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rock, I forgot the fish. No one made me forget to But they turned away so We unleashed against
remember it except Satan. It found its way into them the flood from the great dam and ex-
the sea in an amazing way.’ (18:63) changed their two gardens for two others con-
Then the fish devoured him (Yunus) and he was taining bitter-tasting plants and tamarisk and a
to blame. (37:142) few lote trees. (34:16)
So wait steadfastly for the judgement of your
Lord. Do not be like the Companion of the Fish FLY
when he called out in absolute despair. (68:48) Mankind! An example has been made, so listen
to it carefully. Those whom you call upon be-
FITNAH (SEE DISCORD) sides Allah are not even able to create a single
fly, even if they were to join together to do it. And
FITRAH (SEE ALLAH'S NATURAL PATTERN) if a fly steals something from them, they cannot
get it back. How feeble are both the seeker and
FLAW the sought! (22:73)
He Who created the seven heavens in layers. You
will not find any flaw in the creation of the All- FOOD
Merciful. Look again–do you see any gaps? And when you said, ‘Musa, we will not put up
(67:3) with just one kind of food so ask your Lord to
supply to us some of what the earth produces–its
FLESH green vegetables, cucumbers, grains, lentils and
Their flesh and blood does not reach Allah but onions,’ he said, ‘Do you want to replace what is
your heedfulness does reach Him. In this way He better with what is inferior? Go back to Egypt,
has subjected them to you so that you might pro- then you will have what you are asking for.’
claim Allah’s greatness for the way that He has Abasement and destitution were stamped upon
guided you. Give good news to the good-doers. them. They brought down anger from Allah upon
(22:37) themselves. That was because they rejected
You who believe! Avoid most suspicion. Indeed Allah’s Signs and killed the Prophets without any
some suspicion is a crime. And do not spy and right to do so. That was because they rebelled
do not backbite one another. Would any of you and went beyond the limits. (2:61)
like to eat his brother’s dead flesh? No, you Or (what about) the one who passed by a town
would hate it. And have fear of Allah. Allah is which had fallen into ruin? He asked, ‘How can
Ever-Returning, Most Merciful. (49:12) Allah restore this to life when it has died?’ Allah
caused him to die a hundred years then brought
FLOOD, THE (SEE NUH (AS)) him back to life. Then He asked, ‘How long have
you been here?’ He replied, ‘I have been here a
FLOODWATER day or part of a day.’ He said, ‘Not so! You have
He sends down water from the sky and river-beds been here a hundred years. Look at your food
fill up and flow according to their size, and the and drink–it has not gone bad–and look at your
floodwater carries with it an increasing layer of donkey so We can make you a Sign for all
scum; a similar kind of scum comes from what mankind. Look at the bones–how We raise them
you heat up in the fire, when you desire to make up and clothe them in flesh.’ When it had be-
jewellery or other things. That is how Allah de- come clear to him, he said, ‘Now I know that
picts the true and the false. As for the scum, it is Allah has power over all things.’ (2:259)
quickly swept away. But as for that which is of Her Lord accepted her with approval and made
use to people, it remains behind in the ground. her grow in health and beauty. And Zakariyya
That is a metaphor which Allah has made. became her guardian. Every time Zakariyya vis-
(13:17) ited her in the Upper Room, he found food with
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