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you deviate? (39:6) You who believe! People should not ridicule oth-
(Angels ask forgiveness for believers,) ‘Our Lord, ers who may be better than themselves; nor
admit them to the Gardens of Eden You have should any women ridicule other women who
promised them, and all of their parents, wives may be better than themselves. And do not find
and children who acted rightly. Truly You are the fault with one another or insult each other with
Almighty, the All-Wise.’ (40:8) derogatory nicknames. How evil it is to have a
When he (Musa) brought them the truth from Us name for evil conduct after coming to faith!
they said, ‘Slaughter the sons of those who be- Those people who do not turn from it are wrong-
lieve with him but let their women live.’ The doers. (49:11)
stratagems of the disbelievers are nothing but er- Mankind! We created you from a male and fe-
rors. (40:25) male, and made you into peoples and tribes so
Has He then taken daughters from what He has that you might come to know each other. The no-
created and chosen sons for you? (43:16) blest among you in Allah’s sight is the one of you
When any of them is given the good news of the who best performs his duty. Allah is All-Knowing,
very thing which he himself has ascribed to the All-Aware. (49:13)
All-Merciful, his face darkens and he is furious. His (Ibrahim’s) wife came up with a shriek and
‘What! Someone brought up among pretty trin- struck her face and said, ‘What, and me a barren
kets who cannot produce a cogent argument!’ old woman!’ (51:29)
(43:17-18) They will recline on couches ranged in rows and
We have instructed man to be good to his par- We will marry them to dark-eyed maidens.
ents. His mother bore him with difficulty and (52:20)
with difficulty gave birth to him; and his bearing (Has he not been informed) that He created the
and weaning take thirty months. Then when he two sexes–male and female? (53:45)
achieves his full strength and reaches forty, he On the Day you see the men and women of the
says, ‘My Lord, keep me thankful for the blessing believers, with their light streaming out in front of
You bestowed on me and on my parents, and them, and to their right: ‘Good news for you
keep me acting rightly, pleasing You. And make today of Gardens with rivers flowing under them,
my descendants righteous. I have repented to remaining in them timelessly, for ever. That is the
You and I am truly one of the Muslims.’ (46:15) Great Victory.’ (57:12)
But what of him who says to his parents, ‘Fie on The men and women who give charity and make
you! Do you promise me that I will be resur- a good loan to Allah will have it increased for
rected when generations before me have passed them and they will have a generous reward.
away?’ They both call on Allah for help: ‘Woe to (57:18)
you! Believe! Allah’s promise is true.’ But he You who believe! When women who believe
says, ‘This is nothing but the myths of previous come to you as emigrants, submit them to a test.
peoples.’ (46:17) Allah has best knowledge of their faith. If you
(It is) so that He may admit the men and women know they are believers, do not return them to
of the believers into Gardens with rivers flowing the disbelievers. They are not lawful for the dis-
under them, remaining in them timelessly, for believers nor are the disbelievers lawful for them.
ever, and erase their bad actions from them; and Give the disbelievers whatever dowry they paid.
in Allah’s sight that is a mighty victory. And so And there is nothing wrong in your marrying
that He might punish the men and women of the them provided you pay them their due. Do not
hypocrites and the men and women of the idol- hold to any marriage ties with women who dis-
aters–those who think bad thoughts about Allah. believe. Ask for what you paid and let them ask
They will suffer an evil turn of fate. Allah is angry for what they paid. That is Allah’s judgement.
with them, and has cursed them and prepared Allah will judge between them. Allah is All-
Hell for them. What an evil destination! (48:5-6) Knowing, All-Wise. (60:10)
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