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perform prayer and give the alms, and they wor- humility? (16:48)
shipped Us. (21:73) You would have seen the sun, when it rose, in-
We desired to show kindness to those who were clining away from their cave towards the right,
oppressed in the land and to make them leaders and, when it set, leaving them behind on the left,
and make them inheritors. (28:5) while they were lying in an open part of it. That
We made them leaders, summoning to the Fire, was one of Allah’s Signs. Whoever Allah guides
and on the Day of Rising they will not be helped. is truly guided. But if He misguides someone,
(28:41) you will find no protector for them to guide them
We appointed leaders from among them, guiding rightly. (18:17)
by Our command when they were steadfast and You would have supposed them to be awake
when they had certainty about Our Signs. (32:24) whereas in fact they were asleep. We moved
them to the right and to the left, and, at the en-
LEAF trance, their dog stretched out its paws. If you
The keys of the Unseen are in His possession. No had looked down and seen them, you would
one knows them but Him. He knows everything in have turned from them and run and have been
the land and sea. No leaf falls without His know- filled with terror at the sight of them. (18:18)
ing it. There is no seed in the darkness of the earth, There was also a sign for Saba in their dwelling
and nothing moist or dry which is not in a Clear place: two gardens–one to the right and one to
Book. (6:59) the left. ‘Eat of your Lord’s provision and give
So he (Satan) enticed them to do it by means of thanks to Him: a bountiful land and a forgiving
trickery. Then when they tasted the tree, their pri- Lord.’ (34:15)
vate parts were disclosed to them and they started And the two recording angels are recording, sit-
stitching together the leaves of the Garden in order ting on the right and on the left. (50:17)
to cover themselves. Their Lord called out to But as for him who is given his Book in his left
them, ‘Did I not forbid you this tree and say to hand, he will say, ‘If only I had not been given
you, "Satan is an outright enemy to you"?’ (7:22) my Book.’ (69:25)
He (Musa) said, ‘It is my staff. I lean on it and beat What is the matter with those who disbelieve?
down leaves for my sheep with it and have other They run about in front of you, with outstretched
uses for it.’ (20:18) necks and staring eyes, on the right and on the
So the two of them ate from it and their private left in scattered groups! (70:36-37)
parts were disclosed to them and they started Those who reject Our signs, they are the
stitching together the leaves of the Garden to Companions of the Left. (90:19)
cover themselves. Adam disobeyed his Lord and
became misled. (20:121) LEGION
He laid out the earth for all living creatures. In it It is He Who sent down serenity into the hearts of
are fruits and date-palms with covered spathes, the believers thereby increasing their faith with
and grains on leafy stems and fragrant herbs. more faith–the legions of the heavens and the
(55:10-12) earth belong to Allah. Allah is All-Knowing, All-
Wise. (48:4)
LEFT The legions of the heavens and the earth belong
(Satan said,) ‘Then I will come at them, from in to Allah. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. (48:7)
front of them and behind them, from their right We have only appointed angels as masters of the
and from their left. You will not find most of them Fire and We have only specified their number as
thankful.’ (7:17) a trial for those who disbelieve; so that those who
Do they not see the things Allah has created, were given the Book might gain in certainty, and
casting their shadows to the right and to the left, those who believe might increase in their faith,
prostrating themselves before Allah in complete and both those who were given the Book and the
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