Page 373 - Learning from the Qur'an

THOSE WHO BELIEVE THEIR PIOUS KIN WILL
SAVE THEM ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION
Allah has made an example for those who do not believe: the wife
of Nuh and the wife of Lut. They were married to two of Our
servants who were righteous but they betrayed them and were
not helped at all against Allah.They were told, 'Enter the Fire along
with all who enter it.' (Qur'an, 66:10)

THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE MAJORITY
If you obeyed most of those on earth, they would misguide you
from Allah's Way. They follow nothing but conjecture. They are
only guessing. (Qur'an, 6:116)
Those who do not believe say, 'We will never believe in this Qur'an,
nor in what came before it.' If only you could see when the
wrongdoers, standing in the presence of their Lord, cast
accusations back and forth at one another! Those deemed weak
will say to those deemed great, 'Were it not for you, we would
have been believers!' (Qur'an, 34:31)

THOSE WHO EXPLOIT RELIGION
FOR THEIR OWN ENDS
You who believe! Do not nullify your charity by demands for
gratitude or insulting words, like him who spends his wealth,
showing off to people and not believing in Allah and the Last Day.
His likeness is that of a smooth rock coated with soil, which, when
heavy rain falls on it, is left stripped bare. They have no power
over anything they have earned. Allah does not guide unbelievers.
(Qur'an, 2:264)
You who believe! Many of the rabbis and monks devour people's
property under false pretences and bar people from access to the
Way of Allah. As for those who hoard up gold and silver and do
not spend it in the Way of Allah, give them the news of a painful
punishment. (Qur'an, 9:34)

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