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PEACE OF HUDAYBIYYAH
Truly We have granted you a clear victory, so that Allah may forgive
you your earlier errors and any later ones and complete His blessing upon
you, and guide you on a Straight Path and so that Allah may help you with
a mighty help. (48:1-3)
No, you thought that the Messenger and the believers were not going to
return to their families, and that seemed pleasing to your hearts and
you thought evil thoughts and you were a blighted people. (48:12)
When you go out to get the booty, those who remained behind will say,
'Allow us to follow you,' desiring to alter Allah's words. Say: 'You may
not follow us. That is what Allah said before.' They will say, 'It is
only because you envy us.' No indeed! How little they have understood!
(48:15)
Say to the Arabs who remained behind: 'You will be called up against
a people who possess great force whom you must fight unless they submit.
If you obey, Allah will give you an excellent reward. But if you turn
your backs as you did before, He will punish you with a painful punishment.'
(48:16)
Allah was pleased with the believers when they pledged allegiance to
you under the tree. He knew what was in their hearts, and sent down serenity
to them and has rewarded them with an imminent victory, and with much
booty which they will take. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. (48:18-19)
Allah has promised you much booty which you will take, and has hastened
this for you and held people's hands back from you, so that it might be
a Sign to the believers, and so that He might guide you to a straight
path. (48:20)
And other booty you do not yet have the power to take-Allah has already
encompassed it. Allah has power over all things. (48:21)
If those who disbelieve should fight you, they would turn their backs
and then find no one to protect or help them. (48:22)
It is He Who held their hands back from you, and your hands from them
in the valley of Makka, after giving you the upper hand over them. Allah
sees what you do. (48:24)
They are those who disbelieved and debarred you from the Sacred Mosque
(Masjid al-Haram) and prevented the sacrifice from reaching its proper
place, and had it not been for some men and women who are believers, whom
you did not know and might trample underfoot, and so unknowingly incur
blame on their account-so that Allah might admit into His mercy those
He wills-and had those among them who disbelieve been clearly distinguishable,
We would have punished them with a painful punishment. (48:25)
Those who disbelieve filled their hearts with fanatical rage-the fanatical
rage of the Time of Ignorance-and Allah sent down serenity to His Messenger
and to the believers, and bound them to the expression of heedfulness
which they had most right to and were most entitled to. Allah has knowledge
of all things. (48:26)
Allah has confirmed His Messenger's vision with truth: 'You will enter
the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) in safety, Allah willing, shaving
your heads and cutting your hair without any fear.' He knew what you did
not know and ordained, in place of this, an imminent victory. (48:27)
It is He Who sent His Messenger with the Guidance and the Religion of
Truth to exalt it over every other religion and Allah suffices as a witness.
(48:28)
PEARL
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. (16:14)
But Allah will admit those who believe and do right actions into Gardens
with rivers flowing under them where they will be adorned with gold bracelets
and pearls, and where their clothing will be of silk. (22:23)
They will enter Gardens of Eden where they will be adorned with gold
bracelets and pearls, and where their clothing will be of silk. (35:33)
There will be dark-eyed maidens with them, with eyes reserved for them
alone, just like closely guarded pearls. (37:48-49)
Circulating among them there will be youths like hidden pearls. (52:24)
From out of them (the seas) come glistening pearls and coral. (55:22)
(In the Gardens there are maidens) like precious gems of ruby and pearl.
(55:58)
And dark-eyed maidens like hidden pearls. (56:22-23)
Ageless youths will circulate among them, serving them. Seeing them,
you would think them scattered pearls. (76:19)
PEN
If all the trees on earth were pens and all the sea, with seven more
seas besides, was ink Allah's words still would not run dry. Allah is
Almighty, All-Wise. (31:27)
Nun. By the Pen and what they write down! (68: 1)
He Who taught by the pen, taught man what he did not know. (96:4-5)
PEOPLE OF AL-HIJR
The people of al-Hijr denied the Messengers. (15:80)
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK (AHL AL-KITAB)
Those of the People of the Book who disbelieve and the idolaters do not
like anything good to be sent down to you from your Lord. But Allah selects
for His mercy whomever He wills. Allah's favour is truly vast. (2:105)
Many of the People of the Book would love it if they could turn you back
to disbelief after you have become believers, showing their innate envy
now that the truth is clear to them. But you should pardon and overlook
until Allah gives His command. Truly Allah has power over all things.
(2:109)
Say, 'People of the Book! Come to a proposition which is the same for
us and you-that we should worship none but Allah.' 'People of the Book!
Why do you argue concerning Ibrahim when the Torah and Gospel were only
sent down after him? Why do you not use your intellect?' (3:64-65)
A group of the People of the Book would love to misguide you. They only
misguide themselves but they are not aware of it. (3:69)
People of the Book! Why do you reject Allah's Signs when you yourselves
are there as witnesses? (3:70)
People of the Book! Why do you mix truth with falsehood and knowingly
conceal the truth? (3:71)
A group of the People of the Book say, 'At the beginning of the day,
you should claim to believe in what was sent down to those who believe,
and then at the end of the day, you should reject it, so that hopefully
they will revert.' (3:72)
Among the People of the Book there are some who, if you entrust them
with a pile of gold, will return it to you. But there are others among
them who, if you entrust them with just a single dinar, will not return
it to you, unless you stay standing over them. That is because they say,
'We are under no obligation where the gentiles are concerned.' They tell
a lie against Allah and they know it. (3:75)
Say, 'People of the Book, why do you reject Allah's Signs when Allah
is witness of everything you do?' (3:98)
Say, 'People of the Book, why do you bar those who believe from the Way
of Allah, seeking in it something crooked, when you yourselves are witnesses
to it? Allah is not unaware of what you do.' (3:99)
You are the best nation ever to be produced before mankind. You enjoin
the right, forbid the wrong and believe in Allah. If the People of the
Book were to believe, it would be better for them. Some of them are believers
but most of them are deviators. (3:110)
They are not all the same. There is a community among the People of the
Book who are upright. They recite Allah's Signs throughout the night,
and they prostrate. (3:113)
Among the people of the Book there are some who believe in Allah and
in what has been sent down to you and what was sent down to them, and
who are humble before Allah. They do not sell Allah's Signs for a paltry
price. Such people will have their reward with their Lord. And Allah is
swift at reckoning. (3:199)
It is not a matter of wishful thinking on your part nor of the wishful
thinking of the People of the Book. Anyone who does evil will be repaid
for it. He will not find any protector or helper besides Allah. (4:123)
The People of the Book will ask you to bring down a Book from heaven
to them. They asked Musa for even more than that. They said, 'Let us see
Allah with our own eyes.' So the lightning-bolt struck them down for their
wrongdoing. Then they adopted the Calf after the Clear Signs had come
to them, but We pardoned them for that and gave Musa clear authority.
