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themselves. That was because they rejected Allah’s When Yusuf told his father, ‘Father! I saw eleven
Signs and killed the Prophets without any right to bright stars, and the sun and moon as well. I saw
do so. That was because they rebelled and went them all prostrate in front of me.’ (12:4)
beyond the limits. (2:61) He has made night and day subservient to you, and
Because of the fact that they broke their covenant, the sun and moon and stars, all subject to His com-
and rejected Allah’s Signs, and killed the Prophets mand. There are certainly Signs in that for people
without any right to do so and said, ‘Our hearts are who use their intellect. (16:12)
uncircumcised,’ Allah has stamped them with dis- He cast firmly embedded mountains on the earth
belief, so they do not believe except for very few. so it would not move under you, and rivers and
(4:155) pathways so that hopefully you would be guided,
They are pleased to be with those who stay behind. and landmarks. And they are guided by the stars.
Their hearts have been stamped so they do not un- (16:15-16)
derstand. (9:87) Do you not see that everyone in the heavens and
everyone on the earth prostrates to Allah, and the
STANDING UP sun and moon and stars and the mountains, trees
We fortified their hearts when they stood up and and beasts and many of mankind? But many of
said, ‘Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the them inevitably merit punishment. Those Allah hu-
earth and We will not call on any god apart from miliates will have no one to honour them. Allah
Him. We would in that case have uttered an abom- does whatever He wills. (22:18)
ination. (18:14) Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The
And We located the position of the House for metaphor of His Light is that of a niche in which is
Ibrahim: ‘Do not associate anything with Me and a lamp, the lamp inside a glass, the glass like a bril-
purify My House for those who circle it, and those liant star, lit from a blessed tree, an olive, neither of
who stand and bow and prostrate.’ (22:26) the east nor of the west, its oil all but giving off light
He Who sees you when you stand up to pray. even if no fire touches it. Light upon Light. Allah
(26:218) guides to His Light whoever He wills and Allah
Say: ‘I exhort you to do one thing alone: to stand makes metaphors for mankind and Allah has
before Allah in pairs and on your own and then re- knowledge of all things. (24:35)
flect. Your companion is not possessed. He is only He (Ibrahim) took a look at the stars. (37:88)
a warner come to you ahead of a terrible punish- And glorify Him in the night and when the stars
ment.’ (34:46) fade out. (52:49)
By the star when it descends, (53:1)
STAR And I swear by the falling of the stars. (56:75)
When night covered him he (Ibrahim) saw a star When the stars are extinguished, (77:8)
and said, ‘This is my Lord!’ Then when it set he When the stars fall in rapid succession, (81:2)
said, ‘I do not love what sets.’ (6:76) When the stars are strewn about, (82:2)
It is He Who has appointed the stars for you so you And what will convey to you what the Night-
might be guided by them in the darkness of the Comer is? The Piercing Star! (86:2-3)
land and sea. We have made the Signs clear for
people who have knowledge. (6:97) STATE OF PILGRIMAGE (SEE IHRAM)
Your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and
the earth in six days and then settled Himself firmly STATUE
on the Throne. He covers the day with the night, When he (Ibrahim) said to his father and his peo-
each pursuing the other urgently; and the sun and ple, ‘What are these statues you are clinging to?’
moon and stars are subservient to His command. (21:52)
Both creation and command belong to Him. They made for him (Sulayman) anything he
Blessed be Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. (7:54) wished: high arches and statues, huge dishes like
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