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Say: ‘I possess no power to help or harm myself, The Trumpet will be blown and those in the
except as Allah wills. If I had had knowledge of heavens and those in the earth will all lose con-
the Unseen, I would have sought to gain much sciousness, except those Allah wills. Then it will
good and no evil would have touched me. I am be blown a second time and at once they will be
only a warner and a bringer of good news to peo- standing upright, looking on. (39:68)
ple who believe.’ (7:188) We have tried them as We tried the owners of the
Say: ‘I possess no power to harm or help myself garden when they swore that they would harvest
except as Allah wills. Every nation has an ap- in the morning but did not say the redeeming
pointed time. When their appointed time comes, words, ‘If Allah wills’. (68:17-18)
they cannot delay it a single hour or bring it for- But they will only pay heed if Allah wills. He is
ward.’ (10:49) entitled to be feared and entitled to forgive.
Then when they entered into Yusuf’s presence, (74:56)
he drew his parents close to him and said, ‘Enter But you will not will unless Allah wills. Allah is
Egypt safe and sound, if Allah wills.’ (12:99) All-Knowing, All-Wise. (76:30)
Never say about anything, ‘I am doing that to- But you will not will unless Allah wills, the Lord
morrow,’ without adding ‘If Allah wills.’ of all the Worlds. (81:29)
Remember your Lord when you forget, and say, We will cause you to recite so that you do not
‘Hopefully my Lord will guide me to something forget–except what Allah wills. He knows what is
closer to right guidance than this.’ (18:23-24) voiced out loud and what is hidden. (87:6-7)
(His companion said to the garden owner,) ‘Why,
when you entered your garden, did you not say, IGNORANCE
"It is as Allah wills, there is no strength but in Then He sent down to you, after the distress, se-
Allah"? Though you see me with less wealth and curity, restful sleep overtaking a group of you,
children than you possess, it may well be that my whereas another group became prey to anxious
Lord will give me something better than your gar- thoughts, thinking other than the truth about
den and send down on it a fireball from the sky Allah–thoughts belonging to the Time of
so that morning finds it a shifting heap of dust, or Ignorance– saying, ‘Do we have any say in the
morning finds its water drained into the earth so affair at all?’ Say, ‘The affair belongs entirely to
that you cannot get at it.’ (18:39-41) Allah.’ They are concealing things inside them-
Musa said, ‘You will find me patient, if Allah selves which they do not disclose to you, saying,
wills, and I will not disobey you in any matter.’ ‘If we had only had a say in the affair, none of us
(18:69) would have been killed here in this place.’ Say,
On the Day the Trumpet is blown and everyone ‘Even if you had been inside your homes, those
in the heavens and everyone on the earth is terri- people for whom killing was decreed would
fied–except those Allah wills, everyone will have gone out to their place of death.’ So that
come to Him abject. (27:87) Allah might test what is in your breasts and purge
He said, ‘I would like to marry you to one of what is in your hearts. Allah knows the contents
these two daughters of mine on condition that of your hearts. (3:154)
you work for me for eight full years. If you com- Allah only accepts the repentance of those who
plete ten, that is up to you. I do not want to be do evil in ignorance and then quickly repent after
hard on you. You will find me, Allah willing, to doing it. Allah turns towards such people. Allah
be one of the righteous.’ (28:27) is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (4:17)
When he was of an age to work with him, he Do they then seek the judgement of the Time of
(Ibrahim) said, ‘My son, I saw in a dream that I Ignorance? Who could be better at giving judge-
must sacrifice you. What do you think about ment than Allah for people with certainty? (5:50)
this?’ He said, ‘Do as you are ordered, father. When those who believe in Our Signs come to
Allah willing, you will find me resolute.’ (37:102) you, say, ‘Peace be upon you!’ Allah has made
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