God
III.
Say, He is God, One [God];
God, the Eternal.
He begetteth not nor is begotten,
And there is none equal unto Him.
(cxii.)34
IV.
The Throne-Verse.35
God! There is no God but He, the Ever-Living, the Ever-Subsisting. Slumber seizeth Him not, nor sleep. To Him belongeth whatsoever is in the Heavens and whatsoever is in the Earth. Who is he that shall intercede with Him, unless by His permission? He knoweth what [hath been] before them and what [shall be] after them, and they shall not compass aught of His knowledge save what He willeth. His Throne comprehendeth the Heavens and the Earth,36 and the care of them burdeneth Him not. And He is the High, the Great.
(ii. 256.)
V.
†Say, O God, to whom belongeth dominion, Thou givest dominion to whom Thou wilt, and from whom Thou wilt Thou takest it away; Thou exaltest whom Thou wilt, and whom Thou wilt Thou humblest. In Thy hand is good. Verily Thou art all-powerful.
Thou causest the night to pass into the day, and Thou causest the day to pass into the night; and Thou bringest forth the living from the dead, and Thou bringest forth the dead from the living; and thou givest sustenance to whom Thou wilt without measure.
(iii. 25, 26.)
VI.
Blessed be He in whose hand is the dominion and who is all-powerful;37
Who hath created death and life, that He may prove you, which of you [will be] best in works: and He is the Mighty, the Very-Forgiving:
Who hath created seven heavens, one above another. Thou seest not any fault in the creation of the Compassionate. But lift up the eyes again to heaven. Dost thou see any fissures?
Then lift up the eyes again twice; the sight shall return unto thee dull and dim.
(lxvii. 1-4.)
VII.
Verily your Lord is God, who created the heavens and the earth in six days: then He ascended the throne. He causeth the night to cover the day; it followeth it swiftly: and He created the sun and the moon and the stars, made subject utterly to His command. Do not the whole creation and command belong to Him? Blessed be God, the Lord of the Worlds.
(vii. 52.)
VIII.
We have placed in heaven the twelve signs of the Zodiac, and adorned them for the beholders with the constellations;
And We have guarded them (by means of shooting stars) from every accursed devil,38
Excepting him who listeneth by stealth, whom a manifest shooting star pursueth.
We have also spread forth the earth, and thrown thereon firm mountains,39 and We have caused to spring forth in it every kind [of green thing] weighed.40
And We have provided for you therein necessaries of life, and for him whom ye do not sustain;41
And there is not a thing but the storehouses thereof are with Us, and We send it not down save in determined quantities.
We also send the fertilizing winds,42 and We send down water from heaven, and give you to drink thereof; and ye are not the storers of it.
And verily We give life and death, and We are the heirs of all the creation.
We also know those who have gone before you, and We know those who follow after [you].
And verily thy Lord will assemble them together: for He is Wise, Knowing.
(xv. 16-25.)
IX.
And your God is One God: there is no god but He, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
Verily in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the varying of night and day, and the ships that course upon the sea laden with what is profitable to mankind, and the water that God hath sent down from heaven, quickening the earth thereby after its death, and scattering about it all kinds of beasts; and in the changing of the winds, and the clouds that are compelled to do service between heaven and earth, are signs unto a people who understand.
Yet among men are those who take to themselves, beside God, idols, which they love as with the love for God: but those who have believed are more loving towards God than these towards their idols.
(ii. 158-160.)
X.
Verily God causeth the grain to come forth, and the date-stone: He bringeth forth the living from the dead,43 and He bringeth forth the dead from the living:44 This is God; then wherefore are ye turned away?
He causeth the dawn to appear, and hath ordained the night for rest, and the sun and the moon for reckoning time: this is the appointment of the Mighty, the Wise.
And it is He who hath ordained for you the stars, that ye may be guided by them in the darknesses of the land and of the sea: We have clearly shown the signs of Our power unto the people who know.45
And it is He who hath produced you from one soul, and there is a place of rest and of storing:46 We have clearly shown the signs to the people who understand.
