Page 134 - General Knowledge from the Qur'an

132 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FROM THE QUR'AN

Say to the Arabs who remained behind: "You shall be summoned (to
fight) against a people given to vehement war: then shall you fight, or
they shall submit. If you obey, Allah will give you an excellent reward.
But if you turn your backs as you did before, He will punish you with
a painful punishment." (Surat al-Fath, 16)
The desert Arabs say, 'We believe.' Say: 'You do not believe. Say
rather, "We have become Muslim," for faith has not yet entered into
your hearts. If you obey Allah and His Messenger, He will not under-
value your actions in any way. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.'
(Surat al-Hujurat, 14)

PEOPLE OF MADINA
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 dis-
believers, 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. (Surat at-Tawba, 120)

PEOPLE OF TUBBA'
And the Companions of the Thicket and the people of Tubba'. Each one
denied the Messengers and My promise proved true. (Surah Qaf, 14)

PEOPLE OF MUSA
Among the people of Musa there is a group who guide by the truth
and act justly in accordance with it. (Surat al-A'raf, 159)
Whenever a good thing came to them, they said, 'This is our due.'
But if anything bad happened to them, they would blame their ill for-
tune on Musa and those with him. No indeed! In truth the omens of
evil are theirs in Allah's sight. But most of them did not know. (Surat
al-A'raf, 131)

PEOPLE OF YUNUS
How is it that there has never been a city that believed, whose faith
then brought it benefit, except the people of Yunus? When they believed