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Lesson 40: The Third Imam (Husayn bin ‘Ali)

1. Birth & Early Life

Imam Husayn (Sayyidu ‘sh-Shuhada’, “the lord among martyrs”), the second child of ‘Ali and Fatimah, was born in the year 4 A.H.; and after the martyrdom of his brother, Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba, became Imam through Divine command and his brother’s will.

Imam Husayn was always with his brother during the life of the Prophet and Imam ‘Ali; he shared in the most important events of that era.

He stood by his brother during the difficult times of the latter’s imamat. His own imamat was for a period of ten years, all but the last six months coinciding with the caliphate of Mu’awiyah.

2. Mu’awiyah’s Rule

Imam Husayn lived under the most difficult outward conditions of suppression and persecution. This was due to the fact that, first of all, religious laws and regulations had lost much of their weight and credit, and the edicts of the Umayyad government had gained complete authority and power.

Secondly, Mu’awiyah and his aides made use of every possible means to put aside and move out of the way the Ahlul Bayt of the Prophet and the Shi’ah, and thus obliterate the name of ‘Ali and his family. And above all, Mu’awiyah wanted to strengthen the basis of the caliphate of his son, Yazid, who because of his lack of principles and scruples was opposed by a large group of Muslims.

Therefore, in order to quell all opposition, Mu’awiyah had undertaken newer and more severe measures.

By force and necessity Imam Husayn had to endure these days and to tolerate every kind of mental and spiritual agony and affliction from Mu’awiyah and his aides-until in the middle of the year 60 A.H. Mu’awiyah died and his son Yazid took his place.

3. Yazid’s demand for Bay’ah

Paying allegiance (bay’ah) was an old Arab practice which was carried out in important matters such as that of kingship and governorship. Those who were ruled, and especially the well known among them, would give their hand in allegiance, agreement and obedience to their king or prince and in this way would show their support for his actions.

Disagreement after allegiance was considered as disgrace and dishonor for the people and, like breaking an agreement after having signed it officially, it was considered as a definite crime. Following the example of the Holy Prophet, people believed that allegiance, when given by free will and not through force, carried authority and weight.

Mu’awiyah had asked the wellknown among the people to give their allegiance to Yazid, but had not imposed this request upon Imam Husayn.

He had especially told Yazid in his last will that if Husayn refused to pay allegiance he should pass over it in silence and overlook the matter, for he had understood correctly the disastrous consequences which would follow if the issue were to be pressed.

But because of his egoism and recklessness, Yazid neglected his father’s advice and immediately after the death of his father ordered the governor of Medina either to force a pledge of allegiance from Imam Husayn or send his head to Damascus.

After the governor of Medina informed Imam Husayn of this demand, the Imam refused to accept the demand and overnight started with his family toward Mecca. He sought refuge in the sanctuary of God which in Islam is the official place of refuge and security.

This event occurred toward the end of the month of Rajab and the beginning of Sha’ban of 60 A.H. For nearly four months Imam Husayn stayed in Mecca in refuge.

This news spread throughout the Islamic world. On the one hand many people who were tired of the inequities of Mu’awiyah’s rule and even more dissatisfied when Yazid became caliph, corresponded with Imam Husayn and expressed their sympathy for him.

On the other hand a flood of letters began to flow, especially from Iraq and particularly the city of Kufa, inviting the Imam to go to Iraq and accept the leadership of the populace there with the aim of beginning an uprising to overcome injustice and inequity.

Naturally such a situation was dangerous for Yazid. The stay of Imam Husayn in Mecca continued until the season for pilgrimage when Muslims from all over the world poured in groups into Mecca in order to perform the rites of the hajj.

The Imam discovered that some of the followers of Yazid had entered Mecca as pilgrims with the mission to kill the Imam during the rites of hajj with the arms they carried under their special pilgrimage dress (ihram).

The Imam shortened the pilgrimage rites and decided to leave. Amidst the vast crowd of people he stood up and in a short speech announced that he was setting out for Iraq.

In this short speech he also declared that he would be martyred and asked Muslims to help him in attaining the goal he had in view and to offer their lives in the path of God. On the next day he set out with his family and a group of his companions for Iraq.

Imam Husayn was determined not to give his allegiance to Yazid and knew full well that he would be killed. He was aware that his death was inevitable in the face of the awesome military power of the Umayyads, supported as it was by corruption in certain sectors, spiritual decline, and lack of will power among the people, especially in Iraq. Some of the outstanding people of Mecca stood in the way of Imam Husayn and warned him of the danger of the move he was making. But he answered that he refused to pay allegiance and give his approval to a government of injustice and tyranny.

He added that he knew that wherever he turned or went he would be killed. He would leave in order to preserve the respect for the house of God and not allow this respect to be destroyed by having his blood spilled there.

4. Towards Karbala

While on the way to Kufa and still a few days’ journey away from the city, he received news that the agent of Yazid in Kufa had put to death the representative of the Imam in that city and also one of the Imam’s determined supporters who was a wellknown man in Kufa.

After their death, their feet had been tied and they had been dragged through the streets.

The city and its surroundings were placed under strict observation and countless soldiers of the enemy were awaiting him. There was no way open to him but to march ahead and to face death. It was here that the Imam expressed his definitive determination to go ahead and be martyred; and so he continued on his journey.

Approximately seventy kilometers from Kufa, in a desert named Karbala, the Imam and his entourage were surrounded by the army of Yazid. For eight days they stayed in this spot during which the circle narrowed and the number of the enemy’s army increased.

Finally the Imam, with his household and a small number of companions were encircled by an army of thirty thousand soldiers. During these days the Imam fortified his position and made a final selection of his companions. At night he called his companions and during a short speech stated that there was nothing ahead but death and martyrdom.

He added that since the enemy was concerned only with his person he would free them from all obligations so that anyone who wished could escape in the darkness of the night and save his life.

Then he ordered the light to be turned out and most of those who had joined him for their own advantage, dispersed. Only a handful of those who loved the truth and the Banu Hashim remained.

Once again the Imam assembled those who were left and put them to a test. He addressed his companions and Hashimite relatives, saying again that the enemy was concerned only with his person. Each could benefit from the darkness of the night and escape the danger.

But this time the faithful companions of the Imam answered each in his own way that they would not deviate for a moment from the path of truth of which the Imam was the leader and would never leave him alone. They said they would defend his household to the last drop of their blood and as long as they could carry a sword.

On the ninth day of the month the last challenge to choose between “allegiance or war” was made by the enemy to the Imam. The Imam asked for a delay in order to worship overnight and became determined to enter battle on the next day.

On the tenth day of Muharram of the year 61/680 the Imam lined up before the enemy with his small band of followers, less than ninety persons consisting of his companions, thirty some members of the army of the enemy that joined him during the night and day of war, and his Hashimite family of children, brothers, nephews, and cousins.

That day they fought from morning until their final breath, and the Imam, the young Hashimites and the companions were all martyred. Among those killed were two children of Imam Hasan, who were only thirteen and eleven years old; and a five-year-old child and a suckling baby of Imam Husayn.

The army of the enemy, after ending the war, plundered the family of the Imam and burned his tents. They decapitated the bodies of the martyrs, denuded them and left them on the ground without burial.

Then they moved the members of the family, all of whom were helpless women and girls, along the heads of the martyrs, to Kufa. Among the prisoners there were three male members: a twenty-two year old son of Imam Husayn who was very ill and unable to move, namely ‘Ali bin Husayn, the fourth Imam; his four year old son, Muhammad ibn ‘Ali, who became the fifth Imam. The enemy took the prisoners to Kufa and from there to Damascus before Yazid.

5. The Consequences of Karbala

The event of Karbala, the capture of the women and children of the Ahlu 1-bayt of the Prophet, their being taken as prisoners from town to town and the speeches made by the daughter of ‘Ali, Zaynab, and the fourth Imam who were among the prisoners, disgraced the Umayyads. Such abuse of the family of the Prophet annulled the propaganda which Mu’awiyah had carried out for years.

The matter reached such proportions that Yazid was compelled to publicly disown and condemn the actions of his agents. The event of Karbala was a major factor in the overthrow of Ummayad rule although its effect was delayed. It also strengthened the roots of Shi’ism.

Among its immediate results were the revolts and rebellions combined with bloody wars which continued for twelve years. Among those who were instrumental in the death of the Imam not one was able to escape revenge and punishment.

Anyone who studies closely the history of the life of Imam Husayn and Yazid and the conditions that prevailed at that time, and analyzes this chapter of Islamic history, will have no doubt that in those circumstances there was no choice before Imam Husayn but to be killed.

Swearing allegiance to Yazid would have meant publicly showing contempt for Islam, something which was not possible for the Imam, for Yazid not only showed no respect for Islam and its injunctions but also made a public demonstration of impudently, treading under foot its basis and its laws.

Those before him, even if they opposed religious injunctions, always did so in the guise of religion, and at least formally respected religion.

They took pride in being companions of the Holy Prophet and the other religious figures in whom people believed. From this it can be concluded that the claim of some interpreters of these events is false when they say that the two brothers, Hasan and Husayn, had two different tastes and that one chose the way of peace and the other the way of war, so that one brother made peace with Mu’awiyah although he had an army of forty thousand while the other went to war against Yazid with an army of less than a hundred persons.

For we see that this same Imam Husayn, who refused to pay allegiance to Yazid for one day, lived for ten years under the rule of Mu’awiyah, in the same manner as his brother who also had endured for ten years under Mu’awiyah, without opposing him.

It must be said in truth that if Imam Hasan or Imam Husayn had fought Mu’awiyah they would have been killed without there being the least benefit for Islam.

Their deaths would have had no effect before the righteous-appearing policy of Mu’awiyah, a competent politician who emphasized his being a companion of the Holy Prophet, the “scribe of the revelation,” and “uncle of the faithful” and who used every stratagem possible to preserve a religious guise for his rule.

Moreover, with his ability to set the stage to accomplish his desires he could have had them killed by their own people and then assumed a state of mourning and sought to revenge their blood, just as he sought to give the impression that he was avenging the killing of the third caliph.

This lesson has been adopted with changes from ‘allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn at-Tabataba’i, Shi’a Islam, Qum. For references, see the original source.

Lesson 41: The Fourth Imam (‘Ali ibn al-Husayn)

1. Birth & Early Life

Imam ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn was the son of the third Imam and his wife, the queen among women, the daughter of Yazdigird the last Sasanid king of Iran. He was known as “Zaynu ‘l-‘Abidin - the prince of the worshippers” and “Sajjad - the one who prostrates most”.

Imam Zaynu ‘l-‘Abidin was two years old when his grandfather was martyred. In his early teens, he witnessed the situation in which his uncle Imam Hasan lived.

2. Karbala & His Imamat

In his late teens and early twenties, he also observed the suppression and persecution under which his father lived during the reign of Mu’awiyah.

As you have already read in the last lesson, Imam Zaynu 1-’Abidin was the only son of Imam Husayn to survive, for his other two brothers ‘Ali Akbar and ‘Ali Asghar who was a suckling baby were martyred during the event of Karbala.

The Imam had also accompanied his father on the journey that terminated fatally in Karbala, but because of severe illness and the inability to carry arms or participate in fighting he was prevented from taking part in the holy war and being martyred.

The Yazidi forces had taken the womenfolk of Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) as captives to Kufa and from there to Damascus with the intent of humiliating the holy family and also presenting them as an example for any potential opposition to Yazid’s rule.

But Allah had planned it otherwise: the journey of the captives turned, instead, into an opportunity for the Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) to present their innocence to the people, convey the message of Husayn and enlighten the masses about the atrocities of the Yazidi regime.

The caravan of the captives from Ahlul Bayt exposed the true face of Yazid and his establishment. The most important role played in this awakening of the masses was by Zaynab bint ‘Ali, Husayn’s sister, and Imam Zaynu l-’Abidin.

The speeches of the holy Imam in the city of Kufa, in the court of Ibn Ziyad (the governor of Kufa), in Damascus and in the court of Yazid himself are excellent examples of how Imam Zaynu l-’Abidin was able to gain victory for Husayn and expose the tyranny of Yazid. And all this was done while he was a prisoner!

Here we shall just present a part from the speech given by Imam Zaynu l-’Abidin in the court of Yazid in response to a speech by a speaker of the establishment who had tried to create hatred in the minds and hearts of the audience against Imam ‘Ali bin Abi Talib and his family.

