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will appoint after difficulty, ease. (65:1-7) now all their roofs and walls are fallen in; how
many abandoned wells and stuccoed palaces!
WALK LIGHTLY (22:45)
The servants of the All-Merciful are those who That Day the men and women of the hypocrites
walk lightly on the earth and, who, when the ig- will say to those who believe, ‘Wait for us so that
norant speak to them, say, ‘Peace’; (25:63) we can borrow some of your light.’ They will be
told, ‘Go back and look for light!’ And a wall will
WALL be erected between them with a gate in it, on the
There will be a dividing wall between them and inside of which there will be mercy but before
on the ramparts there will be men who recognise whose exterior lies the punishment. (57:13)
everyone by their mark. They will call out to the They (the hypocrites) will not fight against you all
people of the Garden: ‘Peace be upon you!’ They together as a group except in fortified towns or
will not enter it for all their ardent desire to do so. behind high walls. Their hostility towards each
(7:46) other is intense. They are full of bravado in each
Accordingly We made them chance upon them other’s company. You consider them united but
unexpectedly so they might know that Allah’s their hearts are scattered wide. That is because
promise is true and that there is no doubt about they are people who do not use their intellect.
the Hour. When they were arguing among them- (59:14)
selves about the matter, they said, ‘Wall up their Allah loves those who fight in His Way in ranks
cave, their Lord knows best about them.’ But like well-built walls. (61:4)
those who got the better of the argument con-
cerning them said, ‘We will build a place of wor- WAR
ship over them.’ (18:21) If you do not, know that it means war from Allah
Say: ‘It is the truth from your Lord; so let whoever and His Messenger. But if you repent you may
wishes believe and whoever wishes disbelieve.’ have your capital, without wronging and without
We have prepared for the wrongdoers a Fire being wronged. (2:279)
whose billowing walls of smoke will hem them The reprisal against those who wage war on
in. If they call for help, they will be helped with Allah and His Messenger, and go about the earth
water like seething molten brass, frying their corrupting it, is that they should be killed or cru-
faces. What a noxious drink! What an evil re- cified, or have their alternate hands and feet cut
pose! (18:29) off, or be banished from the land. That will be
So they went on until they reached the inhabi- their degradation in this world and in the here-
tants of a town. They asked them for food but after they will have a terrible punishment. (5:33)
they refused them hospitality. They found there a The Jews say, ‘Allah’s hand is chained.’ Their
wall about to fall down and he built it up. Musa hands are chained and they are cursed for what
said, ‘If you had wanted, you could have taken a they say! No! Both His hands are open wide and
wage for doing that.’ (18:77) He gives however He wills. What has been sent
(He said to Musa,) ‘As for the wall, it belonged to down to you from your Lord increases many of
two young orphans in the town and there was a them in insolence and disbelief. We have incited
treasure underneath it, belonging to them. Their enmity and hatred between them until the Day of
father was one of the righteous and your Lord Rising. Each time they kindle the fire of war, Allah
wanted them to come of age and then to unearth extinguishes it. They rush about the earth corrupt-
their treasure as a mercy from Him. I did not do it ing it. Allah does not love corrupters. (5:64)
of my own volition. That is the explanation of the So if you come upon such people in war, make a
things about which you were not able to restrain harsh example of them to deter those coming after
yourself.’ (18:82) them so that hopefully they will pay heed. (8:57)
How many wrongdoing cities We destroyed, and As for those who have set up a mosque, causing
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