God controls all things...
Selected quotes from the Quran - (chapter:verse.)
- 1:1 In the name of GOD, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
1:2. Praise be to GOD, Lord of the universe.
1:3. Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
1:4. Master of the Day of Judgment.
1:5. You alone we worship; You alone we ask for help.
1:6. Guide us in the right path;
1:7. the path of those whom You blessed; not of those who have
deserved wrath, nor of the strayers.
- 2:20. The lightning almost snatches away their eyesight. When it
lights for them, they move forward, and when it turns dark, they stand
still. If GOD wills, He can take away their hearing and their eyesight. GOD
is Omnipotent.
2:21. O people, worship only your Lord- the One who created you
and those before you-that you may be saved.
2:22. The One who made the earth habitable for you, and the sky a
structure. He sends down from the sky water, to produce all kinds of fruits
for your sustenance. You shall not set up idols to rival GOD, now that you
know.
- 2:106. When we abrogate any miracle, or cause it to be
forgotten, we produce a better miracle, or at least an equal one. Do you not
recognize the fact that GOD is Omnipotent?
2:107. Do you not recognize the fact that GOD possesses the
kingship of the heavens and the earth; that you have none besides GOD as
your Lord and Master?
2:108. Do you wish to demand of your messenger what was demanded
of Moses in the past? Anyone who chooses disbelief, instead of belief, has
truly strayed off the right path.
2:109. Many followers of the scripture would rather see you
revert to disbelief, now that you have believed. This is due to jealousy on
their part, after the truth has become evident to them. You shall pardon
them, and leave them alone, until GOD issues His judgment. GOD is
Omnipotent.
2:110. You shall observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) and give the
obligatory charity (Zakat). Any good you send forth on behalf of your souls,
you will find it at GOD. GOD is seer of everything you do.
- 2:146. Those who received the scripture recognize the truth
herein, as they recognize their own children. Yet, some of them conceal the
truth, knowingly.
2:147. This is the truth from your Lord; do not harbor any doubt.
2:148. Each of you chooses the direction to follow; you shall
race towards righteousness. Wherever you may be, GOD will summon you all.
GOD is Omnipotent.
- 2:259. Consider the one who passed by a ghost town and wondered,
"How can GOD revive this after it had died?" GOD then put him to death for
a hundred years, then resurrected him. He said, "How long have you stayed
here?" He said, "I have been here a day, or part of the day." He said, "No!
You have been here a hundred years. Yet, look at your food and drink; they
did not spoil. Look at your donkey-we thus render you a lesson for the
people. Now, note how we construct the bones, then cover them with flesh."
When he realized what had happened, he said, "Now I know that GOD is
Omnipotent."
- 2:284. To GOD belongs everything in the heavens and the earth.
Whether you declare your innermost thoughts, or keep them hidden, GOD holds
you responsible for them. He forgives whomever He wills, and punishes
whomever He wills. GOD is Omnipotent.
- 6:17. If GOD touches you with adversity, none can relieve it
except He. And if He touches you with a blessing, He is Omnipotent.
6:18. He is Supreme over His creatures. He is the Most Wise, the
Cognizant.
- 9:116. To GOD belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the
earth. He controls life and death. You have none beside GOD as a Lord and
Master.
- 10:3. Your only Lord is GOD; the One who created the heavens and
the earth in six days, then assumed all authority. He controls all matters.
There is no intercessor, except in accordance with His will. Such is GOD
your Lord. You shall worship Him. Would you not take heed?
10:4. To Him is your ultimate return, all of you. This is GOD's
truthful promise. He initiates the creation, then repeats it, in order to
reward those who believe and lead a righteous life, equitably. As for those
who disbelieve, they incur hellish drinks, and a painful retribution for
their disbelieving.
10:5. He is the One who rendered the sun radiant, and the moon a
light, and He designed its phases that you may learn to count the years and
to calculate. GOD did not create all this, except for a specific purpose. He
explains the revelations for people who know.
- 10:31. Say, "Who provides for you from the heaven and the earth?
Who controls all the hearing and the eyesight? Who produces the living from
the dead, and the dead from the living? Who is in control of all things?"
They would say, "GOD." Say, "Why then do you not observe the commandments?"
10:32. Such is GOD, your rightful Lord. What is there after the
truth, except falsehood? How could you disregard all this?
10:33. This is what your Lord's decision does to those who choose
to be wicked: they cannot believe.
10:34. Say, "Can any of your idols initiate creation, then repeat
it?" Say, "GOD initiates the creation, then repeats it."
10:35. Say, "Does any of your idols guide to the truth?" Say,
"GOD guides to the truth. Is one who guides to the truth more worthy of
being followed, or one who does not guide, and needs guidance for himself?
What is wrong with your judgment?"
10:36. Most of them follow nothing but conjecture, and conjecture
is no substitute for the truth. GOD is fully aware of everything they do.
- 13:31. Even if a Quran caused mountains to move, or the earth to
tear asunder, or the dead to speak (they will not believe). GOD controls all
things. Is it not time for the believers to give up and realize that if GOD
willed, He could have guided all the people? The disbelievers will continue
to suffer disasters, as a consequence of their own works, or have disasters
strike close to them, until GOD's promise is fulfilled. GOD will never
change the predetermined destiny.
- 17:61. When we said to the angels, "Fall prostrate before Adam,"
they fell prostrate, except Satan. He said, "Shall I prostrate to one You
created from mud?"
17:62. He said, "Since You have honored him over me, if You
respite me till the Day of Resurrection, I will possess all his descendants,
except a few."
