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What an evil thing they have sold themselves for this world is that of a wind with an icy bite to it
in rejecting what Allah has sent down, outraged which strikes the crops of a people who have
that Allah should send down His favour on wronged themselves and destroys them. Allah
whichever of His servants He wills. They have did not wrong them; rather it was themselves
brought down anger upon anger on themselves. they were wronging. (3:117)
The disbelievers will have a humiliating punish- (Believers are) those who, when they act inde-
ment. (2:90) cently or wrong themselves, remember Allah and
They follow what the Satans recited in the reign ask forgiveness for their bad actions (and who
of Sulayman. Sulayman did not disbelieve, but can forgive bad actions except Allah?) and do not
the Satans did, teaching people sorcery and what knowingly persist in what they were doing.
had been sent down to Harut and Marut, the two (3:135)
angels in Babylon, who taught no one without No self can die except with Allah’s permission, at
first saying to him, ‘We are merely a trial and a predetermined time. If anyone desires the re-
temptation, so do not disbelieve.’ People learned ward of this world, We will give him some of it. If
from them how to separate a man and his wife anyone desires the reward of the hereafter, We
but they cannot harm anyone by it, except with will give him some of it. We will recompense the
Allah's permission. They have learned what will thankful. (3:145)
harm them and will not benefit them. They know It is not for any prophet to be false to his trust.
that any who deal in it will have no share in the Those who are false will arrive on the Day of
hereafter. What an evil thing they have sold Rising with what they have misappropriated.
themselves for if they only knew! (2:102) Then every self will be paid in full for what it
Many of the People of the Book would love it if earned. They will not be wronged. (3:161)
they could turn you back to disbelief after you Every self will taste death. You will be paid your
have become believers, showing their innate wages in full on the Day of Rising. Anyone who
envy now that the truth is clear to them. But you is distanced from the Fire and admitted to the
should pardon and overlook until Allah gives His Garden has triumphed. The life of this world is
command. Truly Allah has power over all things. just the enjoyment of delusion. (3:185)
(2:109) O mankind! Have fear of your Lord Who created
On the night of the fast it is lawful for you to have you from a single self and created its mate from it
sexual relations with your wives. They are cloth- and then disseminated many men and women
ing for you and you for them. Allah knows that from the two of them. Have fear of Allah in
you have been betraying yourselves and He has Whose name you make demands on one another
turned towards you and excused you. Now you and also in respect of your families. Allah
may have sexual intercourse with them and seek watches over you continually. (4:1)
what Allah has written for you. Eat and drink You who believe! Do not consume one another’s
until you can clearly discern the white thread property by false means, but only by means of
from the black thread of the dawn, then fulfil the mutually agreed trade. And do not kill your-
fast until the night appears. But do not have sex- selves. Allah is Most Merciful to you. (4:29)
ual intercourse with them while you are in retreat We sent no Messenger except to be obeyed by
in the mosques. These are Allah’s limits, so do Allah’s permission. If only when they wronged
not go near them. In this way does Allah make themselves they had come to you and asked
His Signs clear to people so that hopefully they Allah’s forgiveness and the Messenger had asked
will guard against evil. (2:187) forgiveness for them they would have found
A group of the People of the Book would love to Allah Ever-Returning, Most Merciful. (4:64)
misguide you. They only misguide themselves The angels ask those they take while they are
but they are not aware of it. (3:69) wronging themselves, ‘What were your circum-
The metaphor of what they spend in their life in stances?’ They reply, ‘We were oppressed on
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