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you greatly in stature. Remember Allah’s bless- you pay heed! (27:62)
ings, so that hopefully you will be successful.’ It is He Who made you successors (khalif) on the
(7:69) earth. So whoever disbelieves, his disbelief is
(Salih said to his people,) ‘Remember when He against himself. In Allah’s sight, the disbelief of
appointed you successors to ‘Ad and settled you the disbelievers only increases their loathsome-
in the land. You built palaces on its plains and ness; the disbelief of the disbelievers only in-
carved out houses from the mountains. creases their loss. (35:39)
Remember Allah’s blessings and do not go about (We said), ‘Dawud! We have made you a succes-
the earth, corrupting it.’ (7:74) sor (khalif) on the earth, so judge between people
They said, ‘We suffered harm before you came to with truth and do not follow your own desires,
us and after you came to us.’ He (Musa) said, ‘It letting them misguide you from the Way of Allah.
may well be that your Lord is going to destroy Those who are misguided from the Way of Allah
your enemy and make you the successors in the will receive a harsh punishment because they
land so that He can see how you behave.’ (7:129) forgot the Day of Reckoning.’ (38:26)
We set aside thirty nights for Musa and then com- Believe in Allah and His Messenger and give of
pleted them with ten, so the appointed time of that to which He has made you successors.
his Lord was forty nights in all. Musa said to his Those of you who believe and give will have an
brother Harun, ‘Be my successor (khalif) among immense reward. (57:7)
my people. Keep order and do not follow the What is the matter with you that you do not hope
way of the corrupters.’ (7:142) for honour from Allah, when He created you by
Then We appointed you after them to be succes- successive stages? (71:13-14)
sors (khalif) on the earth so We might observe (I swear) by those sent forth in succession, (77:1)
how you would act. (10:14) When the stars fall in rapid succession. (81:2)
But they denied him (Nuh) so We rescued him,
and all those with him, in the Ark and We made SUCKLING
them the successors and We drowned the people Forbidden for you are: your mothers and your
who denied Our Signs. See the final fate of those daughters and your sisters, your maternal aunts
who were warned! (10:73) and your paternal aunts, your brothers’ daughters
Everyone has a succession of angels in front of him and your sisters’ daughters, your foster mothers
and behind him, guarding him by Allah’s com- who have suckled you, your foster sisters by
mand. Allah never changes a people’s state until suckling, your wives’ mothers, your stepdaugh-
they change what is in themselves. When Allah de- ters who are under your protection: the daugh-
sires evil for a people, there is no averting it. They ters of your wives whom you have had sexual
have no protector apart from Him. (13:11) relations with (though if you have not had sexual
Allah has promised those of you who believe and relations with them there is nothing blameworthy
do right actions that He will make them succes- for you in it then), the wives of your sons whom
sors in the land as He made those before them you have fathered, and marrying two sisters at
successors, and will firmly establish for them the same time–except for what may have already
their religion with which He is pleased and give taken place. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most
them, in place of their fear, security. ‘They wor- Merciful. (4:23)
ship Me, not associating anything with Me.’ Any We revealed to Musa’s mother, ‘Suckle him and
who disbelieve after that, such people are devia- then when you fear for him cast him into the sea.
tors. (24:55) Do not fear or grieve; We will return him to you
He Who responds to the oppressed when they and make him one of the Messengers.’ (28:7)
call on Him and removes their distress, and has Let them live where you live, according to your
appointed you as successors (khalif) of the earth. means. Do not put pressure on them, so as to ha-
Is there another god besides Allah? How little rass them. If they are pregnant, maintain them
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