Page 89 - The Basic Concepts in the Qur’an

instruct them in the scriptures and in wisdom, and purify them of sin: for you are the
Exalted in Might and Wise.”
(Al-Baqara, 127-129)

There are some who say: “Our Lord! Give us good in this world and good in the
hereafter, and defend us from the torment of the Fire!” To these will be allotted what
they have earned; Allah is swift in His reckoning.
(Al-Baqara, 201-202)

When they advanced to meet Goliath and his forces, they prayed: “Our Lord! Fill our
hearts with constancy and make our steps firm: help us against those that reject faith.”
(Al-Baqara, 250)

On no soul does Allah place a burden greater than it can bear. It shall be requitted for
whatever good and whatever evil it has done. (Pray:) “Our Lord! Do not condemn us
if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Do not lay on us a burden like that which you
laid on those before us; Our Lord! Do not lay on us a burden greater than we have
strength to bear. Forgive us our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. You
alone are our Protector. Help us against those who stand out against faith.”
(Al-Baqara, 286)

“Our Lord!” (they say), “Let not our hearts deviate now after you have guided us, but
grant us your own mercy for you are the Giver of bounties without measure. Our
Lord! You will surely gather mankind together upon a day about which there is no
doubt; for Allah never fails in His promise.”
(Al-Imran, 8-9)

Those who say “Our Lord! we have indeed believed: forgive us, then, our sins, and
save us from the agony of the Fire.”
(Al-Imran, 16)

Behold! a woman of ‘Imran said: “O my Lord! I dedicate to you what is in my womb
for your special service. So accept this from me. You alone hear and know all things.”
(Al-Imran, 35)

There Zakariya prayed to his Lord, saying: “O my Lord! Grant me progeny that is
pure: you hear all prayers!
(Al-Imran, 38)

“Our Lord! we believe in what you have revealed, and we follow the Messenger; then
write us down among those who bear witness.”
(Al-Imran, 53)

All that they said was: “Our Lord! Forgive us our sins and anything We may have
done that transgressed our duty: make us firm of foot and help us against those that
resist faith.”
(Al-Imran, 147)

In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alteration of night and day,
there are signs for men of sense; those who celebrate the praises of Allah, standing,
sitting, and lying down on their sides, and contemplate the wonders of creation in the
heavens and the earth, saying: “Our Lord! not for nothing have you created all this!
Glory be to You! Give us salvation from the penalty of the Fire. Our Lord! any whom
you cast into the Fire, you will cover with shame, and never will wrong-doers find any
helpers! Our Lord! We have heard the call of one calling Us to the true faith saying:
‘Believe you in your Lord,’ and we have believed. Our Lord! Forgive us our sins,
remove from us our iniquities, and take to yourself our souls in the company of the