Page 361 - Learning from the Qur'an

He (Pharaoh) said, 'What about the previous generations?' He
said, 'Knowledge of them is with my Lord in a Book. My Lord
does not misplace nor does He forget.' (Qur'an, 20:51-52)
They said, 'Have you come to us to divert us from our gods? Bring
us what you have promised us if you are telling the truth.' He
said, 'All knowledge is with Allah. I only transmit to you what I
have been sent with.But I see that you are a people who are
ignorant.' (Qur'an, 46:22-23)
They said, 'Shu'ayb, do your prayers instruct you that we should
abandon what our fathers worshipped or stop doing whatever
we want to with our wealth? You are clearly the forbearing, the
rightly-guided!' He said, 'My people! What do you think? If I do
possess a Clear Sign from my Lord and He has given me His good
provision, I would clearly not want to go behind your backs and
do something I have forbidden you to do. I only want to put things
right as far as I can. My success is with Allah alone. I have put my
trust in Him and I turn to Him. (Qur'an, 11:87-88)
They say, 'Why have no Signs been sent down to him from his
Lord?' Say: 'The Signs are with Allah. I am only a clear warner.'
(Qur'an, 29:50)
They say, 'Why has an angel not been sent down to him?' If We
were to send down an angel, that would be the end of the affair and
they would have no reprieve. And if We had made him an angel
We would still have made him a man, and further confused for
them the very thing they are confused about! (Qur'an, 6:8-9)
Or do they say, 'He has invented it'? Say: 'If I have invented it,
then you possess no power to help me against Allah in any way.
He knows best what you hold forth about. He is witness enough
between me and you. He is the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.'
(Qur'an, 46:8)

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