(4:153)
There is not one of the People of the Book who will not believe in him
('Isa son of Maryam) before he dies; and on the Day of Rising he will
be a witness against them. (4:159)
People of the Book! Do not go to excess in your religion. Say nothing
but the truth about Allah. The Messiah, 'Isa son of Maryam, was only the
Messenger of Allah and His Word, which He cast into Maryam, and a Spirit
from Him. So believe in Allah and His Messengers. Do not say, 'Three.'
It is better that you stop. Allah is only One God. He is too Glorious
to have a son! Everything in the heavens and in the earth belongs to Him.
Allah suffices as a Guardian. (4:171)
People of the Book! Our Messenger has come to you, making clear to you
much of the Book that you have kept concealed, and passing over a lot.
A Light has come to you from Allah and a Clear Book. (5:15)
People of the Book! Our Messenger has come to you, making things clear
to you, after a period with no Messengers, lest you should say, 'No one
came to us bringing good news or warning.' Someone has come to you bringing
good news and a warning. Allah has power over all things. (5:19)
Say: 'People of the Book! Do you resent us for any other reason than
that we believe in Allah and what was sent down to us, and what was sent
down before, and because most of you are deviators?' (5:59)
If only the People of the Book had believed and guarded against evil,
We would have erased their evil deeds from them and admitted them into
Gardens of Delight. (5:65)
Say: 'People of the Book! You have nothing to stand on until you implement
the Torah and the Gospel and what has been sent down to you from your
Lord.' What has been sent down to you from your Lord increases many of
them in insolence and disbelief. So do not waste your grief on the people
of the disbelievers. (5:68)
Say: 'People of the Book! Do not go to extremes in your religion, asserting
other than the truth, and do not follow the whims and desires of people
who were misguided previously and have misguided many others, and are
far from the right way.' (5:77)
Only argue with the People of the Book in the kindest way-except in the
case of those of them who do wrong-saying, 'We believe in what has been
sent down to us and what was sent down to you. Our God and your God are
one and we submit to Him.' (29:46)
He brought down from their fortresses those of the People of the Book
who supported them and cast terror into their hearts. You killed some
of them and some you took prisoner. (33:26)
So that the People of the Book may know that they have no power at all
over any of Allah's favour and that all favour is in the Hand of Allah.
He gives it to anyone He wills. Allah's favour is indeed immense. (57:29)
It is He Who expelled those who disbelieved among the People of the Book
from their homes to the first gathering-place. You did not think that
they would leave and they thought that their fortresses would protect
them from Allah. Then Allah came upon them from where they least expected
it and cast terror into their hearts. Their houses were pulled down by
their own hands and by the hands of the believers. People of insight,
take note! (59:2)
Did you not see the hypocrites saying to their brothers, those among
the People of the Book who disbelieve, 'If you are driven out we will
leave with you, we will never obey anyone to your detriment. And if you
are fought against we will help you'? Allah bears witness that they are
truly liars. (59:11)
The People of the Book who disbelieve and are the idolaters would not
be cut off until the Clear Sign came to them. (98:1)
The People of the Book who disbelieve and the idolaters will be in the
Fire of Hell, remaining in it timelessly, for ever. They are the worst
of creatures. (98:6)
PEOPLE OF TUBBA
Are they better or the people of Tubba' and those before them whom We
destroyed? They were certainly evildoers. (44:37)
And the Companions of the Thicket and the people of Tubba' (also denied
the truth). Each one denied the Messengers and My promise proved true.
(50:14)
PERSECUTION
Remember when We rescued you from the people of Pharaoh. They were inflicting
an evil punishment on you-slaughtering your sons and letting your women
live. In that there was a terrible trial for you from your Lord. (2:49)
Remember when We rescued you from Pharaoh's people who were inflicting
an evil punishment on you, killing your sons and letting your women live.
In that there was a terrible trial from your Lord. (7:141)
Remember when Musa said to his people, 'Remember Allah's blessing to
you when He rescued you from the people of Pharaoh. They were inflicting
an evil punishment on you, slaughtering your sons and letting your women
live. In that there was a terrible trial from your Lord.' (14:6)
(Their Messengers said,) 'And why indeed should we not put our trust
in Allah when He has guided us to our ways? We will be steadfast however
much you harm us. Those who trust put their trust in Allah.' (14:12)
But to those who migrated after they were persecuted and then strived
and remained steadfast, to them your Lord is All-Compassionate, Most Merciful.
(16:110)
There are some people who say, 'We believe in Allah,' and then, when
they suffer harm in Allah's cause, they take people's persecution for
Allah's punishment; but if help comes from your Lord they say, 'We were
with you.' Does Allah not know best what is in every person's heart? (29:10)
Those who persecute men and women of the believers, and then do not repent,
will have the punishment of Hell, will have the punishment of the Burning.