The Imam went on the pulpit shackled in chains and introduced himself as follows: “...Those who know me, they know me...And those who do not know, then listen:

I am the son of Mecca and Mina; I am the son of zamzam and Safa; I am the son of the noble one who placed the black stone in the Ka’bah;

I am the son of the one who put on the ihram and did tawaf; I am the son of the one who was taken from Masjidul Haram to Masjidul Aqsa [in mi’raj]; I am the son of one on whom Allah sent revelations;

I am the son of Husayn who was killed in Karbala; I am the son of Muhammad al-Mustafa; I am the son of Fatimah az-Zahra’;

I am the son of Khadija al-Kubra;

I am the son of the one who was killed and left in a pool of his own blood; I am the son of the one who was left without a shroud and without burial; I am the son of the one who was killed thirsty...”

He soon turned the tide against Yazid; the entire audience started to cry in sympathy for the Imam and his family. It was such speeches that forced Yazid to publicly disown the actions of his own men.

After spending a period in imprisonment, the Imam and the womenfolk of Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) were sent with honour to Medina because Yazid wanted to conciliate public opinion.

3. Jihad by Knowledge

The fourth Imam, upon returning to Medina, retired from public life completely and spent his time in worship and in educating his loyal followers. He was in contact with the elite among the Shiltes such as Abu Hamzah Thumali, Abu Khalid Kabuli and the like.

The elite disseminated among the Shi’ah the religious sciences they learned from the Imam. The number of such students of Imam reached to 170. In this way Shi’ism spread considerably and showed its effects during the imamate of the fifth Imam.

The high status of knowledge and piety of the companions of Imam Zaynu l-’Abidin can be seen from one example of Said bin Jubayr. Said was arrested by Hajjaj bin Yusuf ath-Thaqafi, the governor of the Umayyads in Iraq and a bitter enemy of Imam ‘Ali and the Shi’as. When Said was brought to Hajjaj, an interesting conversation took place and we present part of it below:

Hajjajj: “What is your belief about Abu Bakr and ‘Umar- are they in Paradise or Hell?” (Hajjajj was looking for an excuse to kill Said.)

Said: “If and when I go to Paradise and see the people over there, then I will be able to say who is there; and if I go to Hell, only then I will know who is over there.”

Hajjajj: “What is your belief about the caliphs?”

Said: “I am not responsible for them.”

Hajjajj: “Whom do you like the most among the caliphs?”

Said: “The one with whom God is most pleased.”

Hajjajj: “With whom is God most pleased?”

Said: “God knows best.”

Hajjajj: “How should I kill you.”

Sa’id: “Kill me in whatever way you like, because, by God, you will be treated in the same way on the day of judgment.”

Hajjajj finally ordered the executioner to kill Sa’id. May Allah bless his soul and elevate his ranks among the martyrs.

Among the works of the fourth Imam is a book called as- Sahifah as-Sajjadiyah. It consists of fifty-seven prayers concerning the most sublime Divine sciences and is known as “The Psalm of the Ahlul Bayt.”

Another famous work of the Imam is Risalatu ‘l- Huquq (the Charter of Rights) on socio-ethical rights in fifty different cases. Fortunately, both these works are available in English also.

4. Attitude of the Rulers

Although Imam Zaynu ‘l-‘Abidin refrained from any political activity and dedicated his life to further the knowledge of his followers in religious and spiritual matters, the caliphs were always uneasy with him and kept a close watch on his movements and on those who visited him.

The knowledge and character par excellence of the Imam attracted people of all kinds towards him. This was the main reason that created jealousy in the hearts of the rulers who thought that this attraction to the Imam had the potential of turning a political tide against their establishment. One incident in the life of the Imam clearly shows the hold he had on the hearts and minds of the common people:

Once, Hisham, son of caliph ‘Abdu ‘1-Malik, entered the Masjidul Haram in Mecca with his entourage for doing tawaf of the Ka’bah. There were many people doing the tawaf, but nobody gave any importance to Hisham or gave room for him to get close to the Black Stone.

While he was waiting on the perimeter for the crowd to become less so that he may go and kiss the Black Stone, he noticed a sudden movement among the people who starting making way for a person who had just entered the mosque. That person went straight to the Black Stone and kissed it. It was none other than Imam Zaynu ‘l-‘Abidin (a.s.).

Hisham knew him; but, out of jealousy, he asked his entourage: “Who is this?” Farazdaq, the famous and powerful poet of the time, was standing close by.

When he heard Hisham’s question filled with jealousy and contempt, he could not control himself and extemporaneously started to recite a poem in praise of the Imam. That piece of poetry is of such high eloquence and clarity that even the modern anthologies of Arabic literature include it in their collections. It is a long poem, but we shall just present a few lines:

He is the one whose footsteps are known to the holy land, the Ka’bah knows him, so does the sanctuary and the land beyond.

He is the best of all Allah’s servants; he is the pious, the pure, and the knowledgeable.

The father of this person is the chosen Ahmad6 , may Allah shower blessings on him for ever.

If the Black Stone would know who is kissing it, it would fall upon his footsteps and kiss the ground.

When the Quraysh see him, they say, “With his character, nobility reached perfection.” Your statement “Who is this?” does not diminish him, the Arabs and others know him whom you refuse to recognise.

His mother is Fatimah, if you do not know him!

And with his grandfather ended the prophethood.

This one incident clearly shows the attitude of the caliphs towards our Imam. And, therefore, it is not surprising that ‘Abdu ‘1-Malik ordered him to be arrested, chained and sent from Medina to Damascus and then again returned to Medina.

It was during the reign of Hisham that the holy Imam was poisoned by Walid ibn ‘Abdu 1-Malik and died in 95 AH/712 CE after thirty-five years of imamate.

This lesson has been written and compiled by Sayyid M. Rizvi by using the following sources.

1. Shi’a Islam’ of Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn at-Tabataba’i.

2. Pishway-e Chaharum: Hazrat Imam Sajjad (a.s.) by Dar Rah-e Haq, Qum.

The main sources have been extensively edited in order to fit the requirements of our course. Also, for the sake of brevity, we have not included the references quoted by our sources. Those who are interested to know the sources may refer mentioned above.

Lesson 42: The Fifth Imam (Muhammad ibn ‘Ali)

1. Birth & Early Life

Imam Muhammad bin ‘Ali’s lineage is unique in the sense that he is the only Imam who was connected to Fatimatu ‘z-Zahra’ through his father as well as his mother:

his father was son of Imam Husayn bin ‘Ali, and his mother was daughter of Imam Hasan bin ‘Ali Hence he was known as “Ibnu 1-Khayaratayn - the son of two virtues”. He was also known as “al-Baqir - the digger [of the knowledge of the prophets]”.

The first years of his life were blessed with the presence of his grandfather Imam Husayn bin ‘Ali. He was four years old when the massacre of Karbala took place;

and the childhood memories of that tragic event stayed with him forever. He witnessed the thirtyfour years of his father’s imamate and his contribution in furthering the education of the Muslims in general and the Shi’as in particular.

2. Continuation of Jihad by Knowledge

During the imamate of the fifth Imam, as a result of the injustice of the Umayyads, revolts and wars broke out in some parts of the Islamic world every day. Moreover, there were disputes within the Umayyad family itself which kept the government occupied and, to a certain extent, the Ahlu 1-Bayt of the Prophet were left alone. From the other side, the tragedy of Karbala and the oppression suffered by the Ahlu 1-Bayt, of which the fourth Imam was the most noteworthy embodiment, had attracted many Muslims to the Imams.

These factors combined to make it possible for people and especially the Shi’as to go in great numbers to Medina and to come into the presence of the fifth Imam.

Possibilities for disseminating truth about Islam and the sciences of the Ahlu 1-Bayt, which had never existed for the Imams before him, were presented to the fifth Imam.

The proof of this fact is the innumerable traditions recounted from the fifth Imam and the large number of illustrious men of science and Shi’a scholars who were trained by him in different Islamic sciences. These names are listed in books of biographies of famous men in Islam.

‘Abdullah bin ‘Ata’ al-Makki testifies that, “I have never seen students who are much older than their teacher in age as I have seen in the audience of Imam Muhammad bin ‘Ali. Hakam bin Utayba, with all his reputation and prestige, used to sit at his pulpit like a child sitting in front of his tutor.” ‘Abdullah, son of the second caliph ‘Umar, was a highly respected scholar for the early Sunni Muslims.

During the days of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a.s.), someone asked ‘Abdullah a question which he was unable to answer. “Ask that young man,” said ‘Abdullah pointing towards the Imam, “and also narrate to me his answer to your question.” When the person came back to ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar with the answer, the latter said, “They belong to a family whose knowledge comes from God.”

3. Some Distinguished Companions of the Imam

Aban bin Taghlib had the opportunity of seeking knowledge from the fourth, fifth and sixth Imams. He was an expert in commentary of the Qur’an (tafsir) and hadith. Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a.s.) asked him to sit in Masjidu ‘n-Nabi and give fatwa to the people “because I like to see people like you among my Shi’ahs.”

Zurarah bin A’yan was a student of the fifth and sixth Imams. He is counted as one of the six most prominent companions of these two Imams. His greatest contribution is in spreading the ahadith of these two Imams among the Shi’ahs.

Kumayt Asadi was a very powerful poet of the later Umayyid period. He used his talents in the defence of Shi’ism and the Imams of Ahlu 1-Bayt, and against the rulers of the Umayyads. He was always on the “most wanted” list of the rulers.

Once during hajj, Kumayt recited poems for Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a.s.). The Imam became so pleased that he raised ten thousand dirhams from the Banu Hashim family to reward Kumayt. Kumayt refused to accept the money, saying: “By God! I did not say the poem for this money; if you must reward me, then please give me one of your own shirts.” He wanted to have that shirt with him in the grave for intercession in the hereafter.

Muhammad bin Muslim, an expert in Shi’a laws, was a prominent student of both the fifth and the sixth Imam. He was a resident of Kufa, but went to Medina and stayed for four years studying with the Imams.

Once ‘Abdullah bin Abi Ya’fur asked Imam as-Sadiq (a.s.), “Sometimes I have questions which I cannot answer and I cannot reach you at all times. What should I do?” The Imam said, “Why do not you ask Muhammad bin Muslim?”

4. Attitude of the Rulers

The Umayyid rulers during the imamate of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a.s.) were the following: 1. Walid bin ‘Abdu 1-Malik; 2. Sulayman bin ‘Abdu 1-Malik; 3. ‘Umar ibn ‘Abdu ‘l- Aziz; 4. Yazid bin ‘Abdu 1-Malik; 5. Hisham bin ‘Abdu 1-Malik.

With the exception of ‘Umar ibn ‘Abdu ‘l-’Aziz, all the rulers were as cruel and corrupt as their predecessors.

Walid appointed people (like Hajjaj bin Yusuf ath-Thaqafi) to the various positions in the Muslim empire who had no regard for Islamic values and were guilty of torturing and oppressing those who did not accept their views. Sulayman was comparatively less of a tyrant not out of kindness and a sense of responsibility but because he was deeply absorbed in the pleasures and excessively luxirious lifestyle at the expense of the public treasury!

‘Umar ibn ‘Abdu ‘l-’Aziz’s short reign of two years was the best period in the Umayyid history. He tried to establish justice and equality, and put an end to quite a few abhorrent practices started by Mu’awiyah: e.g., the practice of cursing Amiru 1-Mu’minin ‘Ali bin Abi Talib (a.s.) in the Friday khutbas.

Then Yazid bin ‘Abdu 1-Malik came to power who is considered to be morally the most corrupt of all the Umayyad rulers.

He was obsessed with music and dance, and would invite musicians and dancers from all over to his court in Damascus and reward them heftily. It was during his reign that pleasure pursuit, chess, playing cards and other such games became common ways of entertainment among the Arabs.

Hisham bin ‘Abdu 1-Malik was a mean and cruel person. He was insecure about his own position among the people, and was very jealous of the popularity and respect accorded by the people to the descendants of Imam ‘Ali (a.s.).

It was during his reign that Zayd bin ‘Ali (son of the fourth Imam) started an uprising against the Umayyads which, unfortunately, ended in defeat in which Zayd was killed very cruelly.

5. Final Days & Death

During one of the hajj rituals, the Imam gave a speech exholting the rights of his family and himself. This was reported to Hisham who was also in Mecca at that time. On his return to Syria, Hisham ordered Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a.s.) and his son, Ja’far, to be brought to Damascus. Hisham tried to intimidate and humiliate the Imam but did not succeed. After some time, he was forced to let the holy Imam go back to Medina where he was always under surveillance by the regime’s spies and informers.

