Page 442 - Learning from the Qur'an

Your Lord says, 'Call on Me and I will answer you.Those who are
too proud to worship Me will enter Hell abject.' (Qur'an, 40:60)

HOW TO REPLY TO THOSE WHO ATTACK
DURING THE FORBIDDEN MONTHS
Sacred month in return for sacred month—sacred things are subject
to retaliation. So if anyone oversteps the limits against you,
overstep against him the same as he did to you. But have fear of
Allah. Know that Allah is with those who guard against evil.
(Qur'an, 2:194)

TO PRAY TO ALLAH ALONE
So call upon Allah, making your religion sincerely His, even
though the unbelievers detest it. (Qur'an, 40:14)
He is the Living—here is no god but Him—call on Him, making
your religion sincerely His. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the
worlds. (Qur'an, 40:65)

TO PRAY TO ALLAH WITH HIS NAMES
To Allah belong the Most Beautiful Names, so call on Him by them
and abandon those who desecrate His Names. They will be repaid
for what they did. (Qur'an, 7:180)

TO PRAY IN FEAR AND ARDENT HOPE
Their sides eschew their beds as they call on their Lord in fear and
ardent hope. And they give of what We have provided for them.
(Qur'an, 32:16)

THE SORT OF PRAYER
ALLAH IS PLEASED WITH
Call on your Lord humbly and secretly. He does not love those
who overstep the limits. Do not corrupt the earth after it has been
put right. Call on Him fearfully and eagerly. Allah's mercy is close
to the good-doers. (Qur'an, 7:55-56)

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