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words about the life of this world excite your ad- lieve.’ But when they leave they bite their fingers
miration, and he calls Allah to witness what is in out of rage against you. Say, ‘Die in your rage.’
his heart, while he is in fact the most hostile of Allah knows what your hearts contain. (3:119)
adversaries. (2:204) Allah only did this for it to be good news for you
Allah will not take you to task for inadvertent and so that your hearts might be set at rest by it
statements in your oaths, but He will take you to (help comes from no one but Allah, the Almighty,
task for the intention your hearts have made. the All-Wise). (3:126)
Allah is Ever-Forgiving, All-Forbearing. (2:225) Then He sent down to you, after the distress, se-
When Ibrahim said, ‘My Lord, show me how You curity, restful sleep overtaking a group of you,
bring the dead to life.’ He asked, ‘Do you not whereas another group became prey to anxious
then believe?’ He replied, ‘Indeed I do! But so thoughts, thinking other than the truth about
that my heart may be at peace.’ He said, ‘Take Allah–thoughts belonging to the Time of
four birds and train them to yourself. Then put a Ignorance– saying, ‘Do we have any say in the
part of them on each mountain and call to them; affair at all?’ Say, ‘The affair belongs entirely to
they will come rushing to you. Know that Allah is Allah.’ They are concealing things inside them-
Almighty, All-Wise.’ (2:260) selves which they do not disclose to you, saying,
If you are on a journey and cannot find a writer, ‘If we had only had a say in the affair, none of us
something can be left as a security. If you leave would have been killed here in this place.’ Say,
things on trust with one another the one who is ‘Even if you had been inside your homes, those
trusted must deliver up his trust and have fear of people for whom killing was decreed would
Allah his Lord. Do not conceal testimony. If have gone out to their place of death.’ So that
someone does conceal it, his heart commits a Allah might test what is in your breasts and purge
crime. Allah knows what you do. (2:283) what is in your hearts. Allah knows the contents
It is He Who sent down the Book to you from of your hearts. (3:154)
Him: verses containing clear judgements–they You who believe! Do not be like those who dis-
are the core of the Book–and others which are believe and say of their brothers, when they are
open to interpretation. Those with deviation in going on journeys or military expeditions, ‘If they
their hearts follow what is open to interpretation had only been with us, they would not have died
in it, desiring conflict, seeking its inner meaning. or been killed,’ so that Allah can make that an-
No one knows its inner meaning but Allah. guish for them in their hearts. It is Allah Who
Those firmly rooted in knowledge say, ‘We be- gives life and causes to die. Allah sees what you
lieve in it. All of it is from our Lord.’ But only peo- do. (3:156)
ple of intelligence pay heed. ‘Our Lord, do not It is a mercy from Allah that you were gentle with
make our hearts swerve aside after You have them. If you had been rough or hard of heart,
guided us. And give us mercy from You. You are they would have scattered from around you. So
the Ever-Giving. (3:7-8) pardon them and ask forgiveness for them, and
Hold fast to the rope of Allah all together, and do consult with them about the matter. Then when
not separate. Remember Allah’s blessing to you you have reached a firm decision, put your trust
when you were enemies and He joined your in Allah. Allah loves those who put their trust in
hearts together so that you became brothers by Him. (3:159)
His blessing. You were on the very brink of a pit What assailed you on the day the two armies met
of the Fire and He rescued you from it. In this was by Allah’s permission, so that He would
way Allah makes His Signs clear to you, so that know the believers, and so that He would know
hopefully you will be guided. (3:103) the hypocrites. They were told, ‘Come and fight
There you are, loving them when they do not in the Way of Allah or at least help defend us.’
love you, even though you believe in all the They said, ‘If we knew how to fight, we would
Books. When they meet you, they say, ‘We be- certainly follow you.’ They were closer to disbe-
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