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Allah will not forgive those who disbelieve and wills, and puts whoever He wills on a straight
do wrong or guide them on any path. (4:168) path. (6:39)
As for those who believe in Allah and hold fast to And some of their forebears, descendants and
Him, He will admit them into mercy and favour brothers; We chose them and guided them to a
from Him and will guide them to Him on a straight path. (6:87)
straight path. (4:175) If you obeyed most of those on earth, they would
Allah made a covenant with the tribe of Israel misguide you from Allah’s Way. They follow
and We raised up twelve leaders from among nothing but conjecture. They are only guessing.
them. Allah said, ‘I am with you. If you perform (6:116)
prayer and give the alms, and believe in My Your Lord knows best who is misguided from His
Messengers and respect and support them, and Way and He knows best those who are guided.
make a generous loan to Allah, I will erase your (6:117)
wrong actions from you and admit you into This is the path of your Lord–straight. We have
Gardens with rivers flowing under them. Any of made the Signs clear for people who remember.
you who disbelieve after that have gone astray (6:126)
from the right way.’ (5:12) This is My Path and it is straight, so follow it. Do
By it, Allah guides those who follow what not follow other ways or you will become cut off
pleases Him to the ways of Peace. He will bring from His Way. That is what He instructs you to
them from the darkness to the light by His per- do, so that hopefully you will guard against evil.
mission, and guide them to a straight path. (5:16) (6:153)
You who believe! Have fear of Allah and seek the Say: ‘My Lord has guided me to a straight path, a
means of drawing near to Him, and strive in His well-founded religion, the religion of Ibrahim, a
Way, so that hopefully you will be successful. man of pure natural belief. He was not one of the
(5:35) idolaters.’ (6:161)
You who believe! If any of you renounce your re- He (Satan) said, ‘By Your misguidance of me, I
ligion, Allah will bring forward a people whom will lie in ambush for them on your straight path.’
He loves and who love Him, humble to the be- (7:16)
lievers, fierce to the disbelievers, who strive in (Between them a herald will proclaim: ‘May the
the Way of Allah and do not fear the blame of curse of Allah be on the wrongdoers,) those who
any censurer. That is the unbounded favour of bar access to the Way of Allah, seeking in it
Allah which He gives to whoever He wills. Allah something crooked, and reject the hereafter.’
is Boundless, All-Knowing. (5:54) (7:45)
Say: ‘Shall I tell you of a reward with Allah far Do not lie in wait on every pathway, threatening
worse than that: that of those whom Allah has people, barring those who believe from the Way
cursed and with whom He is angry–turning some of Allah, seeking in it something crooked.
of them into monkeys and into pigs–and who Remember when you were few and He in-
worshipped false gods? Such people are in a creased your number: see the final fate of the
worse situation and further from the right way.’ corrupters! (7:86)
(5:60) We set aside thirty nights for Musa and then com-
Say: ‘People of the Book! Do not go to extremes pleted them with ten, so the appointed time of
in your religion, asserting other than the truth, his Lord was forty nights in all. Musa said to his
and do not follow the whims and desires of peo- brother Harun, ‘Take my place among my peo-
ple who were misguided previously and have ple. Keep order and do not follow the way of the
misguided many others, and are far from the right corrupters.’ (7:142)
way.’ (5:77) I will divert from My Signs all those who are ar-
Those who deny Our Signs are deaf and dumb in rogant in the earth without any right. If they see
utter darkness. Allah misguides whoever He every Sign, they will not believe in it. If they see
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