Finally, in the year 114 A.H., the Imam was poisoned by the Umayyad agents and died on 7th Dhu 1-Hijja, and was buried beside his father in the Jannatu 1-Baqi‘ graveyard.

This lesson has been written and compiled by Sayyid M. Rizvi using the following sources.

1. Shi’a Islam3 of Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn at-Tabataba’i.

2. Pishway-e Panjum: Hazrat Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) by Dar Rah-e Haq.

3. Zindagani-e Imaman be Zaban-e Sadeh by Ayaullah Ja’far Subhani. The main sources have been extensively edited in order to fit the requirements of our course. Also, for the sake of brevity, we have not included the references quoted by our sources. Those who are interested to know the sources may refer to the aforementioned sources.

Lesson 43: The Sixth Imam (Ja‘far bin Muhammad)

1. Birth & Early Days

Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq, son of the fifth Imam, was born in 83 A.H./702 C.E. After the death of his father in 114 A.H., he became Imam by Divine Command and decree of the Imam who came before him.

2. His Imamate: Continuation of Scholarly Jihad

During the 34 years of imamate of as-Sadiq (a.s.) greater possibilities and a more favorable climate existed for him to propagate religious teachings. This came about as a result of revolts in Islamic lands, especially the uprising of the Muswaddah to overthrow the Umayyad caliphate, and the bloody wars which finally led to the fall and extinction of the Umayyads.

The greater opportunities for Shi’ite teachings were also a result of the favourable ground the fifth Imam had prepared during the twenty years of his imamate through the propagation of the true teachings of Islam and the sciences of the Ahlu 1-Bayt of the Prophet.

Imam as-Sadiq took advantage of the occasion to propagate the religious sciences until the very end of his imamate, which coincided with the end of the Umayyad and beginning of the Abbasid caliphates.

He instructed many scholars in different fields of the intellectual and transmitted sciences, such as Zurarah, Muhammad ibn Muslim, Mu’min at-Taq, Hisham ibn Hakam, Aban ibn Taghlib, Hisham ibn Salim, Hurayz, Hisham Kaibi Nassabah, and Jabir ibn Hayyan, the alchemist.

Even some important Sunni scholars such as Sufyan Thawri, Abu Hanifa (the founder of the Hanafi school of law), Qadi Sukuni, Qadi Abu 1- Bakhtari and others, had the honor of being his students.

It is said that his classes and sessions of instruction produced four thousand scholars of hadith and other sciences. Refering to the two years that he spent as a student of Imam as-Sadiq (a.s.), Abu Hanifa used to say: “If it had not been for those two years, Nu’man7 would have perished.”

The number of traditions preserved from the fifth and sixth Imams is more than all the hadith that have been recorded from the Prophet and the other ten Imams combined. That is why the Shi’a school of laws in Islam is known as “Ja’fari”.

3. Students & Companions

Hamran bin A’yan: Some of the students of Imam Ja’far as- Sadiq (a.s.) had reached such heights of excellence that they earned the complete trust of their teacher. Once a Syrian (who those days were usually against the Ahlu ‘1-Bayt because of the Umayyad propaganda) entered the gathering of the Imam.

Upon inquiring the purpose of his visit, he said, “I have been told whatever the people ask you, you have an answer for that. So I have come to debate with you.”

Imam (a.s.): “On what issue would you like to debate with me?”

Syrian: “About the Qur’an.”

Imam pointed towards Hamran bin A’yan and said, “Go and debate with him.”

Syrian: “I have come to challenge you and debate with you, not with him.”

Imam (a.s.): “Defeating Hamram would be like defeating me!”

So the Syrian went to Hamran and had a debate with him about the Qur’an. Hamran answered all questions satisfactorily until the Syrian ran out of them. He finally conceded his own defeat.

Mufazzal bin ‘Umar: He is well known for a treatise which the Imam dictated for him on the subject of tawhid. Here we will just mention one incident which shows that Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq was also actively working for peace and social harmony among his followers.

One day Mufazzal saw that two Shi’as were arguing and fighting with one another on the division of the estate of their relative. Mufazzal took both of them home and after discussion, resolved their conflict. In bringing about the resolution he had to add four hundred dirhams from himself.

As the two Shi’as were leaving, Mufazzal said, “You should know that the money I have used to resolve your conflict is not my own money; it belongs to Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) who had given it to me with the instruction that whenever I see conflict among his followers, I should try to maintain peace among them by using that money.”

4. Rulers & their Attitude

Imam as-Sadiq’s imamate coincided with the rule of the last five Umayyad rulers (Hisham bin ‘Abdu 1-Malik, Walid bin Yazid, Yazid bin Walid, Ibrahim bin Walid, and Marwan al- Himar) and the first two ‘Abbasid caliphs (Abu ‘l-’Abbas Saffah and Mansur Dawaniqi).

As mentioned in the previous lesson, the Muslim people were gradually turning away from the Umayyads. The anti-Umayyad sentiment which had started with the massacre of Karbala, finally led to the fall of the Umayyads in 132 A.H.

However, those who were leading the revolt in the name of Ahlu 1-Bayt could not resist the temptation of power, and seized the seat of caliphate for themselves. These were the descendants of ‘Abbas bin ‘Abdul Muttalib, the uncle of the Prophet. Hence the next dynasty to rule the Muslim world was known as Banu ‘Abbas or the ‘Abbasids.

Hisham, the Umayyad caliph, had ordered the sixth Imam to be arrested and brought to Damascus. The later Umayyad rulers were not strong enough to harass the Imam. The Imam was then arrested by Saffah, the first ‘Abbasid caliph and brought to Iraq. After some time, he was allowed to return to Medina.

The reign of Mansur, the second ‘Abbasid caliph, was even worse for the Shi’as. He ordered such torture and merciless killing of many of the descendants of the Prophet who were Shi’ite that his actions even surpassed the cruelty and heedlessness of the Umayyads.

At his order they were arrested in groups, some thrown into deep and dark prisons, and tortured until they died, while others were beheaded or buried alive or placed at the base of or between walls of buildings, and walls were constructed over them.

Once Mansur wrote to Imam as-Sadiq (a.s.) asking him why he did not visit him like other dignitaries. The Imam wrote in reply: “Neither do we possess any worldly treasure for which we may fear you, nor do you possess any spiritual virtue for which we may seek your favour. So why should we come to you?” Mansur replied, “Then come for admonishing us.” The Imam replied, “Those who seek this world will never admonish you, and those who seek the hereafter will never come to you.”

5. Last Days & Death

Finally, Mansur had Imam as-Sadiq (a.s.) arrested and brought to Samarrah (Iraq) where he had the Imam kept under supervision, was in every way harsh and discourteous to him, and several times thought of killing him.

Eventually the Imam was allowed to return to Medina where he spent the rest of his life under severe restrictions placed upon him by the Abbasid ruler, until he was poisoned and martyred through the intrigue of Mansur.

Upon hearing the news of the Imam’s martyrdom, Mansur wrote to the governor of Medina instructing him to go to the house of the Imam on the pretext of expressing his condolences to the family, to ask for the Imam’s will and testament and read it. Whoever was chosen by the Imam as his inheritor and successor should be beheaded on the spot.

Of course, the aim of Mansur was to put an end to the whole question of the imamate and to Shi’ite aspirations. When the governor of Medina, following orders, read the last will and testament, he saw that the Imam had chosen five people rather than one to administer his last will and testament: the caliph himself, the governor of Medina, ‘Abdullah Aftah, the Imam’s older son, Musa, his younger son, and Hamidah, his wife. In this way the plot of Mansur failed.

Abu Basir, a close companion of Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.), went to the Imam’s house for expressing condolences on the death of the Imam. Umm Hamidah, the wife of the Imam, said, “O Abu Basir, if you had been at the Imam’s side when he died, you would have been surprised.

In his last moments, the Imam opened his eyes and asked that all family members come close to his bed. When everyone had gathered around him, he said, ‘Verily, the person who considers the salat as a trivial issue, he will not deserve our intercession.”

This lesson has been written and compiled by Sayyid M. Rizvi by using the following sources.

1. Shi’a Islam’ of Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Husayn at-Tabataba’i.

2. Hshway-e Shishum: Hazrat Imam Ja’far-e Sadiq (a.s.) by Dar Rah-e Haq, The main sources have been extensively edited in order to fit the requirements of our course. Also, for the sake of brevity, we have not included the references quoted by our sources. Those who are interested to know the sources may refer mentioned above.

Allah

[1:1] In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

[1:2] All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.

[1:3] The Beneficent, the Merciful.

[1:4] Master of the Day of Judgment.

[1:5] Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help.

[2:21] O men! Serve your Lord Who created you and those before you so that you may guard (against evil).

[2:22] Who made the earth a resting place for you and the heaven a canopy and (Who) sends down rain from the cloud then brings forth with it subsistence for you of the fruits; therefore do not set up rivals to Allah while you know.

[2:106] Whatever communications We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring one better than it or like it. Do you not know that Allah has power over all things?

[2:107] Do you not know that Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and that besides Allah you have no guardian or helper?

[2:115] And Allah's is the East and the West, therefore, whither you turn, thither is Allah's purpose; surely Allah is Ample giving, Knowing.

[2:116] And they say: Allah has taken to himself a son. Glory be to Him; rather, whatever is in the heavens and the earth is His; all are obedient to Him.

[2:117] Wonderful Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He decrees an affair, He only says to it, Be, so there it is.

[2:118] And those who have no knowledge say: Why does not Allah speak to us or a sign come to us? Even thus said those before them, the like of what they say; their hearts are all alike. Indeed We have made the communications clear for a people who are sure.

[2:138] (Receive) the baptism of Allah, and who is better than Allah in baptizing? And Him do we serve.

[2:139] Say: Do you dispute with us about Allah, and He is our Lord and your Lord, and we shall have our deeds and you shall have your deeds, and we are sincere to Him.

[2:140] Nay! Do you say that Ibrahim and Ismail and Yaqoub and the tribes were Jews or Christians? Say: Are you better knowing or Allah? And who is more unjust than he who conceals a testimony that he has from Allah? And Allah is not at all heedless of what you do.

[2:163] And your Allah is one Allah! There is no god but He; He is the Beneficent, the Merciful.

[2:186] And when My servants ask you concerning Me, then surely I am very near; I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he calls on Me, so they should answer My call and believe in Me that they may walk in the right way.

[2:245] Who is it that will offer of Allah a goodly gift, so He will multiply it to him manifold, and Allah straitens and amplifies, and you shall be returned to Him.

[2:255] Allah is He besides Whom there is no god, the Ever-living, the Self-subsisting by Whom all subsist; slumber does not overtake Him nor sleep; whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His; who is he that can intercede with Him but by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they can- not comprehend anything out of His knowledge except what He pleases, His knowledge extends over the heavens and the earth, and the preservation of them both tires Him not, and He is the Most High, the Great.

[3:2] Allah, (there is) no god but He, the Ever-living, the Self-subsisting by Whom all things subsist

[3:5] Allah, surely nothing is hidden from Him in the earth or in the heaven.

[3:6] He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He likes; there is no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise

[3:18] Allah bears witness that there is no god but He, and (so do) the angels and those possessed of knowledge, maintaining His creation with justice; there is no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise.

[3:26] Say: O Allah, Master of the Kingdom! Thou givest the kingdom to whomsoever Thou pleasest and takest away the kingdom from whomsoever Thou pleasest, and Thou exaltest whom Thou pleasest and abasest whom Thou pleasest in Thine hand is the good; surely, Thou hast power over all things.

[3:27] Thou makes the night to pass into the day and Thou makest the day to pass into the night, and Thou brings forth the living from the dead and Thou bringest forth the dead from the living, and Thou givest sustenance to whom Thou pleasest without measure.

[3:29] Say: Whether you hide what is in your hearts or manifest it, Allah knows it, and He knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, and Allah has power over all things.

[3:109] And whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is Allah's; and to Allah all things return

[3:129] And whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is Allah's; He forgives whom He pleases and chastises whom He pleases; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

[3:148] So Allah gave them the reward of this world and better reward of the hereafter and Allah loves those who do good (to others).

[3:150] Nay! Allah is your Patron and He is the best of the helpers.

[3:160] If Allah assists you, then there is none that can overcome you, and if He forsakes you, who is there then that can assist you after Him? And on Allah should the believers rely.

[3:189] And Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Allah has power over all things.

[4:1] O people! be careful of (your duty to) your Lord, Who created you from a single being and created its mate of the same (kind) and spread from these two, many men and women; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, by Whom you demand one of another (your rights), and (to) the ties of relationship; surely Allah ever watches over you.

