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sors in the land as He made those before them who believe to yield to the remembrance of
successors, and will firmly establish for them their Allah and to the truth He has sent down, so they
religion with which He is pleased and give them, are not like those who were given the Book be-
in place of their fear, security. ‘They worship Me, fore for whom the time seemed over long so that
not associating anything with Me.’Any who disbe- their hearts became hard? Many of them are de-
lieve after that, such people are deviators. (24:55) viators. (57:16)
(A voice called out to Musa,) ‘Put your hand inside We sent Nuh and Ibrahim and placed
your shirt front. It will emerge pure white, yet quite Prophethood and the Book among their descen-
unharmed–one of nine Signs to Pharaoh and his dants. Some of them are guided but many of
people. They are a people of deviators.’ (27:12) them are deviators. (57:26)
(A voice called out to Musa,) ‘Put your hand in- Then We sent Our Messengers following in their
side your shirt front. It will emerge pure white yet footsteps and sent ‘Isa son of Maryam after them,
quite unharmed. And hug your arms to your giving him the Gospel. We put compassion and
sides to still your fear. These are two proofs from mercy in the hearts of those who followed him.
your Lord for Pharaoh and his ruling circle. They They invented monasticism–We did not pre-
are a deviant people.’ (28:32) scribe it for them–purely out of desire to gain the
Is someone who believes like someone who is a pleasure of Allah, but even so they did not ob-
deviator? They are not the same! (32:18) serve it as it should have been observed. To those
But as for those who are deviators, their refuge is of them who believed We gave their reward but
the Fire. Every time that they want to get out, they many of them are deviators. (57:27)
are put straight back into it again and they are Whatever palm-trees you cut down, or left stand-
told, ‘Taste the punishment of the Fire, which ing upright on their roots, it was done by Allah’s
you denied.’ (32:20) permission in order to disgrace the deviators.
In that way he (Pharaoh) swayed his people and (59:5)
they succumbed to him. They were a people of Do not be like those who forgot Allah so He
deviators. (43:54) made them forget themselves. Such people are
On the Day when those who disbelieved are ex- the deviators. (59:19)
posed to the Fire: ‘You dissipated the good things Remember when Musa said to his people, ‘My
you had in your worldly life and enjoyed yourself people, why do you mistreat me when you know
in it. So today you are being repaid with the pun- that I am the Messenger of Allah to you?’ So
ishment of humiliation for being arrogant in the when they deviated, Allah made their hearts de-
earth without any right and for being deviators.’ viate. Allah does not guide people who are devi-
(46:20) ators. (61:5)
So be steadfast as the Messengers with firm re- In their case it makes no difference whether you
solve were also steadfast. And do not seek to has- ask forgiveness for them or do not ask forgiveness
ten it for them. On the Day they see what they for them. Allah will never forgive them. Allah
were promised, it will be as if they had only tar- does not guide deviant people. (63:6)
ried for just one hour of a single day. It has been (Say: ‘It has been revealed to me that a band of
transmitted! Will any be destroyed except for de- the jinn listened and said,) "Some of us are
viant people? (46:35) Muslims and some are deviators. Those who
You who believe! If a deviator brings you a re- have become Muslim are those who sought right
port, scrutinize it carefully in case you attack guidance; the deviators will be firewood for
people in ignorance and so come to greatly re- Hellfire."’ (72:14-15)
gret what you have done. (49:6)
And the people of Nuh before, they were a peo- DEVOUTNESS
ple of deviators. (51:46) Do you order people to devoutness and forget
Has the time not arrived for the hearts of those yourselves, when you recite the Book? Will you
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