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He is the Living–there is no god but Him–so call Thankful, Most Forbearing. The Knower of the
on Him, making your religion sincerely His. Praise Unseen and the Visible, the Almighty, the All-
be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. (40: 65) Wise. (64:17-18)
It is He Who sends down abundant rain, after they (He is) the Possessor of the Throne, the All-
have lost all hope, and unfolds His mercy. He is the Glorious. (85:15)
Protector, the Praiseworthy. (42:28) Say: ‘He is Allah, Absolute Oneness, Allah, the
The legions of the heavens and the earth belong to Everlasting Sustainer of all. He has not given
Allah. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. (48:7) birth and was not born. And no one is compara-
(Has he not been informed) that it is He Who ble to Him.’ (112: 1-4)
brings about both laughter and tears; that it is He
Who brings about both death and life; that He cre- NASR
ated the two sexes–male and female? (53:43-45) They have hatched a mighty plot saying, "Do not
Everything in the heavens and the earth glorifies abandon your gods. Do not abandon Wadd or
Allah. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise. The king- Suwa‘ or Yaghuth or Ya‘uq or Nasr." (71:22-23)
dom of the heavens and the earth belongs to Him.
He gives life and causes to die. He has power over NATION
all things. He is the First and the Last, the Outward You are the best nation ever to be produced be-
and the Inward. He has knowledge of all things. fore mankind. You enjoin the right, forbid the
(57:1-3) wrong and believe in Allah. If the People of the
(Allah does not love) those who are tight-fisted and Book were to believe, it would be better for them.
tell others to be tight-fisted. If anyone turns away, Some of them are believers but most of them are
Allah is the Rich Beyond Need, the Praiseworthy. deviators. (3:110)
(57:24) How will it be when We bring a witness from every
He is Allah–there is no god but Him. He is the nation and bring you as a witness against them?
Knower of the Unseen and the Visible. He is the (4:41)
All-Merciful, the Most Merciful. (59:22) We sent Messengers to nations before you, and af-
He is Allah–there is no god but Him. He is the flicted those nations with hardship and distress so
King, the Most Pure, the Perfect Peace, the that hopefully they would humble themselves.
Trustworthy, the Safeguarder, the Almighty, the (6:42)
Compeller, the Supremely Great. Glory be to Allah Do not curse those they call upon besides Allah, in
above all they associate with Him. (59:23) case that makes them curse Allah in animosity,
He is Allah–the Creator, the Maker, the Giver of without knowledge. In this way We make the ac-
Form. To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. tions of every nation seem attractive to them. Then
Everything in the heavens and earth glorifies Him. they will return to their Lord, and He will inform
He is the Almighty, the All-Wise. (59:24) them about what they did. (6:108)
There is an excellent example in them for you to Every nation has an appointed time. When their
follow, that is for those whose hope is in Allah and time comes, they cannot delay it a single hour or
the Last Day. But if anyone turns away, Allah is the bring it forward. (7:34)
Rich Beyond Need, the Praiseworthy. (60:6) He will say, ‘Enter the Fire together with the nations
That is because their Messengers brought them the of jinn and men who have passed away before
Clear Signs but they said, ‘Are human beings you.’ Each time a nation enters, it will curse its sis-
going to guide us?’ So they disbelieved and turned ter nation, until, when they are all gathered to-
away. But Allah is completely independent of gether in it, the last of them will say to the first, ‘Our
them. Allah is Rich Beyond Need, Praiseworthy. Lord, those are the ones who misguided us, so
(64:6) give them a double punishment in the Fire.’ He
If you make a generous loan to Allah He will mul- will say, ‘Each will receive double. But you do
tiply it for you and forgive you. Allah is All- not know it.’ (7:38)
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