[4:45] And Allah best knows your enemies; and Allah suffices as a Guardian, and Allah suffices as a Helper.

[4:126] And whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is Allah's; and Allah encompasses all things.

[4:131] And whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is Allah's and certainly We enjoined those who were given the Book before you and (We enjoin) you too that you should be careful of (your duty to) Allah; and if you disbelieve, then surely whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is Allah's and Allah is Self-sufficient, Praise- worthy.

[4:132] And whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is Allah's, and Allah is sufficient as a Protector.

[4:133] If He please, He can make you pass away, O people! And bring others; and Allah has the power to do this.

[4:134] Whoever desires the reward of this world, then with Allah is the reward of this world and the hereafter; and Allah is Hearing, Seeing.

[5:40] Do you not know that Allah, His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He chastises whom He pleases; and forgives whom He pleases and Allah has power over all things.

[5:98] Know that Allah is severe in requiting (evil) and that Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

[5:120] Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and what is in them; and He has power over all things.

[6:1] All praise is due to Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth and made the darkness and the light; yet those who disbelieve set up equals with their Lord.

[6:3] And He is Allah in the heavens and in the earth; He knows your secret (thoughts) and your open (words), and He knows what you earn.

[6:13] And to Him belongs whatever dwells in the night and the day; and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

[6:14] Say: Shall I take a guardian besides Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, and He feeds (others) and is not (Himself) fed. Say: I am commanded to be the first who submits himself, and you should not be of the polytheists.

[6:15] Say: Surely I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the chastisement of a grievous day.

[6:16] He from whom it is averted on that day, Allah indeed has shown mercy to him; and this is a manifest achievement.

[6:17] And if Allah touch you with affliction, there is none to take it off but He; and if He visit you with good, then He has power over all things.

[6:18] And He is the Supreme, above His servants; and He is the Wise, the Aware.

[6:46] Say: Have you considered that if Allah takes away your hearing and your sight and sets a seal on your hearts, who is the god besides Allah that can bring it to you? See how We repeat the communications, yet they turn away.

[6:47] Say: Have you considered if the chastisement of Allah should overtake you suddenly or openly, will any be destroyed but the unjust people?

[6:59] And with Him are the keys of the unseen treasures, none knows them but He; and He knows what is in the land and the sea, and there falls not a leaf but He knows it, nor a grain in the darkness of the earth, nor anything green nor dry but (it is all) in a clear book.

[6:63] Say: Who is it that delivers you from the dangers of the land and the sea (when) you call upon Him (openly) humiliating yourselves, and in secret: If He delivers us from this, we should certainly be of the grateful ones.

[6:64] Say: Allah delivers you from them and from every distress, but again you set up others (with Him).

[6:65] Say: He has the power that He should send on you a chastisement from above you or from beneath your feet, or that He should throw you into confusion, (making you) of different parties; and make some of you taste the fighting of others. See how We repeat the communications that they may understand.

[6:102] That is Allah, your Lord, there is no god but He; the Creator of all things, therefore serve Him, and He has charge of all things.

[6:103] Vision comprehends Him not, and He comprehends (all) vision; and He is the Knower of subtleties, the Aware.

[6:133] And your Lord is the Self-sufficient one, the Lord of mercy; if He pleases, He may take you off, and make whom He pleases successors after you, even as He raised you up from the seed of another people.

[6:162] Say. Surely my prayer and my sacrifice and my life and my death are (all) for Allah, the Lord of the worlds;

[6:163] No associate has He; and this am I commanded, and I am the first of those who submit.

[6:165] And He it is Who has made you successors in the land and raised some of you above others by (various) grades, that He might try you by what He has given you; surely your Lord is quick to requite (evil), and He is most surely the Forgiving, the Merciful.

[7:180] And Allah's are the best names, therefore call on Him thereby, and leave alone those who violate the sanctity of His names; they shall be recompensed for what they did.

[7:196] Surely my guardian is Allah, Who revealed the Book, and He befriends the good.

[9:51] Say: Nothing will afflict us save what Allah has ordained for us; He is our Patron; and on Allah let the believers rely.

[9:78] Do they not know that Allah knows their hidden thoughts and their secret counsels, and that Allah is the great Knower of the unseen things?

[9:115] It is not (attributable to) Allah that He should lead a people astray after He has guided them; He even makes clear to them what they should guard against; surely Allah knows all things.

[9:116] Surely Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He brings to life and causes to die; and there is not for you besides Allah any Guardian or Helper.

[9:129] But if they turn back, say: Allah is sufficient for me, there is no god but He; on Him do I rely, and He is the Lord of mighty power.

[10:31] Say: Who gives you sustenance from the heaven and the earth? Or Who controls the hearing and the sight? And Who brings forth the living from the dead, and brings forth the dead from the living? And Who regulates the affairs? Then they will say: Allah. Say then: Will you not then guard (against evil)?

[10:32] This then is Allah, your true Lord; and what is there after the truth but error; how are you then turned back?

[10:56] He gives life and causes death, and to Him you shall be brought back.

[10:107] And if Allah should afflict you with harm, then there is none to remove it but He; and if He intends good to you there is none to repel His grace; He brings it to whom He pleases of His servants; and He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

[11:6] And there is no animal in the earth but on Allah is the sustenance of it, and He knows its resting place and its depository all (things) are in a manifest book.

[11:7] And He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods, and His dominion (extends) on the water, that He might manifest to you, which of you is best in action, and if you say, surely you shall be raised up after death, those who disbelieve would certainly say: This is nothing but clear magic.

[11:123] And Allah's is the unseen in the heavens and the earth, and to Him is returned the whole of the affair; therefore serve Him and rely on Him, and your Lord is not heedless of what you do.

[13:8] Allah knows what every female bears, and that of which the wombs fall short of completion and that in which they increase; and there is a measure with Him of everything.

[13:9] The knower of the unseen and the seen, the Great, the Most High.

[13:12] He it is Who shows you the lightning causing fear and hope and (Who) brings up the heavy cloud.

[13:13] And the thunder declares His glory with His praise, and the angels too for awe of Him; and He sends the thunderbolts and smites with them whom He pleases, yet they dispute concerning Allah, and He is mighty in prowess.

[13:15] And whoever is in the heavens and the earth makes obeisance to Allah only, willingly and unwillingly, and their shadows too at morn and eve.

[15:24] And certainly We know those of you who have gone before and We certainly know those who shall come later.

[15:25] And surely your Lord will gather them together; surely He is Wise, Knowing.

[15:49] Inform My servants that I am the Forgiving, the Merciful,

[15:50] And that My punishment, that is the painful punishment.

[15:86] Surely your Lord is the Creator of all things, the Knowing

[16:1] Allah's commandment has come, therefore do not desire to hasten it; glory be to Him, and highly exalted be He above what they associate (with Him).

[16:2] He sends down the angels with the inspiration by His commandment on whom He pleases of His servants, saying: Give the warning that there is no god but Me, therefore be careful (of your duty) to Me.

[16:3] He created the heavens and the earth with the truth, highly exalted be He above what they associate (with Him).

[16:19] And Allah knows what you conceal and what you do openly.

[16:23] Truly Allah knows what they hide and what they manifest; surely He does not love the proud.

[17:43] Glory be to Him and exalted be He in high exaltation above what they say.

[17:44] The seven heavens declare His glory and the earth (too), and those who are in them; and there is not a single thing but glorifies Him with His praise, but you do not understand their glorification; surely He is Forbearing, Forgiving.

[19:64] And we do not descend but by the command of your Lord; to Him belongs whatever is before us and whatever is behind us and whatever is between these, and your Lord is not forgetful.

[19:65] The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, so serve Him and be patient in His service. Do you know any one equal to Him?

[20:5] The Beneficent Allah is firm in power.

[20:6] His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth and what is between them two and what is beneath the ground.

[20:7] And if you utter the saying aloud, then surely He knows the secret, and what is yet more hidden.

[20:8] Allah, there is no god but He; His are the very best names.

[20:98] Your Allah is only Allah, there is no god but He; He comprehends all things in (His) knowledge.

[22:6] This is because Allah is the Truth and because He gives life to the dead and because He has power over all things

[22:18] Do you not see that Allah is He, Whom obeys whoever is in the heavens and whoever is in the earth, and the sun and the moon and the stars, and the mountains and the trees, and the animals and many of the people; and many there are against whom chastisement has become necessary; and whomsoever Allah abases, there is none who can make him honorable; surely Allah does what He pleases.

[22:61] That is because Allah causes the night to enter into the day and causes the day to enter into the night, and because Allah is Hearing, Seeing.

[22:62] That is because Allah is the Truth, and that what they call upon besides Him, that is the falsehood, and because Allah is the High, the Great.

[22:63] Do you not see that Allah sends down water from the cloud so the earth becomes green? Surely Allah is Benignant, Aware.

[22:64] His is whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth; and most surely Allah is the Self-sufficient, the Praised.

[23:79] And He it is Who multiplied you in the earth, and to Him you shall be gathered.

[23:80] And He it is Who gives life and causes death, and (in) His (control) is the alternation of the night and the day; do you not then understand?

[23:84] Say: Whose is the earth, and whoever is therein, if you know?

[23:85] They (disbelievers) will say: Allah's. Say: Will you not then mind?

[23:86] Say: Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the mighty dominion?

[23:87] They will say: (This is) Allah's. Say: Will you not then guard (against evil)?

[23:88] Say: Who is it in Whose hand is the kingdom of all things and Who gives succor, but against Him Succor is not given, if you do but know?

[23:89] They will say: (This is) Allah's. Say: From whence are you then deceived?

[24:35] Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth; a likeness of His light is as a niche in which is a lamp, the lamp is in a glass, (and) the glass is as it were a brightly shining star, lit from a blessed olive-tree, neither eastern nor western, the oil whereof almost gives light though fire touch it not, light upon light, Allah guides to His light whom He pleases, and Allah sets forth parables for men, and Allah is Cognizant of all things.

[24:36] In houses which Allah has permitted to be exalted and that His name may be remembered in them; there glorify Him therein in the mornings and the evenings,

[24:41] Do you not see that Allah is He Whom do glorify all those who are in the heavens and the earth, and the (very) birds with expanded wings? He knows the prayer of each one and its glorification, and Allah is Cognizant of what they do.

[24:42] And Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and to Allah is the eventual coming.

[24:64] Now surely Allah's is whatever is in the heavens and the earth; He knows indeed that to which you are conforming yourselves; and on the day on which they are returned to Him He will inform them of what they did; and Allah is Cognizant of all things.

[25:2] He, Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Who did not take to Himself a son, and Who has no associate in the kingdom, and Who created everything, then ordained for it a measure.

[25:58] And rely on the Ever-living Who dies not, and celebrate His praise; and Sufficient is He as being aware of the faults of His servants,

[25:59] Who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six periods, and He is firmly established on the throne of authority; the Beneficent Allah, so ask respecting it one aware.

[26:9] And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

[26:140] And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

[26:159] And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

[26:175] And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

[26:191] And most surely your Lord is Mighty, the Merciful.

[26:217] And rely on the Mighty, the Merciful,

[26:218] Who sees you when you stand up.

[26:219] And your turning over and over among those who prostrate themselves before Allah.

[26:220] Surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

[27:65] Say: No one in the heavens and the earth knows the unseen but Allah; and they do not know when they shall be raised.

[27:73] And surely your Lord is the Lord of grace to men, but most of them are not grateful.

[27:74] And most surely your Lord knows what their breasts conceal and what they manifest.

[27:93] And say: Praise be to Allah, He will show you His signs so that you shall recognize them; nor is your Lord heedless of what you do.

[28:69] And your Lord knows what their breasts conceal and what they manifest.

[28:70] And He is Allah, there is no god but He! All praise is due to Him in this (life) and the hereafter, and His is the judgment, and to Him you shall be brought back.

[28:88] And call not with Allah any other god; there is no god but He, everything is perishable but He; His is the judgment, and to Him you shall be brought back.

[29:19] What! Do they not consider how Allah originates the creation, then reproduces it? Surely that is easy to Allah.

[29:20] Say: Travel in the earth and see how He makes the first creation, then Allah creates the latter creation; surely Allah has power over all things.

[29:21] He punishes whom He pleases and has mercy on whom He pleases, and to Him you shall be turned back.

[29:22] And you shall not escape in the earth nor in the heaven, and you have neither a protector nor a helper besides Allah.

[29:60] And how many a living creature that does not carry its sustenance: Allah sustains it and yourselves; and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

[29:61] And if you ask them, Who created the heavens and the earth and made the sun and the moon subservient, they will certainly say, Allah. Whence are they then turned away?

