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In the Name of Allah,
The All-Merciful and Most
Merciful

the knowledge that Allah controls
everything. Those who turn to Allah and

expect a reward only from Him will always find His av-
enues of help and support close-by:
No, Allah is your Protector. And He is the best of
helpers. (Surah Al ‘Imran, 150)

All the traps set for believers are de-

stroyed immediately

Those unbelievers who struggle against the believ-
ers resort to all sorts of insidious measures, such as
forming alliances against believers and setting various
traps for them. They think that because they outnumber
the believers they will be successful. However, they for-
get that where there are two people, Allah is the third;
where there are three people, Allah is the fourth.
Moreover, they are entirely unaware that Allah is clos-
er to a person than his or her jugular vein. But whether

they hide their intentions or strike openly, “Allah knows
what the heart contains” (Surah Luqman, 23), every detail
of their plans, and every trap they set. Thus, He foils them
from the beginning, regardless of their complexity. No mat-
ter how extensive or insidious the trap, Allah the Creator
of all tells us in the Qur’an that He will destroy it:

Allah always confounds the schemes of the unbelievers.
(Surat al-Anfal, 18)
They concocted their plots, but their plots

were with Allah, even if they were such as

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