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evil destination! (4:97) come to them or for your Lord Himself to come,
You who believe! Believe in Allah and His or for one of your Lord’s Signs to come? On the
Messenger and in the Book He sent down to His day that one of your Lord’s Signs does come, no
Messenger, and the Books He sent down before. faith which a self professes will be of any use to it
Anyone who rejects Allah and His angels and if it did not believe before and earn good in its
His Books and His Messengers and the Last Day faith. Say: ‘Wait, then; We too are waiting.’
has gone very far astray. (4:136) (6:158)
But Allah bears witness to what He has sent We created you and then formed you and then
down to you. He has sent it down with His We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate before Adam,’
knowledge. The angels bear witness as well. And and they prostrated–except for Diabolis. He was
Allah suffices as a Witness. (4:166) not among those who prostrated. (7:11)
The Messiah would never disdain to be a servant Then Satan whispered to them, disclosing to
to Allah nor would the angels near to Him. If any them their private parts that had been concealed
do disdain to worship Him, and grow arrogant, He from them. He said, ‘Your Lord has only forbid-
will in any case gather them all to Him. (4:172) den you this tree lest you become angels or
They say, ‘Why has an angel not been sent down among those who live for ever.’ (7:20)
to him?’ If We were to send down an angel, that Remember when you called on your Lord for
would be the end of the affair and they would help and He responded to you: ‘I will reinforce
have no reprieve. (6:8) you with a thousand angels riding rank after
And if We had made him an angel We would still rank.’ (8:9)
have made him a man, and further confused for And when your Lord revealed to the angels, ‘I am
them the very thing they are confused about! (6:9) with you so make those who believe firm. I will
Say: ‘I do not say to you that I possess the treas- cast terror into the hearts of those who disbe-
uries of Allah, nor do I know the Unseen, nor do lieve, so strike their necks and strike all their fin-
I say to you that I am an angel. I only follow what ger joints!’ (8:12)
has been revealed to me.’ Say: ‘Are the blind the If only you could see when the angels take back
same as those who can see? So will you not re- those who disbelieved at their death, beating
flect?’ (6:50) their faces and their backs: ‘Taste the punishment
Who could do greater wrong than someone who of the Burning!’ (8:50)
invents lies against Allah or denies His Signs, or Perhaps you are leaving aside part of what has
who says, ‘It has been revealed to me,’ when been revealed to you and your breast is con-
nothing has been revealed to him, or someone stricted by this because they say, ‘Why has treas-
who says, ‘I will send down the same as Allah ure not been sent down to him or an angel not
has sent down’? If you could only see the wrong- accompanied him?’ You are only a warner and
doers in the throes of death when the angels are Allah is Guardian over all things. (11:12)
stretching out their hands, saying, ‘Disgorge your (Nuh said,) ‘I do not say to you that I possess the
own selves! Today you will be repaid with the treasuries of Allah; nor do I know the Unseen;
punishment of humiliation for saying something nor do I say that I am an angel; nor do I say to
other than the truth about Allah, and being arro- those who are vile in your eyes that Allah will not
gant about His Signs.’ (6:93) give them any good. Allah knows best what is in
Even if We sent down angels to them, and the their hearts. If I did, I would certainly be one of
dead spoke to them, and We gathered together the wrongdoers.’ (11:31)
everything in front of them right before their But when she heard of their malicious talk, she
eyes, they would still not believe unless Allah sent for them and made a sumptuous meal and
willed. The truth is that most of them are igno- then she gave a knife to each of them. She said,
rant. (6:111) ‘Go out to them.’ When they saw him (Yusuf),
What are they waiting for but for the angels to they were amazed by him and cut their hands.
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