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He is only a servant on whom We bestowed Our bours who are related to you and neighbours
blessing and whom We made an example for the who are not related to you, and to companions
tribe of Israel. (43:59) and travellers and your slaves. Allah does not
We have instructed man to be good to his par- love anyone vain or boastful. (4:36)
ents. His mother bore him with difficulty and But if We let him taste blessings after hardship
with difficulty gave birth to him; and his bearing has afflicted him, he says, ‘My troubles have
and weaning take thirty months. Then when he gone away,’ and he is overjoyed, boastful.
achieves his full strength and reaches forty, he (11:10)
says, ‘My Lord, keep me thankful for the blessing Do not avert your face from people out of haugh-
You bestowed on me and on my parents, and tiness and do not strut about arrogantly on the
keep me acting rightly, pleasing You. And make earth. Allah does not love anyone who is vain or
my descendants righteous. I have repented to boastful. (31:18)
You and I am truly one of the Muslims.’ (46:15) That is so that you will not be grieved about the
Truly We have granted you a clear victory, so that things that pass you by or exult about the things
Allah may forgive you your earlier errors and any that come to you. Allah does not love any vain or
later ones and complete His blessing upon you, boastful man. (57:23)
and guide you on a Straight Path. (48:1-2)
It is a great favour from Allah and a blessing. BOAT
Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (49:8) It is He Who conveys you on both land and sea
Remind them then! For, by the blessing of your so that when some of you are on a boat, running
Lord, you are neither a soothsayer nor a mad- before a fair wind, rejoicing at it, and then a vio-
man. (52:29) lent squall comes upon them and the waves
Which one of your Lord’s blessings do you then come at them from every side and they realise
dispute? (53:55) there is no way of escape, they call on Allah,
It was a blessing direct from Our presence. That making their religion sincerely His: ‘If You rescue
is how We recompense those who give thanks. us from this, we will truly be among the thank-
(54:35) ful.’ (10:22)
So which of your Lord’s blessings do you both They continued until they boarded a boat and he
then deny? (55: 13, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25, 28, 30, scuppered it. Then Musa said, ‘Did you scupper
32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, it so that its owners would be drowned? This is
59, 61, 63, 65, 67,69, 71, 73, 75, 77) truly a dreadful thing that you have done!’
By the blessing of your Lord, you are not mad. (18:71)
(68:2) (He said to Musa,) ‘As for the boat, it belonged to
Had a blessing from his Lord not overtaken him, some poor people who worked on the sea. I
he would have been thrown up on the naked wanted to damage it because a king was coming
shore, for he was at fault. (68:49) behind them, commandeering every boat.’
And as for the blessing of your Lord, speak out! (18:79)
(93:11)
BOILING WATER
BLISS Here are two rival groups who disputed concern-
The truly good will be in perfect Bliss. (82:13) ing their Lord. Those who disbelieve will have
The truly good will be in perfect Bliss. (83:22) garments of fire cut out for them, and boiling
water poured over their heads, which will melt
BOASTFULNESS the contents of their bellies as well as their skin.
Worship Allah and do not associate anything (22:19-20)
with Him. Be good to your parents and relatives This! So let them taste it–boiling water and scald-
and to orphans and the very poor, and to neigh- ing pus and other such torments. (38:57-58)
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