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“When his Lord said to him, ‘Submit [to My will],’ he [Abraham] responded, ‘I submit to the Lord of all worlds,’ and Abraham instructed his sons to do the same, as did Jacob, [saying], ‘My sons, God has chosen for you this faith; so do not die except in [a state of full] submission.  ’ […]

God talks in the most glowing of terms about all of His Prophets, peace be upon them all.  However, there is a certain way that God mentions Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him.  He is mentioned in a way that is different from all else, in spite of his

“It is out of God’s mercy that you have been lenient with them.  Had you been rough, hard-hearted, they would surely have scattered away from you.  So pardon them, and pray for their forgiveness, and take counsel from them in matters of importance.  And when you are resolved on a course of action, place your

“O believers! Do not let your wealth and your children distract you from remembering God.  For whoever does so, it is they who are the [true] losers.  And donate from what We have provided for you before death comes to one of you and he says, ‘My Lord, if You would only reprieve me for

“Muhammad is not but a messenger. [Other] messengers have passed on before him. So if he was to die or be killed, would you turn back on your heels [to unbelief]? And he who turns back on his heels will never harm God at all; but God will reward the grateful.And it is not [possible]

There are some among them who twist their tongues when quoting from the Book so that you might think that what they say is from the Book when it is not. They say that it is from God when it is not from God. Thus they deliberately lie about God. It is inconceivable that any

“Whatever Allah grants to people of mercy – none can withhold it; and whatever He withholds – none can release it thereafter.  And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.  Oh mankind, remember God’s grace toward you.   Is there any creator other than God that can sustain you from both the sky (rain) and

“O you who believe! Let not a group scoff at another group, it may be that the latter are better than the former; nor let (some) women scoff at other women, it may be that the latter are better than the former, nor defame one another, nor insult one another by (offensive) nicknames.  How bad

“Therefore remind, in case the reminder profits. He who fears [God] will heed the reminder, but the wretched one will avoid it. [He] who will [enter and] burn in the great Fire, neither dying therein nor living. He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself, and mentions the name of his Lord and prays. But you

“Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in God, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask [for help],