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Whoever is purified, is purified for himself alone. tween the rich among you. Whatever the
Allah is your final destination. (35:18) Messenger gives you you should accept and
And mankind and beasts and livestock are like- whatever he forbids you you should forgo. Have
wise of varying colours. Only those of His ser- fear of Allah–Allah is severe in retribution. (59:7)
vants with knowledge have fear of Allah. Allah is They are like Satan when he says to a human
Almighty, Ever-Forgiving. (35:28) being, ‘Disbelieve,’ and then when he disbe-
You can only warn those who act on the lieves, says, ‘I wash my hands of you. Truly I fear
Reminder and fear the All-Merciful in the Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.’ (59:16)
Unseen. Give them the good news of forgiveness You who believe! Have fear of Allah and let each
and a generous reward. (36:11) self look to what it has sent forward for
They will have awnings of Fire above them and Tomorrow. Have fear of Allah. Allah is aware of
awnings below them. By that Allah strikes fear what you do. (59:18)
into His servants: ‘So have fear, My servants, of If We Had sent down this Qur’an onto a moun-
Me!’ (39:16) tain, you would have seen it humbled, crushed
But those who have fear of their Lord will have to pieces out of fear of Allah. We make such ex-
high-ceilinged Halls, and more such Halls built amples for people so that hopefully they will re-
one above the other, and rivers flowing under flect. (59:21)
them. That is Allah’s promise. Allah does not So have fear of Allah, as much as you are able to,
break His promise. (39:20) and listen and obey and spend for your own ben-
Allah has sent down the Supreme Discourse, a efit. It is the people who are safe-guarded from
Book consistent in its frequent repetitions. The the avarice of their own selves who are success-
skins of those who fear their Lord tremble at it ful. (64:16)
and then their skins and hearts yield softly to the O Prophet! When any of you divorce women, di-
remembrance of Allah. That is Allah’s guidance vorce them during their period of purity and cal-
by which He guides whoever He wills. And no culate their waiting period carefully. And have
one can guide those whom Allah misguides. fear of Allah, your Lord. Do not evict them from
(39:23) their homes, nor should they leave, unless they
And those who have fear of their Lord will be commit an outright indecency. Those are Allah’s
driven to the Garden in companies and when limits, and anyone who oversteps Allah’s limits
they arrive there, finding its gates open, its custo- has wronged himself. You never know, it may
dians will say to them, ‘Peace be upon you! You well be that after that Allah will cause a new sit-
have done well so enter it timelessly, for ever.’ uation to develop. (65:1)
(39:73) Then when they have reached the end of their
(The Garden is for) those who fear the All- waiting period either retain them with correct-
Merciful in the Unseen and come with a contrite ness and courtesy or part from them with correct-
heart. (50:33) ness and courtesy. Call two upright men from
You who believe! When you confer together se- among yourselves as witnesses and they should
cretly, do not do so in wrongdoing and enmity carry out the witnessing for Allah. This is admon-
and disobedience to the Messenger; rather con- ishment for all who believe in Allah and the Last
fer together in goodness and fear of Allah. Have Day. Whoever has fear of Allah–He will give him
fear of Allah–Him to Whom you will be gath- a way out. (65:2)
ered. (58:9) In the case of those of your wives who are past
Whatever booty Allah gives to His Messenger the age of menstruation, if you have any doubt,
from city dwellers belongs to Allah and to the their waiting period should be three months,
Messenger and to near relatives and orphans and and that also applies to those who have not yet
the very poor and travellers, so that it does not menstruated. The time for women who are preg-
become something which merely revolves be- nant is when they give birth. Whoever has fear of
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