to its full extent so that you sit there blamed and destitute. (17:29)
Say: 'Even if you possessed the vast storehouses of my Lord's mercy,
you would still hold back, fearing they would run out.' (17:100)
(Believers are) those who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor
mean, but take a stance mid way between the two. (25:67)
If He did ask you for it and put you under pressure, you would be tight-fisted
and it would bring out your malevolence. (47:37)
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)
(Allah does not love) those who are tight-fisted and tell others to be
tight-fisted. If anyone turns away, Allah is the Rich Beyond Need, the
Praiseworthy. (57:24)
We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they swore
that they would harvest in the morning but did not say the redeeming words,
'If Allah wills'. So a visitation from your Lord came upon it while they
slept and in the morning it was like burnt land stripped bare. In the
morning they called out to one another, 'Leave early for your land if
you want to pick the fruit.' So they set off, quietly saying to one another,
'Do not let any poor man into it today while you are there.' They left
early, intent on carrying out their scheme. But when they saw it, they
said, 'We must have lost our way. No, the truth is we are destitute!'
The best of them said, 'Did I not say to you,"Why do you not glorify Allah?"'
They said, 'Glory be to our Lord! Truly we have been wrongdoers.' They
turned to face each other in mutual accusation. They said, 'Woe to us!
We were indeed inordinate. Maybe our Lord will give us something better
than it in exchange. We entreat our Lord.' Such is the punishment. And
the punishment of the hereafter is much greater if they only knew. (68:17-33)
He used not to believe in Allah the Magnificent, nor did he urge the
feeding of the poor. (69:33-34)
No indeed! You do not honour orphans nor do you urge the feeding of the
poor. (89:17-18)
But no! It is a Raging Blaze stripping away the limbs and scalp, which
calls for all who drew back and turned away, and amassed and hoarded up.
(70:15-18)
Nor is he miserly with the Unseen. (81:24)
But as for him who is stingy and self-satisfied, and denies the Good,
We will pave his way to Difficulty. His wealth will not help him when
he plummets to the depths. (92:8-11)
Have you seen him who denies the religion? He is the one who harshly
rebuffs the orphan and does not urge the feeding of the poor. (107:1-3)
TIME BEFORE DAWN
The steadfast, the truthful, the obedient, the givers, and those who
seek forgiveness before dawn. (3:17)
The part of the night they spent asleep was small and they would seek
forgiveness before the dawn. (51:17-18)
We unleashed a sudden squall of stones against all of them, except the
family of Lut, who We rescued before dawn. (54:34)
TIREDNESS
They will not be affected by any tiredness there and they will never
be made to leave. (15:48)
When they had gone a distance further on, he (Musa) said to his servant,
'Bring us our morning meal. Truly this journey of ours has made us tired.'
(18:62)
Everyone in the heavens and the earth belongs to Him. Those in His presence
do not consider themselves too great to worship Him and do not grow tired
of it. (21:19)
If they grow arrogant, those who are with your Lord glorify Him night
and day and never grow tired. (41:38)
Man never tires of praying for the good and if evil touches him, he despairs
and loses hope. (41:49)
TONGUE
Among them is a group who distort the Book with their tongues so that
you think it is from the Book when it is not from the Book. They say,
'It is from Allah,' but it is not from Allah. They tell a lie against
Allah and they know it. (3:78)
Some of the Jews distort the true meaning of words, saying, 'We hear
and disobey,' and 'Listen without listening,' and 'Listen to us!' twisting
them with their tongues, disparaging the religion. If they had said, 'We
hear and we obey,' and 'Listen,' and, 'Look at us!' that would have been
better for them and more upright. But Allah has cursed them for their
disbelief. Very few of them believe. (4:46)
They have the word, 'Obedience!' on their tongues but when they leave
your presence, a group of them spend the night plotting to do other than
what you say. Allah is recording their nocturnal plotting. So let them
be and put your trust in Allah. Allah suffices as a Guardian. (4:81)
O Messenger! Do not be grieved by those who rush headlong into disbelief
among those who say 'We believe' with their tongues when their hearts
contain no faith. And among the Jews are those who listen to lies, listening
to other people who have not come to you, distorting words from their
proper meanings, saying, 'If you are given this, then take it. If you
are not given it, then beware!' If Allah desires misguidance for someone,
you cannot help him against Allah in any way. Those are the people whose
hearts Allah does not want to purify. They will have disgrace in this
world and in the hereafter they will have a terrible punishment. (5:41)
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)
If We had wanted to, We would have raised him up by them. But he gravitated
towards the earth and pursued his whims and base desires. His metaphor
is that of a dog: if you chase it away, it lolls out its tongue and pants,
and if you leave it alone, it lolls out its tongue and pants. That is
the metaphor of those who deny Our Signs. So tell the story so that hopefully
they will reflect. (7:176)
They allot to Allah what they themselves dislike and their tongues frame
the lie that they will receive the Best. There is no doubt at all that
they will receive the Fire and that they are people who go to excess.
(16:62)
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)
We have made it easy on your tongue so that you can give good news to
those who guard against evil and warn stubbornly hostile people by it.
(19:97)
(Musa said, 'O Lord,) loosen the knot in my tongue.' (20:27)
You were bandying it about on your tongues, your mouths uttering something
about which you had no knowledge. You considered it to be a trivial matter,
but, in Allah's sight, it is immense. (24:15)
... they will have a terrible punishment on the Day when their tongues
and hands and feet will testify against them about what they were doing.
