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Among people there is one who argues about to scare you with others apart from Him. If Allah
Allah without knowledge or guidance or any misguides someone, he has no guide. (39:36)
light-giving Book, turning away arrogantly, to We gave Musa the guidance and bequeathed the
misguide people from the Way of Allah. He will Book to the tribe of Israel, as guidance and a re-
be disgraced in this world and on the Day of minder for people of intelligence. (40:53-54)
Rising We will make him taste the punishment of As for Thamud, We guided them, but they pre-
the Burning. (22:8-9) ferred blindness to guidance. So the lightning-
In this way We have assigned to every Prophet an bolt of the punishment of humiliation seized
enemy from among the evildoers. But your Lord them on account of what they earned. (41:17)
is a sufficient guide and helper. (25:31) It is He Who made the earth a cradle for you and
He (Musa) said, ‘Never! My Lord is with me and made pathways for you in it so that hopefully you
He will guide me.’ (26:62) would be guided. (43:10)
We gave Musa the Book after destroying the ear- Have you seen him who takes his whims and de-
lier nations, to awaken people’s hearts and as a sires to be his god–whom Allah has misguided
guidance and a mercy so that hopefully they knowingly, sealing up his hearing and his heart
would pay heed. (28:43) and placing a blindfold over his eyes? Who then
If they do not respond to you then know that they will guide him after Allah? So will you not pay
are merely following their whims and desires. heed? (45:23)
And who could be further astray than someone Know that the Messenger of Allah is among you.
who follows his whims and desires without any If he were to obey you in many things, you
guidance from Allah? Allah does not guide the would suffer for it. However, Allah has given you
people of the wrongdoers. (28:50) love of faith and made it pleasing to your hearts,
Do you not see that Allah has subjected to you and has made disbelief, deviance and disobedi-
everything in the heavens and earth and has ence hateful to you. People such as these are
showered His blessings upon you, both out- rightly guided. (49:7)
wardly and inwardly? Yet there are people who They are nothing but names which you your-
argue about Allah without knowledge or guid- selves have given, you and your forefathers.
ance or any illuminating Book. (31:20) Allah has sent down no authority for them. They
We gave Musa the Book–be in no doubt about are following nothing but conjecture and what
the meeting with him–and made it a guidance for their own selves desire. And that when guidance
the tribe of Israel. (32:23) has reached them from their Lord! (53:23)
We appointed leaders from among them, guiding That is as far as their knowledge extends. Your
by Our command when they were steadfast and Lord knows best those who are misguided from
when they had certainty about Our Signs. (32:24) His Way and He knows best those who are
Are they not guided by the many generations We guided. (53:30)
destroyed before them, among whose ruined The metaphor of those who were charged with
homes they walk around? There are certainly the Torah but then have not upheld it, is that of a
Signs in that. So will they not listen? (32:26) donkey loaded with weighty tomes. How evil is
Allah has sent down the Supreme Discourse, a the metaphor of those who deny Allah’s Signs!
Book consistent in its frequent repetitions. The Allah does not guide wrongdoing people. (62:5)
skins of those who fear their Lord tremble at it (Say: ‘It has been revealed to me that a band of
and then their skins and hearts yield softly to the the jinn listened and said,) "And when we heard
remembrance of Allah. That is Allah’s guidance the guidance, we believed in it. Anyone who be-
by which He guides whoever He wills. And no lieves in his Lord need fear neither belittlement
one can guide those whom Allah misguides. nor tyranny."’ (72:13)
(39:23) Say: ‘I possess no power to do you harm or to
Is Allah not enough for His servant? Yet they try guide you right.’ (72:21)
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