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We created man from a mingled drop to test him, him he brings no good, is he the same as some-
and We made him hearing and seeing. (76:2) one who commands justice and is on a straight
From a drop of sperm He created him and pro- path? (16:76)
portioned him. (80:19) Whoever Allah guides is truly guided. But as for
those He leads astray, you will not find any pro-
DRUNKENNESS tectors for them apart from Him. We will gather
You who believe! Do not approach the prayer them on the Day of Rising, flat on their faces,
when you are drunk, so that you will know what blind, dumb and deaf. Their shelter will be Hell.
you are saying, nor in a state of major impu- Whenever the Blaze dies down, We will increase
rity–unless you are travelling–until you have it for them. (17:97)
washed yourselves completely. If you are ill or
on a journey, or any of you have come from the DUNE
lavatory or touched women, and you cannot find On the Day the earth and mountains shake and
any water, then take for yourselves clean earth, the mountains become like shifting dunes.
wiping your faces and your hands. Allah is Ever- (73:14)
Pardoning, Ever-Forgiving. (4:43)
By your life! They were wandering blindly in DUNYA (SEE THE WORLD)
their drunkenness! (15:72)
And from the fruit of the date-palm and the DUST
grape-vine you derive both intoxicants and If you are surprised at their blindness, what could
wholesome provision. There is certainly a Sign in be more surprising than their words: ‘What, when
that for people who use their intellect. (16:67) we are turned to dust, shall we then be created all
On the day they see it, every nursing woman will anew?’ These are the people who reject their Lord.
be oblivious of the baby at her breast, and every Such people have iron collars round their necks.
pregnant woman will abort the contents of her Such people are the Companions of the Fire, re-
womb, and you will think people drunk when maining in it timelessly, for ever. (13:5)
they are not drunk; it is just that the punishment They say, ‘What! When we are bones and crum-
of Allah is so severe. (22:2) bled dust, will we then be raised up as a new cre-
ation!’ (17:49)
DU´A (SEE CALLING ON; SEE ASKING That is their repayment for rejecting Our Signs and
LORD) saying, ‘What, when we are bones and crumbled
dust, will we then be raised up as a new creation?’
DUMB (17:98)
Deaf, dumb, blind. They will not return. (2:18) His companion, with whom he was debating, said
The likeness of those who disbelieve is that of the to him, ‘Do you then disbelieve in Him Who cre-
beast which, call out to it as one may, can hear ated you from dust, then from a drop of sperm, and
nothing but a shout and a cry. Deaf–dumb–blind. then formed you as a man?’ (18:37)
They do not use their intellect. (2:171) (His companion said to the garden owner,) ‘Why,
Those who deny Our Signs are deaf and dumb in when you entered your garden, did you not say, "It
utter darkness. Allah misguides whoever He is as Allah wills, there is no strength but in Allah"?
wills, and puts whoever He wills on a straight Though you see me with less wealth and children
path. (6:39) than you possess, it may well be that my Lord will
The worst of beasts in Allah’s sight are the deaf give me something better than your garden and
and dumb who have no intellect. (8:22) send down on it a fireball from the sky so that
Allah makes another metaphor: two men, one of morning finds it a shifting heap of dust,’(18:39-40)
them deaf and dumb, unable to do anything, a Mankind! If you are in any doubt about the
burden on his master, no matter where he directs Rising, know that We created you from dust then
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