[29:62] Allah makes abundant the means of subsistence for whom He pleases of His servants, and straitens them for whom (He pleases) surely Allah is Cognizant of all things.

[29:63] And if you ask them Who is it that sends down water from the clouds, then gives life to the earth with it after its death, they will certainly say, Allah. Say: All praise is due to Allah. Nay, most of them do not understand.

[30:25] And one of His signs is that the heaven and the earth subsist by His command, then when He calls you with a (single) call from out of the earth, lo! You come forth.

[30:26] And His is whosoever is in the heavens and the earth; all are obedient to Him.

[30:27] And He it is Who originates the creation, then reproduces it, and it is easy to Him; and His are the most exalted attributes in the heavens and the earth, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

[31:25] And if you ask them who created the heavens and the earth, they will certainly say: Allah. Say: (All) praise is due to Allah; nay! Most of them do not know.

[31:26] What is in the heavens and the earth is Allah's; surely Allah is the Self-sufficient, the Praised.

[31:34] Surely Allah is He with Whom is the knowledge of the hour, and He sends down the rain and He knows what is in the wombs; and no one knows what he shall earn on the morrow; and no one knows in what land he shall die; surely Allah is Knowing, Aware.

[32:6] This (Allah) is the Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Mighty the Merciful,

[33:54] If you do a thing openly or do it in secret, then surely Allah is Cognizant of all things.

[34:1] (All) praise is due to Allah, Whose is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and to Him is due (all) praise in the hereafter; and He is the Wise, the Aware.

[34:2] He knows that which goes down into the earth and that which comes out of it, and that which comes down from the heaven and that which goes up to it; and He is the Merciful, the Forgiving.

[34:24] Say: Who gives you the sustenance from the heavens and the earth? Say: Allah. And most surely we or you are on a right way or in manifest error

[34:48] Say: Surely my Lord utters the truth, the great Knower of the unseen.

[34:49] Say: The truth has come, and the falsehood shall vanish and shall not come back.

[35:10] Whoever desires honor, then to Allah belongs the honor wholly. To Him do ascend the good words; and the good deeds, lift them up, and (as for) those who plan evil deeds, they shall have a severe chastisement; and (as for) their plan, it shall perish.

[35:15] O men! you are they who stand in need of Allah, and Allah is He Who is the Self-sufficient, the Praised One.

[35:16] If He please, He will take you off and bring a new generation.

[35:17] And this is not hard to Allah.

[35:38] Surely Allah is the Knower of what is unseen in the heavens and the earth; surely He is Cognizant of what is in the hearts.

[35:41] Surely Allah upholds the heavens and the earth lest they come to naught; and if they should come to naught, there Is none who can up- hold them after Him; surely He is the Forbearing, the Forgiving.

[36:76] Therefore let not their (disbelievers) speech grieve you; surely We know what they do in secret and what they do openly.

[36:77] Does not man see that We have created him from the small seed? Then lo! He is an open disputant.

[36:78] And he strikes out a likeness for Us and forgets his own creation. Says he: Who will give life to the bones when they are rotten?

[36:79] Say: He (Allah) will give life to them Who brought them into existence at first, and He is cognizant of all creation

[36:80] He Who has made for you the fire (to burn) from the green tree, so that with it you kindle (fire).

[36:81] Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like of them? Yea! And He is the Creator (of all), the Knower.

[36:82] His command, when He intends anything, is only to say to it: Be, so it is.

[36:83] Therefore glory be to Him in Whose hand is the kingdom of all things, and to Him you shall be brought back.

[37:1] I swear by those who draw themselves out in ranks (angels)

[37:2] Then those who drive away with reproof,

[37:3] Then those (believers) who recite, being mindful, [37:4] Most surely your Allah is One:

[37:5] The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, and Lord of the easts.

[37:182] And all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

[39:62] Allah is the Creator of everything and He has charge over everything.

[39:63] His are the treasures of the heavens and the earth; and (as for) those who disbelieve in the communications of Allah, these it is that are the losers.

[39:64] Say: What! Do you then bid me serve others than Allah, O ignorant men?

[39:65] And certainly, it has been revealed to you and to those before you: Surely if you associate (with Allah), your work would certainly come to naught and you would certainly be of the losers.

[39:66] Nay! But serve Allah alone and be of the thankful

[40:3] (Allah is) The Forgiver of the faults and the Acceptor of repentance, Severe to punish, Lord of bounty; there is no god but He; to Him is the eventual coming.

[40:62] That is Allah, your Lord, the Creator of everything; there is no Allah but He; whence are you then turned away?

[40:63] Thus were turned away those who denied the communications of Allah.

[40:64] Allah is He Who made the earth a resting-place for you and the heaven a canopy, and He formed you, then made goodly your forms, and He provided you with goodly things; that is Allah, your Lord; blessed then is Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

[40:65] He is the Living, there is no god but He, therefore call on Him, being sincere to Him in obedience; (all) praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

[41:47] To Him (Allah) is referred the knowledge of the hour, and there come not forth any of the fruits from their coverings, nor does a female bear, nor does she give birth, but with His knowledge; and on the day when He shall call out to them, Where are (those whom you called) My associates? They shall say: We declare to Thee, none of us is a witness.

[42:4] His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and He is the High, the Great.

[42:9] Or have they taken guardians besides Him? But Allah is the Guardian, and He gives life to the dead, and He has power over all things.

[42:10] And in whatever thing you disagree, the judgment thereof is (in) Allah's (hand); that is Allah, my Lord, on Him do I rely and to Him do I turn time after time.

[42:11] The Originator of the heavens and the earth; He made mates for you from among yourselves, and mates of the cattle too, multiplying you thereby; nothing like a likeness of Him; and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.

[42:12] His are the treasures of the heavens and the earth; He makes ample and straitens the means of subsistence for whom He pleases; surely He is Cognizant of all things.

[42:19] Allah is Benignant to His servants; He gives sustenance to whom He pleases, and He is the Strong, the Mighty.

[42:31] And you cannot escape in the earth, and you shall not have a guardian or a helper besides Allah.

[42:49] Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He creates what He pleases; He grants to whom He pleases daughters and grants to whom He pleases sons.

[42:50] Or He makes them of both sorts, male and female; and He makes whom He pleases barren; surely He is the Knowing, the Powerful.

[42:51] And it is not for any mortal that Allah should speak to them, they could not bear to hear and they did not see.

[43:84] And He it is Who is Allah in the heavens and Allah in the earth; and He is the Wise, the Knowing.

[43:85] And blessed is He Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, and with Him is the knowledge of the hour, and to Him shall you be brought back.

[44:7] The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, if you would be sure.

[44:8] There is no god but He; He gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore.

[45:36] Therefore to Allah is due (all) praise, the Lord of the heavens and the Lord of the earth, the Lord of the worlds.

[45:37] And to Him belongs greatness in the heavens and the earth, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

[46:33] Have they not considered that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth and was not tired by their creation, is able to give life to the dead? Aye! He has surely power over all things.

[48:7] And Allah's are the hosts of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is Mighty, Wise.

[48:14] And Allah's is the kingdom. of the heavens and the earth; He forgives whom He pleases and punishes whom He pleases, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

[50:15] Were We then fatigued with the first creation? Yet are they in doubt with regard to a new creation.

[50:16] And certainly We created man, and We know what his mind suggests to him, and We are nearer to him than his life vein.

[51:56] And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me.

[51:57] I do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that they should feed Me.

[51:58] Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.

[53:42] And that to your Lord is the goal,

[53:43] And that He it is Who makes (men) laugh and makes (them) weep;

[53:44] And that He it is Who causes death and gives life,

[53:45] And that He created pairs, the male and the female.

[53:46] From the small seed when it is adapted.

[53:47] And that on Him is the bringing forth a second time;

[53:48] And that He it is Who enriches and gives to hold;

[54:49] Surely We have created everything according to a measure.

[54:50] And Our command is but one, as the twinkling of an eye.

[54:51] And certainly We have already destroyed the likes of you, but is there anyone who will mind?

[55:77] Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

[55:78] Blessed be the name of your Lord, the Lord of Glory and Honor!

[57:1] Whatever is in the heavens and the earth declares the glory of Allah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

[57:2] His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He gives life and causes death; and He has power over all things.

[57:3] He is the First and the Last and the Ascendant (overall) and the Knower of hidden things, and He is Cognizant of all things.

[57:4] He it is who created the heavens and the earth in six periods, and He is firm in power; He knows that which goes deep down into the earth and that which comes forth out of it, and that which comes down from the heaven and that which goes up into it, and He is with you wherever you are; and Allah sees what you do.

[57:5] His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and to Allah are (all) affairs returned.

[57:6] He causes the night to enter in upon the day, and causes the day to enter in upon the night, and He is Cognizant of what is in the hearts.

[57:29] So that the followers of the Book may know that they do not control aught of the grace of Allah, and that grace is in Allah's hand, He gives it to whom He pleases; and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace.

[59:1] Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth declares the glory of Allah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

[59:22] He is Allah besides Whom there is no god; the Knower of the unseen and the seen; He is the Beneficent, the Merciful [

[59:23] He is Allah, besides Whom there is no god; the King, the Holy, the Giver of peace, the Granter of security, Guardian over all, the Mighty, the Supreme, the Possessor of every greatness Glory be to Allah from what they set up (with Him).

[59:24] He is Allah the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner; His are the most excellent names; whatever is in the heavens and the earth declares His glory; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

[61:1] Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth declares the glory of Allah; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

[62:1] Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth declares the glory of Allah, the King, the Holy, the Mighty, the Wise.

[64:1] Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth declares the glory of Allah; to Him belongs the kingdom, and to Him is due (all) praise, and He has power over all things.

[64:2] He it is Who created you, but one of you is an unbeliever and another of you is a believer; and Allah sees what you do.

[64:3] He created the heavens and the earth with truth, and He formed you, then made goodly your forms, and to Him is the ultimate resort.

[64:4] He knows what is in the heavens and the earth, and He knows what you hide and what you manifest; and Allah is Cognizant of what is in the hearts.

[65:12] Allah is He Who created seven heavens, and of the earth the like of them; the decree continues to descend among them, that you may know that Allah has power over all things and that Allah indeed encompasses all things in (His) knowledge.

[67:1] Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all things,

[67:2] Who created death and life that He may try you, which of you is best in deeds; and He is the Mighty, the Forgiving,

[67:13] And conceal your word or manifest it; surely He is Cognizant of what is in the hearts.

[67:14] Does He not know, Who created? And He is the Knower of the subtleties, the Aware.

[76:28] We created them and made firm their make, and when We please We will bring in their place the likes of them by a change.

[76:29] Surely this is a reminder, so whoever pleases takes to his Lord a way.

[76:30] And you do not please except that Allah please, surely Allah is Knowing, Wise;

[76:31] He makes whom He pleases to enter into His mercy; and (as for) the unjust, He has prepared for them a painful chastisement.

[85:12] Surely the might of your Lord is great.

[85:13] Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces,

[85:14] And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,

[85:15] Lord of the Arsh, the Glorious,

[85:16] The great doer of what He will.

[92:12] Surely Ours is it to show the way,

[92:13] And most surely Ours is the hereafter and the former.

[112:1] Say: He, Allah, is One.

112:2] Allah is He on Whom all depend.

[112:3] He begets not, nor is He begotten.

[112:4] And none is like Him.

Angels

[2:97] Say: Whoever is the enemy of Jibreel, for surely he revealed it to your heart by Allah's command, verifying that which is before it and guidance and good news for the believers.

[2:98] Whoever is the enemy of Allah and His angels and His messengers and Jibreel and Meekaeel, so surely Allah is the enemy of the unbelievers.

[13:10] Alike (to Him) among you is he who conceals (his) words and he who speaks them openly, and he who hides himself by night and (who) goes forth by day.

[13:11] For his sake there are angels following one another, before him and behind him, who guard him by Allah's commandment; surely Allah does not change the condition of a people until they change their own condition; and when Allah intends evil to a people, there is no averting it, and besides Him they have no protector.

[35:1] All praise is due to Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, the Maker of the angels, messengers flying on wings, two, and three, and four; He increases in creation what He pleases; surely Allah has power over all things.

[42:5] The heavens may almost rend asunder from above them and the angels sing the praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those on earth; now surely Allah is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

[43:19] And they (disbelievers) make the angels, them who are the servants of the Beneficent Allah, female (divinities). What! Did they witness their creation? Their evidence shall be written down and they shall be questioned.

