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‘Our Lord, reprieve us for a short time. We will those who believe and do right actions and re-
respond to Your call and follow the Messengers.’ member Allah repeatedly and defend themselves
‘But did you not swear to Me before that you after they have been wronged? Those who do
would never meet your downfall, even though wrong will soon know the kind of reversal they
you inhabited the houses of those who had will receive! (26:225-227)
wronged themselves and it was made clear to She (Queen of Sheba) was told: ‘Enter the court-
you how We had dealt with them and We gave yard,’ but when she saw it she supposed it to be a
you many examples?’ (14:44-45) pool and bared her legs. He said, ‘It is a court-
What are they waiting for but the angels to come yard paved with glass.’ She said, ‘My Lord, I have
to them or your Lord's command to come? That wronged myself but I have submitted with
is like what those before them did. Allah did not Sulayman to the Lord of all the worlds.’ (27:44)
wrong them; rather they wronged themselves. He (Musa) said, ‘My Lord, I have wronged my-
(16:33) self. Forgive me.’ So He forgave him. He is the
As for those who migrate for Allah’s sake after Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful. (28:16)
being wronged, We shall give them good lodging We seized each one of them for their wrong ac-
in this world, and the reward of the hereafter is tions. Against some We sent a sudden squall of
greater still if they only knew. (16:41) stones; some of them were seized by the Great
On that Day every self will come to argue for it- Blast; some We caused the earth to swallow up;
self and every self will be paid in full for what it and some We drowned. Allah did not wrong
did. They will not be wronged. (16:111) them; rather they wronged themselves. (29:40)
We forbade the Jews those things We told you Have they not travelled in the earth and seen the
about before. We did not wrong them; rather final fate of those before them? They had greater
they wronged themselves. (16:118) strength than them and cultivated the land and
He entered his garden and wronged himself by inhabited it in far greater numbers than they do.
saying, ‘I do not think that this will ever end.’ Their Messengers also came to them with the
(18:35) Clear Signs. Allah would never have wronged
The Book will be set in place and you will see the them; but they wronged themselves. (30:9)
evildoers fearful of what is in it. They will say, They said, ‘Our Lord, put more distance between
‘Alas for us! What is this Book which does not our staging posts.’ They wronged themselves so
pass over any action, small or great, without We made legends of them and scattered them
recording it?’ They will find there everything they without a trace. There are certainly Signs in that
did and your Lord will not wrong anyone at all. for everyone who is steadfast and thankful.
(18:49) (34:19)
An evil generation succeeded them who neg- Then We made Our chosen servants inherit the
lected the prayer and followed their appetites. Book. But some of them wrong themselves; some
They will plunge into the Valley of Evil–except are ambivalent; and some outdo each other in
for those who repent and believe and act rightly. good by Allah’s permission. That is the great
They will enter the Garden and they will not be favour. (35:32)
wronged in any way. (19:59-60) Today no self will be wronged in any way. You
‘That is for what you did before. Allah does not will only be repaid for what you did. (36:54)
wrong His servants.’ (22:10) We showered blessings upon him and upon
Permission to fight is given to those who are Ishaq. Among their descendants are good-doers
fought against because they have been and also people who clearly wrong themselves.
wronged–truly Allah has the power to come to (37:113)
their support. (22:39) He (Dawud) said, ‘He has wronged you by ask-
Do you not see how they ramble on in every ing for your ewe to add to his ewes. Truly many
style and say things which they do not do, except partners are unjust to one another–except those
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