(85:10)
PHARAOH
Remember when We rescued you from the people of Pharaoh. They were inflicting
an evil punishment on you-slaughtering your sons and letting your women
live. In that there was a terrible trial for you from your Lord. (2:49)
And when We parted the sea for you and rescued you, and drowned the people
of Pharaoh while you watched. (2:50)
As for those who disbelieve, their wealth and children will not help
them against Allah in any way. They are fuel for the Fire, as was the
case with the people of Pharaoh and those before them. They denied Our
Signs so Allah seized them for their wrong actions. Allah is fierce in
retribution. (3:10-11)
And then, after them, We sent Musa with Our Signs to Pharaoh and his
ruling circle but they wrongfully rejected them. See the final fate of
the corrupters! (7:103)
Musa said, 'Pharaoh! I am truly a Messenger from the Lord of all the
worlds, duty bound to say nothing about Allah except the truth. I have
come to you with a Clear Sign from your Lord. So send the tribe of Israel
away with me.' (7:104-105)
He (Pharaoh) said, 'If you have come with a Clear Sign produce it if
you are telling the truth.' (7:106)
The ruling circle of Pharaoh's people said, 'This is certainly a skilled
magician who desires to expel you from your land, so what do you recommend?'
(7:109-110)
They said, 'Detain him and his brother and send out marshals to the cities,
to bring you all the skilled magicians.' (7:111-112)
The magicians came to Pharaoh and they asked, 'Will we receive a reward
if we are the winners?' (7:113)
He said, 'Yes, and you will be among those brought near.' (7:114)
They said, 'Musa, will you throw first or shall we be the ones to throw?'
(7:115)
He said, 'You throw.' And when they threw, they cast a spell on the people's
eyes and caused them to feel great fear of them. They produced an extremely
powerful magic. (7:116)
We revealed to Musa, 'Throw down your staff.' And it immediately swallowed
up what they had forged. (7:117)
So the Truth took place and what they did was shown to be false. (7:118)
They were defeated then and there, transformed into humbled men. (7:119)
The magicians threw themselves down in prostration. (7:120)
They said, 'We believe in the Lord of all the worlds, the Lord of Musa
and Harun.' (7:121-122)
Pharaoh said, 'Have you believed in him before I authorised you to do
so? This is just some plot you have concocted in the city to drive its
people from it. I will cut off your alternate hands and feet and then
I will crucify every one of you.' (7:123-124)
They said, 'We are returning to our Lord. You are only avenging yourself
on us because we believed in our Lord's Signs when they came to us. Our
Lord, pour down steadfastness upon us and take us back to You as Muslims.'
(7:125-126)
The ruling circle of Pharaoh's people said, 'Are you going to leave Musa
and his people to cause corruption in the earth and abandon you and your
gods?' He said, 'We will kill their sons and let their women live. We
have absolute power over them!' (7:127)
Musa said to his people, 'Seek help in Allah and be steadfast. The earth
belongs to Allah. He bequeathes it to any of His servants He wills. The
successful outcome is for those who guard against evil.' (7:128)
They said, 'We suffered harm before you came to us and after you came
to us.' He said, 'It may well be that your Lord is going to destroy your
enemy and make you the successors in the land so that He can see how you
behave.' (7:129)
We seized Pharaoh's people with years of drought and scarcity of fruits
so that hopefully they would pay heed. (7:130)
Whenever a good thing came to them, they said, 'This is our due.' But
if anything bad happened to them, they would blame their ill fortune on
Musa and those with him. No indeed! The ill fortune is theirs in Allah's
sight. But most of them did not know. (7:131)
They said, 'No matter what kind of Sign you bring us to bewitch us, we
will not believe in you.' (7:132)
So We sent down on them floods, locusts, lice, frogs and blood, Signs,
clear and distinct, but they proved arrogant and were an evildoing people.
(7:133)
Whenever the plague came down on them they said, 'Musa, pray to your
Lord for us by the contract He has with you. If you remove the plague
from us, we will definitely believe in you and send the tribe of Israel
away with you.' (7:134)
But when We removed the plague from them-for a fixed term which they
fulfilled-they broke their word. (7:135)
Then We took revenge on them and drowned them in the sea because they
denied Our Signs and paid no attention to them. (7:136)
And We bequeathed to the people who had been oppressed the easternmost
part of the land We had blessed, and its westernmost part as well. The
most excellent Word of your Lord was fulfilled for the tribe of Israel
on account of their steadfastness. And We utterly destroyed what Pharaoh
and his people made and the buildings they constructed. (7:137)
Remember when We rescued you from Pharaoh's people who were inflicting
an evil punishment on you, killing your sons and letting your women live.
In that there was a terrible trial from your Lord. (7:141)
Such was the case with Pharaoh's people and those before them. They rejected
Allah's Signs so Allah seized them for their wrong actions. Allah is Strong,
Severe in Retribution. (8:52)
That is because Allah would never change a blessing He has conferred
on a people until they had changed what was in themselves. Allah is All-Hearing,
All-Knowing. (8:53)
Such was the case with Pharaoh's people and those before them. They denied
their Lord's Signs so We destroyed them for their wrong actions. We drowned
Pharaoh's people. All of them were wrongdoers. (8:54)
Then after them We sent Musa and Harun with Our Signs to Pharaoh and
his ruling circle, but they were arrogant and were a people of evildoers.
(10:75)
Musa said, 'Do you say to the truth when it comes to you, "This is magic"?
Magicians are not successful.' (10:77)
Pharaoh said, 'Bring me every knowledgeable magician.' (10:79)
When the magicians came, Musa said to them, 'Throw whatever you have
to throw!' (10:80)
When they had thrown, Musa said, 'What you have brought is magic. Allah
will certainly prove it false. Allah does not uphold the actions of corrupters.'
