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'Aishah reports that the Prophet sallallahu alehi wasallam said: "Allah cursed the Jews and Christians [because] they took the
graves of their prophets as mosques." This is related by al-Bukhari, Muslim, Ahmad, and an-Nasa' i .
Ahmad and Muslim record from Abu Marthad al-Ghanawi that the Prophet sallallahu alehi wasallam said: "Do not pray facing
a grave and do not sit on one." They also record that Jundub ibn 'Abdullah al-Bajali heard the Prophet say, five days before
he died: "The people before you took graves as mosques. I prohibit this to you."
PROMISE:
2:124 - And remember that Abraham was tried by his Lord with certain commands which he
fulfilled; He said: "I will make thee an Imam to the nations." He pleaded: "And also (Imams)
from my offspring!" He answered: "But my promise is not within the reach of evil-doers." 123
123 Kalimat: literally "words" here used in the mystic sense of God's Will or Decree or Purpose. This verse may be taken
to be the sum of the verses following. In everything Abraham fulfilled God's wish: he purified God's house; he built the
sacred refuge of the Ka'ba; he submitted his will to God's, and thus became the type of Islam. He was promised the
leadership of the world; he pleaded for his progeny, and his prayer was granted, with the limitation that if his progeny
was false to God, God's promise did
3:152 - Allah did indeed fulfil His promise to you when ye with His permission were about to
annihilate your enemy until ye flinched and fell to disputing about the order and disobeyed it
after He brought you in sight (of the Booty) which ye covet. Among you are some that hanker
after this world and some that desire the Hereafter. Then did He divert you from your foes in
order to test you but He forgave you: for Allah is full of grace to those who believe. 462463
462 The order was: not to leave the post and strictly to maintain discipline. Uhud was in the beginning a victory for the
Muslims. Many of the enemy were slain, and they were retiring when a part of the Muslims, against orders, ran in
pursuit, attracted by the prospects of booty. See note to iii. 121. (3.152)
463 The disobedience seemed at first pleasant: they were chasing the enemy, and there was the prospect of booty. But
when the gap was noticed by the enemy, they turned the flank round the hill and nearly overwhelmed the Muslims.
Had it not been for Allah's grace, and the firmness of their Prophet and his immediate Companions, they would have
been finished. (3.152)
3:183 - They (also) said: "Allah took our promise not to believe in an Apostle unless He showed us
a sacrifice consumed by fire (from heaven)." Say: "There came to you Apostles before me
with clear signs and even with what ye ask for: why then did ye slay them if ye speak the
truth? 489
489 Burn sacrifices figured in the Mosaic Law, and in the religious ceremonies long before Moses, but it is not true that the
Mosaic Law laid down a fire from heavens on a burnt sacrifice as a test of the credentials of Prophets. Even if it had
been so, did the Jews obey the Prophets who showed this Sign? In Leviticus ix. 23-24, we are told a burnt offering
prepared by Moses and Aaron: "and there came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the
burnt offering and the fat." Yet the people rebelled frequently against Moses. Abel's offering (sacrifice) was probably a
burnt offering: it was accepted by Allah, and he was killed by Cain out of jealousy: Gen. iv. 3-8. Mosaic sacrifices were
no longer needed by the people of Jesus or the people of Muhammad. (3.183)
3:194 - "Our Lord! grant us what Thou didst promise unto us through thine Apostles and save us
from shame on the Day of Judgment: for thou never breakest Thy promise."
4:120 -Satan makes them promises and creates in them false desires; but Satan's promises are
nothing but deception.
4:122 - But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness We shall soon admit them to gardens
with rivers flowing beneath to dwell therein for ever. Allah's promise is the truth and whose
word can be truer than Allah's?
7:134 - Every time the penalty fell on them they said: "O Moses! on our behalf call on thy Lord in
virtue of his promise to thee: if thou wilt remove the penalty from us we shall truly believe in
thee and we shall send away the children of Israel with thee." 1092
1092 The demand of Moses was two-fold: (1) come to Allah and cease from oppression, and (2) let me take Israel out of
Egypt. At first it was laughed at and rejected with scorn. When the Plagues came for punishment, each time the
Egyptians suffered, they promised amendment and begged Moses to intercede and cause the plague to cease. But
every time it ceased, they went back to their evil attitude, until the final retribution came. This is a type of the sinner's
attitude for all times. (7.134)
7:137 - And We made a people considered weak (and of no account) inheritors of lands in both
east and west lands whereon We sent down our blessings. The fair promise of the Lord was
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