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A were two of them in the Cave. He said to his com-
panion, ‘Do not be despondent, Allah is with us.’
AARON (SEE HARUN (AS)) Then Allah sent down His serenity upon him and
reinforced him with troops you could not see. He
ABASEMENT made the word of those who disbelieved under-
And when you said, ‘Musa, we will not put up with most. It is the word of Allah which is uppermost.
just one kind of food so ask your Lord to supply to Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. (9:40)
us some of what the earth produces–its green veg- And say: ‘Praise be to Allah Who has had no son
etables, cucumbers, grains, lentils and onions,’ he and Who has no partner in His Kingdom and Who
said, ‘Do you want to replace what is better with needs no one to protect Him from abasement.’And
what is inferior? Go back to Egypt, then you will proclaim His Greatness repeatedly! (17:111)
have what you are asking for.’Abasement and des- She (Queen of Sheba) said, ‘When kings enter a
titution were stamped upon them. They brought city, they lay waste to it and make its mightiest in-
down anger from Allah upon themselves. That was habitants the most abased. That is what they too
because they rejected Allah’s Signs and killed the will do.’ (27:34)
Prophets without any right to do so. That was be- (Sulayman said,) ‘Return to them. We will come to
cause they rebelled and went beyond the limits. them with troops they cannot face and we will
(2:61) expel them from it abased and humiliated.’ (27:37)
Say, ‘O Allah! Master of the Kingdom! You give They tried to outwit him but We made them the
sovereignty to whoever You will You take sover- lowest. (37:98)
eignty from whoever You will. You exalt whoever You will see them as they are exposed to it, abject
You will You abase whoever You will. All good is in in their abasement, glancing around them furtively.
Your hands. You have power over all things.’(3:26) Those who believe will say, ‘Truly the losers are
They will be plunged into abasement wherever those who lose themselves and their families on
they are found, unless they have a treaty with Allah the Day of Rising.’ The wrongdoers are in an ever-
and with the people. They have brought down lasting punishment. (42:45)
anger from Allah upon themselves, and they have Those who oppose Allah and His Messenger will
been plunged into destitution. That was because be subdued and overcome as those before them
they rejected Allah’s Signs and killed the Prophets were also subdued and overcome.We have sent
without any right to do so. That was because they down Clear Signs. The disbelievers will have a hu-
disobeyed and went beyond the limits. (3:112) miliating punishment. (58:5)
He said, ‘Descend from Heaven. It is not for you to Those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, such
be arrogant in it. So get out! You are one of the people will be among the most abased. (58:20)
abased.’ (7:13) Whatever palm-trees you cut down, or left stand-
As for those who adopted the Calf, anger from their ing upright on their roots, it was done by Allah’s
Lord will overtake them together with abasement permission in order to disgrace the deviators.
in the life of this world. That is how we repay the (59:5)
purveyors of falsehood. (7:152)
Fight those of the people who were given the Book ABEL (HÂBIL) AND CAIN (QÂBIL)
who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day and Recite to them the true report of Adam’s two sons
who do not make forbidden what Allah and His when they offered a sacrifice and it was accepted
Messenger have made forbidden and do not take from one of them but not accepted from the other.
as their religion the religion of Truth, until they pay The one said, ‘I shall kill you.’ The other said,
the poll tax with their own hands in a state of com- ‘Allah only accepts from people who guard against
plete abasement. (9:29) evil. Even if you do raise your hand against me to
If you do not help him, Allah did help him when kill me, I am not going to raise my hand against
those who disbelieved drove him out and there you to kill you. Truly I fear Allah, the Lord of all the
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