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We created many of the jinn and mankind for under your wing. (15:88)
Hell. They have hearts they do not understand The Unseen of the heavens and earth belongs to
with. They have eyes they do not see with. They Allah. The matter of the Hour is only the blink of
have ears they do not hear with. Such people are an eye away, or even nearer. Allah has power
like cattle. No, they are even further astray! They over all things. (16:77)
are the unaware. (7:179) Restrain yourself patiently with those who call on
Do they have legs they can walk with? Do they their Lord morning and evening, desiring His
have hands they can grasp with? Do they have face. Do not turn your eyes from them, desiring
eyes they can see with? Do they have ears they the attractions of this world. And do not obey
can hear with? Say: ‘Call on your partner-gods someone whose heart We have made neglectful
and try all your wiles against me and grant me no of Our remembrance and who follows his own
reprieve.’ (7:195) When guidance came to the people nothing pre-
Remember when Allah made you see them as vented them from believing and asking for for-
few when you met them, and also made you giveness from their Lord but the fact that the
seem few in their eyes. This was so that Allah pattern of previous peoples did not happen to
could settle a matter whose result was preor- them or that the punishment did not appear be-
dained. All matters return to Allah. (8:44) fore their eyes. (18:55)
Nor is anything held against those who, when That Day We will display Hell in its totality to the
they came to you for you to provide them with disbelievers, those whose eyes were blind to My
mounts and you said, ‘I cannot find anything on remembrance and whose ears were unable to
which to mount you,’ turned away with their hear. (18:100-101)
eyes overflowing with tears, overcome by grief at (A voice called out to Maryam,) ‘Eat and drink
having nothing to give. (9:92) and delight your eyes. If you should see anyone
(Nuh said to his people,) ‘I do not say to you that at all, just say, "I have made a vow of abstinence
I possess the treasuries of Allah; nor do I know to the All-Merciful and today I will not speak to
the Unseen; nor do I say that I am an angel; nor any human being."’ (19:26)
do I say to those who are vile in your eyes that (Allah said to Musa,) ‘When your sister went and
Allah will not give them any good. Allah knows said, "Shall I direct you to someone who will take
best what is in their hearts. If I did, I would cer- care of him?" that was how We returned you to
tainly be one of the wrongdoers.’ (11:31) your mother so that she might delight her eyes
He (Ya'qub) turned himself away from them and and not be grieved. You killed a man and We res-
said, ‘What anguish is my sorrow for Yusuf!’ And cued you from trouble and tested you with many
then his eyes turned white from hidden grief. trials. You stayed some years among the people
(12:84) of Madyan. Then you arrived at the pre-ordained
Do not consider Allah to be unaware of what the time, Musa!’ (20:40)
wrongdoers perpetrate. He is merely deferring Do not direct your eyes longingly to what We
them to a Day on which their sight will be trans- have given certain of them to enjoy, the flower of
fixed, rushing headlong–heads back, eyes va- the life of this world, so that We can test them by
cant, hearts hollow. (14:42-43) it. Your Lord’s provision is better and longer last-
Even if We opened up to them a door into ing. (20:131)
heaven, and they spent the day ascending Their hearts are distracted. Those who do wrong
through it, they would only say, ‘Our eyesight is confer together secretly, saying, ‘Is this man any-
befuddled! Or rather we have been put under a thing but a human being like yourselves? Do you
spell!’ (15:14-15) succumb to magic with your eyes wide open?’
Do not direct your eyes longingly to what We (21:3)
have given certain of them to enjoy. Do not feel They said, ‘Bring him before the people’s eyes so
sad concerning them. And take the believers they can be witnesses.’ (21:61)
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