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Whoever Desires this World's Life

[11. Surah Hud : Ayah 15-16]

"Whoever desires this world's life and its finery, We will pay them in full their
deeds therein, and they shall not be made to. suffer loss in respect of them."
"These are they for whom there is nothing but fire in the hereafter, and what they
wrought in it shall go for nothing, and vain is what they do."
[2. Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 200-202]
"There are some people who say, Our Lord! give us in the world, and they shall
have no resting place."

"And there are some among them who say: Our Lord! grant us good in this world
and good in the hereafter, and save us from the chastisement of the fire."

"They shall have (their) portion of what they have earned, and Allah is swift in
reckoning."

[17. Surah Bani Israel : Ayah 18-19]

"Whoever desires this present life, We hasten to him therein what We please for
whomsoever We desire, then We assign to him the hell; he shall enter it despised,
driven away."

"And whoever desires the hereafter and strives for it as he ought to strive and he
is a believer; (as for) these, their striving shall surely be accepted."

[42. Surah Ash-Shura : Ayah 20]

"Whoever desires the gain of the hereafter, We will give him more of that again;
and whoever desires-- the gain of this world, We give him of it, and in the
hereafter he has no portion."
[18. Surah Kahf: Ayah 103-105]
"Say: Shall We inform you of the greatest losers in (their) deeds?"

"(These are) they whose labor is lost in this world's life and they think that they
are well versed in skill of the work of hands."
"These are they who disbelieve in the communications of their Lord and His
meeting, so their deeds become null, and therefore We will not set up a balance
for them on the day of resurrection."
Quran a Complete Book

[4.Sura An-Nisaa : Ayah 82]

Do they not then meditate on the Quran? And if it were from any other than Allah,
they would have found in it many a discrepancy.
[17.Sura Bani Israel : Ayah 82.88,89,106]

And We reveal of the Quran that which is a healing and a mercy to the believers,
and it adds only to the perdition of the unjust.

Say: If men and jinn should combine together to bring the like of this Quran, they
could not bring the like of it, though some of them were aiders of others.

And certainly We have explained for men in this Quran every kind of similitude, but
most men do not consent to aught but denying.

And it is a Quran which We have revealed in portions so that you may read it to the
people by slow degrees, and We have revealed it, revealing in portions.

[18.Sura Kahf : Ayah 27,54,57]

And recite what has been revealed to you of the Book of your Lord, there is none
who can alter His words; and you shall not find any refuge besides Him.

And certainly We have explained in this Quran every kind of example, and man is
most of all given to contention.

And who is more unjust than he who is reminded of the communications of his Lord,
then he turns away from them and forgets what his two hands have sent before?
Surely We have placed veils over their hearts lest they should understand it and a
heaviness in their ears; and if you call them to the guidance, they will not ever
follow the right course in that case.

[25.Sura Furqan : Ayah 50]

And certainly We have repeated this to them that they may be mindful, but the
greater number of men do not consent to aught except denying.

[30.Sura Ar-Rum : Ayah 58]

"And certainly We have set forth for men every kind of example in this Quran; and if
you should bring them a communication, those who disbelieve would certainly say:
You are naught but false claimants."

[39.Sura Az-Zumar : Ayah 27]

"And certainly We have set forth to men in this Quran similitudes of every sort that
they may mind."

[44.Sura Ad-Dukhan : Ayah 3-4]

"Surely We revealed it on a blessed night surely We are ever warning-- Therein
every wise affair is made distinct."

[54. Sura Qamar : Ayah 17,22,32,40]

"And certainly We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, but is there anyone
who will mind?"

[56.Sura Waqia : Ayah 77-79]

"Most surely it is an honored Quran, In a book that is protected None shall touch it
save the purified ones."

What Quran says about Quran?

Who Sent Quran?

[10. Surah Yunis: Ayah 37]

"And this Quran is not such as could be forged by those besides Allah, but it is a
verification of that which is before it and a clear explanation of the book, there is no
doubt in it, from the Lord of the worlds."

[4. Surah Nisaa: Ayah 82]

"Do they not then meditate on the Quran? And if it were from any other than Allah,
they would have found in it many a discrepancy."

On Whom Quran is Descended?

[76. Surah Dahr : Ayah 23]

"Surely We Ourselves have revealed the Quran to you revealing (it) in portions."

