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Truly Allah has knowledge of the Hour and sends The Companions of the Ramparts will call out to
down abundant rain and knows what is in the men they recognise by their mark, saying, ‘What
womb. And no self knows what it will earn to- you amassed was of no use to you, nor was your
morrow and no self knows in what land it will arrogance. (7:48)
die. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware. (31:34)
It is He Who sends down abundant rain, after RANSOM
they have lost all hope, and unfolds His mercy. Have fear of a Day when no self will be able to
He is the Protector, the Praiseworthy. (42:28) compensate for another in any way. No interces-
When they saw it as a storm cloud advancing on sion will be accepted from it, no ransom taken
their valleys they said, ‘This is a storm cloud from it, and they will not be helped. (2:48)
which will give us rain.’ No, rather it is what you Then you are the people who are killing one an-
desired to hasten–a wind containing painful pun- other and expelling a group among you from
ishment. (46:24) their homes, ganging up against them in wrong-
Know that the life of this world is merely a game doing and enmity. Yet if they are brought to you
and a diversion and ostentation and a cause of as captives, you ransom them, when it was for-
boasting among yourselves and trying to outdo bidden for you to expel them in the first place!
one another in wealth and children: like the Do you, then, believe in one part of the Book and
plant-growth after rain which delights the culti- reject the other? What repayment will there be
vators, but then it withers and you see it turning for any of you who do that except disgrace in this
yellow, and then it becomes broken stubble. In world? And on the Day of Rising, they will be re-
the hereafter there is terrible punishment but also turned to the harshest of punishments. Allah is
forgiveness from Allah and His good pleasure. not unaware of what you do. (2:85)
The life of this world is nothing but the enjoy- Have fear of a Day when no self will be able to
ment of delusion. (57:20) compensate for another in any way, and no ran-
He will send heaven down on you in abundant som will be accepted from it, and no intercession
rain. (71:11) benefit it, and they will not be helped. (2:123)
Divorce can be pronounced two times; in which
RAMADAN case wives may be retained with correctness and
The month of Ramadan is the one in which the courtesy or released with good will. It is not law-
Qur’an was sent down as guidance for mankind, ful for you to keep anything you have given them
with Clear Signs containing guidance and dis- unless a couple fear that they will not remain
crimination. Any of you who are resident for the within Allah’s limits. If you fear that they will not
month should fast it. But any of you who are ill or remain within Allah’s limits, there is nothing
on a journey should fast a number of other days. wrong in the wife ransoming herself with some of
Allah desires ease for you; He does not desire dif- what she received. These are Allah’s limits, so do
ficulty for you. You should complete the number not overstep them. Those who overstep Allah’s
of days and proclaim Allah’s greatness for the limits are wrongdoers. (2:229)
guidance He has given you so that hopefully you As for those who disbelieve and die while they
will be thankful. (2:185) are disbelievers, the whole earth filled with gold
would not be accepted from any of them if they
RAMPART were to offer it as a ransom. They will have a
There will be a dividing wall between them and painful punishment. They will have no helpers.
on the ramparts there will be men who recognise (3:91)
everyone by their mark. They will call out to the As for those who disbelieve, if they had every-
people of the Garden: ‘Peace be upon you!’ They thing on the earth and the same again with it to
will not enter it for all their ardent desire to do so. ransom themselves from the punishment of the
(7:46) Day of Rising, it would not be accepted from
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