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They think they have done you a favour by becom- other people. (6:133)
ing Muslims! Say: ‘Do not consider your Islam a When your Lord took out all their descendants
favour to me. No indeed! It is Allah Who has from the loins of the children of Adam and made
favoured you by guiding you to faith if you are them testify against themselves ‘Am I not your
telling the truth.’ (49:17) Lord?’ they said, ‘We testify that indeed You are!’
Lest you say on the Day of Rising, ‘We knew noth-
DEMON ing of this.’ (7:172)
A demon of the jinn said, ‘I will bring it to you (Ibrahim said,) ‘My Lord! Make me and my descen-
before you get up from your seat. I am strong and dants people who perform prayer. My Lord!
trustworthy enough to do it.’ (27:39) Accept my prayer. ’ (14:40)
Descendants of those We carried with Nuh. He
DEPRAVITY was a grateful servant. (17:3)
And when Lut he said to his people: ‘Do you ap- He (Diabolis) said, ‘Do you see this creature you
proach depravity with open eyes? (27:54) have honoured over me? If You reprieve me till the
And (I swear by) the self and what proportioned it Day of Rising, I will be the master of his descen-
and inspired it with depravity or sense of duty, he dants except for a very few.’ (17:62)
who purifies it has succeeded, he who covers it up Those are some of the Prophets Allah has blessed,
has failed. (91:7-10) from the descendants of Adam and from those We
carried with Nuh, and from the descendants of
DESCENDANT Ibrahim and Isra’il and from those We guided and
Remember when Ibrahim was tested by his Lord chose. When the Signs of the All-Merciful were re-
with certain words which he carried out com- cited to them they fell on their faces, weeping, in
pletely. He said, ‘I will make you a model for prostration. (19:58)
mankind.’ He asked, ‘And what of my descen- We gave him Ishaq and Ya‘qub and placed
dants?’ He said, ‘My contract does not include the Prophethood and the Book among his progeny.
wrongdoers.’ (2:124) We gave him his reward in this world and in the
(Ibrahim said,) ‘Our Lord, make us both Muslims hereafter he will be among the righteous. (29:27)
submitted to You, and our descendants a Muslim We rescued him (Nuh) and his family from the ter-
community submitted to You. Show us our rites of rible plight and made his descendants the sur-
worship and turn towards us. You are the Ever- vivors; (37:76-77)
Returning, the Most Merciful.’ (2:128) We showered blessings upon him and upon Ishaq.
Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the family of Among their descendants are good-doers and also
Ibrahim and the family of ‘Imran over all other be- people who clearly wrong themselves. (37:113)
ings–descendants one of the other. Allah is All- We have instructed man to be good to his parents.
Hearing, All-Knowing. (3:33-34) His mother bore him with difficulty and with diffi-
We gave him Ishaq and Ya‘qub, each of whom We culty gave birth to him; and his bearing and wean-
guided. And before him We had guided Nuh. And ing take thirty months. Then when he achieves his
among his descendants were Dawud and full strength and reaches forty, he says, ‘My Lord,
Sulayman, and Ayyub, Yusuf, Musa and Harun. keep me thankful for the blessing You bestowed on
That is how We recompense the good-doers. (6:84) me and on my parents, and keep me acting rightly,
And some of their forebears, descendants and pleasing You. And make my descendants right-
brothers; We chose them and guided them to a eous. I have repented to You and I am truly one of
straight path. (6:87) the Muslims.’ (46:15)
Your Lord is the Rich Beyond Need, the Possessor We sent Nuh and Ibrahim and placed
of Mercy. If He wanted, He could remove you and Prophethood and the Book among their descen-
replace you with anything else He wanted to, just dants. Some of them are guided but many of them
as He produced you from the descendants of an- are deviators. (57:26)
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