[42. Surah Ash-Shura : Ayah 7]

"And thus have We revealed to you an Arabic Quran, that you may warn the mother
city and those around it, and that you may give warning of the day of gathering
together wherein is no doubt; a party shall be in the garden and (another) party in
the burning fire."

[6. Surah Al-An'am : Ayah 19]

"Say: What thing is the weightiest in testimony? Say: Allah is witness between you
and me; and this Quran has been revealed to me that with it I may warn you and
whomsoever it reaches. Do you really bear witness that there are other gods with
Allah? Say: I do not bear witness. Say: He is only one God, and surely I am clear of
that which you set up (with Him)."
For Whom Quran is Descended?

[41. Surah Fussilat : Ayah 3]

"A Book of which the verses are made plain, an Arabic Quran for a people who
know."

[50. Surah Qaaf : Ayah 45]

"Therefore remind him by means of the Quran who fears My threat."

When Quran is Descended?

[2. Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 185]

"The month of Ramazan is that in which the Quran was revealed, a guidance to men
and clear proofs of the guidance and the distinction; therefore whoever of you is
present in the month, he shall fast therein, and whoever is sick or upon a journey,
then (he shall fast) a (like) number of other days."

Why Quran is Descended?

[12. Surah Yusuf : Ayah 2]

"We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur'an, in order that ye may learn wisdom."

[20. Surah Ta-ha : Ayah 2-3]

"We have not revealed the Quran to you that you may be unsuccessful. Nay, it is a
reminder to him who fears."

[17. Surah Bani Israel : Ayah 106,9]

"And it is a Quran which We have revealed in portions so that you may read it to the
people by slow degrees, and We have revealed it, revealing in portions."

"Surely this Quran guides to that which is most upright and gives good news to the
believers who do good that they shall have a great reward."

Allah Accepts and Answers Dua

[40.Surah Momin : Ayah 60]

And your Lord says: Call upon Me, I will answer you."

[2.Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 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."

[27.Surah Naml : Ayah 62]

"Or, Who answers the distressed one when he calls upon Him and removes the evil,
and He will make you successors in the earth. Is there a god with Allah? Little is it
that you mind!"

[7.Surah Al-Ar'af]

Ayah 55:
"Call on your Lord humbly and secretly; surely He does not love those who exceed
the limits."

Ayah 56:
"And call on Him fearing and hoping; surely the mercy of Allah is nigh to those who
do good (to others)."

Ayah 205:
"And remember your Lord within yourself humbly and fearing and in a voice not
loud in the morning and the evening and be not of the heedless ones."

Duas of Some Prophets

[21.Surah Al-Anbiyaa]

Dua of Hazrat Ayub (Alaihi Salaam)

Ayahs 83-84:
"And Ayub, when he cried to his Lord, (saying): Harm has afflicted me, and Thou art
the most Merciful of the merciful."

"Therefore We responded to him and took off what harm he had, and We gave him
his family and the like of them with them: a mercy from Us and a reminder to the
worshippers."

Dua of Hazrat Yunus (Alaihi Salaam)

Ayahs 87-88:
"And Yunus, when he went away in wrath, so he thought that We would not straiten
him, so he called out among afflictions: There is no god but Thou, glory be to Thee;
surely I am of those who make themselves to suffer loss."
"So We responded to him and delivered him from the grief and thus do We deliver
the believers."

Dua of Hazrat Zakariya (Alaihi Salaam)

Ayahs 89-90:
"And Zakariya, when he cried to his Lord: O my Lord leave me not alone; and Thou
art the best of inheritors."

"So We responded to him and gave him Yahya and made his wife fit for him; surely
they used to hasten, one with another In deeds of goodness and to call upon Us,
hoping and fearing and they were humble before Us."

Seeking Assistance Through Patience

[103.Surah Al-Asr : Ayah 1-3]

"By the declining day, Lo! man is a state of loss, Save those who believe and do
good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to
endurance."
[2.Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 153]
"O you who believe! seek assistance through patience and prayer; surely Allah is
with the patient."
[2.Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 155-157]
"And We will most certainly try you with somewhat of fear and hunger and loss of
property and lives and fruits; and give good news to the patient. Who, when a
misfortune befalls them, say: Surely we are Allah's and to Him we shall surely
return. Those are they on whom are blessings and mercy from their Lord, and
those are the followers of the right course."
[2.Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 249]
"Allah is with the patient."

