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blessed, from the descendants of Adam and from you so that there should be no restriction for the
those We carried with Nuh, and from the descen- believers regarding the wives of their adopted
dants of Ibrahim and Isra’il and from those We sons when they have divorced them. Allah’s
guided and chose. When the Signs of the All- command is always carried out. (33:37)
Merciful were recited to them they fell on their We placed between them and the cities We had
faces, weeping, in prostration. (19:58) blessed other clearly conspicuous cities, making
We delivered both him and Lut to the land which them measured stages on the way: ‘Travel be-
We had blessed for all beings. (21:71) tween them in safety by night and day.’ (34:18)
And to Sulayman We gave the fiercely blowing Mankind! Remember Allah’s blessing to you. Is
wind, speeding at his command towards the land there any creator other than Allah providing for
which We had blessed. And We had full knowl- you from heaven and earth? There is no god but
edge of everything. (21:81) Him. So how have you been perverted? (35:3)
He (Sulayman) smiled, laughing at its words, and So he will look down and see him in the midst of
said, ‘My Lord, keep me thankful for the blessing the Blazing Fire and say, ‘By Allah, you almost
You have bestowed on me and on my parents, ruined me! If it were not for the blessing of my
and keep me acting rightly, pleasing You, and Lord, I would have been among those arraigned.’
admit me, by Your mercy, among Your servants (37:55-57)
who are righteous.’ (27:19) We showered blessings upon him (Ibrahim) and
He said, ‘My Lord, because of Your blessing to upon Ishaq. Among their descendants are good-
me, I will never be a supporter of evildoers.’ doers and also people who clearly wrong them-
(28:17) selves. (37:113)
Do they not see that We have established a safe When harm touches man he calls upon his Lord,
haven while people all round them are violently repenting to Him. Then when He grants him a
dispossessed? So why do they believe in false- blessing from Him, he forgets what he was call-
hood and reject the blessing of Allah? (29:67) ing for before and ascribes rivals to Allah, so as to
Do you not see that Allah has subjected to you misguide others from His Way. Say: ‘Enjoy your
everything in the heavens and earth and has disbelief for a little while. You are among the
showered His blessings upon you, both out- Companions of the Fire.’ (39:8)
wardly and inwardly? Yet there are people who When harm touches man he calls on Us. Then
argue about Allah without knowledge or guid- when We grant him a blessing from Us he says, ‘I
ance or any illuminating Book. (31:20) have only been given this because of my knowl-
Do you not see that ships sail on the sea by edge.’ In fact it is a trial but most of them do not
Allah’s blessing so that He can show you some- know it. (39:49)
thing of His Signs? There are certainly Signs in He placed firmly embedded mountains on it,
that for everyone who is steadfast and thankful. towering over it, and blessed it and measured out
(31:31) its nourishment in it, laid out for those who seek
You who believe! Remember Allah’s blessing to it–all in four days. (41:10)
you when forces came against you and We sent a When We grant blessing to a man, he turns away
wind against them and other forces you could and draws aside but when any evil touches him,
not see. Allah sees what you do. (33:9) he is full of endless prayers! (41:51)
When you said to him whom Allah has blessed It is He Who created all the species and gave you
and you yourself have greatly favoured, ‘Keep ships and livestock for you to ride, so that you
your wife to yourself and have fear of Allah,’ might sit firmly on their backs and remember
while concealing something in yourself which your Lord’s blessing while you are seated on
Allah wished to bring to light, you were fearing them, saying, ‘Glory be to Him Who has sub-
people when Allah has more right to your fear. jected this to us. We could never have done it by
Then when Zayd divorced her We married her to ourselves.’ (43:12-13)
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