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whenever darkness covers them, they halt. If had only been with us, they would not have died
Allah wished, He could take away their hearing or been killed,’ so that Allah can make that an-
and their sight. Allah has power over all things. guish for them in their hearts. It is Allah Who
(2:20) gives life and causes to die. Allah sees what you
Those who break Allah’s contract after it has do. (3:156)
been agreed, and sever what Allah has com- What assailed you on the day the two armies met
manded to be joined, and cause corruption on was by Allah’s permission, so that He would
the earth, it is they who are the lost. (2:27) know the believers, and so that He would know
Among the people there is someone whose the hypocrites. They were told, ‘Come and fight
words about the life of this world excite your ad- in the Way of Allah or at least help defend us.’
miration, and he calls Allah to witness what is in They said, ‘If we knew how to fight, we would
his heart, while he is in fact the most hostile of certainly follow you.’ They were closer to disbe-
adversaries. (2:204) lief that day than to faith, saying with their
When he is told to have fear of Allah, he is seized mouths what was not in their hearts. And Allah
by pride which drives him to wrongdoing. Hell knows best what they are hiding. (3:166-167)
will be enough for him! What an evil resting- They are those who said of their brothers, when
place! (2:206) they themselves had stayed behind, ‘If they had
It is He Who sent down the Book to you from only obeyed us, they would not have been
Him: verses containing clear judgements–they killed.’ Say, ‘Then ward off death from yourselves
are the core of the Book–and others which are if you are telling the truth.’ (3:168)
open to interpretation. Those with deviation in Do you not see those who claim that they believe
their hearts follow what is open to interpretation in what has been sent down to you and what was
in it, desiring conflict, seeking its inner meaning. sent down before you, still desiring to turn to a
No one knows its inner meaning but Allah. satanic source for judgement in spite of being or-
Those firmly rooted in knowledge say, ‘We be- dered to reject it? Satan wants to misguide them
lieve in it. All of it is from our Lord.’ But only peo- far away. (4:60)
ple of intelligence pay heed. (3:7) When they are told, ‘Come to what Allah has
Then He sent down to you, after the distress, se- sent down and to the Messenger,’ you see the
curity, restful sleep overtaking a group of you, hypocrites turning away from you completely.
whereas another group became prey to anxious (4:61)
thoughts, thinking other than the truth about How will it be when a disaster strikes them be-
Allah–thoughts belonging to the Time of cause of what they have done, and then they
Ignorance–saying, ‘Do we have any say in the af- come to you swearing by Allah: ‘We desired
fair at all?’ Say, ‘The affair belongs entirely to nothing but good and reconciliation’? (4:62)
Allah.’ They are concealing things inside them- Allah knows what is in such people’s hearts so
selves which they do not disclose to you, saying, turn away from them and warn them and speak
‘If we had only had a say in the affair, none of us to them with words that take effect. (4:63)
would have been killed here in this place.’ Say, We sent no Messenger except to be obeyed by
‘Even if you had been inside your homes, those Allah’s permission. If only when they wronged
people for whom killing was decreed would themselves they had come to you and asked
have gone out to their place of death.’ So that Allah’s forgiveness and the Messenger had asked
Allah might test what is in your breasts and purge forgiveness for them they would have found
what is in your hearts. Allah knows the contents Allah Ever-Returning, Most Merciful. (4:64)
of your hearts. (3:154) No, by your Lord, they are not believers until
You who believe! Do not be like those who dis- they make you their judge in the disputes that
believe and say of their brothers, when they are break out between them, and then find no resist-
going on journeys or military expeditions, ‘If they ance within themselves to what you decide and
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