Qur'an 20110424

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

77. Have you not turned your vision to those who were told to hold back their hands, but establish regular prayers, and spend in regular charity? When the order for fighting was issued to them, behold! A section of them feared men as- or even more than- they should have feared Allah. They said, "Our Lord! Why have You ordered us to fight? Would You not grant us respite to our term nearby?" Say, "Short is the enjoyment of this world. The Hereafter is the best for those who do right. Never will you be dealt with unjustly in the very least!"

78. Wherever you are, death will find you out, even if you are in towers built up strong and high! If some good befalls them, they say, "This is from Allah," but if evil, they say, "This is from you." Say, "All things are from Allah." But what has come to these people, that they fail to understand a single fact?

The Women 4:77-78
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Short is the enjoyment of this world. The Hereafter is the best for those who do right. Never will you be dealt with unjustly in the very least!

All things are from Allah.

Qur'an 20110408

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

181. Allah has heard the taunt of those who say, "Truly Allah is indigent, and we are rich!" We shall certainly record their words, and their slaying the prophets in defiance of right, and We shall say, "Taste you the penalty of the scorching fire!"

182. This is because of that which your hands sent on before you, for Allah never harms those who serve God.

183. They said, "Allah took our promise not to believe in a messenger, unless he showed us a sacrifice consumed by fire." Say, "There came to you messengers before me, with Clear Signs, and even with what you ask for. Why then did you slay them, if you speak the truth?"

The Family of Imran 3:181-183
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There came to you messengers before me, with Clear Signs, and even with what you ask for. Why then did you slay them, if you speak the truth?

Qur'an 20110406

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

168. The ones that say, while they themselves sit, "If only they had listened to us, they would not have been slain." Say, "Avert death from your own selves, if you speak the truth."

169. Think not of those slain in Allah's way as dead. No, they live, finding their sustenance in the Presence of their Lord.

The Family of Imran 3:168-169
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Avert death from your own selves, if you speak the truth.

Qur'an 20110405

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

165. What! When a single disaster smites you, although you smote with one twice as great, do you say, "Whence is this?" Say, "It is from yourselves, for Allah has Power over all things."

166. What you suffered on the day the two armies met was with the leave of Allah, in order that God might test the believers.

167. And the hypocrites also. These were told, "Come fight in the way of Allah, or drive." They said, "Had we known there would be a fight, we should have certainly followed you." They were that day nearer to unbelief than to faith, saying with their lips what was not in their hearts. But Allah has full knowledge of all they conceal.

The Family of Imran 3:165-167
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It is from yourselves, for Allah has Power over all things.

Qur'an 20110403

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

154. After that of the distress, God sent down calm on a band of you overcome with slumber, while another band was stirred with anxiety by their own feelings, moved by wrong suspicions of Allah- suspicions due to ignorance. They said, "What affair is this of ours?" Say you, "Indeed, this affair is wholly Allah's." They hide in their minds what they dare not reveal to you. They say,"If we had had anything to do with this affair, we would not have been in the slaughter here." Say, "Even if you had remained in your homes, those for whom death was decreed would certainly have gone forth to the place of their death." But that Allah might test what is in your breasts, and purge what is in your hearts.

The Family of Imran 3:154
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Indeed, this affair is wholly Allah's.

Even if you had remained in your homes, those for whom death was decreed would certainly have gone forth to the place of their death.