(10:81)
Allah confirms the Truth by His words, even though the evildoers hate
it. (10:82)
No one believed in Musa except for a few of his people out of fear that
Pharaoh, and the elders, would persecute them. Pharaoh was high and mighty
in the land. He was one of the profligate. (10:83)
Musa said, 'My people! If you believe in Allah, then put your trust in
Him, if you are Muslims.' (10:84)
They said, 'We have put our trust in Allah. Our Lord, Do not make us
a target for this wrongdoing people, and rescue us, by Your mercy, from
this disbelieving people!' (10:85-86)
We revealed to Musa and his brother: 'Settle your people in houses in
Egypt and make your houses places of worship and perform prayer and give
good news to the believers.' (10:87)
Musa said, 'Our Lord, You have given Pharaoh and his ruling circle finery
and wealth in the life of this world, Our Lord, so that they may be misguided
from Your Way. Our Lord, obliterate their wealth and harden their hearts
so that they do not believe until they see the painful punishment.' (10:88)
He said, 'Your request is answered, so go straight and do not follow
the way of those who have no knowledge.' (10:89)
We brought the tribe of Israel across the sea and Pharaoh and his troops
pursued them out of tyranny and enmity. Then, when he was on the point
of drowning, he said, 'I believe that there is no god but Him in whom
the tribe of Israel believe. I am one of the Muslims.' (10:90)
'What, now! When previously you rebelled and were one of the corrupters?
Today We will preserve your body so you can be a Sign for people who come
after you. Surely many people are heedless of Our Signs.' (10:91-92)
We sent Musa with Our Signs and clear authority to Pharaoh and his ruling
circle. They followed Pharaoh's command but Pharaoh's command was not
rightly guided. (11:96-97)
He will go ahead of his people on the Day of Rising and lead them down
into the Fire. What an evil watering-hole to be led to! (11:98)
They are pursued by a curse in this world and on the Day of Rising. What
an evil gift to be given! (11:99)
Remember when Musa said to his people, 'Remember Allah's blessing to
you when He rescued you from the people of Pharaoh. They were inflicting
an evil punishment on you, slaughtering your sons and letting your women
live. In that there was a terrible trial from your Lord.' (14:6)
We gave Musa nine Clear Signs. Ask the tribe of Israel about when he
came to them and Pharaoh said to him, 'Musa, I think you are bewitched.'
(17:101)
He said, 'You know that no one sent these down but the Lord of the heavens
and earth to be clear proofs. Pharaoh, I think you are destroyed.' (17:102)
He wanted to scare them from the land but We drowned him and every one
of those with him. (17:103)
(Allah said to Musa,) 'Go to Pharaoh. He has overstepped the bounds.'
(20:24)
(Allah said to Musa,) 'Go to Pharaoh; he has overstepped the bounds.'
(20:43)
Pharaoh said, 'Who then is your Lord, Musa?' (20:49)
So Pharaoh went away and concocted his scheme and then he arrived. (20:60)
Pharaoh said, 'Do you believe in him before I have authorised you? He
is your chief, the one who taught you magic. I will cut off your hands
and feet alternately and have you crucified on palm trunks. Then you will
know for certain which of us has the harsher and longer lasting punishment.'
(20:71)
Pharaoh pursued them with his troops and the sea overwhelmed them utterly.
(20:78)
Pharaoh misguided his people. He was no guide. (20:79)
Then We sent Musa and his brother Harun with Our Signs and clear authority
to Pharaoh and his ruling circle. But they were proud and were a haughty
people. (23:45-46)
When your Lord called out to Musa: 'Go to the wrongdoing people, the
people of Pharaoh. Will they not guard against evil?' (26:10-11)
(Allah said to Musa,) 'Go to Pharaoh and say, "We are the Messenger of
the Lord of all the worlds to tell you to send the tribe of Israel away
with us."' (26:16-17)
He (Pharaoh) said, 'Did we not bring you up among us as a child and did
you not spend many years of your life among us? Yet you did the deed you
did and were ungrateful.' (26:18-19)
Pharaoh said, 'What is the Lord of all the worlds?' (26:23)
He said to the High Council round about him, 'This certainly is a skilled
magician who desires by his magic to expel you from your land, so what
do you recommend?' (26:34-35)
They said, 'Detain him and his brother and send out marshals to the cities,
to bring you all the skilled magicians.' (26:36-37)
So the magicians were assembled for a meeting on a specified day. (26:38)
The people were asked, 'Are you all assembled so we can follow the magicians
if they are the winners?' (26:39-40)
When the magicians came, they said to Pharaoh, 'Will we be rewarded if
we are the winners?' (26:41)
He said, 'Yes, and in that case you will be among those brought near.'
(26:42)
They threw down their ropes and staffs and said, 'By the might of Pharaoh
we are the winners.' (26:44)
He (Pharaoh) said, 'Have you believed in him before I authorised you?
