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SERVANTS WHOM ALLAH RAISED TO HONOUR:
COMPANIONS OF PARADISE

Sweet fruits and high honour. (Surat as-Saffat, 42)

ALLAH IS GENEROUS
But the Face of your Lord will remain, Master of Majesty and Gen-
erosity. (Surat ar-Rahman, 27)
Blessed be the name of your Lord, Master of Majesty and Generosity.
(Surat ar-Rahman, 78)

ALLAH'S GENEROSITY TOWARDS ALL PEOPLE
As for man, when his Lord tests himby honouring him and favour-
ing him, he says, 'My Lord has honoured me!' (Surat al-Fajr, 15)
'Eat and drink with relish for what you did before in days gone by!'
(Surat al-Haqqa, 24)
What about the one who argued with Ibrahim about his Lord, on the
basis that Allah had given him sovereignty? Ibrahim said, 'My Lord is
He Who gives life and causes to die.' He said, 'I too give life and cause
to die.' Ibrahim said, 'Allah makes the sun come from the East. Make it
come from the West.' And the one who was a disbeliever was dumb-
founded. Allah does not guide wrongdoing people. (Surat al-Baqara,
258)
And when you said, 'Musa, we will not put up with just one kind of
food so ask your Lord to supply to us some of what the earth produces
– its grains, cucumbers, garlic, lentils and onions,' he said, 'Do you
want to replace what is better with what is inferior? Go back to Egypt,
then you will have what you are asking for.' Abasement and destitu-
tion were stamped upon them. They brought down anger from Allah
upon themselves. That was because they rejected Allah's Signs and
killed the Prophets without any right to do so. That was because they
rebelled and went beyond the limits. (Surat al-Baqara, 61)