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he was born." They (the companions of the Prophet) said, "O Allah's Apostle! Should we not inform the people of that?" He
said, "There are one-hundred degrees in Paradise which Allah has prepared for those who carry on Jihad in His Cause. The
distance between every two degrees is like the distance between the sky and the Earth, so if you ask Allah for anything, ask
Him for the Firdaus, for it is the last part of Paradise and the highest part of Paradise, and at its top there is the Throne of
Beneficent, and from it gush forth the rivers of Paradise."
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
Hadith 2167
Aws ath-Thaqafi
Narrated by
Uthman ibn Abdullah ibn Aws ath-Thaqafi, on his grandfather's authority, reported Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) as
saying, "A man's recitation of the Qur'an without using a copy of it produces a thousand degrees of reward, but his recitation
while using a copy is double that, reaching two thousand degrees."
Bayhaqi transmitted it in Shu'ab al-Iman.
DEITIES:
2:256 - There is no compulsion in religion. The right direction is henceforth distinct from error. And
he who rejecteth false deities and believeth in Allah hath grasped a firm handhold which will
never break. Allah is Hearer, Knower.
4:51 - Hast thou not seen those unto whom a portion of the Scripture hath been given, how they
believe in idols and false deities, and bow they say of those (idolaters) who disbelieve: "These
are more rightly guided than those who believe?"
4:60 - Hast thou not seen those who pretend that they believe in that which is revealed unto thee
and that which was revealed before thee, how they would go for judgment (in their disputes) to
false deities when they have been ordered to abjure them? Satan would mislead them far
astray.
4:117 - (The pagans) leaving Him call but upon female deities: they call but upon Satan the
persistent rebel! 627
627 The unity, power, and goodness of Allah are so manifest in nature and in the human mind when it is in accord with the
universal spirit, that only the most abject perversion can account for the sin of religious treason. That sin arises from
perverted ideas of sex or perverted ideas of self. The perversion of sex is to suppose that sex rules in religious
matters. From it arise such horrible creations of the imagination as Kali, the blood-thirsty goddess of India, or Hecate,
the goddess of revenge and hate in Greek mythology. Even in beautiful forms like Saraswati (the goddess of learning)
or Minerva (the virgin goddess of sport and arts), to say nothing of Venus (the goddess of carnal pleasures), the
emphasis laid on sex destroys a right view of religious nature. Perverted ideas of self are typified in the story of Satan,
who was so puffed up with arrogance that he disobeyed Allah, and Allah cursed him. Both these perversions, if
allowed lodgment, completely ruin our religious nature and deface Allah's handiwork. Hence it is not merely an outer
sin but one that corrupts us through and through. (4.117)
11:101 - It was not We that wronged them: they wronged their own souls: the deities other than
Allah whom they invoked profited them no whit when there issued the decree of thy Lord: nor
did they add aught (to their lot) but perdition! 1603
1603 All false and fleeting shadows must vanish before the reality and permanence of the decree of Allah. If we worshipped
the false, we carned nothing but perdition. (11.101)
22:12 - They call on such deities besides Allah as can neither hurt nor profit them: that is straying
far indeed (from the Way)! 2783
2783 To such minds religion does not mean high endeavour, self-sacrifice for noble ends, the recognition of Allah's infinite
world, but just a small concession to formalism, perhaps a present to an idol (literal or figurative), perhaps attendance
at worship if it can be done without trouble! It is false gods they worship, and the more they worship, the more they
stray. (22.12)
40:73 - Then shall it be said to them: "Where are the (deities) to which ye gave part-worship
41:48 - The (deities) they used to invoke aforetime will leave them in the lurch and they will
perceive that they have no way of escape.
43:20 - ("Ah!") they say "If it had been the will of (Allah) Most Gracious We should not have
worshipped such (deities)!" of that they have no knowledge! They Do nothing but lie! 46254626
4625 Worsted in argument they resort to a dishonest sarcasm. 'We worship these deities: if Allah does not wish us to do so,
why does He not prevent us?' In throwing the responsibility on Allah, they ignore the limited free-will on which their
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