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worlds. I want you to take on both my wrongdoing ABU LAHAB
and your wrongdoing and so become one of the Ruin to the hands of Abu Lahab and ruin to him!
Companions of the Fire. That is the repayment of His wealth has not helped him nor anything he
the wrongdoers.’ So his lower self persuaded him has earned. He will burn in a Flaming Fire. And
to kill his brother, and he killed him and became so will his wife, the firewood-carrier, with a rope
one of the lost. (5:27-30) of twisted fibre round her neck. (111:1-5)

ABLUTION ACT - ACTION
You who believe! Do not approach the prayer Give the good news to those who believe and do
when you are drunk, so that you will know what right actions that they will have Gardens with
you are saying, nor in a state of major rivers flowing under them. When they are given
impurity–unless you are travelling–until you have fruit there as provision, they will say, ‘This is
washed yourselves completely. If you are ill or on what we were given before.’ But they were only
a journey, or any of you have come from the lava- given a simulation of it. They will have there
tory or touched women, and you cannot find any spouses of perfect purity and will remain there
water, then take for yourselves clean earth, wiping timelessly, for ever. (2:25)
your faces and your hands. Allah is Ever- Those with faith, those who are Jews, and the
Pardoning, Ever-Forgiving. (4:43) Christians and Sabaeans, all who believe in Allah
You who believe! When you get up to perform and the Last Day and act rightly, will have their
prayer, wash your faces and your hands and your reward with their Lord. They will feel no fear and
arms to the elbows, and wipe over your heads, will know no sorrow. (2:62)
and (wash) your feet to the ankles. If you are in a No indeed! Those who accumulate bad actions
state of major impurity, then purify yourselves. But and are surrounded by their mistakes, such peo-
if you are ill or on a journey, or have come from ple are the Companions of the Fire, remaining in
the lavatory, or have touched women, and cannot it timelessly, for ever; whereas those who believe
find any water, then take for yourselves clean and do right actions, such people are the
earth, and wipe your faces and your hands there- Companions of the Garden, remaining in it time-
with. Allah does not want to make things difficult lessly, for ever. (2:81-82)
for you, but He does want to purify you and to per- Say, ‘Do you argue with us about Allah when He
fect His blessing upon you so that hopefully you is our Lord and your Lord? We have our actions
will be thankful. (5:6) and you have your actions. We act for Him
alone.’ (2:139)
ABODE When those who were followed disown those
(The servants of the All-Merciful are) those who who followed them, and they see the punish-
say, ‘Our Lord, avert from us the punishment of ment, and the connection between them is cut,
Hell, its punishment is inescapable pain. It is in- those who followed will say, ‘If only we could
deed an evil lodging and abode’. (25:65-66) have another chance, we would disown them
They will remain in it timelessly, for ever. What an just as they have disowned us.’ In that way Allah
excellent lodging and abode! (25:76) will show them their actions as a cause of an-
guish and remorse for them. They will never
ABRAHAM (SEE IBRAHIM (AS)) emerge from the Fire. (2:166-167)
They will ask you about the Sacred Month and
ABROGATE fighting in it. Say, ‘Fighting in it is a serious mat-
Whenever We abrogate a verse or cause it to be ter; but barring access to the Way of Allah and re-
forgotten, We bring one better than it or equal to it. jecting Him and barring access to the Sacred
Do you not know that Allah has power over all Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) and expelling its peo-
things? (2:106) ple from it are far more serious in the sight of
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