He is your chief who taught you magic. But you will soon know! I will
cut off your alternate hands and feet and I will crucify every one of
you.' (26:49)
Pharaoh sent marshals into the cities: 'These people are a small group
and we find them irritating and we constitute a vigilant majority.' (26:53-56)
We expelled them from gardens and springs, from treasures and a splendid
situation. (26:57-58)
(Allah said to Musa,) 'Put your hand inside your shirt front. It will
emerge pure white, yet quite unharmed-one of nine Signs to Pharaoh and
his people. They are a people of deviators.' (27:12)
We recite to you with truth some news of Musa and Pharaoh for people
who believe. (28:3)
Pharaoh exalted himself arrogantly in the land and divided its people
into camps, oppressing one group of them by slaughtering their sons and
letting their women live. He was one of the corrupters. (28:4)
We desired to show kindness to those who were oppressed in the land and
to make them leaders and make them inheritors and establish them firmly
in the land and to show Pharaoh and Haman and their troops the very thing
that they were fearing from them. (28:5-6)
The family of Pharaoh picked him (Musa) up so that he might be an enemy
and a source of grief to them. Certainly Pharaoh and Haman and their troops
were in the wrong. (28:8)
The wife of Pharaoh said, 'A source of delight for me and for you; do
not kill him. It may well be that he will be of use to us or perhaps we
could adopt him as a son.' They were not aware. (28:9)
(Allah said to Musa,) 'Put your hand inside your shirt front. It will
emerge pure white yet quite unharmed. And hug your arms to your sides
to still your fear. These are two proofs from your Lord for Pharaoh and
his ruling circle. They are a deviant people.' (28:32)
Pharaoh said, 'Council, I do not know of any other god for you apart
from Me. Haman, kindle a fire for me over the clay and build me a lofty
tower so that perhaps I may be able to climb up to Musa's god! I consider
him a blatant liar.' (28:38)
He and his troops were arrogant in the land without any right. They thought
that they would not return to Us. (28:39)
So We seized him and his troops and flung them into the sea. See the
final fate of the wrongdoers! (28:40)
And Qarun and Pharaoh and Haman-Musa came with the Clear Signs to them,
but they were arrogant on the earth. They could not outstrip Us. (29:39)
Before them the people of Nuh denied the truth, as did 'Ad and Pharaoh
of the Stakes. (38:12)
We sent Musa with Our Signs and clear authority to Pharaoh, Haman and
Qarun. But they said, 'A lying magician.' (40:23-24)
When he brought them the truth from Us they said, 'Slaughter the sons
of those who believe with him but let their women live.' The stratagems
of the disbelievers are nothing but errors. (40:25)
Pharaoh said, 'Let me kill Musa and let him call upon his Lord! I am
afraid that he may change your religion and bring about corruption in
the land.' (40:26)
Musa said, 'I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every proud man
who does not believe in the Day of Reckoning.' (40:27)
A man among Pharaoh's people who believed, but kept his faith concealed,
said, 'Are you going to kill a man for saying "My Lord is Allah" when
he has brought you Clear Signs from your Lord? If he is telling a lie,
be it on his own head. But if he is telling the truth, then some of what
he is promising you will certainly happen to you. Allah does not guide
any unbridled inveterate liar. My people! The kingdom is yours today,
as masters in the land, but who will help us against Allah's violent force,
if it comes upon us?' Pharaoh said, 'I only show you what I see myself
and I only guide you to the path of rectitude.' (40:28-29)
Pharaoh said, 'Haman, build me a tower so that perhaps I may gain means
of access, access to the heavens, so that I can look on Musa's God. Truly
I think he is a liar.' That is how Pharaoh's evil actions were made attractive
to him and he debarred others from the Path. Pharaoh's scheming led to
nothing but ruin. (40:36-37)
So Allah safeguarded him from the evil things they plotted and a most
evil torment engulfed Pharaoh's people-the Fire, morning and night, to
which they are exposed; and on the Day the Hour takes place: 'Admit Pharaoh's
people to the harshest punishment!' (40:45-46)
We sent Musa with Our Signs to Pharaoh and his nobles. He said, 'I am
the Messenger of the Lord of the worlds.' (43:46)
But when he came to them with Our Signs, they merely laughed at them.
(43:47)
We showed them no Sign which was not greater than the one before it.
We seized them with punishment so that hopefully they would turn back.
(43:48)
They said, 'Magician, invoke your Lord for us by the contract He has
made with you and we shall certainly follow the guidance.' (43:49)
But when We removed the punishment from them, they immediately broke
their word. (43:50)
Pharaoh called to his people, saying, 'My people, does the kingdom of
Egypt not belong to me? Do not all these rivers flow under my control?
Do you not then see? Am I not better than this man who is contemptible
and can scarcely make anything clear? Why have gold bracelets not been
put upon his arms and why is there not a train of angels accompanying
him?' (43:51-53)
In that way he swayed his people and they succumbed to him. They were
a people of deviators. (43:54)
Then when they had provoked Our wrath, We took revenge on them and drowned
every one of them. (43:55)
Before them We put Pharaoh's people to the test when a noble Messenger
came to them, saying 'Hand over to me the servants of Allah. I am a trustworthy
Messenger to you.' (44:17-18)
How many gardens and fountains they left behind, and ripe crops and noble
residences. What comfort and ease they had delighted in! So it was. Yet
We bequeathed these things to another people. (44:25-28)
Neither heaven nor earth shed any tears for them and they were granted
no reprieve. (44:29)
We rescued the tribe of Israel from the humiliating punishment, from
Pharaoh-he was haughty, one of the profligate. (44:30-31)
Before them the people of Nuh also denied the truth and the Companions
of Rass and Thamud, and 'Ad and Pharaoh and the brothers of Lut. (50:12-13)
And also in Musa when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority. (51:38)
But he turned away with his forces, saying, 'A magician or a madman!'
(51:39)
So We seized him and his armies and hurled them into the sea, and he
was to blame. (51:40)
Warnings came to Pharaoh's people. (54:41)
Allah has made an example for those who believe: the wife of Pharaoh
when she said, 'My Lord, build a house in the Garden for me in Your presence
and rescue me from Pharaoh and his deeds and rescue me from this wrongdoing
people.' (66:11)
Pharaoh and those before him and the Overturned Cities made a great mistake.
(69:9)
We have sent you a Messenger to bear witness against you just as We sent
Pharaoh a Messenger. (73:15)
But Pharaoh disobeyed the Messenger, so We seized him with terrible severity.
(73:16)
(Allah said to Musa,) 'Go to Pharaoh-he has overstepped the limits.'
