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or they shall submit. Then if ye show obedience, Allah will grant you a
goodly reward, but if ye turn back as ye did before, He will punish you
with a grievous Penalty." (Surat al-Fath, 16)
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 pleas-
ure. Their mark is on their faces, the traces of prostration. That is their
likeness in the Torah. And their likeness in the Injil 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 im-
mense reward. (Surat al-Fath, 29)
Like panicked donkeys fleeing from a lion? (Surat al-Muddaththir,
50-51)
... that this is the word of a noble Messenger. (Surat al-Haqqa, 40)
Be steadfast in the face of what they say and remember Our servant
Dawud, who possessed true strength. He truly turned to his Lord.
(Surah Sâd, 17)
They said, 'Do not be a fraid. We bring you the good news of a boy
of great knowledge.' (Surat al-Hijr, 53)
And We have not sent you but as a giver of good news and as a
warner. (Surat al-Furqan, 56)
Ibrahim was neither a Jew nor a Christian. but a man of pure natural
belief – a Muslim. He was not one of the idolaters. (Surah Al 'Imran, 67)
You are the best nation ever to be produced before mankind. You en-
join the right, forbid the wrong and believe in Allah. If the People of
the Book were to believe, it would be better for them. Some of them are
believers but most of them are deviators. (Surah Al 'Imran, 110)
And We made a people, considered weak (and of no account), in-
heritors of lands in both east and west, - lands whereon We sent down
Our blessings. The fair promise of thy Lord was fulfilled for the Chil-
dren of Israel, because they had patience and constancy, and We lev-
elled to the ground the great works and fine buildings which Pharaoh
and his people erected (with such pride).(Surat al-A'raf, 137)