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4559 Heaven may be pictured to our minds in various forms. This is one of the highest, and Allah announces it freely to the<br />

righteous. (42.23)<br />

4560 No sort of tangible reward does the prophet of Allah ask for proclaiming the Glad Tidings of Allah. But at least he has<br />

the right to ask that his kith and kin should not persecute him and put all sorts of obstacles in his way, as did the<br />

Quraish against the holy Prophet. (42.23)<br />

49:9 -Allah loves those who are fair (and just). 4927<br />

4927 Individual quarrels are easier to compose than group quarrels, or, in the modern world, national quarrels. But the<br />

collective community of Islam should be supreme over groups or nations. It would be expected to act justly and try to<br />

compose the quarrel, for peace is better than fighting. But if one party is determined to be the aggressor, the whole<br />

force of the community is brought to bear on it. The essential condition of course is that there should be perfect<br />

fairness and justice and respect for the highest principles; for Islam takes account of every just and legitimate interest<br />

without separating spiritual from temporal matters. The League of Nations failed because these essentials were<br />

absent and today the United Nations fails for the same reason. (49.9)<br />

51:58 -Allah is He Who gives (all) Sustenance Lord of Power Steadfast (for ever). 5034<br />

5034 Allah commands all power; therefore any power we seek must be from Him. And His power is steadfast, the same today<br />

as yesterday, and for ever. Therefore His help is always sure. (51.58)<br />

58:2 -Allah is one that blots out (sins) and forgives (again and again). 533253335334<br />

5334 Cf. iv. 99 and xxii. 60. Were it not that Allah in His Mercy makes allowances for our weaknesses and the various<br />

grades of motives that actuate us, such conduct would be inexpiable. But He prescribes expiation as in the next verse,<br />

because He wishes to blot out what is wrong and give us a chance to reform by His forgiveness. (58.2)<br />

60:8 -Allah loveth those who are just. 5421<br />

62:11 - Allah is the Best to provide (for all needs)."<br />

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5465 Do not be distracted by the craze for amusement or gain. If you lead a righteous and sober life, Allah will provide for<br />

you in all senses, better than any provision you can possibly think of. (62.11)<br />

ALLAH’s ATTRIBUTES ( HIS PUNISHMENTS)<br />

2:98 - Allah is an enemy to those who reject faith.<br />

2:165 - To Allah belongs all power and Allah will strongly enforce the penalty. 167<br />

167 Everything around and within us points to unity of purpose and design, - points to God. Yet there are foolish persons<br />

(unrighteous - those who deliberately use the choice given them to go wrong). They think something else is equal to<br />

God. Perhaps they even do lip service to God. If only the unrighteous could see the consequences, they would see<br />

the terrible Penalty, and that all Power is in God's hands, not in that of any one else. Who are these others who are<br />

used as fetishes by the misguided? It may be: (1) creatures of their own imagination, or of their faculties misused; the<br />

idea lying behind Idols is akin to this, for no intelligent idol-worshipper owns to worshipping stocks and stones; or (2)<br />

good leaders whose names have been misused out of perversity to erect them to a position of equality with God; or<br />

(3) Powers of evil that deliberately mislead. When it comes to the inevitable consequences of blasphemy and the<br />

rejection of God, the eyes of all are opened and these false and artificial relations dissolve. The idea which was<br />

created into a fetish disowns its follower, i.e. is seen to have no reasonable basis in the life of the follower, and the<br />

follower is forced to renounce it as false. The good ones would take an unholy delight in exposing the facts. The<br />

Reality is now irresistible but alas! at what cost? (2.165)<br />

2:190 - Allah loveth not transgressors. 204<br />

2:196 - Allah is strict in punishment. 212213214215216<br />

See: 2:211; 3:11; 5:3; 59:7.<br />

2:264 - Allah guideth not those who reject faith. 310<br />

2:276 - He loveth not creatures ungrateful and wicked.<br />

3:4 -Allah is Exalted in Might Lord of Retribution.<br />

3:19 - Allah is swift in calling to account. 359<br />

3:57 - Allah loveth not those who do wrong.<br />

4:36 - Allah loveth not the arrogant the vainglorious; 550551552553554<br />

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