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weighs as little as a mustard-seed and is inside a enemy and they became victorious. (61:14)
rock or anywhere else in the heavens or earth, (On the Day) no good friend will ask about his
Allah will bring it out. Allah is All-Pervading, All- friend even though they can see each other. An
Aware.’ My son, perform prayer and command evildoer will wish he could ransom himself from
what is right and forbid what is wrong and be the punishment of that Day, by means of his
steadfast in the face of all that happens to you. sons, (70:10-11)
That is certainly the most resolute course to fol-
low.’ (31:16-17) SOOTHSAYER
When We made a covenant with all the Remind them then! For, by the blessing of your
Prophets–with you and with Nuh and Ibrahim Lord, you are neither a soothsayer nor a mad-
and Musa and ‘Isa son of Maryam–We made a man. (52:29)
binding covenant with them. (33:7)
They incur no blame in respect of their fathers or SORCERY
their sons or their brothers or their brothers’ or They follow what the Satans recited in the reign
sisters’ sons, or their women or any slaves they of Sulayman. Sulayman did not disbelieve, but
own. Have fear of Allah. Allah is witness of all the Satans did, teaching people sorcery and what
things. (33:55) had been sent down to Harut and Marut, the two
When he was of an age to work with him, he angels in Babylon, who taught no one without
(Ibrahim) said, ‘My son, I saw in a dream that I first saying to him, ‘We are merely a trial and
must sacrifice you. What do you think about temptation, so do not disbelieve.’ People learned
this?’ He said, ‘Do as you are ordered, father. from them how to separate a man and his wife
Allah willing, you will find me resolute.’ (37:102) but they cannot harm anyone by it, except with
When an example is made of the son of Maryam Allah's permission. They have learned what will
your people laugh uproariously. (43:57) harm them and will not benefit them. They know
Then We sent Our Messengers following in their that any who deal in it will have no share in the
footsteps and sent ‘Isa son of Maryam after them, hereafter. What an evil thing they have sold
giving him the Gospel. We put compassion and themselves for if they only knew! (2:102)
mercy in the hearts of those who followed him.
They invented monasticism–We did not pre- SOUND INTELLECT
scribe it for them–purely out of desire to gain the Eat and pasture your cattle. Certainly there are
pleasure of Allah, but even so they did not ob- Signs in that for people of sound intellect. (20:54)
serve it as it should have been observed. To those Are they not guided by the many generations We
of them who believed We gave their reward but have destroyed before them, among whose
many of them are deviators. (57:27) dwelling places they walk about? There are Signs
And when ‘Isa son of Maryam said, ‘Tribe of in that for people of sound intellect. (20:128)
Israel, I am the Messenger of Allah to you, con-
firming the Torah which came before me and giv- SPARK
ing you the good news of a Messenger after me Proceed to a shadow which forks into three but
whose name is Ahmad.’ When he brought them gives no shade or protection from the flames,
the Clear Signs, they said, ‘This is downright shooting up great sparks the size of castles, like a
magic.’ (61:6) herd of yellow camels. (77:30-33)
You who believe! Be helpers of Allah as ‘Isa son
of Maryam said to the Disciples, ‘Who will be SPATHE
my helpers to Allah?’ The Disciples said, ‘We will (Salih said to his people,) ‘Are you going to be
be the helpers of Allah.’ One faction of the tribe left secure amid what is here, amid gardens and
of Israel believed and the other disbelieved. So clear springs, and cultivated fields and palms
We supported those who believed against their with supple spathes?’ (26:146-148)
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