[50:17] When the two receivers (angels) receive, sitting on the right and on the left.

[50:18] He (man) utters not a word but there is by him a watcher at hand (recording the deeds of man).

[53:27] Most surely they who do not believe in the hereafter name the angels with female names.

[53:28] And they have no knowledge of it; they do not follow anything but conjecture, and surely conjecture does not avail against the truth at all.

[70:4] To Him (Allah) ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years.

[79:3] (I swear by) And by those (angels) who float in space,

[79:4] Then those who are foremost going ahead,

[79:5] Then those who regulate the affair (that the day will come)

[82:10] And most surely there are keepers (angels) over you,

[82:11] Honorable recorders,

[82:12] They know what you do.

[86:1] I swear by the heaven and the comer by night;

[86:2] And what will make you know what the comer by night is?

[86:3] The star of piercing brightness;

[86:4] There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.

Asahab Al-Kahf, People of The Cave

[18:9] Or, do you think that the Fellows of the Cave and the Inscription were of Our wonderful signs?

[18:10] When the youths sought refuge in the cave, they said: Our Lord! Grant us mercy from Thee, and provide for us a right course in our affair.

[18:11] So We prevented them from hearing in the cave for a number of years.

[18:12] Then We raised them up that We might know which of the two parties was best able to compute the time for which they remained.

[18:13] We relate to you their story with the truth; surely they were youths who believed in their Lord and We increased them in guidance.

[18:14] And We strengthened their hearts with patience, when they stood up and said: Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth; we will by no means call upon any god besides Him, for then indeed we should have said an extravagant thing.

[18:15] These our people have taken gods besides Him; why do they not produce any clear authority in their support? Who is then more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah?

[18:16] And when you forsake them and what they worship save Allah, betake yourselves for refuge to the cave; your Lord will extend to you largely of His mercy and provide for you a profitable course in your affair.

[18:17] And you might see the sun when it rose, decline from their cave towards the right hand, and when it set, leave them behind on the left while they were in a wide space thereof. This is of the signs of Allah; whomsoever Allah guides, he is the rightly guided one, and whomsoever He causes to err, you shall not find for him any friend to lead (him) aright.

[18:18] And you might think them awake while they were asleep and We turned them about to the right and to the left, while their dog (lay) outstretching its paws at the entrance; if you looked at them you would certainly turn back from them in flight, and you would certainly be filled with awe because of them.

[18:19] And thus did We rouse them that they might question each other. A speaker among them said: How long have you tarried? They said: We have tarried for a day or a part of a day. (Others) said: Your Lord knows best how long you have tarried. Now send one of you with this silver (coin) of yours to the city, then let him see which of them has purest food, so let him bring you provision from it, and let him behave with gentleness, and by no means make your case known to any one:

[18:20] For surely if they prevail against you they would stone you to death or force you back to their religion, and then you will never succeed.

[18:21] And thus did We make (men) to get knowledge of them that they might know that Allah's promise is true and that as for the hour there is no doubt about it. When they disputed among themselves about their affair and said: Erect an edifice over them, their Lord best knows them. Those who prevailed in their affair said: We will certainly raise a masjid over them.

[18:22] (Some) say: (They are) three, the fourth of them being their dog; and (others) say: Five, the sixth of them being their dog, making conjectures at what is unknown; and (others yet) say: Seven, and the eighth of them is their dog. Say: My Lord best knows their number, none knows them but a few; therefore contend not in the matter of them but with an outward contention, and do not question concerning them any of them.

[18:23] And do not say of anything: Surely I will do it tomorrow,

[18:24] Unless Allah pleases; and remember your Lord when you forget and say: Maybe my Lord will guide me to a nearer course to the right than this.

[18:25] And they remained in their cave three hundred years and (some) add (another) nine.

[18:26] Say: Allah knows best how long they remained; to Him are (known) the unseen things of the heavens and the earth; how clear His sight and how clear His hearing! There is none to be a guardian for them besides Him, and He does not make any one His associate in His Judgment.

Allah

[1:1] In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

[1:2] All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.

[1:3] The Beneficent, the Merciful.

[1:4] Master of the Day of Judgment.

[1:5] Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help.

[2:21] O men! Serve your Lord Who created you and those before you so that you may guard (against evil).

[2:22] Who made the earth a resting place for you and the heaven a canopy and (Who) sends down rain from the cloud then brings forth with it subsistence for you of the fruits; therefore do not set up rivals to Allah while you know.

[2:106] Whatever communications We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring one better than it or like it. Do you not know that Allah has power over all things?

[2:107] Do you not know that Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and that besides Allah you have no guardian or helper?

[2:115] And Allah's is the East and the West, therefore, whither you turn, thither is Allah's purpose; surely Allah is Ample giving, Knowing.

[2:116] And they say: Allah has taken to himself a son. Glory be to Him; rather, whatever is in the heavens and the earth is His; all are obedient to Him.

[2:117] Wonderful Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He decrees an affair, He only says to it, Be, so there it is.

[2:118] And those who have no knowledge say: Why does not Allah speak to us or a sign come to us? Even thus said those before them, the like of what they say; their hearts are all alike. Indeed We have made the communications clear for a people who are sure.

[2:138] (Receive) the baptism of Allah, and who is better than Allah in baptizing? And Him do we serve.

[2:139] Say: Do you dispute with us about Allah, and He is our Lord and your Lord, and we shall have our deeds and you shall have your deeds, and we are sincere to Him.

[2:140] Nay! Do you say that Ibrahim and Ismail and Yaqoub and the tribes were Jews or Christians? Say: Are you better knowing or Allah? And who is more unjust than he who conceals a testimony that he has from Allah? And Allah is not at all heedless of what you do.

[2:163] And your Allah is one Allah! There is no god but He; He is the Beneficent, the Merciful.

[2:186] And when My servants ask you concerning Me, then surely I am very near; I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he calls on Me, so they should answer My call and believe in Me that they may walk in the right way.

[2:245] Who is it that will offer of Allah a goodly gift, so He will multiply it to him manifold, and Allah straitens and amplifies, and you shall be returned to Him.

[2:255] Allah is He besides Whom there is no god, the Ever-living, the Self-subsisting by Whom all subsist; slumber does not overtake Him nor sleep; whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His; who is he that can intercede with Him but by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they can- not comprehend anything out of His knowledge except what He pleases, His knowledge extends over the heavens and the earth, and the preservation of them both tires Him not, and He is the Most High, the Great.

[3:2] Allah, (there is) no god but He, the Ever-living, the Self-subsisting by Whom all things subsist

[3:5] Allah, surely nothing is hidden from Him in the earth or in the heaven.

[3:6] He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He likes; there is no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise

[3:18] Allah bears witness that there is no god but He, and (so do) the angels and those possessed of knowledge, maintaining His creation with justice; there is no god but He, the Mighty, the Wise.

[3:26] Say: O Allah, Master of the Kingdom! Thou givest the kingdom to whomsoever Thou pleasest and takest away the kingdom from whomsoever Thou pleasest, and Thou exaltest whom Thou pleasest and abasest whom Thou pleasest in Thine hand is the good; surely, Thou hast power over all things.

[3:27] Thou makes the night to pass into the day and Thou makest the day to pass into the night, and Thou brings forth the living from the dead and Thou bringest forth the dead from the living, and Thou givest sustenance to whom Thou pleasest without measure.

[3:29] Say: Whether you hide what is in your hearts or manifest it, Allah knows it, and He knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, and Allah has power over all things.

[3:109] And whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is Allah's; and to Allah all things return

[3:129] And whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is Allah's; He forgives whom He pleases and chastises whom He pleases; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

[3:148] So Allah gave them the reward of this world and better reward of the hereafter and Allah loves those who do good (to others).

[3:150] Nay! Allah is your Patron and He is the best of the helpers.

[3:160] If Allah assists you, then there is none that can overcome you, and if He forsakes you, who is there then that can assist you after Him? And on Allah should the believers rely.

[3:189] And Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Allah has power over all things.

[4:1] O people! be careful of (your duty to) your Lord, Who created you from a single being and created its mate of the same (kind) and spread from these two, many men and women; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, by Whom you demand one of another (your rights), and (to) the ties of relationship; surely Allah ever watches over you.

[4:45] And Allah best knows your enemies; and Allah suffices as a Guardian, and Allah suffices as a Helper.

[4:126] And whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is Allah's; and Allah encompasses all things.

[4:131] And whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is Allah's and certainly We enjoined those who were given the Book before you and (We enjoin) you too that you should be careful of (your duty to) Allah; and if you disbelieve, then surely whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is Allah's and Allah is Self-sufficient, Praise- worthy.

[4:132] And whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is Allah's, and Allah is sufficient as a Protector.

[4:133] If He please, He can make you pass away, O people! And bring others; and Allah has the power to do this.

[4:134] Whoever desires the reward of this world, then with Allah is the reward of this world and the hereafter; and Allah is Hearing, Seeing.

[5:40] Do you not know that Allah, His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He chastises whom He pleases; and forgives whom He pleases and Allah has power over all things.

[5:98] Know that Allah is severe in requiting (evil) and that Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

[5:120] Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and what is in them; and He has power over all things.

[6:1] All praise is due to Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth and made the darkness and the light; yet those who disbelieve set up equals with their Lord.

[6:3] And He is Allah in the heavens and in the earth; He knows your secret (thoughts) and your open (words), and He knows what you earn.

[6:13] And to Him belongs whatever dwells in the night and the day; and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

[6:14] Say: Shall I take a guardian besides Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, and He feeds (others) and is not (Himself) fed. Say: I am commanded to be the first who submits himself, and you should not be of the polytheists.

[6:15] Say: Surely I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the chastisement of a grievous day.

[6:16] He from whom it is averted on that day, Allah indeed has shown mercy to him; and this is a manifest achievement.

[6:17] And if Allah touch you with affliction, there is none to take it off but He; and if He visit you with good, then He has power over all things.

[6:18] And He is the Supreme, above His servants; and He is the Wise, the Aware.

[6:46] Say: Have you considered that if Allah takes away your hearing and your sight and sets a seal on your hearts, who is the god besides Allah that can bring it to you? See how We repeat the communications, yet they turn away.

[6:47] Say: Have you considered if the chastisement of Allah should overtake you suddenly or openly, will any be destroyed but the unjust people?

[6:59] And with Him are the keys of the unseen treasures, none knows them but He; and He knows what is in the land and the sea, and there falls not a leaf but He knows it, nor a grain in the darkness of the earth, nor anything green nor dry but (it is all) in a clear book.

[6:63] Say: Who is it that delivers you from the dangers of the land and the sea (when) you call upon Him (openly) humiliating yourselves, and in secret: If He delivers us from this, we should certainly be of the grateful ones.

[6:64] Say: Allah delivers you from them and from every distress, but again you set up others (with Him).

[6:65] Say: He has the power that He should send on you a chastisement from above you or from beneath your feet, or that He should throw you into confusion, (making you) of different parties; and make some of you taste the fighting of others. See how We repeat the communications that they may understand.

[6:102] That is Allah, your Lord, there is no god but He; the Creator of all things, therefore serve Him, and He has charge of all things.

[6:103] Vision comprehends Him not, and He comprehends (all) vision; and He is the Knower of subtleties, the Aware.

[6:133] And your Lord is the Self-sufficient one, the Lord of mercy; if He pleases, He may take you off, and make whom He pleases successors after you, even as He raised you up from the seed of another people.

[6:162] Say. Surely my prayer and my sacrifice and my life and my death are (all) for Allah, the Lord of the worlds;

[6:163] No associate has He; and this am I commanded, and I am the first of those who submit.

[6:165] And He it is Who has made you successors in the land and raised some of you above others by (various) grades, that He might try you by what He has given you; surely your Lord is quick to requite (evil), and He is most surely the Forgiving, the Merciful.

[7:180] And Allah's are the best names, therefore call on Him thereby, and leave alone those who violate the sanctity of His names; they shall be recompensed for what they did.

[7:196] Surely my guardian is Allah, Who revealed the Book, and He befriends the good.

[9:51] Say: Nothing will afflict us save what Allah has ordained for us; He is our Patron; and on Allah let the believers rely.

[9:78] Do they not know that Allah knows their hidden thoughts and their secret counsels, and that Allah is the great Knower of the unseen things?

[9:115] It is not (attributable to) Allah that He should lead a people astray after He has guided them; He even makes clear to them what they should guard against; surely Allah knows all things.

[9:116] Surely Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He brings to life and causes to die; and there is not for you besides Allah any Guardian or Helper.

