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They debar them from the path, yet they still the exchange the wrongdoers make! (18:50)
think they are guided. (43:37) And We will unite those who believed with their
Do not let Satan bar your way. He truly is an out- offspring, who followed them in faith, and We
right enemy to you. (43:62) will not undervalue their own actions in any
As for those who disbelieve and bar others from way. Every man is in pledge for what he earned.
the Way of Allah, Allah will make their actions (52:21)
go astray. (47:1)
Those who disbelieve and obstruct the Way of OIL
Allah and are entrenched in hostility towards the By means of it (water) We produce gardens of
Messenger after the guidance has become clear dates and grapes for you, in which there are
to them, do not harm Allah in any way and He many fruits for you and from which you eat, and
makes their actions come to nothing. (47:32) a tree springing forth from Mount Sinai yielding
Those who disbelieve and obstruct the Way of oil and a seasoning to those who eat. (23:19-20)
Allah, and then die disbeliever, Allah will not for- Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth.
give them. (47:34) The metaphor of His Light is that of a niche in
They are those who disbelieved and debarred which is a lamp, the lamp inside a glass, the glass
you from the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) like a brilliant star, lit from a blessed tree, an
and prevented the sacrifice from reaching its olive, neither of the east nor of the west, its oil all
proper place, and had it not been for some men but giving off light even if no fire touches it. Light
and women who are believers, whom you did upon Light. Allah guides to His Light whoever He
not know and might trample underfoot, and so wills and Allah makes metaphors for mankind
unknowingly incur blame on their account–so and Allah has knowledge of all things. (24:35)
that Allah might admit into His mercy those He When heaven is split apart and goes red like
wills–and had those among them who disbelieve dregs of oil. (55:37)
been clearly distinguishable, We would have
punished them with a painful punishment. OLD AGE
(48:25) Would any of you like to have a garden of dates
They made their oaths into a cloak and barred and grapes, with rivers flowing underneath and
the Way of Allah, so they will have a humiliating containing all kinds of fruits, then to be stricken
punishment. (58:16) with old age and have children who are weak,
They have made their oaths into a cloak and and then for a fierce whirlwind containing fire to
barred the Way of Allah. What they have done is come and strike it so that it goes up in flames? In
truly evil. (63:2) this way Allah makes His Signs clear to you, so
that hopefully you will reflect. (2:266)
OFFSPRING He said, ‘My Lord, how can I possibly have a son
(Ibrahim said,) ‘Our Lord! I have settled some of when I have reached old age and my wife is bar-
my offspring by Your Sacred House in an unculti- ren?’ He said, ‘It will be so. Allah does whatever
vated valley. Our Lord! Let them perform prayer! He wills.’ (3:40)
Make the hearts of mankind incline towards She said, ‘Woe is me! How can I give birth when
them and provide them with fruits, so that hope- I am an old woman and my husband here is an
fully they will be thankful.’ (14:37) aged man? This is indeed an astonishing thing!’
When We said to the angels, ‘Prostrate your- (11:72)
selves to Adam,’ they prostrated with the excep- They said, ‘Your Eminence! He has an old and
tion of Diabolis. He was one of the jinn and venerable father, so take one of us instead of him.
wantonly deviated from his Lord’s command. Do We see without a doubt that you are of the peo-
you take him and his offspring as protectors apart ple who do good.’ (12:78)
from Me when they are your enemy? How evil is (Ibrahim said,) ‘Praise be to Allah Who, despite
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