17:63. He said, "Then go; you and those who follow you will end
up in Hell as your requital; an equitable requital.
17:64. "You may entice them with your voice, and mobilize all
your forces and all your men against them, and share in their money and
children, and promise them. Anything the devil promises is no more than an
illusion.
17:65. "As for My servants, you have no power over them." Your
Lord suffices as an advocate.
17:66. Your Lord is the One who causes the ships to float on the
ocean, that you may seek His bounties. He is Most Merciful towards you.
- 31:21. When they are told, "Follow these revelations of GOD,"
they say, "No, we follow only what we found our parents doing." What if the
devil is leading them to the agony of Hell?
31:22. Those who submit completely to GOD, while leading a righteous life,
have gotten hold of the strongest bond. For GOD is in full control of all
things.
- 34:39. Say, "My Lord is the One who controls all provisions; He
increases the provisions for whomever He chooses from among His servants, or
reduces them. Anything you spend (in the cause of God), He will reward you
for it; He is the Best Provider."
- 39:53. Proclaim: "O My servants who exceeded the limits, never
despair of GOD's mercy. For GOD forgives all sins. He is the Forgiver, Most
Merciful."
39:54. You shall obey your Lord, and submit to Him totally,
before the retribution overtakes you; then you cannot be helped.
39:55. And follow the best path that is pointed out for you by
your Lord, before the retribution overtakes you suddenly when you least
expect it.
39:56. Lest a soul may say, "How sorry I am for disregarding
GOD's commandments; I was certainly one of the mockers."
39:57. Or say, "Had GOD guided me, I would have been with the
righteous."
39:58. Or say, when it sees the retribution, "If I get another
chance, I will work righteousness."
39:59. Yes indeed (you did get enough chances). My proofs came to
you, but you rejected them, turned arrogant, and became a disbeliever.
39:60. On the Day of Resurrection you will see the faces of those
who lied about GOD covered with misery. Is Hell not the right retribution
for the arrogant ones?
39:61. And GOD will save those who have maintained righteousness;
He will reward them. No harm will touch them, nor will they have any grief.
39:62. GOD is the Creator of all things, and He is in full
control of all things.
- 40:66. Say, "I have been enjoined from worshiping the idols you
worship beside GOD, when the clear revelations came to me from my Lord. I
was commanded to submit to the Lord of the universe."
40:67. He is the One who created you from dust, and subsequently
from a tiny drop, then from a hanging embryo, then He brings you out as a
child, then He lets you reach maturity, then you become old-some of you die
earlier. You attain a predetermined age, that you may understand.
40:68. He is the only One who controls life and death. To have
anything done, He simply says to it, "Be," and it is.
40:69. Have you noted those who argue against GOD's proofs, and
how they have deviated?
- 41:37. Among His proofs are the night and the day, and the sun
and the moon. Do not prostrate before the sun, nor the moon; you shall fall
prostrate before the GOD who created them, if you truly worship Him alone.
41:38. If they are too arrogant to do this, then those at your
Lord glorify Him night and day, without ever tiring.
41:39. Among His proofs is that you see the land still, then, as
soon as we shower it with water, it vibrates with life. Surely, the One who
revived it can revive the dead. He is Omnipotent.
41:40. Surely, those who distort our revelations are not hidden
from us. Is one who gets thrown into Hell better, or one who comes secure on
the Day of Resurrection? Do whatever you wish; He is Seer of everything you
do.
- 42:7. We thus reveal to you an Arabic Quran to warn the central
community and all around it, and to warn about the Day of Summoning that is
inevitable. Some will end up in Heaven, and some in Hell.
42:8. Had GOD willed, He could have made them one community. But
He redeems into His mercy whomever He wills. As for the transgressors, they
have no master, nor a helper.
42:9. Did they find other lords beside Him? GOD is the only Lord
and Master. He is the One who resurrects the dead, and He is the Omnipotent
One.
42:10. If you dispute any part of this message, the judgment for
doing this rests with GOD. Such is GOD my Lord. In Him I trust, and to Him I
submit.
42:11. Initiator of the heavens and the earth. He created for you
from among yourselves spouses-and also for the animals. He thus provides you
with the means to multiply. There is nothing that equals Him. He is the
Hearer, the Seer.
42:12. To Him belongs absolute control of the heavens and the
earth. He is the One who increases the provision for whomever He wills, or
reduces it. He is fully aware of all things.
- 42:48. If they turn away, we did not send you as their guardian.
Your sole mission is delivering the message. When we shower the human beings
with mercy, they become proud, and when adversity afflicts them, as a
consequence of their own deeds, the human beings turn into disbelievers.
42:49. To GOD belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and the
earth. He creates whatever He wills, granting daughters to whomever He
wills, and granting sons to whomever He wills.
42:50. Or, He may have the males and the females marry each
other, then render whomever He wills sterile. He is Omniscient, Omnipotent.
All the quotes (above) are courtesy of Dr Rashad Khalifa's
english translation of the Quran.
PLEASE read the Quran in its entirety, in context of its chapters
and
verses regularly, and pray to God alone for guidance and
understanding, my
clarity came from just this (all praises to Allah).
I am a Muslim that bears witness that 'there is no god besides God,
He
alone is God, He has no partners'. I do not idolise prophets,
messengers,
religious leaders/scholars or anyone else. Therefore, 'Praise be to
GOD
and peace be upon His servants whom He chose' (adapted from 27:59.).
Yours sincerely, Tajudeen (email:tajnett@hotmail.com)
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