And it is He who hath sent down water from heaven, and We have produced thereby the germs of everything, and We have caused the green thing to come forth therefrom, from which We draw forth grains massed; and from the palm-tree, from its fruit-branch, clusters of dates heaped together:47 and gardens of grapes, and the olive and the pomegranate, like one another48 and not like.49 Look ye at their fruits when they bear fruit, and their ripening. Verily therein are signs unto the people who believe.
Yet they have set up the Jinn50 as partners of God, though He hath created them, and without knowledge have they falsely attributed to Him sons and daughters. Extolled be His purity, and high be He exalted above that which they attribute [to Him]!
He is the Author of the heavens and the earth. How then should He have offspring, when He hath no consort, and hath created everything and knoweth everything?
This is God your Lord. There is no God but He, the Creator of everything: therefore worship ye Him;51 and He is guardian over everything.
The eyes see Him not, but He seeth the eyes: and He is the Gracious, the Knowing.
(vi. 95-103.)
XI.
It is He who maketh the lightning to appear unto you, [causing] fear and hope of rain, and formeth the pregnant clouds.
And the thunder proclaimeth His perfection with His praise; and [likewise] the angels, in fear of Him. And He sendeth the thunderbolts, and striketh with them whom He pleaseth, whilst they dispute concerning God; for He is mighty in power.52
(xiii. 13, 14.)
XII.
With Him are the keys of the hidden things: none knoweth them but He: and He knoweth whatsoever is on the land and in the sea, and there falleth not a leaf but He knoweth it, nor a grain in the dark parts of the earth, nor a moist thing nor a dry thing, but [it is noted] in a distinct writing.53
And it is He who taketh your souls at night, and knoweth what ye have gained in the day; then He reviveth you therein,54 that an appointed time55 may be fulfilled. Then unto Him shall ye return: then will He declare unto you what ye have done.
And He is the Supreme56 over His servants, and He sendeth watchers over you,57 until when death cometh unto any one of you, Our messengers take his soul, and they fail not.
Then are they58 returned unto God their Lord, the True.59 Doth not judgment belong to Him? And He is the most quick of reckoners.
Say,60 Who delivereth you from the darknesses of the land and of the sea, when ye supplicate Him humbly and in secret, saying, ‘If Thou deliver us from these dangers, we will assuredly be of [the number of] the thankful’?
Say, God delivereth you from them and from every affliction.
(vi. 59-64.)
XIII.
Verily God will not forgive the associating with Him [any other being as a god], but will forgive other sins unto whom He pleaseth; and whoso associateth [another] with God hath wrought a great wickedness.
(iv. 51.)
XIV.
They61 say, ‘The Compassionate hath gotten offspring:’ Ye have done an impious thing.
It wanteth little but that the heavens be rent thereat, and that the earth cleave asunder, and that the mountains fall down in pieces.62
For that they have attributed offspring to the Compassionate, when it beseemeth not the Compassionate to get offspring.
There is none of all that are in the heavens and the earth but he shall come unto the Compassionate as a servant.63 He hath known them and numbered them with an exact numbering.
And each of them shall come unto Him on the day of resurrection, alone.64
†Verily those who have believed and have done the things that are right, on them the Compassionate will bestow [His] love.
(xix. 91-96.)
XV.
O men of Mekkeh, a parable is propounded, wherefore hearken unto it. Verily, those idols which ye invoke beside God can never create a fly, although they assembled for it: and if the fly carry off from them aught,65 they cannot recover the same from it. Weak are the seeker and the sought!
(xxii. 72.)
XVI.
The likeness of those who take to themselves Tutelars66 instead of God is as the likeness of the spider, which maketh for herself a dwelling; and the frailest of dwellings surely is the dwelling of the spider! If they knew67——!
Verily God knoweth whatever thing they invoke in His stead; and He is the Mighty, the Wise.
And these parables68 we propound unto men; but none understand them except the wise.
God hath created the heavens and the earth in truth: verily therein is a sign unto the believers.
(xxix. 40-43.)