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Ad-Darr
The Creator of the Harmful
[FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt][FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt]I[/FONT]f We let man taste some of Our grace and then take it away from him --
behold, he abandons all hope,
forgetting all gratitude for Our past favours.
And thus it is:
if We let him taste ease and plenty after hardship has visited him,
he is sure to say, "Gone is all affliction from me!" --
for, behold, he is given to vain exultation,
and glories only in himself.
And thus it is with most men --
save those who are patient in adversity and do righteous deeds:
it is they whom forgiveness of sins awaits, and a great reward.
[FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt]Hud 11:9-11, tr. Asad[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt]The Creator of Good[/FONT]
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[FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt][FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt]I[/FONT]t is God who grants abundant sustenance
or gives it in scant measure unto whomever He wills.
[FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt]Ar-Rum 30:37, tr. Asad[/FONT] [/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt]The Light[/FONT]
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[FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt][FONT=book antiqua, goudy old style, bell mt]A[/FONT]llah is the Light of the heavens and the earth.
The parable of His Light is as if there were a Niche
and within is a Lamp: the Lamp enclosed in Glass;
the glass as it were a brilliant star, lit from a blessed Tree,
an Olive, neither of the East nor of the West,
whose Oil is nearly luminous, though fire has hardly touched it.
Light upon Light!
Allah guides whom He will to His Light,
Allah sets forth Parables for men,
and Allah knows all things.
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