The Qur'an

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comes out of good land in abundance, by the will of its Lord, but out of bad land only scantily: We explain Our Revelations in various ways

God’s bounties, so that you may prosper.’ 70They said, ‘Have you really come to tell us to serve God alone and to forsake what our forefathers served? If what

spread corruption in the land,’ 75but the arrogant leaders among his

messages to you and gave you sincere advice, but you did not like those who gave sincere advice.

defiant.

sorcerer

‘Turn to God for help and be steadfast: the earth belongs

who are mindful of Him,

will, but My mercy embraces all things. ‘I shall ordain My mercy for those

Sabbath

fought between the Muslims and their Meccan opponents in the second year after the Migration. The Muslims, some

comes only from God, He is mighty and wise. 11

is with the believers.

are [wilfully] deaf and dumb, who

do not reason.

Know that God comes between a man and his heart,c and

know that God is severe in His punishment. 26Remember when you were few,

sheltered you and strengthened you with His help,

aware that your possessions and your children are only a test, and that there is a tremendous reward with

29Believers, if you remain mindful of God, He will give you a criterion [to tell right from wrong] and wipe out your bad deeds, and forgive you:

while you [Prophet] are in their midst, nor would He punish them if they sought forgiveness, 34

rightful

most of the disbelievers do not realize

prayers before the House are nothing but whistling and clapping. ‘So taste the punish...

desist their past will be forgiven, but if they persist, they have an example

remember when God made you see them in your sleep as few: if He had shown them to you [believers] as many, you would certainly have lost heart and argued about it, but God saved you. He knows

everything goes back to God.

God and His Messenger, and do not quarrel with one another,

is with the steadfast.

God is never unjust to His creatures.

Byzantines have been defeated

[their] nearest land. They will reverse their defeat with a victory 4 in a

is a sign for them in the lifeless earth: We give it life and We produce grain from it for them to eat; 34We have put gardens of date

lo

stalk.

Ark,

you not use your reason? 63So this is the Fire

We seal up their mouths, but their hands speak to Us, and their feet bear witness to everything

We will, We take away their sight. They struggle to find the path, but how can they see it? 67If We will, We paralyse them where they stand, so that they cannot move forward or backward.

development. Do they not use their reason? 69We have not taught the

warn anyone who is truly alive, so that God’s verdict may be passed against the disbelievers.

man not see that We created him from a drop of fluid? Yet— lo and behold!— he disputes openly, 78producing arguments against Us, forgetting his own creation. He says, ‘Who can give life back to bones after they have decayed?’ 79Say, ‘He who created them in the first place will give them life again: He has full knowledge of every act of creation. 80It is He who produces fire for you out of the green tree— lo and behold!— and from this you kindle fire. 81Is He who created the heavens and earth not able to create the likes of these people? Of course He is! He is the All Knowing Creator: 82when He wills something to be, His way is to say, “Be”— and it is! 83So glory be to Him

‘My son, I have seen myself sacrificing you in a dream. What do you think?’ He said, ‘Father, do as you are commanded and, God willing, you will find me steadfast.

those who are mindful of their Lord will have lofty dwellings built for them, one above the other, graced with flowing streams. This is a promise from God: God does not break His promise.

Say, ‘God is enough for me: all those who trust should put their trust in Him.

do not despair of God’s mercy. God forgives all sins: He is truly the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

said to it and the earth, ‘Come into being, willingly or not,’ and they said, ‘We come willingly’— 12and in two Days He formed seven heavens, and instilled into each its function. We have made the nearest one beautifully illuminated and secure. Such is the design of the Almighty, the All Knowing.

whatever you want, God certainly

you may differ about is for God to judge.