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I offered the funeral prayer behind Ibn Abbas and he recited Al-Fatiha and said, "You should know that it (i.e. recitation of Al-
Fatiha) is the tradition of the Prophet Muhammad."
SEVEN TRACTS:
23:17 - And We have made above you seven tracts; and We are never unmindful of (Our) Creation.
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2876 Taraiq: literally tracts, roads, orbits or paths. Here it means: seven heavens. The assurance given in the next clause,
that Allah cares for us and all His Creation, calls out attention to Allah's goodness, which is further illustrated in the
subsequent verses. (23.17)
2877 Allah's care for His Creation is ceaseless. A few examples of His care for our physical well-being are given in verses
18-22, and for our spiritual well-being, in Sections 2 to 5. (23.17)
SEVEN:
2:261 - The parable of those who spend their substance in the way of Allah is that of a grain of corn:
it groweth seven ears and each ear hath a hundred grains. Allah giveth manifold increase to whom
He pleaseth; and Allah careth for all and He knoweth all things.
12:43 - The king (of Egypt) said: "I do see (in a vision) seven fat kine whom seven lean ones
devour and seven green ears of corn and seven (others) withered. O ye chiefs! expound to
me my vision if it be that ye can interpret visions." 1700
1700 The Pharaoh is holding a Council. His confidential adviser the cup-bearer is present. The Pharaoh relates his double
dream,-of seven fat kine being devoured by seven lean ones, and of seven fine full green ears of corn (presumably
being devoured) by seven dry withered ears. (12.43)
12:46 - O Joseph!" (he said) "O man of truth! expound to us (the dream) of seven fat kine whom
seven lean ones devour and of seven green ears of corn and (seven) others withered: that I
may return to the people and that they may understand." 1703
12:47 - (Joseph) said: "For seven years shall ye diligently sow as is your wont: and the harvests
that ye reap ye shall leave them in the ear except a little of which ye shall eat. 1704
1704 Joseph not only shows what will happen, but, unasked, suggests the measures to be taken for dealing with the
calamity when it comes. There will be seven years of abundant harvest. With diligent cultivation they should get
bumper crops. Of them they should take a little for their sustenance and store the rest in the ear, the better to
preserve it from the pests that attack corn-heaps when they have passed through the threshing floor. (12.47)
12:48 - "Then will come after that (period) seven dreadful (years) which will devour what ye shall
have laid by in advance for them (all) except a little which ye shall have (specially) guarded.
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1705 There will follow seven years of dreadful famine, which will devour all the stores which they will have laid by in the
good years. They must be careful, even during the famine, not to consume all the grain; they must by special
arrangement save a little for seed, lest they should be helpless even when the Nile brought down abundant waters
from the rains at its sources. (12.48)
18:22 - (Some) say they were three the dog being the fourth among them; (others) say they were
five the dog being the sixth doubtfully guessing at the unknown; (yet others) say they were
seven the dog being the eighth. Say thou: "My Lord knoweth best their number; it is but few
that know their (real case)." Enter not therefore into controversies concerning them except on
a matter that is clear nor consult any of them about (the affair of) the Sleepers.
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2359 The controversy in after ages raged about the number of the Sleepers: were they three or five or seven? People
answered, not from knowledge, but from conjecture. Gibbon's version, which has now become best known, makes the
number of Sleepers seven. The point was immaterial: the real point was the spiritual lesson. (18.22)
31:27 - And if all the trees on earth were pens and the Ocean (were ink) with seven Oceans
behind it to add to its (supply) yet would not the Words of Allah be exhausted (in the writing):
for Allah is Exalted in power Full of Wisdom. 3616
3616 "Words of Allah": his wonderful Signs and Commandments are infinite and cannot be expressed if all the trees
were made into pens, and all the wide Ocean, multiplied seven times, were made into ink. Any Book of His
Revelation would deal with matters which man can understand and use in his life: there are things that man
can never fathom. Nor would any praise that we could write with infinite resources be adequate to describe His
power, glory, and wisdom. (31.27)
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