[9:129] But if they turn back, say: Allah is sufficient for me, there is no god but He; on Him do I rely, and He is the Lord of mighty power.

[10:31] Say: Who gives you sustenance from the heaven and the earth? Or Who controls the hearing and the sight? And Who brings forth the living from the dead, and brings forth the dead from the living? And Who regulates the affairs? Then they will say: Allah. Say then: Will you not then guard (against evil)?

[10:32] This then is Allah, your true Lord; and what is there after the truth but error; how are you then turned back?

[10:56] He gives life and causes death, and to Him you shall be brought back.

[10:107] And if Allah should afflict you with harm, then there is none to remove it but He; and if He intends good to you there is none to repel His grace; He brings it to whom He pleases of His servants; and He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

[11:6] And there is no animal in the earth but on Allah is the sustenance of it, and He knows its resting place and its depository all (things) are in a manifest book.

[11:7] And He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six periods, and His dominion (extends) on the water, that He might manifest to you, which of you is best in action, and if you say, surely you shall be raised up after death, those who disbelieve would certainly say: This is nothing but clear magic.

[11:123] And Allah's is the unseen in the heavens and the earth, and to Him is returned the whole of the affair; therefore serve Him and rely on Him, and your Lord is not heedless of what you do.

[13:8] Allah knows what every female bears, and that of which the wombs fall short of completion and that in which they increase; and there is a measure with Him of everything.

[13:9] The knower of the unseen and the seen, the Great, the Most High.

[13:12] He it is Who shows you the lightning causing fear and hope and (Who) brings up the heavy cloud.

[13:13] And the thunder declares His glory with His praise, and the angels too for awe of Him; and He sends the thunderbolts and smites with them whom He pleases, yet they dispute concerning Allah, and He is mighty in prowess.

[13:15] And whoever is in the heavens and the earth makes obeisance to Allah only, willingly and unwillingly, and their shadows too at morn and eve.

[15:24] And certainly We know those of you who have gone before and We certainly know those who shall come later.

[15:25] And surely your Lord will gather them together; surely He is Wise, Knowing.

[15:49] Inform My servants that I am the Forgiving, the Merciful,

[15:50] And that My punishment, that is the painful punishment.

[15:86] Surely your Lord is the Creator of all things, the Knowing

[16:1] Allah's commandment has come, therefore do not desire to hasten it; glory be to Him, and highly exalted be He above what they associate (with Him).

[16:2] He sends down the angels with the inspiration by His commandment on whom He pleases of His servants, saying: Give the warning that there is no god but Me, therefore be careful (of your duty) to Me.

[16:3] He created the heavens and the earth with the truth, highly exalted be He above what they associate (with Him).

[16:19] And Allah knows what you conceal and what you do openly.

[16:23] Truly Allah knows what they hide and what they manifest; surely He does not love the proud.

[17:43] Glory be to Him and exalted be He in high exaltation above what they say.

[17:44] The seven heavens declare His glory and the earth (too), and those who are in them; and there is not a single thing but glorifies Him with His praise, but you do not understand their glorification; surely He is Forbearing, Forgiving.

[19:64] And we do not descend but by the command of your Lord; to Him belongs whatever is before us and whatever is behind us and whatever is between these, and your Lord is not forgetful.

[19:65] The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, so serve Him and be patient in His service. Do you know any one equal to Him?

[20:5] The Beneficent Allah is firm in power.

[20:6] His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth and what is between them two and what is beneath the ground.

[20:7] And if you utter the saying aloud, then surely He knows the secret, and what is yet more hidden.

[20:8] Allah, there is no god but He; His are the very best names.

[20:98] Your Allah is only Allah, there is no god but He; He comprehends all things in (His) knowledge.

[22:6] This is because Allah is the Truth and because He gives life to the dead and because He has power over all things

[22:18] Do you not see that Allah is He, Whom obeys whoever is in the heavens and whoever is in the earth, and the sun and the moon and the stars, and the mountains and the trees, and the animals and many of the people; and many there are against whom chastisement has become necessary; and whomsoever Allah abases, there is none who can make him honorable; surely Allah does what He pleases.

[22:61] That is because Allah causes the night to enter into the day and causes the day to enter into the night, and because Allah is Hearing, Seeing.

[22:62] That is because Allah is the Truth, and that what they call upon besides Him, that is the falsehood, and because Allah is the High, the Great.

[22:63] Do you not see that Allah sends down water from the cloud so the earth becomes green? Surely Allah is Benignant, Aware.

[22:64] His is whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth; and most surely Allah is the Self-sufficient, the Praised.

[23:79] And He it is Who multiplied you in the earth, and to Him you shall be gathered.

[23:80] And He it is Who gives life and causes death, and (in) His (control) is the alternation of the night and the day; do you not then understand?

[23:84] Say: Whose is the earth, and whoever is therein, if you know?

[23:85] They (disbelievers) will say: Allah's. Say: Will you not then mind?

[23:86] Say: Who is the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the mighty dominion?

[23:87] They will say: (This is) Allah's. Say: Will you not then guard (against evil)?

[23:88] Say: Who is it in Whose hand is the kingdom of all things and Who gives succor, but against Him Succor is not given, if you do but know?

[23:89] They will say: (This is) Allah's. Say: From whence are you then deceived?

[24:35] Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth; a likeness of His light is as a niche in which is a lamp, the lamp is in a glass, (and) the glass is as it were a brightly shining star, lit from a blessed olive-tree, neither eastern nor western, the oil whereof almost gives light though fire touch it not, light upon light, Allah guides to His light whom He pleases, and Allah sets forth parables for men, and Allah is Cognizant of all things.

[24:36] In houses which Allah has permitted to be exalted and that His name may be remembered in them; there glorify Him therein in the mornings and the evenings,

[24:41] Do you not see that Allah is He Whom do glorify all those who are in the heavens and the earth, and the (very) birds with expanded wings? He knows the prayer of each one and its glorification, and Allah is Cognizant of what they do.

[24:42] And Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and to Allah is the eventual coming.

[24:64] Now surely Allah's is whatever is in the heavens and the earth; He knows indeed that to which you are conforming yourselves; and on the day on which they are returned to Him He will inform them of what they did; and Allah is Cognizant of all things.

[25:2] He, Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and Who did not take to Himself a son, and Who has no associate in the kingdom, and Who created everything, then ordained for it a measure.

[25:58] And rely on the Ever-living Who dies not, and celebrate His praise; and Sufficient is He as being aware of the faults of His servants,

[25:59] Who created the heavens and the earth and what is between them in six periods, and He is firmly established on the throne of authority; the Beneficent Allah, so ask respecting it one aware.

[26:9] And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

[26:140] And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

[26:159] And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

[26:175] And most surely your Lord is the Mighty, the Merciful.

[26:191] And most surely your Lord is Mighty, the Merciful.

[26:217] And rely on the Mighty, the Merciful,

[26:218] Who sees you when you stand up.

[26:219] And your turning over and over among those who prostrate themselves before Allah.

[26:220] Surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

[27:65] Say: No one in the heavens and the earth knows the unseen but Allah; and they do not know when they shall be raised.

[27:73] And surely your Lord is the Lord of grace to men, but most of them are not grateful.

[27:74] And most surely your Lord knows what their breasts conceal and what they manifest.

[27:93] And say: Praise be to Allah, He will show you His signs so that you shall recognize them; nor is your Lord heedless of what you do.

[28:69] And your Lord knows what their breasts conceal and what they manifest.

[28:70] And He is Allah, there is no god but He! All praise is due to Him in this (life) and the hereafter, and His is the judgment, and to Him you shall be brought back.

[28:88] And call not with Allah any other god; there is no god but He, everything is perishable but He; His is the judgment, and to Him you shall be brought back.

[29:19] What! Do they not consider how Allah originates the creation, then reproduces it? Surely that is easy to Allah.

[29:20] Say: Travel in the earth and see how He makes the first creation, then Allah creates the latter creation; surely Allah has power over all things.

[29:21] He punishes whom He pleases and has mercy on whom He pleases, and to Him you shall be turned back.

[29:22] And you shall not escape in the earth nor in the heaven, and you have neither a protector nor a helper besides Allah.

[29:60] And how many a living creature that does not carry its sustenance: Allah sustains it and yourselves; and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

[29:61] And if you ask them, Who created the heavens and the earth and made the sun and the moon subservient, they will certainly say, Allah. Whence are they then turned away?

[29:62] Allah makes abundant the means of subsistence for whom He pleases of His servants, and straitens them for whom (He pleases) surely Allah is Cognizant of all things.

[29:63] And if you ask them Who is it that sends down water from the clouds, then gives life to the earth with it after its death, they will certainly say, Allah. Say: All praise is due to Allah. Nay, most of them do not understand.

[30:25] And one of His signs is that the heaven and the earth subsist by His command, then when He calls you with a (single) call from out of the earth, lo! You come forth.

[30:26] And His is whosoever is in the heavens and the earth; all are obedient to Him.

[30:27] And He it is Who originates the creation, then reproduces it, and it is easy to Him; and His are the most exalted attributes in the heavens and the earth, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

[31:25] And if you ask them who created the heavens and the earth, they will certainly say: Allah. Say: (All) praise is due to Allah; nay! Most of them do not know.

[31:26] What is in the heavens and the earth is Allah's; surely Allah is the Self-sufficient, the Praised.

[31:34] Surely Allah is He with Whom is the knowledge of the hour, and He sends down the rain and He knows what is in the wombs; and no one knows what he shall earn on the morrow; and no one knows in what land he shall die; surely Allah is Knowing, Aware.

[32:6] This (Allah) is the Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Mighty the Merciful,

[33:54] If you do a thing openly or do it in secret, then surely Allah is Cognizant of all things.

[34:1] (All) praise is due to Allah, Whose is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and to Him is due (all) praise in the hereafter; and He is the Wise, the Aware.

[34:2] He knows that which goes down into the earth and that which comes out of it, and that which comes down from the heaven and that which goes up to it; and He is the Merciful, the Forgiving.

[34:24] Say: Who gives you the sustenance from the heavens and the earth? Say: Allah. And most surely we or you are on a right way or in manifest error

[34:48] Say: Surely my Lord utters the truth, the great Knower of the unseen.

[34:49] Say: The truth has come, and the falsehood shall vanish and shall not come back.

[35:10] Whoever desires honor, then to Allah belongs the honor wholly. To Him do ascend the good words; and the good deeds, lift them up, and (as for) those who plan evil deeds, they shall have a severe chastisement; and (as for) their plan, it shall perish.

[35:15] O men! you are they who stand in need of Allah, and Allah is He Who is the Self-sufficient, the Praised One.

[35:16] If He please, He will take you off and bring a new generation.

[35:17] And this is not hard to Allah.

[35:38] Surely Allah is the Knower of what is unseen in the heavens and the earth; surely He is Cognizant of what is in the hearts.

[35:41] Surely Allah upholds the heavens and the earth lest they come to naught; and if they should come to naught, there Is none who can up- hold them after Him; surely He is the Forbearing, the Forgiving.

[36:76] Therefore let not their (disbelievers) speech grieve you; surely We know what they do in secret and what they do openly.

[36:77] Does not man see that We have created him from the small seed? Then lo! He is an open disputant.

[36:78] And he strikes out a likeness for Us and forgets his own creation. Says he: Who will give life to the bones when they are rotten?

[36:79] Say: He (Allah) will give life to them Who brought them into existence at first, and He is cognizant of all creation

[36:80] He Who has made for you the fire (to burn) from the green tree, so that with it you kindle (fire).

[36:81] Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like of them? Yea! And He is the Creator (of all), the Knower.

[36:82] His command, when He intends anything, is only to say to it: Be, so it is.

[36:83] Therefore glory be to Him in Whose hand is the kingdom of all things, and to Him you shall be brought back.

[37:1] I swear by those who draw themselves out in ranks (angels)

[37:2] Then those who drive away with reproof,

[37:3] Then those (believers) who recite, being mindful, [37:4] Most surely your Allah is One:

[37:5] The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, and Lord of the easts.

[37:182] And all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

[39:62] Allah is the Creator of everything and He has charge over everything.

[39:63] His are the treasures of the heavens and the earth; and (as for) those who disbelieve in the communications of Allah, these it is that are the losers.

[39:64] Say: What! Do you then bid me serve others than Allah, O ignorant men?

[39:65] And certainly, it has been revealed to you and to those before you: Surely if you associate (with Allah), your work would certainly come to naught and you would certainly be of the losers.

