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Thinking Over the Verses of the Qur'an 95

pay heed. It is He Who made the sea subservient to you so that you
can eat fresh flesh from it and bring out from it ornaments to wear.
And you see the ships cleaving through it so that you can seek His
bounty, and so that hopefully you will show thanks. He cast firmly
embedded mountains on the earth so it would not move under you,
and rivers and pathways so that hopefully you would be guided, and
landmarks. And they are guided by the stars. Is He Who creates like
him who does not create? So will you not pay heed? (Surat an-Nahl:
11-17)

Allah Summons People to Think about
Their Own Selves
Have they not reflected within themselves? (Surat ar-Rum: 8)

Allah Summons People to Think about Good
Values and Deeds
And that you do not go near the property of orphans before they
reach maturity – except in a good way; that you give full measure and
full weight with justice – We impose on no self any more than it can
bear; that you are equitable when you speak – and that you fulfil
Allah's contract. That is what He instructs you to do, so that hope-
fully you will pay heed. (Surat al-An‘am: 152)
Allah commands justice and doing good and giving to relatives. And
He forbids indecency and doing wrong and tyranny. He warns you so
that hopefully you will pay heed. (Surat an-Nahl: 90)
You who believe! Do not enter houses other than your own until you
have asked permission and greeted their inhabitants. That is better for
you, so that hopefully you will pay heed. (Surat an-Nur: 27)

Allah Summons People to Think about the Hereafter,
the Hour, and the Day of Judgment

On the day that each self finds the good it did, and the evil it did, pre-
sent there in front of it, it will wish there were an age between it and
then. Allah advises you to beware of Him. Allah is Ever-Gentle to
those that serve Him. (Surah Al ‘Imran: 30)