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Among His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, andthe living creatures that He has spread in both of them: and Heis capable of gathering them all together whenever He wants.
But if anyone commits a crime and charges an innocent person withit (a Muslim from the tribe of Bani Dhafar committed theft andput the blame on a Jew who was innocent), he indeed shall bearthe guilt of slander and a flagrant sin.
Have you not seen those who, though forbidden to hold secretcounsels, persistently do what was forbidden? They hold secretcounsels among themselves for sin, hostility and disobedience tothe Rasool. Yet when they come to you, they greet you in wordswhich Allah does not greet you with, and say to themselves: "Whydoes Allah not punish us for what we say?" Hell is enough forthem, they shall burn in its flames, what an evil destination!
O believers! When you confer together in private, do not talkabout sin and hostility and disobedience to the Rasool; but tocounsel about virtue and piety, and fear Allah, before whom youshall be brought together.
Fighting has been made obligatory for you, much to your dislike.It is quite possible that something which you don't like is goodfor you and that something which you love is bad for you. Allahknows, and you do not.
Now your Rabb may again be merciful to you; but if you repeat thesame behavior, We will repeat the punishment, and in thehereafter, We have made hell a prison for such unbelievers.
There is no virtue in most of the secret counsels of the people;it is, however, good if one secretly enjoins charity, kindness,and reconciliation among people; the one who does this to pleaseAllah, will soon be given a mighty reward.
We gave Musa (Moses) the Holy Book (Torah) and the criterion ofright and wrong so that you might be rightly guided.
O believers! If you fear Allah He will grant you a criterion (tojudge between right and wrong), do away with your sins andforgive you. Allah is the Lord of Mighty Grace.
Certainly, We granted to Musa (Moses) and Haroon (Aaron) theCriterion of right and wrong, a light and a reminder for thoserighteous people
Blessed is the One Who has revealed Al-Furqan (the criterion todistinguish right from wrong: The Qur'an) to His servant, that hemay be a Warner to the worlds;
This is The Book in which there is no doubt. (Since its Author,Allah, the Creator of this universe, possesses completeknowledge, there is no room for doubt about its contents.) It isa guide for those who are God conscious,
Praise be to Allah Who has revealed the Book to His servant and did not make it complicated.
This Qur'an is revealed in Arabic, which is free from any flaw,so that they may learn to be righteous.
The residents of paradise will call out to the inmates of thehellfire: "We have indeed found out the promises of our Rabb tobe true. Have you, too, found the promise of your Rabb to betrue?" "Yes," they will answer, and a herald will proclaim amongthem, "the curse of Allah be upon those wrongdoers
Who can be more wrong than the one who forges a lie againstAllah? Such people will be brought before their Rabb, and thewitnesses will say: "These are the ones who lied against theirRabb." Beware! The Curse of Allah is on those wrongdoers
who hinder others from the path of Allah and seek to make itcrooked, and who deny the hereafter.
These people cannot frustrate His plan in the land and there isnone to protect them besides Allah. Their punishment shall bedoubled, for they could neither hear others who speak the Truthnor see the Truth for themselves.
They are the ones who have lost their own souls, and the fanciesthey invented have left them in the lurch.
No doubt they will be the greatest losers in the Hereafter.
They are the ones who love the life of this world more than thehereafter, who debar others from the Way of Allah and seek tomake it crooked: they have gone far astray into error.
We shall surely test your steadfastness with fear and famine,with loss of property, life and produce. Give good news to thosewho endure with patience;
who, when afflicted with calamity, say: "We belong to Allah andto Him we shall return."
Such are the people on whom there are blessings and Mercy fromAllah; and they are the ones that are rightly guided.
It is He who has created all kinds of plants, trellised anduntrellised, the palm trees, the field crops with produce ofdifferent kinds, the olives and pomegranates, similar in kind yetdifferent in taste. Eat of their fruit in their season and giveaway their Zakah on the harvest day. Do not be spendthrift,surely He does not love the spendthrifts.
After all this, they still broke their covenant, rejected theRevelation of Allah, killed the Prophets unjustly. Yet they say:"Our hearts are in secure wrappings which have preserved Allah'sWord; we need no more." Nay! It is Allah who has sealed theirhearts on account of their disbelief. They have no faith except alittle.
They went in their unbelief to such an extent that they utteredterrible slander against Maryam (Mary).
They even say: "We have killed the Messiah, Isa (Jesus), son ofMaryam, the Rasool of Allah." Whereas in fact, neither did theykill him nor did they crucify him but they thought they didbecause the matter was made dubious for them. Those who differtherein are only in doubt. They have no real knowledge, theyfollow nothing but merely a conjecture, certainly they did notkill him (Jesus).
Nay! The fact is that Allah took him up to Himself. Allah isMighty, Wise.
If a women fears cruelty or desertion from her husband, there isno blame if both of them agree to reconcile by means of acompromise, after all compromise is better. Human souls are proneto narrow- mindedness, but if you show generosity and fear Allahin your dealings, surely Allah is well aware of your actions.
But those who rebukes his parents and say: "Uff (as if to say, donot bothering me)! Do you threaten me with a resurrection,whereas many a generations have passed before me and none hascome back from among them?" And they both cry for Allah's helpand say: "Woe to you! Be a good believer. Surely the promise ofAllah is true." But he replies: "This is nothing but tales of theancients."
Such are the people against whom the verdict of torment hasproved true and they will be among the prior people of the jinnsand the men that have passed away before them. Indeed they willbe the losers.
When you are blessed with good fortune they grieve; but if somemisfortune overtakes you they rejoice. If you are patient andguard yourself against evil, their schemes will not harm you inany way. Surely Allah encompasses all their actions.
When you are blessed with good fortune they grieve; but if somemisfortune overtakes you they rejoice. If you are patient andguard yourself against evil, their schemes will not harm you inany way. Surely Allah encompasses all their actions.
Do you not see how Allah sends down water from the sky whichpenetrates the earth and come out through springs? With it Hebrings forth a variety of crops with different colors, then theywither and you see them turning yellow, and then finally Hecrumbles them to dust. Surely, in this example, there is a lessonfor the people of understanding.