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3:40 - He said: "O my Lord! how shall I have a son seeing I am very old and my wife is barren?"
"Thus" was the answer "doth Allah accomplish what He willeth."
3:53 - "Our Lord! we believe in what thou hast revealed and we follow the Apostle; then write us
down among those who bear witness."
3:147 - All that they said was: "Our Lord! forgive us our sins and anything we may have done that
transgressed our duty; establish our feet firmly and help us against those that resist faith."
3:191 - Men who celebrate the praises of Allah standing sitting and lying down on their sides and
contemplate the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth (with the thought): "Our
Lord! not for naught hast thou created (all) this! Glory to thee! give us salvation from the
penalty of the fire. 498499
498 That is, in all postures, which again is symbolical of all circumstances, personal, social, economic, historical and other.
(3.191)
499 It is the thought of Salvation that connects all these glories with man. Otherwise man would be a miserable,
contemptible creature in these beauties and wonders of Nature. With his high destiny of Salvation he can be lifted
even higher than these glories! (3.191)
3:192 - Our Lord! any whom thou dost admit to the fire truly thou coverest with shame and never
will wrong-doers find any helpers!.
3:193 - "Our Lord! we have heard the call of one calling (us) to faith `Believe ye in the Lord' and we
have believed. Our Lord! forgive us our sins blot out from us our iniquities and take to thyself
our souls in the company of the righteous.
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."
4:75 - "Our Lord! rescue us from this town whose people are oppressors; and raise for us from
Thee one who will protect; and raise for us from Thee one who will help!" 592593
593 Even from the human point of view the cause of Allah is the cause of justice, the cause of the oppressed. In the great
persecution, before Makkah was won again, what sorrows, threats, tortures, and oppressions, were suffered by those
whose faith was unshaken? Muhammad's life and that of his adherents was threatened: they were mocked,
assaulted, insulted and beaten; those within the power of the enemy were put into chains and cast into prison; others
were boycotted, and shut out of trade, business, and social intercourse; they could not even buy the food they wanted,
or perform their religious duties. The persecution was redoubled for the believing slaves, women, and children after
the Hijrat. Their cry for a protector, and helper from Allah was answered when Muhammad the Chosen One brought
freedom and peace to Makkah again. (4.75)
5:83 - And when they listen to the revelation received by the Apostle thou wilt see their eyes
overflowing with tears for they recognize the truth: they pray: "Our Lord! we believe; write us
down among the witnesses.
6:161 - Say: "Verily my Lord hath guided me to a way that is straight a religion of right the path
(trod) by Abraham the true in faith and he (certainly) joined not gods with Allah."
6:162 - Say: "Truly my prayer and my service of sacrifice my life and my death are (all) for Allah the
Cherisher of the Worlds:
7:23 - They said: "our Lord! we have wronged our own souls: if Thou forgive us not and bestow not
upon us Thy mercy we shall certainly be lost."
7:126 - "But thou dost wreak thy vengeance on us simply because we believed in the signs of our
Lord when they reached us! Our Lord! pour out on us patience and constancy and take our
souls unto thee as Muslims (who bow to thy will)"! 1083
1083 These Egyptians, by their patience and constancy, show that their repentance was true. Thus in their case the mission
of Moses was fulfilled directly, and their number must have amounted to a considerable figure. They were martyrs to
their faith, and their martyrdom affected their nation in two ways. In the first place, as they were the pick of those who
practised magic in Egypt, their conversion and disappearance dealt a staggering blow to the whole system. Secondly,
the indirect effect of their martyrdom on the commonalty of Egypt must have been far greater than can be measured
by numbers. The banner of Allah was planted, and the silent spiritual fight must have gone on ever since, though
history, in recording outward events, is silent on the slow and gradual processes of transformation undergone by
Egyptian religion. From a chaotic pantheon of animals and animal gods, the worship of the sun and the heavenly
bodies, and the worship of the Pharaoh as the embodiment of power, they gradually came to realise the oneness and
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