[39:66] Nay! But serve Allah alone and be of the thankful

[40:3] (Allah is) The Forgiver of the faults and the Acceptor of repentance, Severe to punish, Lord of bounty; there is no god but He; to Him is the eventual coming.

[40:62] That is Allah, your Lord, the Creator of everything; there is no Allah but He; whence are you then turned away?

[40:63] Thus were turned away those who denied the communications of Allah.

[40:64] Allah is He Who made the earth a resting-place for you and the heaven a canopy, and He formed you, then made goodly your forms, and He provided you with goodly things; that is Allah, your Lord; blessed then is Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

[40:65] He is the Living, there is no god but He, therefore call on Him, being sincere to Him in obedience; (all) praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.

[41:47] To Him (Allah) is referred the knowledge of the hour, and there come not forth any of the fruits from their coverings, nor does a female bear, nor does she give birth, but with His knowledge; and on the day when He shall call out to them, Where are (those whom you called) My associates? They shall say: We declare to Thee, none of us is a witness.

[42:4] His is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and He is the High, the Great.

[42:9] Or have they taken guardians besides Him? But Allah is the Guardian, and He gives life to the dead, and He has power over all things.

[42:10] And in whatever thing you disagree, the judgment thereof is (in) Allah's (hand); that is Allah, my Lord, on Him do I rely and to Him do I turn time after time.

[42:11] The Originator of the heavens and the earth; He made mates for you from among yourselves, and mates of the cattle too, multiplying you thereby; nothing like a likeness of Him; and He is the Hearing, the Seeing.

[42:12] His are the treasures of the heavens and the earth; He makes ample and straitens the means of subsistence for whom He pleases; surely He is Cognizant of all things.

[42:19] Allah is Benignant to His servants; He gives sustenance to whom He pleases, and He is the Strong, the Mighty.

[42:31] And you cannot escape in the earth, and you shall not have a guardian or a helper besides Allah.

[42:49] Allah's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He creates what He pleases; He grants to whom He pleases daughters and grants to whom He pleases sons.

[42:50] Or He makes them of both sorts, male and female; and He makes whom He pleases barren; surely He is the Knowing, the Powerful.

[42:51] And it is not for any mortal that Allah should speak to them, they could not bear to hear and they did not see.

[43:84] And He it is Who is Allah in the heavens and Allah in the earth; and He is the Wise, the Knowing.

[43:85] And blessed is He Whose is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, and with Him is the knowledge of the hour, and to Him shall you be brought back.

[44:7] The Lord of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, if you would be sure.

[44:8] There is no god but He; He gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your fathers of yore.

[45:36] Therefore to Allah is due (all) praise, the Lord of the heavens and the Lord of the earth, the Lord of the worlds.

[45:37] And to Him belongs greatness in the heavens and the earth, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

[46:33] Have they not considered that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth and was not tired by their creation, is able to give life to the dead? Aye! He has surely power over all things.

[48:7] And Allah's are the hosts of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is Mighty, Wise.

[48:14] And Allah's is the kingdom. of the heavens and the earth; He forgives whom He pleases and punishes whom He pleases, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

[50:15] Were We then fatigued with the first creation? Yet are they in doubt with regard to a new creation.

[50:16] And certainly We created man, and We know what his mind suggests to him, and We are nearer to him than his life vein.

[51:56] And I have not created the jinn and the men except that they should serve Me.

[51:57] I do not desire from them any sustenance and I do not desire that they should feed Me.

[51:58] Surely Allah is the Bestower of sustenance, the Lord of Power, the Strong.

[53:42] And that to your Lord is the goal,

[53:43] And that He it is Who makes (men) laugh and makes (them) weep;

[53:44] And that He it is Who causes death and gives life,

[53:45] And that He created pairs, the male and the female.

[53:46] From the small seed when it is adapted.

[53:47] And that on Him is the bringing forth a second time;

[53:48] And that He it is Who enriches and gives to hold;

[54:49] Surely We have created everything according to a measure.

[54:50] And Our command is but one, as the twinkling of an eye.

[54:51] And certainly We have already destroyed the likes of you, but is there anyone who will mind?

[55:77] Which then of the bounties of your Lord will you deny?

[55:78] Blessed be the name of your Lord, the Lord of Glory and Honor!

[57:1] Whatever is in the heavens and the earth declares the glory of Allah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

[57:2] His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He gives life and causes death; and He has power over all things.

[57:3] He is the First and the Last and the Ascendant (overall) and the Knower of hidden things, and He is Cognizant of all things.

[57:4] He it is who created the heavens and the earth in six periods, and He is firm in power; He knows that which goes deep down into the earth and that which comes forth out of it, and that which comes down from the heaven and that which goes up into it, and He is with you wherever you are; and Allah sees what you do.

[57:5] His is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; and to Allah are (all) affairs returned.

[57:6] He causes the night to enter in upon the day, and causes the day to enter in upon the night, and He is Cognizant of what is in the hearts.

[57:29] So that the followers of the Book may know that they do not control aught of the grace of Allah, and that grace is in Allah's hand, He gives it to whom He pleases; and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace.

[59:1] Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth declares the glory of Allah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

[59:22] He is Allah besides Whom there is no god; the Knower of the unseen and the seen; He is the Beneficent, the Merciful [

[59:23] He is Allah, besides Whom there is no god; the King, the Holy, the Giver of peace, the Granter of security, Guardian over all, the Mighty, the Supreme, the Possessor of every greatness Glory be to Allah from what they set up (with Him).

[59:24] He is Allah the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner; His are the most excellent names; whatever is in the heavens and the earth declares His glory; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

[61:1] Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth declares the glory of Allah; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.

[62:1] Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth declares the glory of Allah, the King, the Holy, the Mighty, the Wise.

[64:1] Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth declares the glory of Allah; to Him belongs the kingdom, and to Him is due (all) praise, and He has power over all things.

[64:2] He it is Who created you, but one of you is an unbeliever and another of you is a believer; and Allah sees what you do.

[64:3] He created the heavens and the earth with truth, and He formed you, then made goodly your forms, and to Him is the ultimate resort.

[64:4] He knows what is in the heavens and the earth, and He knows what you hide and what you manifest; and Allah is Cognizant of what is in the hearts.

[65:12] Allah is He Who created seven heavens, and of the earth the like of them; the decree continues to descend among them, that you may know that Allah has power over all things and that Allah indeed encompasses all things in (His) knowledge.

[67:1] Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all things,

[67:2] Who created death and life that He may try you, which of you is best in deeds; and He is the Mighty, the Forgiving,

[67:13] And conceal your word or manifest it; surely He is Cognizant of what is in the hearts.

[67:14] Does He not know, Who created? And He is the Knower of the subtleties, the Aware.

[76:28] We created them and made firm their make, and when We please We will bring in their place the likes of them by a change.

[76:29] Surely this is a reminder, so whoever pleases takes to his Lord a way.

[76:30] And you do not please except that Allah please, surely Allah is Knowing, Wise;

[76:31] He makes whom He pleases to enter into His mercy; and (as for) the unjust, He has prepared for them a painful chastisement.

[85:12] Surely the might of your Lord is great.

[85:13] Surely He it is Who originates and reproduces,

[85:14] And He is the Forgiving, the Loving,

[85:15] Lord of the Arsh, the Glorious,

[85:16] The great doer of what He will.

[92:12] Surely Ours is it to show the way,

[92:13] And most surely Ours is the hereafter and the former.

[112:1] Say: He, Allah, is One.

112:2] Allah is He on Whom all depend.

[112:3] He begets not, nor is He begotten.

[112:4] And none is like Him.

Angels

[2:97] Say: Whoever is the enemy of Jibreel, for surely he revealed it to your heart by Allah's command, verifying that which is before it and guidance and good news for the believers.

[2:98] Whoever is the enemy of Allah and His angels and His messengers and Jibreel and Meekaeel, so surely Allah is the enemy of the unbelievers.

[13:10] Alike (to Him) among you is he who conceals (his) words and he who speaks them openly, and he who hides himself by night and (who) goes forth by day.

[13:11] For his sake there are angels following one another, before him and behind him, who guard him by Allah's commandment; surely Allah does not change the condition of a people until they change their own condition; and when Allah intends evil to a people, there is no averting it, and besides Him they have no protector.

[35:1] All praise is due to Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, the Maker of the angels, messengers flying on wings, two, and three, and four; He increases in creation what He pleases; surely Allah has power over all things.

[42:5] The heavens may almost rend asunder from above them and the angels sing the praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those on earth; now surely Allah is the Forgiving, the Merciful.

[43:19] And they (disbelievers) make the angels, them who are the servants of the Beneficent Allah, female (divinities). What! Did they witness their creation? Their evidence shall be written down and they shall be questioned.

[50:17] When the two receivers (angels) receive, sitting on the right and on the left.

[50:18] He (man) utters not a word but there is by him a watcher at hand (recording the deeds of man).

[53:27] Most surely they who do not believe in the hereafter name the angels with female names.

[53:28] And they have no knowledge of it; they do not follow anything but conjecture, and surely conjecture does not avail against the truth at all.

[70:4] To Him (Allah) ascend the angels and the Spirit in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years.

[79:3] (I swear by) And by those (angels) who float in space,

[79:4] Then those who are foremost going ahead,

[79:5] Then those who regulate the affair (that the day will come)

[82:10] And most surely there are keepers (angels) over you,

[82:11] Honorable recorders,

[82:12] They know what you do.

[86:1] I swear by the heaven and the comer by night;

[86:2] And what will make you know what the comer by night is?

[86:3] The star of piercing brightness;

[86:4] There is not a soul but over it is a keeper.

Asahab Al-Kahf, People of The Cave

[18:9] Or, do you think that the Fellows of the Cave and the Inscription were of Our wonderful signs?

[18:10] When the youths sought refuge in the cave, they said: Our Lord! Grant us mercy from Thee, and provide for us a right course in our affair.

[18:11] So We prevented them from hearing in the cave for a number of years.

[18:12] Then We raised them up that We might know which of the two parties was best able to compute the time for which they remained.

[18:13] We relate to you their story with the truth; surely they were youths who believed in their Lord and We increased them in guidance.

[18:14] And We strengthened their hearts with patience, when they stood up and said: Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth; we will by no means call upon any god besides Him, for then indeed we should have said an extravagant thing.

[18:15] These our people have taken gods besides Him; why do they not produce any clear authority in their support? Who is then more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah?

[18:16] And when you forsake them and what they worship save Allah, betake yourselves for refuge to the cave; your Lord will extend to you largely of His mercy and provide for you a profitable course in your affair.

[18:17] And you might see the sun when it rose, decline from their cave towards the right hand, and when it set, leave them behind on the left while they were in a wide space thereof. This is of the signs of Allah; whomsoever Allah guides, he is the rightly guided one, and whomsoever He causes to err, you shall not find for him any friend to lead (him) aright.

[18:18] And you might think them awake while they were asleep and We turned them about to the right and to the left, while their dog (lay) outstretching its paws at the entrance; if you looked at them you would certainly turn back from them in flight, and you would certainly be filled with awe because of them.

[18:19] And thus did We rouse them that they might question each other. A speaker among them said: How long have you tarried? They said: We have tarried for a day or a part of a day. (Others) said: Your Lord knows best how long you have tarried. Now send one of you with this silver (coin) of yours to the city, then let him see which of them has purest food, so let him bring you provision from it, and let him behave with gentleness, and by no means make your case known to any one:

[18:20] For surely if they prevail against you they would stone you to death or force you back to their religion, and then you will never succeed.

[18:21] And thus did We make (men) to get knowledge of them that they might know that Allah's promise is true and that as for the hour there is no doubt about it. When they disputed among themselves about their affair and said: Erect an edifice over them, their Lord best knows them. Those who prevailed in their affair said: We will certainly raise a masjid over them.

[18:22] (Some) say: (They are) three, the fourth of them being their dog; and (others) say: Five, the sixth of them being their dog, making conjectures at what is unknown; and (others yet) say: Seven, and the eighth of them is their dog. Say: My Lord best knows their number, none knows them but a few; therefore contend not in the matter of them but with an outward contention, and do not question concerning them any of them.

[18:23] And do not say of anything: Surely I will do it tomorrow,

[18:24] Unless Allah pleases; and remember your Lord when you forget and say: Maybe my Lord will guide me to a nearer course to the right than this.

[18:25] And they remained in their cave three hundred years and (some) add (another) nine.

[18:26] Say: Allah knows best how long they remained; to Him are (known) the unseen things of the heavens and the earth; how clear His sight and how clear His hearing! There is none to be a guardian for them besides Him, and He does not make any one His associate in His Judgment.