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multiply it for you and forgive you. Allah is All- thing better and as a greater reward. And seek
Thankful, Most Forbearing. (64:17) forgiveness from Allah. Allah is Ever-Forgiving,
O Prophet! Why do you make forbidden what Most Merciful. (73:20)
Allah has made lawful for you, seeking to please But they will only pay heed if Allah wills. He is
your wives? Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most entitled to be feared and entitled to forgive.
Merciful. (66:1) (74:56)
You who believe! Repent to Allah. It may be that He is the Ever-Forgiving, the All-Loving. (85:14)
your Lord will erase your bad actions from you Then glorify your Lord’s praise and ask His for-
and admit you into Gardens with rivers flowing giveness. He is the Ever-Returning. (110:3)
under them on the Day when Allah will not dis-
grace the Prophet and those who believed along FORGOING
with him. Their light will stream out ahead of If you divorce them before you have touched
them and on their right. They will say, ‘Our Lord, them but have already allotted them a dowry,
perfect our light for us and forgive us! You have they should have half the amount which you al-
power over all things.’ (66:8) lotted, unless they forgo it or the one in charge of
He Who created death and life to test which of the marriage contract forgoes it. To forgo it is
you is best in action. He is the Almighty, the Ever- closer to heedfulness. Do not forget to show gen-
Forgiving. (67:2) erosity to one another. Allah sees what you do.
Those who fear their Lord in the Unseen will have (2:237)
forgiveness and an immense reward. (67:12) You who believe! Have fear of Allah and forgo
(Nuh said to his people,) ‘He will forgive you your any remaining usury if you are believers. (2:278)
wrong actions and defer you until a specified A believer should never kill another believer un-
time. When Allah’s time comes it cannot be de- less it is by mistake. Anyone who kills a believer
ferred, if you only knew.’ (71:4) by mistake should free a believing slave and pay
(Nuh said, ‘My Lord,) indeed, every time I called blood-money to his family unless they forgo it as
them to Your forgiveness, they put their fingers in a charity. If he is from a people who are your en-
their ears, wrapped themselves up in their emies and is a believer, you should free a believ-
clothes and were overweeningly arrogant.’ (71:7) ing slave. If he is from a people you have a treaty
(Nuh said, ‘My Lord,) I said, "Ask forgiveness of with, blood money should be paid to his family
your Lord.Truly He is Endlessly Forgiving."’ and you should free a believing slave. Anyone
(71:10) who cannot find the means should fast two con-
(Nuh said,) ‘My Lord! Forgive me and my parents secutive months. This is a concession from Allah.
and all who enter my house as believers, and all Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (4:92)
the men and women of the believers.’ (71:28) We prescribed for them in it: a life for a life, an eye
Your Lord knows that you stay up nearly two- for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a
thirds of the night–or half of it, or a third of it–and tooth for a tooth, and retaliation for wounds. But if
a group of those with you. Allah determines the anyone forgoes that as a charity, it will act as expi-
night and day. He knows you will not keep count ation for him. Those who do not judge by what
of it, so He has turned towards you. Recite as Allah has sent down, such people are wrongdoers.
much of the Qur’an as is easy for you. He knows (5:45)
that some of you are ill and that others are travel- Whatever booty Allah gives to His Messenger from
ling in the land seeking Allah’s bounty, and that city dwellers belongs to Allah and to the
others are fighting in the Way of Allah. So recite Messenger and to near relatives and orphans and
as much of it as is easy for you. And perform the very poor and travellers, so that it does not be-
prayer and give the alms and lend a generous come something which merely revolves between
loan to Allah. Whatever good you send ahead for the rich among you. Whatever the Messenger gives
yourselves you will find it with Allah as some- you you should accept and whatever he forbids
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