Page 146 - General Knowledge from the Qur'an

144 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FROM THE QUR'AN

'Your evil omen is in yourselves. Is it not just that you have been re-
minded? No, you are an unbridled people!' (Surah Ya Sin, 13-19)

TWELVE LEADERS
Allah made a covenant with the tribe of Israel and We raised up
twelve leaders from among them. Allah said, 'I am with you. If you
perform prayer and pay the welfare tax, and believe in My Messengers
and respect and support them, and make a generous loan to Allah, I
will erase your wrong actions from you and admit you into Gardens
with rivers flowing under them. Any of you who are disbelievers after
that have gone astray from the right way.' (Surat al-Ma'ida, 12)

THE PROPHET NUH'S (AS) SON
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!' He said, 'I will take refuge on a
mountain; It will protect me from the flood.' He said, 'There is no pro-
tection from Allah's command today except for those He has mercy
on.' The waves surged in between them and he was among the
drowned. (Surah Hud, 42-43)

AZAR, THE PROPHET IBRAHIM'S (AS) FATHER
Remember when Ibrahim said to his father, Azar, 'Do you take idols
as gods? I see that you and your people are clearly misguided.' (Surat
al-An'am, 74)
When Ibrahim said to his father and his people, 'I am free of every-
thing you worship. (Surat az-Zukhruf, 26)
He said, 'Do you forsake my gods, Ibrahim? If you do not stop, I will
stone you. Keep away from me for a good long time.' (Surah Maryam,
46)

THE PROPHET MUSA'S (AS) MOTHER AND SISTER
Musa's mother felt a great emptiness in her heart and she almost
gave him away; only We fortified her heart so that she would be one of
the believers. She said to his sister, 'Go after him.' And she kept an eye