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70 PRAYER IN THE QUR'AN

Allah said, "I will send it down to you but if anyone among you
disbelieve after that, I will punish him with a punishment the
like of which I will not inflict on anyone else in all the worlds!"

(Surat al-Mai'da: 115)
Isa's (as) other prayer conveyed in Surat al-Ma'ida shows us how
he asked for forgiveness and protection for his disciples:
And when Allah says, '''Isa son of Maryam! Did you say to peo-
ple, 'Take me and my mother as gods besides Allah?'" he will

say, "Glory be to You! It is not for me to say what I have no right
to say! If I had said it, then You would have known it. You
know what is in my self but I do not know what is in Your Self.
You are the Knower of all unseen things."

"I said to them nothing but what You ordered me to say:
'Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord.' I was a witness
against them as long as I remained among them, but when You
took me back to You, You were the One watching over them.
You are Witness of all things. If You punish them, they are Your
servants. If you forgive them, You are the Almighty, the All-
Wise." (Surat al-Mai'da: 116-118)

The Prophet Muhammad's (saas) Prayers Related in
the Qur'an

The Prophet Muhammad (saas), who is praised in the Qur'an with
the verse, "Indeed you are truly vast in character." (Surat al-Qalam:4)
spared some of his night-time for the remembrance of Allah and wor-
shipping. This is expressed in one of the verses as follows:

Your Lord knows that you stay up nearly two-thirds of the
night—or half of it, or a third of it—and a group of those with