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wealth should not make oaths that they will not RELATIVITY OF TIME
give to their relatives and the very poor and those The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day
who have migrated in the way of Allah. They whose length is fifty thousand years. (70:4)
should rather pardon and overlook. Would you He directs the whole affair from heaven to earth.
not love Allah to forgive you? Allah is Ever- Then it will again ascend to Him on a Day whose
Forgiving, Most Merciful. (24:22) length is a thousand years by the way you meas-
Warn your near relatives. (26:214) ure. (32:5)
When Our Messengers came to Lut, he was dis- They ask you to hasten the punishment. Allah
tressed on their account, feeling incapable of will not break His promise. A day with your Lord
protecting them. They said, ‘Do not fear and do is equivalent to a thousand years in the way you
not grieve. We are going to rescue you and your count. (22:47)
family–except for your wife; she will be one of
those who stay behind.’ (29:33) RELIGION (DEEN)
Give relatives their due, and the poor and trav- The Jews and the Christians will never be pleased
ellers. That is best for those who seek the pleas- with you until you follow their religion. Say,
ure of Allah. They are the ones who are ‘Allah’s guidance is the true guidance.’ If you
successful. (30:38) were to follow their whims and desires, after the
The Prophet is closer to the believers than their knowledge that has come to you, you would find
own selves, and his wives are their mothers. But no protector or helper against Allah. (2:120)
blood-relations have closer ties to one another in Who would deliberately renounce the religion of
the Book of Allah than the believers and the emi- Ibrahim except someone who reveals himself to
grants, except that you should act in a proper be a fool? We chose him in this world and in the
manner towards your close associates. That is in- hereafter he will be one of the righteous. (2:130)
scribed in the Book. (33:6) They say, ‘Be Jews or Christians and you will be
Whatever booty Allah gives to His Messenger guided.’ Say, ‘Rather adopt the religion of
from city dwellers belongs to Allah and to the Ibrahim, a man of natural pure belief. He was not
Messenger and to near relatives and orphans and one of the idolaters.’ (2:135)
the very poor and travellers, so that it does not There is no compulsion where the religion is
become something which merely revolves be- concerned. Right guidance has become clearly
tween the rich among you. Whatever the distinct from error. Anyone who rejects false
Messenger gives you you should accept and gods and believes in Allah has grasped the
whatever he forbids you you should forgo. Have Firmest Handhold, which will never give way.
fear of Allah–Allah is severe in retribution. (59:7) Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (2:256)
Neither your blood relations nor your children The religion with Allah is Islam. Those given the
will be of any use to you. On the Day of Rising Book only differed after knowledge had come to
He will differentiate between you. Allah sees them, envying one another. As for those who re-
what you do. (60:3) ject Allah’s Signs, Allah is swift at reckoning.
You who believe! Some of your wives and chil- (3:19)
dren are an enemy to you, so be wary of them. Is it other than the religion of Allah that you de-
But if you pardon and exonerate and forgive, sire, when everything in the heavens and earth,
Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (64:14) willingly or unwillingly, submits to Him and to
Your wealth and children are a trial. But with Him you will be returned? (3:83)
Allah there is an immense reward. (64:15) If anyone desires anything other than Islam as a
It (the steep ascent) is freeing a slave or feeding religion, it will not be accepted from him, and in
on a day of hunger an orphaned relative. (90:13- the hereafter he will be among the losers. (3:85)
15) Say, ‘Allah speaks the truth, so follow the religion
of Ibrahim, a man of pure natural belief. He was
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