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rightly, We will admit him into Gardens with blinds the sight. (24:43)
rivers flowing under them remaining in them Among His Signs is that He shows you lightning,
timelessly, for ever and ever. Allah has provided a source of fear and eager hope, and sends down
for him excellently! (65:11) water from the sky, bringing the dead earth back
You who believe! Repent to Allah. It may be that to life by it. There are certainly Signs in that for
your Lord will erase your bad actions from you people who use their intellect. (30:24)
and admit you into Gardens with rivers flowing If they turn away, then say, ‘I warn you of a light-
under them on the Day when Allah will not dis- ning-bolt like the lightning-bolt of ‘Ad and of
grace the Prophet and those who believed along Thamud.’ (41:13)
with him. Their light will stream out ahead of As for Thamud, We guided them, but they pre-
them and on their right. They will say, ‘Our Lord, ferred blindness to guidance. So the lightning-
perfect our light for us and forgive us! You have bolt of the punishment of humiliation seized
power over all things.’ (66:8) them on account of what they earned. (41:17)
Do you not see how He created seven heavens in
layers, and placed the moon as a light in them LIKENESS
and made the sun a blazing lamp? (71:15-16) Their likeness is that of people who light a fire,
and then when it has lit up all around them,
LIGHTNING Allah removes their light. (2:17)
Or (their likeness is) that of a storm-cloud in the The likeness of those who disbelieve is that of the
sky, full of darkness, thunder and lightning. They beast which, call out to it as one may, can hear
put their fingers in their ears against the thunder- nothing but a shout and a cry. Deaf–dumb–blind.
claps, fearful of death. Allah encompasses the They do not use their intellect. (2:171)
disbelievers. (2:19) You who believe! Do not nullify your charity by
The lightning all but takes away their sight. demands for gratitude or insulting words, like
Whenever they have light, they walk in it but him who spends his wealth, showing off to peo-
whenever darkness covers them, they halt. If ple and not believing in Allah and the Last Day.
Allah wished, He could take away their hearing His likeness is that of a smooth rock coated with
and their sight. Allah has power over all things. soil, which, when heavy rain falls on it, is left
(2:20) stripped bare. They have no power over anything
The People of the Book will ask you to bring they have earned. Allah does not guide disbe-
down a Book from heaven to them. They asked lieving people. (2:264)
Musa for even more than that. They said, ‘Let us The likeness of ‘Isa in Allah’s sight is the same as
see Allah with our own eyes.’ So the lightning- Adam. He created him from earth and then He
bolt struck them down for their wrongdoing. said to him,‘Be!’ and he was. (3:59)
Then they adopted the Calf after the Clear Signs The likeness of the two groups is that of the blind
had come to them, but We pardoned them for and deaf and the seeing and hearing. Are they
that and gave Musa clear authority. (4:153) the same as one another? So will you not pay
It is He Who shows you the lightning, striking heed? (11:24)
fear and bringing hope; it is He Who heaps up Those who do not believe in the akhira have an
the heavy clouds. (13:12) evil likeness. Allah’s is the Highest Likeness. He
Do you not see that Allah propels the clouds then is the Almighty, the All-Wise. (16:60)
makes them coalesce then heaps them up, and Look how they make likenesses of you and go
then you see the rain come pouring out of the astray. They are unable to find their way. (17:48)
middle of them? And He sends down mountains They bring you no similitude but We bring you
from the sky with hail inside them, striking with it the truth and the best of explanations (as against
anyone He wills and averting it from anyone He it). (25:33)
wills. The brightness of His lightning almost He makes likenesses of Us and forgets his own
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