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You who believe! Do not approach the prayer others are fighting in the Way of Allah. So recite
when you are drunk, so that you will know what as much of it as is easy for you. And perform
you are saying, nor in a state of major impu- prayer and give the alms and lend a generous
rity–unless you are travelling–until you have loan to Allah. Whatever good you send ahead for
washed yourselves completely. If you are ill or yourselves you will find it with Allah as some-
on a journey, or any of you have come from the thing better and as a greater reward. And seek
lavatory or touched women, and you cannot find forgiveness from Allah. Allah is Ever-Forgiving,
any water, then take for yourselves clean earth, Most Merciful. (73:20)
wiping your faces and your hands. Allah is Ever-
Pardoning, Ever-Forgiving. (4:43) ILYAS (AS)
When you are with them and leading them in And Zakariyya, Yahya, ‘Isa and Ilyas. All of them
prayer, a group of them should stand with you, were among the righteous. (6:85)
keeping hold of their weapons. When they pros- Ilyas was one of the Messengers. (37:123)
trate, the others should guard your backs. Then ‘Peace be upon Ilyas!’ (37:130)
the other group who have not yet prayed should
come and pray with you. They too should be IMMORTAL
careful and keep hold of their weapons. Those We did not give them (Messengers) bodies which
who disbelieve would like you to be negligent of did not eat food, nor were they immortal. (21:8)
your arms and equipment so that they can swoop We did not give any human being before you im-
down on you once and for all. There is nothing mortality. And if you die, will they then be im-
wrong, if you are bothered by rain or you are ill, mortal? (21:34)
in laying your weapons down; but take every (Hud said to his people,) ‘Do you build a tower
precaution. Allah has prepared a humiliating on every hilltop, just to amuse yourselves, and
punishment for the disbelievers. (4:102) construct great fortresses, hoping to live for
You who believe! When you get up to perform ever?’ (26:128-129)
prayer, wash your faces and your hands and your
arms to the elbows, and wipe over your heads, IMPUDENCE
and (wash) your feet to the ankles. If you are in a (They said,) ‘Has the Reminder been given to him
state of major impurity, then purify yourselves. of all of us? No indeed! He is an impudent liar.’
But if you are ill or on a journey, or have come (54:25)
from the lavatory, or have touched women, and ‘They will know tomorrow who the impudent
cannot find any water, then take for yourselves liar is.’ (54:26)
clean earth, and wipe your faces and your hands
therewith. Allah does not want to make things IMPURITY
difficult for you, but He does want to purify you They will ask you about menstruation. Say, ‘It is an
and to perfect His blessing upon you so that impurity, so keep apart from women during men-
hopefully you will be thankful. (5:6) struation and do not approach them until they
(Ibrahim said,) ‘and when I am ill, it is He Who have purified themselves. But once they have pu-
heals me.’ (26:80) rified themselves, then go to them in the way that
Your Lord knows that you stay up nearly two- Allah has enjoined on you.’Allah loves those who
thirds of the night–or half of it, or a third of it–and turn back from wrongdoing and He loves those
a group of those with you. Allah determines the who purify themselves. (2:222)
night and day. He knows you will not keep count You who believe! Do not approach the prayer
of it, so He has turned towards you. Recite as when you are drunk, so that you will know what
much of the Qur’an as is easy for you. He knows you are saying, nor in a state of major
that some of you are ill and that others are travel- impurity–unless you are travelling–until you have
ling in the land seeking Allah’s bounty, and that washed yourselves completely. If you are ill or on
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