(79:17)
So Allah made an example of him seizing him with punishment in this world
and the hereafter. (79:25)
Has the story reached you of the legions of Pharaoh and Thamud? (85:17-18)
Do you not see what your Lord did with 'Ad-Iram of the Columns whose
like was not created in any land-and Thamud who carved out rocks in the
valley-side, and Pharaoh of the Stakes, all of whom were tyrants in their
lands and caused much corruption in them? (89:6-12)
PIG
Say: 'Shall I tell you of a reward with Allah far worse than that: that
of those whom Allah has cursed and with whom He is angry-turning some
of them into monkeys and into pigs-and who worshipped false gods? Such
people are in a worse situation and further from the right way.' (5:60)
PILGRIMAGE (HAJJ)
Safa and Marwa are among the Landmarks of Allah, so anyone who goes on
pilgrimage to the House or does the pious visit incurs no wrong in going
back and forth between them. If anyone spontaneously does good, Allah
is All-Thankful, All-Knowing. (2:158)
They will ask you about the crescent moons. Say, 'They are set times
for mankind and for the pilgrimage.' It is not devoutness for you to enter
houses by the back. Rather devoutness is possessed by those who guard
against evil. So come to houses by their doors and have fear of Allah,
so that hopefully you will be successful. (2:189)
Perform the pilgrimage and the pious visit for Allah. If you are forcibly
prevented, make whatever sacrifice is feasible. But do not shave your
heads until the sacrificial animal has reached the place of sacrifice.
If any of you are ill or have a head injury, the expiation is fasting
or charity or sacrifice when you are safe and well again. And if you are
secure, then he who takes advantage of a pious visit before the pilgrimage
should make whatever sacrifice is feasible. For any one who cannot, there
is three days' fast on pilgrimage and seven on your return-that is ten
in all. That is for anyone whose family does not live near the Sacred
Mosque (Masjid al-Haram). Have fear of Allah and know that Allah is fierce
in retribution. (2:196)
The pilgrimage takes place during certain well-known months. If anyone
undertakes the obligation of pilgrimage in them, there must be no sexual
intercourse, no wrongdoing, nor any quarrelling during pilgrimage. Whatever
good you do, Allah knows it. Take provision; but the best provision is
fear of Allah. So have fear of Me, people of intelligence! (2:197)
There is nothing wrong in seeking bounty from your Lord. When you pour
down from Arafat, remember Allah at the Sacred Landmark. Remember Him
because He has guided you, even though before this you were astray. (2:198)
When you have completed your rites, remember Allah as you used to remember
your forefathers-or even more. There are some people who say, 'Our Lord,
give us good in this world.' They will have no share in the hereafter.
(2:200)
Remember Allah on the designated days. Those who hurry on in two days
have done no wrong, and those who stay another day have done no wrong-those
of them who guard against evil. So have fear of Allah. And know that you
will be gathered back to Him. (2:203)
In it are Clear Signs-the place where Ibrahim stood (to pray). All who
enter it are safe. Pilgrimage to the House is a duty owed to Allah by
all mankind-those who can find a way to do it. But if anyone disbelieves,
Allah is Rich Beyond Need of any being. (3:97)
You who believe! Fulfil your contracts. All livestock animals are lawful
for you, except those that are recited to you now; but it is still not
lawful to hunt while you are in the state of pilgrimage. Allah makes whatever
judgements He wills. (5:1)
You who believe! Do not profane the sacred rites of Allah or the sacred
months, or the sacrificial animals, or the ritual garlands, or those heading
for the Sacred House, desiring profit and good pleasure from their Lord.
When your pilgrimage is over, then you may hunt. Do not let hatred for
a people who debar you from the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) incite
you into going beyond the limits. Help each other to goodness and heedfulness.
Do not help each other to wrongdoing and enmity. Have fear of Allah. Allah
is severe in retribution. (5:2)
You who believe! Do not kill game while you are in the state of pilgrimage.
If one of you kills any deliberately, the reprisal for it is a livestock
animal equivalent to what he killed, as judged by two just men among you,
a sacrifice to reach the Kaaba, or expiation by feeding the poor, or fasting
commensurate with that, so that he may taste the evil consequences of
what he did. Allah has pardoned all that took place in the past; but if
anyone does it again Allah will take revenge on him. Allah is Almighty,
Exactor of Revenge. (5:95)
Anything you catch in the sea is lawful for you, and all food from it,
for your enjoyment and that of travellers, but land game is forbidden
for you while you are in the state of pilgrimage. So have fear of Allah,
Him to Whom you will be gathered. (5:96)
Those who disbelieve and bar access to the Way of Allah and to the Sacred
Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) which We have appointed for all mankind-equally
for those who live near it and those who come from far away-those who
desire to profane it with wrongdoing, We will let them taste a painful
punishment. (22:25)
Announce the Pilgrimage to mankind. They will come to you on foot and
on every sort of lean animal, coming by every distant road.(22:27)
PIOUS VISIT ('UMRA)
Safa and Marwa are among the Landmarks of Allah, so anyone who goes on
pilgrimage to the House or does the pious visit incurs no wrong in going
back and forth between them. If anyone spontaneously does good, Allah
is All-Thankful, All-Knowing. (2:158)
Perform the pilgrimage and the pious visit for Allah. If you are forcibly
prevented, make whatever sacrifice is feasible. But do not shave your
heads until the sacrificial animal has reached the place of sacrifice.
