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LIVING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE QUR'AN

Man prays for evil just as he prays for good. Man is prone to be
impetuous. (Suratl al-Isra’, 11)
God’s command is coming, so do not try to hasten it. Glory be to

Him! He is exalted above anything they associate with Him. (Surat
an-Nahl, 1)
So do not try to hasten their punishment. We are simply counting
out the number of their days. (Surah Maryam, 84)
So be steadfast as the Messengers with firm resolve were also stead-
fast. And do not seek to hasten it for them. On the Day they see

what they were promised, it will be as if they had only tarried for
just one hour of a single day. It has been transmitted! Will any be
destroyed except for deviant people? (Surat al-Ahqaf, 35)
Move not thy tongue concerning the (Qur’an) to make haste there-
with. (Surat al-Qiyamah, 16)

NOT SHYING AWAY FROM TELLING THE TRUTH
It is a Book sent down to you–so let there be no constriction in
your breast because of it–so that you can give warning by it and
as a reminder to the believers. (Surat al-A’raf, 2)

An evil generation has succeeded them, inheriting the Book, taking
the goods of this lower world, and saying, ‘We will be forgiven.’ But
if similar goods come to them again they still take them. Has not a
covenant been made with them in the Book, that they should only
say the truth about God and have they not studied what is in it?
The Final Abode is better for those who guard against evil. Will you

not use your intellect? (Surat al-A’raf, 169)
You who believe! Be upholders of justice, bearing witness for God
alone, even against yourselves or your parents and relatives.

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