(24:23-24)
He (Musa) said, 'My Lord, I fear they will deny me and that my breast
will be constricted and that my tongue will not be free, so send Harun
as a Messenger as well.' (26:12-13)
The Faithful Spirit brought it down to your heart so you would be one
of the Warners in a clear Arabic tongue. (26:193-195)
Allah knows the obstructers among you and those who say to their brothers,
'Come to us,' and who only come to fight a very little, and are begrudging
towards you. Then when fear comes, you see them looking at you, their
eyes rolling like people scared to death. But when fear departs they flay
you with sharp tongues, grasping for wealth. Such people have no faith
and Allah will make their actions come to nothing. That is easy for Allah.
(33:18-19)
If We had made it a Qur'an in a foreign tongue they would have said,
'Why have its Signs not been made plain? What! A foreign language for
an Arab? 'Say: 'It is guidance and healing for people who believe. Those
who do not believe have heaviness in their ears and for them it is blindness.
Such people are being called from a very distant place.' (41:44)
We have made it easy in your own tongue so that hopefully they will pay
heed. (44:58)
But before it there was the Book of Musa as a model and a mercy. And
this is a corroborating Book in the Arabic tongue so that you may warn
those who do wrong, and as good news for the good-doers. (46:12)
Those Arabs who remained behind will say to you, 'Our wealth and families
kept us occupied, so ask forgiveness for us.' They say with their tongues
what is not in their hearts. Say: 'Who can control Allah for you in any
way whether He wants harm for you or wants benefit for you?' Allah is
aware of what you do. (48:11)
If they come upon you, they will be your enemies and stretch out their
hands and tongues against you with evil intent, and they would dearly
love you to disbelieve. (60:2)
Do not move your tongue trying to hasten it. Its collection and recitation
are Our affair. (75:16-17)
Have We not given him two eyes, and a tongue and two lips? (90:8-9)
TORAH
Believe in what I have sent down, confirming what is with you (Torah).
Do not be the first to reject it and do not sell My Signs for a paltry
price. Have fear of Me alone. (2:41)
When a Book does come to them from Allah, confirming what is with them
(Torah)-even though before that they were praying for victory over the
disbelievers-yet when what they recognise does come to them, they reject
it. Allah's curse is on the disbelievers. (2:89)
He has sent down the Book to you with truth, confirming what was there
before it. And He sent down the Torah and the Gospel. (3:3)
He will teach him ('Isa) the Book and Wisdom, and the Torah and the Gospel.
(3:48)
('Isa said,) 'I come confirming the Torah I find already there, and to
make lawful for you some of what was previously forbidden to you. I have
brought you a Sign from your Lord. So have fear of Allah and obey me.'
(3:50)
(Say,) 'People of the Book! Why do you argue concerning Ibrahim when
the Torah and Gospel were only sent down after him? Why do you not use
your intellect?' (3:65)
All food was lawful for the tribe of Israel except what Israel made unlawful
for himself before the Torah was sent down. Say, 'Bring the Torah and
read it out if you are telling the truth.' (3:93)
You who have been given the Book! Believe in what We have sent down confirming
what is with you (the Torah and Gospel), before We obliterate faces, turning
them inside out, or We curse you as We cursed the Companions of the Sabbath.
Allah's command is always carried out. (4:47)
How can they make you their judge when they have the Torah with them
which contains the judgement of Allah? Then even after that they turn
their backs! Such people are certainly not believers. (5:43)
We sent down the Torah containing guidance and light, and the Prophets
who had submitted themselves gave judgement by it for the Jews-as did
their scholars and their rabbis-by what they had been allowed to preserve
of Allah's Book to which they were witnesses. Do not be afraid of people,
be afraid of Me. And do not sell My Signs for a paltry price. Those who
do not judge by what Allah has sent down, such people are disbelievers.
(5:44)
We prescribed for them in it: a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a
nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and retaliation
for wounds. But if anyone forgoes that as a charity, it will act as expiation
for him. Those who do not judge by what Allah has sent down, such people
are wrongdoers. (5:45)
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)
If only they had implemented the Torah and the Gospel and what was sent
down to them from their Lord (the Qur'an), they would have been fed from
above their heads and beneath their feet. Among them there is a moderate
group but what most of them do is evil. (5:66)
Say: 'People of the Book! You have nothing to stand on until you implement
the Torah and the Gospel and what has been sent down to you from your
Lord.' What has been sent down to you from your Lord increases many of
them in insolence and disbelief. So do not waste your grief on the people
of the disbelievers. (5:68)
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)
... He said, 'As for My punishment, I strike with it anyone I will. My
mercy extends to all things but I will prescribe it for those who guard
againt evil and give the alms, and those who believe in Our Signs: 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.' (7:156-157)
Allah has bought from the believers their selves and their wealth in
return for the Garden. They fight in the Way of Allah and they kill and
are killed. It is a promise binding on Him in the Torah, the Gospel and
the Qur'an and who is truer to his contract than Allah? Rejoice then in
the bargain you have made. That is the great victory. (9:111)
Say: 'Bring a Book, then, from Allah which guides better than both of
them (the Torah and the Qur'an) and follow it if you are telling the truth.'
(28:49)
Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him are fierce
to the disbelievers, merciful to one another. You see them bowing and
prostrating, seeking Allah's good favour and His pleasure. Their mark
is on their faces, the traces of prostration. That is their likeness in
the Torah. And their likeness in the Gospel is that of a seed which puts
up a shoot and makes it strong so that it thickens and grows up straight
upon its stalk, filling the sowers with delight-so that by them He may
infuriate the disbelievers. Allah has promised those of them who believe
and do right actions forgiveness and an immense reward. (48:29)
And 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)
The metaphor of those who were charged with the Torah but then have not
upheld it, is that of a donkey loaded with weighty tomes. How evil is
the metaphor of those who deny Allah's Signs! Allah does not guide wrongdoing
people. (62:5)
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