If any of you are ill or have a head injury, the expiation is fasting
or charity or sacrifice when you are safe and well again. And if you are
secure, then he who takes advantage of a pious visit before the pilgrimage
should make whatever sacrifice is feasible. For any one who cannot, there
is three days' fast on pilgrimage and seven on your return-that is ten
in all. That is for anyone whose family does not live near the Sacred
Mosque (Masjid al-Haram). Have fear of Allah and know that Allah is fierce
in retribution. (2:196)
PLANK
We bore him (Nuh) on a planked and well-caulked ship. (54:13)
PLANT
Good land yields up its plants by its Lord's permission, but that which
is bad only yields up scantily. In this way We vary the Signs for people
who are thankful. (7:58)
The metaphor of the life of this world is that of water which We send
down from the sky, and which then mingles with the plants of the earth
to provide food for both people and animals. Then, when the earth is at
its loveliest and takes on its fairest guise and its people think they
have it under their control, Our command comes upon it by night or day
and We reduce it to dried-out stubble, as though it had not been flourishing
just the day before! In this way We make Our Signs clear for people who
reflect. (10:24)
Make a metaphor for them of the life of this world. It is like water
which We send down from the sky and the plants of the earth combine with
it but then become dry chaff scattered by the winds. Allah has absolute
power over everything. (18:45)
It is He Who made the earth a cradle for you and threaded pathways for
you through it and sent down water from the sky by which We have brought
forth various different types of plants. (20:53)
Mankind! If you are in any doubt about the Rising, know that We created
you from dust then from a drop of sperm then from a clot of blood then
from a lump of flesh, formed yet unformed, so We may make things clear
to you. We make whatever We want stay in the womb until a specified time
and then We bring you out as children so that you can reach your full
maturity. Some of you die and some of you revert to the lowest form of
life so that, after having knowledge, they then know nothing at all. And
you see the earth dead and barren; then when We send down water onto it
it quivers and swells and sprouts with luxuriant plants of every kind.
(22:5)
But they turned away so We unleashed against them the flood from the
great dam and exchanged their two gardens for two others containing bitter-tasting
plants and tamarisk and a few lote trees. (34:16)
And (have they not looked at) the earth: how We stretched it out and
cast firmly embedded mountains onto it and caused luxuriant plants of
every kind to grow in it. (50:7)
Know that the life of this world is merely a game and a diversion and
ostentation and a cause of boasting among yourselves and trying to outdo
one another in wealth and children: like the plant-growth after rain which
delights the cultivators, but then it withers and you see it turning yellow,
and then it becomes broken stubble. In the hereafter there is terrible
punishment but also forgiveness from Allah and His good pleasure. The
life of this world is nothing but the enjoyment of delusion. (57:20)
We sent down cascading water from the clouds so that by it We might bring
forth grains and plants. (78:14-15)
PLEASURE OF ALLAH
And among the people there are some who give up everything, desiring
the good pleasure of Allah. Allah is Ever-Gentle with His servants. (2:207)
The metaphor of those who spend their wealth, desiring the pleasure of
Allah and firmness for themselves, is that of a garden on a hillside.
When heavy rain falls on it, it doubles its produce; and if heavy rain
does not fall, there is dew. Allah sees what you do. (2:265)
You are not responsible for their guidance, but Allah guides whoever
He wills. Whatever good you give away is to your own benefit, when you
give desiring only the Face of Allah. Whatever good you give away will
be repaid to you in full. You will not be wronged. (2:272)
Say, 'Shall I tell you of something better than that?' Those who guard
against evil will have Gardens with their Lord, with rivers flowing under
them, remaining in them timelessly, for ever, and purified wives, and
the Pleasure of Allah. Allah sees His servants. (3:15)
Is someone who pursues the pleasure of Allah the same as someone who
incurs displeasure from Allah and whose refuge is Hell? What an evil destination!
(3:162)
So they returned with blessings and bounty from Allah and no evil touched
them. They pursued the pleasure of Allah. Allah's favour is indeed immense.
(3:174)
There is no good in much of their secret talk, except in the case of
those who enjoin charity, or what is right, or putting things right between
people. If anyone does that, seeking the pleasure of Allah, We will give
him an immense reward. (4:114)
You who believe! Do not profane the sacred rites of Allah or the sacred
months, or the sacrificial animals, or the ritual garlands, or those heading
for the Sacred House, desiring profit and good pleasure from their Lord.
When your pilgrimage is over, then you may hunt. Do not let hatred for
a people who debar you from the Sacred Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) incite
you into going beyond the limits. Help each other to goodness and heedfulness.
Do not help each other to wrongdoing and enmity. Have fear of Allah. Allah
is severe in retribution. (5:2)
By it, Allah guides those who follow what pleases Him to the ways of
Peace. He will bring them from the darkness to the light by His permission,
and guide them to a straight path. (5:16)
Allah has promised the men and women of the believers Gardens with rivers
flowing under them, remaining in them timelessly, for ever, and fine dwellings
in the Gardens of Eden. And Allah's good pleasure is even greater. That
is the great victory. (9:72)
The forerunners-the first of the Migrants (Muhajirun) and the Supporters
(Ansar)-and those who have followed them in doing good: Allah is pleased
with them and they are pleased with Him. He has prepared Gardens for them
with rivers flowing under them, remaining in them timelessly, for ever
and ever. That is the great victory. (9:100)
Who is better: someone who founds his building on fear of Allah and His
good pleasure, or someone who founds his building on the brink of a crumbling
precipice so that it collapses with him into the Fire of Hell? Allah does
not love wrongdoers. (9:109)
(People of intelligence are) those who are steadfast in seeking the face
of their Lord, and perform prayer and give from the provision We have
given them, secretly and openly, and stave off evil with good, it is they
who will have the Ultimate Abode. (13:22)
Restrain yourself patiently with those who call on their Lord morning
and evening, desiring His face. Do not turn your eyes from them, desiring
the attractions of this world. And do not obey someone whose heart We
have made neglectful of Our remembrance and who follows his own whims
and desires and whose life has transgressed all bounds. (18:28)
He (Musa) said, 'They are following in my tracks. I have hurried on ahead
to you, My Lord, to gain Your good pleasure.' (20:84)
On that Day intercession will not be of any use except for him whom the
All-Merciful has authorised and with whose speech He is well-pleased.
