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who disbelieve, ‘If you are driven out we will His wealth will not help him when he plummets
leave with you, we will never obey anyone to to the depths. (92:11)
your detriment. And if you are fought against we So woe to those who perform prayer, and are for-
will help you’? Allah bears witness that they are getful of their prayer, those who show off and
truly liars. (59:11) deny help to others. (107:4-7)
If they are driven out they will not leave with When Allah’s help and victory have arrived and
them. If they are fought against they will not help you have seen people entering Allah’s religion in
them. And if they did help them they would turn droves, then glorify your Lord’s praise and ask His
their backs, and then they would not be helped. forgiveness. He is the Ever-Returning. (110:1-3)
(59:12) His (Abu Lahab's) wealth has not helped him nor
You have an excellent example in Ibrahim and anything he has earned. (111:2)
those with him, when they said to their people,
‘We wash our hands of you and all that you wor- HERB
ship apart from Allah, and we reject you. He laid out the earth for all living creatures. In it
Between us and you there will be enmity and ha- are fruits and date-palms with covered spathes,
tred for ever unless and until you believe in Allah and grains on leafy stems and fragrant herbs.
alone.’ Except for Ibrahim’s words to his father: ‘I (55:10-12)
will ask forgiveness for you but I have no power Then We make grain grow in it, and grapes and
to help you in any way against Allah.’ ‘Our Lord, herbs. (80:27-28)
we have put our trust in You and have repented
to You. You are our final destination.’ (60:4) HERITAGE (SEE LAWS OF HERITAGE)
You who believe! Be helpers of Allah as ‘Isa son
of Maryam said to the Disciples, ‘Who will be AL-HIJR (SEE PEOPLE OF AL-HIJR)
my helpers to Allah?’ The Disciples said, ‘We will
be the helpers of Allah.’ One faction of the tribe HIJRA (SEE MIGRATION)
of Israel believed and the other disbelieved. So
We supported those who believed against their HIKMAH (SEE WISDOM - WISE)
enemy and they became victorious. (61:14)
Allah has made an example for those who disbe- HILL
lieve: the wife of Nuh and the wife of Lut. They The metaphor of those who spend their wealth, de-
were married to two of Our servants who were siring the pleasure of Allah and firmness for them-
righteous but they betrayed them and were not selves, is that of a garden on a hillside. When
helped at all against Allah. They were told, ‘Enter heavy rain falls on it, it doubles its produce; and if
the Fire along with all who enter it.’ (66:10) heavy rain does not fall, there is dew. Allah sees
Because of their errors they were drowned and what you do. (2:265)
put into the Fire. They found no one to help them (Hud said to his people,) ‘Do you build a tower on
besides Allah. (71:25) every hilltop, just to amuse yourselves?’ (26:128)
The intercession of the interceders will not help
them. (74:48) HOLY
It is the Day when a self will have no power to (Musa said,) ‘My people! Enter the Holy Land
help any other self in any way. The command which Allah has ordained for you. Do not turn
that Day will be Allah’s alone. (82:19) back in your tracks and so become transformed
And (that Day) man will have no strength or into losers.’ (5:21)
helper. (86:10) (Allah said to Musa,) ‘I am your Lord. Take off
And that Day Hell is produced, that Day man your sandals. You are in the holy valley of Tuwa.’
will remember; but how will the remembrance (20:12)
help him? (89:23) Has the story of Musa reached you: when his
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