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Conquering.’ (13:16) of Allah, what cannot help or harm you in any
They will all parade before Allah and the weak way?’ (21:66)
will say to those who were arrogant, ‘We fol- We helped him against the people who rejected
lowed you, so can you help us at all against the Our Signs. They were an evil people and We
punishment of Allah?’ They will say, ‘If Allah had drowned them, every one. (21:77)
guided us, we would have guided you. It makes Say: ‘Lord, judge with truth! Our Lord is the All-
no difference whether we cannot stand it or bear Merciful, the One whose help is sought in the
it patiently. We have no way of escape.’ (14:21) face of what you describe.’ (21:112)
However eager you are for them to be guided, Instead of Allah, he calls on something which
Allah will not guide those whom He misguides. cannot harm him or help him. That is extreme
They will have no helpers. (16:37) misguidance. (22:12)
Any blessing you have is from Allah. Then when Those who were expelled from their homes with-
harm touches you, it is to Him you cry for help. out any right, merely for saying, ‘Our Lord is
(16:53) Allah’ (if Allah had not driven some people back
Do not kill any person Allah has made inviolate, by means of others, monasteries, churches, syna-
except with the right to do so. If someone is gogues and mosques, where Allah’s name is
wrongly killed We have given authority to his mentioned much, would have been pulled down
next of kin. But he should not be excessive in tak- and destroyed. Allah will certainly help those
ing life. He will be helped. (17:33) who help Him–Allah is All-Strong, Almighty).
Then We would have let you taste a double pun- (22:40)
ishment in life and a double punishment in They worship besides Allah something for which
death. You would not have found any helper no authority has come down, something about
against Us. (17:75) which they have no knowledge. There is no
Say: ‘It is the truth from your Lord; so let whoever helper for the wrongdoers. (22:71)
wishes believe and whoever wishes disbelieve.’ Strive for Allah with the striving due to Him. He
We have prepared for the wrongdoers a Fire has selected you and not placed any constraint
whose billowing walls of smoke will hem them upon you in the religion–the religion of your
in. If they call for help, they will be helped with forefather Ibrahim. He named you Muslims be-
water like seething molten brass, frying their fore and also in this, so that the Messenger could
faces. What a noxious drink! What an evil re- be witness against you and you could be wit-
pose! (18:29) nesses against all mankind. So perform prayer
There was no group to come to his aid, besides and give the alms and hold fast to Allah. He is
Allah, and he was not given any help. (18:43) your Protector–the Best Protector, the Best
He (Dhu’l-Qarnayn) said, ‘The power my Lord Helper. (22:78)
has granted me is better than that. Just give me a He (Nuh) said, ‘My Lord, help me because of
strong helping hand and I will build a solid bar- their calling me a liar!’ (23:26)
rier between you and them.’ (18:95) But then when We seize the affluent among them
(Musa said,) ‘Assign me a helper from my family.’ with the punishment, they will suddenly start
(20:29) praying fervently. ‘Do not pray fervently today.
If those who disbelieve only knew of the time You will not get any help from Us.’ (23:64-65)
when they will not be able to keep the Fire away But they have adopted gods apart from Him
from their faces or their backs! And they will re- which do not create anything but are themselves
ceive no help! (21:39) created. They have no power to harm or help
Or do they have gods besides Us who will pro- themselves. They have no power over death or life
tect them? They cannot even help themselves! or resurrection. (25:3)
They will not be safe from Us. (21:43) So now they have disowned you for what you said,
He (Ibrahim) said, ‘Do you then worship, instead and they cannot avert it or give you any help. As for
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