(20:109)
He knows what is in front of them and what is behind them. They (angels)
only intercede on behalf of those with whom He is pleased, and even they
are apprehensive out of fear of Him. (21:28)
He (Sulayman) smiled, laughing at its words, and said, 'My Lord, keep
me thankful for the blessing You have bestowed on me and on my parents,
and keep me acting rightly, pleasing You, and admit me, by Your mercy,
among Your servants who are righteous.' (27:19)
And Lut believed in him. He said, 'I am leaving this place to follow
the pleasure of my Lord. He is the Almighty, the All Wise.' (29:26)
Give relatives their due, and the poor and travellers. That is best for
those who seek the pleasure of Allah. They are the ones who are successful.
(30:38)
What you give with usurious intent, aiming to get back a greater amount
from people's wealth, does not become greater with Allah. But anything
you give as alms, seeking the Face of Allah-all who do that will get back
twice as much. (30:39)
If you are ungrateful, Allah is rich beyond need of any of you and He
is not pleased with ingratitude in His servants. But if you are grateful,
He is pleased with you for that. No burden-bearer can bear another's burden.
Then you will return to your Lord and He will inform you of what you did.
He knows what the heart contains. (39:7)
Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him are fierce
to the disbelievers, merciful to one another. You see them bowing and
prostrating, seeking Allah's good favour and His pleasure. Their mark
is on their faces, the traces of prostration. That is their likeness in
the Torah. And their likeness in the Gospel is that of a seed which puts
up a shoot and makes it strong so that it thickens and grows up straight
upon its stalk, filling the sowers with delight-so that by them He may
infuriate the disbelievers. Allah has promised those of them who believe
and do right actions forgiveness and an immense reward. (48:29)
Know that the life of this world is merely a game and a diversion and
ostentation and a cause of boasting among yourselves and trying to outdo
one another in wealth and children: like the plant-growth after rain which
delights the cultivators, but then it withers and you see it turning yellow,
and then it becomes broken stubble. In the hereafter there is terrible
punishment but also forgiveness from Allah and His good pleasure. The
life of this world is nothing but the enjoyment of delusion. (57:20)
Then We sent Our Messengers following in their footsteps and sent 'Isa
son of Maryam after them, giving him the Gospel. We put compassion and
mercy in the hearts of those who followed him. They invented monasticism-We
did not prescribe it for them-purely out of desire to gain the pleasure
of Allah, but even so they did not observe it as it should have been observed.
To those of them who believed We gave their reward but many of them are
deviators. (57:27)
It (the booty) is for the poor of the emigrants who were driven from
their homes and wealth desiring the favour and the pleasure of Allah and
supporting Allah and His Messenger. Such people are the truly sincere.
(59:8)
You who believe! Do not take My enemy and your enemy as friends, showing
love for them when they have rejected the truth that has come to you,
driving out the Messenger and yourselves simply because you believe in
Allah your Lord. If you go out to strive in My Way and seeking My pleasure,
keeping secret the love you have for them, I know best what you conceal
and what you make known. Any of you who do that have strayed from the
right way. (60:1)
(Believers say,) 'We feed you only out of desire for the Face of Allah.
We do not want any repayment from you or any thanks.' (76:9)
'O self at rest and at peace, return to your Lord, well-pleasing and
well-pleased! (89:27-28)
(Those who guard against evil are) those who give their wealth to purify
themselves-not to repay someone else for a favour done-desiring only the
Face of their Lord Most High. (92:18-20)
PLOT
They plotted and Allah plotted. But Allah is the best of plotters. (3:54)
And likewise in every city We set up its greatest wrongdoers to plot
in it. They plot against themselves alone, but they are not aware of it.
(6:123)
When a Sign comes to them, they say, We will not believe until we have
been given the same as the Messengers of Allah were given.' Allah knows
best where to place His Message. Debasement in the sight of Allah and
a severe punishment will strike those who did wrong for the plots that
they concocted. (6:124)
Pharaoh said, 'Have you believed in him before I authorised you to do
so? This is just some plot you have concocted in the city to drive its
people from it.' (7:123)
When those who disbelieve were plotting against you to imprison you or
kill you or expel you: they were plotting and Allah was plotting, but
Allah is the Best of Plotters. (8:30)
When We let people taste mercy after hardship has afflicted them, immediately
they plot against Our Signs. Say: 'Allah is swifter at plotting.' Your
plotting is recorded by Our Messengers. (10:21)
What then of Him Who is standing over every self seeing everything it
does? Yet still they associate others with Allah! Say: 'Name them! Or
would you inform Him of something in the earth He does not know, or are
they words which are simply guesswork on your part?' However, the plotting
of those who disbelieve seems good to them and they bar the way. Anyone
misguided by Allah has no guide. (13:33)
Those before them plotted but all plotting belongs to Allah. He knows
what each self earns, and the disbelievers will soon know who has the
Ultimate Abode. (13:42)
They concocted their plots, but their plots were with Allah, even if
they were such as to make the mountains vanish. (14:46)
Those before them also plotted, and Allah came at their building from
the foundations and the roof caved in on top of them. The punishment came
at them from where they did not expect. (16:26)
Be patient. But your patience is only by Allah. Do not be grieved by
them and do not be constricted by the plots they hatch. (16:127)
They hatched a plot and We hatched a plot while they were not aware.
(27:50)
So look at the end result of all their plotting; We utterly destroyed
them and their whole people! (27:51)
Do not grieve over them and do not let the plots they make distress you.
(27:70)
They swore by Allah with their most earnest oaths that if a warner came
to them they would be better guided than any other community. But then
when a warner did come to them, it only increased their aversion, shown
by their arrogance in the land and evil plotting. But evil plotting envelops
only those who do it. Do they expect anything but the pattern of previous
peoples? You will not find any changing in the pattern of Allah. You will
not find any alteration in the pattern of Allah. (35:42-43)
So Allah safeguarded him (Musa) from the evil things they plotted and
a most evil torment engulfed Pharaoh's people. (40:45)
They have hatched a mighty plot. (71:22)
They are hatching a plot. (86:15)
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