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The call of truth is made to Him alone. Those they call upon apart
from Him do not respond to them at all. It is like someone stretching
out his cupped hands towards water to convey it to his mouth: it will
never get there. The call of the disbelievers only goes astray. (Surat ar-
Ra'd, 14)
The metaphor of those who spend their wealth, desiring the pleas-
ure of Allah and firmness for themselves, is that of a garden on a hill-
side. When heavy rain falls on it, it doubles its produce; and if heavy
rain does not fall, there is dew. Allah sees what you do. (Surat al-
Baqara, 265)
Be people of pure natural belief in Allah, not associating anything
else with Him. As for anyone who associates others with Allah, it is as
though he had fallen from the sky and the birds had seized him and
carried him away or the wind had dropped him in a distant place.
(Surat al-Hajj, 31)
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. (Surat al-A'raf, 176)
Hold fast to the rope of Allah all together, and do not separate. Re-
member Allah's blessing to you when you were enemies and He joined
your hearts together so that you became brothers by His blessing. You
were on the very brink of a pit of the Fire and He rescued you from it.
In this way Allah makes His Signs clear to you, so that hopefully you
will be guided. (Surah Al 'Imran, 103)
Who is better: someone who founds his building on fear of Allah
and His good pleasure, or someone who founds his building on the
brink of a crumbling precipice so that it collapses with him into the
Fire of Hell? Allah does not love wrongdoers. (Surat at-Tawba, 109)
Those who believe say, 'If only a sura could be sent down.'But when
a straightforward sura is sent down and fighting is mentioned in it,
you see those with sickness in their hearts looking at you with the
look of someone about to faint from fear of death. More fitting for