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COMPANIONS OF THE LEFT that He will not seize them little by little? For
(ASHAB AL-MASH'AMA) your Lord is All-Compassionate, Most Merciful.
The Companions of the Left: how wretched are (16:47)
the Companions of the Left? (56:9) (He said to Musa,) ‘We wanted their Lord to give
them in exchange a purer son than him, one
COMPANIONS OF THE PIT more compassionate.’ (18:81)
(ASHAB AL-'UKHDUD) Do you not see that Allah has made everything
Cursed be the Companions of the Pit–the fire on the earth subservient to you and the ships run-
well stocked with fuel–when they were seated ning upon the sea by His command? He holds
right beside it witnessing what they did to the be- back the heaven, preventing it from falling to the
lievers. The only reason they punished them was earth–except by His permission. Allah is All-
because they believed in Allah, the Almighty, the Compassionate to mankind, Most Merciful.
All-Praiseworthy. (85:4-8) (22:65)
Among His Signs is that He created spouses for
COMPANIONS OF THE RASS you of your own kind so that you might find tran-
The same goes for ‘Ad and Thamud and the quillity in them. And He has placed affection and
Companions of the Rass and many generations in compassion between you. There are certainly
between. (25:38) Signs in that for people who reflect. (30:21)
Before them the people of Nuh also denied the Then We sent Our Messengers following in their
truth and the Companions of the Rass and footsteps and sent ‘Isa son of Maryam after them,
Thamud, (50:12) giving him the Gospel. We put compassion and
mercy in the hearts of those who followed him.
COMPANIONS OF THE RIGHT (ASHAB AL- They invented monasticism–We did not pre-
MAIMANA) (ASHAB AL-YEMEEN) scribe it for them–purely out of desire to gain the
The Companions of the Right: how happy are the pleasure of Allah, but even so they did not ob-
Companions of the Right? (56:8) serve it as it should have been observed. To those
And the Companions of the Right: how happy of them who believed We gave their reward but
are the Companions of the Right? (56:27) many of them are deviators. (57:27)
We have brought maidens into being and made (The steep ascent is) then to be one of those who
them purest virgins, devoted, passionate, of like believe and urge each other to steadfastness and
age, for the Companions of the Right. (56:35-38) urge each other to compassion. (90:17)

COMPANIONS OF THE THICKET COMPETE
(ASHAB AL-AYKA) They believe in Allah and the Last Day, and en-
The people of the Thicket were also wrongdoers. join the right and forbid the wrong, and compete
(15:78) in doing good. They are among the righteous.
The Companions of the Thicket denied the (3:114)
Messengers, (26:176) And We have sent down the Book to you with
And Thamud and the people of Lut and the truth, confirming and conserving the previous
Companions of the Thicket. Those too were Books. So judge between them by what Allah has
Confederates. (38:13) sent down and do not follow their whims and de-
And the Companions of the Thicket and the peo- sires deviating from the Truth that has come to
ple of Tubba‘. Each one denied the Messengers you. We have appointed a law and a practice for
and My promise proved true. (50:14) every one of you. Had Allah willed, He would
have made you a single community, but He
COMPASSION wanted to test you regarding what has come to
Or (do those who plot evil actions feel secure) you. So compete with each other in doing good.
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