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varying colours, which then wither and you see their Lord’s command, and said, ‘Salih! Bring us
them turning yellow and then He makes them what you have promised us if you are one of the
into broken stubble? There is a reminder in that Messengers.’ (7:77)
for people of intelligence. (39:21) When Musa returned to his people in anger and
On the Day the sky is like molten brass and the great sorrow, he said, ‘What an evil thing you did
mountains like tufts of coloured wool. (70:8-9) in my absence after I left! Did you want to hasten
It is the Day when mankind will be like scattered your Lord’s command?’ He threw down the
moths and the mountains like tufts of coloured Tablets and seized hold of his brother’s head,
wool. (101:4-5) dragging him towards him. Harun said, ‘Son of
my mother, The people oppressed me and almost
COLUMNS killed me. Do not give my enemies cause to gloat
Iram of the Columns. (89:7) over me. Do not include me with the wrongdo-
It (the kindled fire of Allah) is sealed in above ing people.’ (7:150)
them in towering columns. (104:8-9) Say: ‘If your fathers or your sons or your brothers
or your wives or your tribe, or any wealth you
COMMAND have acquired, or any business you fear may
Many of the People of the Book would love it if slump, or any house which pleases you, are
they could turn you back to disbelief after you dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger and
have become believers, showing their innate striving in His Way, then wait until Allah brings
envy now that the truth is clear to them. But you about His command. Allah does not guide peo-
should pardon and overlook until Allah gives His ple who are deviators.’ (9:24)
command. Truly Allah has power over all things. They have already tried to cause conflict before,
(2:109) and turned things completely upside down for
Allah fulfilled His promise to you when you were you, until the truth came and Allah’s command
slaughtering them by His permission. But then prevailed even though they detested it. (9:48)
you faltered, disputing the command, and dis- And others are left awaiting Allah’s command as
obeyed after He showed you what you love. to whether He will punish them or turn to them.
Among you are those who want this world and Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (9:106)
among you are those who want the hereafter. The metaphor of the life of this world is that of
Then He turned you from them in order to test water which We send down from the sky, and
you–but He has pardoned you. Allah shows which then mingles with the plants of the earth to
favour to the believers. (3:152) provide food for both people and animals. Then,
You who have been given the Book! Believe in when the earth is at its loveliest and takes on its
what We have sent down confirming what is fairest guise and its people think they have it
with you, before We obliterate faces, turning under their control, Our command comes upon
them inside out, or We curse you as We cursed it by night or day and We reduce it to dried-out
the Companions of the Sabbath. Allah’s com- stubble, as though it had not been flourishing just
mand is always carried out. (4:47) the day before! In this way We make Our Signs
Your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and clear for people who reflect. (10:24)
the earth in six days and then settled Himself So when Our command came, and water bub-
firmly on the Throne. He covers the day with the bled up from the earth, We said (to Nuh), ‘Load
night, each pursuing the other urgently; and the into it a pair of every species, and your
sun and moon and stars are subservient to His family–except for those against whom the Word
command. Both creation and command belong was preordained–and all who believe.’ But those
to Him. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of all the who believed with him were only few. (11:40)
worlds. (7:54) He (Nuh's son) said, ‘I will take refuge on a
And they hamstrung the She-Camel, spurning mountain; It will protect me from the flood.’ He
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