Mighty Rewards For Righteous Men and Women

[33.Surah Al-Ahzab : Ayah 35]

"Surely the men who submit and the women who submit, and the believing men
and the believing women, and the obeying men and the obeying women, and the
truthful men and the truthful women, and the patient men and the patient women
and the humble men and the humble women, and the almsgiving men and the
almsgiving women, and the fasting men and the fasting women, and the men who
guard their private parts and the women who guard, and the men who remember
Allah much and the women who remember-- Allah has prepared for them
forgiveness and a mighty reward."
Goodness to your Parents

[2.Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 83]

"(You shall do) good to (your) parents and to the near of kin and to the orphans
and the needy."

[4.Surah An-Nisaa : Ayah 36]

"And serve Allah and do not associate any thing with Him and be good to the
parents and to the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the neighbor of
(your) kin and the alien neighbor, and the companion in a journey and the
wayfarer and those whom your right hands possess; surely Allah does not love
him who is proud, boastful."

[6.Surah Al-An'am : Ayah 151]

"Show kindness to your parents, and do not slay your children for (fear of)
poverty-- We provide for you and for them."

[17.Surah Bani Israel : Ayah 23-24]

"And your Lord has commanded that you shall not serve (any) but Him, and
goodness to your parents. If either or both of them reach old age with you, say not
to them (so much as) "Ugh" nor chide them, and speak to them a generous word."
"And make yourself submissively gentle to them with compassion, and say: O my
Lord! have compassion on them, as they brought me up (when I was) little."
[29.Surah Al-Ankabut : Ayah 8]
"And We have enjoined on man goodness to his parents, and if they contend with
you that you should associate (others) with Me, of which you have no knowledge,
do not obey them, to Me is your return, so I will inform you of what you did."
[31.Surah Luqman : Ayah 14]
"And We have enjoined man in respect of his parents,...Be grateful to Me and to
both your parents; to Me is the eventual coming."
[46.Surah Al-Ahqaf : Ayah 15]
"And We have enjoined on man doing of good to his parents; with trouble did his
mother bear him and with trouble did she bring him forth; and the bearing of him
and the weaning of him was thirty months."
Allah Loves Constant Deeds

[Sahih Bukhari: Volume 8, Book 76, Number 472 & 470]

Narrated 'Aisha (Radi Allah Anha): The Prophet (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam) was
asked, "What deeds are loved most by Allah?" He said, "The most regular constant
deeds even though they may be few."

Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi Allah Anhu): Allah's Apostle (sal-allahu-alleihi-

wasallam) said, "The deeds of anyone of you will not save you (from the (Hell)
Fire)." They said, "Even you (will not be saved by your deeds), O Allah's Apostle?"
He said, "No, even I (will not be saved) unless and until Allah bestows His Mercy
on me. Therefore, do good deeds properly, sincerely and moderately, and worship
Allah in the forenoon and in the afternoon and during a part of the night, and
always adopt a middle, moderate, regular course whereby you will reach your
target (Paradise)."
Don't Punish (anybody) with Allah's Punishment

[Sahih Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 52, Number 260]

Narrated Ikrima (Radi Allah Anhu): Ali (Radi Allah Anhu) burnt some people and
this news reached Ibn 'Abbas (Radi Allah Anhu), who said, "Had I been in his place
I would not have burnt them, as the Prophet (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam) said,
'Don't punish (anybody) with Allah's Punishment.' No doubt, I would have killed
them, for the Prophet said, 'If somebody (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him.'
"

[Sahih Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 54, Number 536]

Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi Allah Anhu): I heard Allah's Messenger saying, "An ant
bit a Prophet amongst the Prophets, and he ordered that the place of ants be
burnt. So, Allah inspired to him, 'It is because one ant bit you that you burnt a
nation amongst the nations of that glorify Allah?' "
Prayer in Congregation (Jamat) is 27 Times Superior

[Sahih Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 11, Number 618]

Narrated 'Abdullah bin Umar (Radi Allah Anhu): Allah's Apostle (sal-allahu-alleihi-
wasallam) said, "The prayer in congregation is twenty seven times superior to the
prayer offered by person alone."

[Sahih Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 11, Number 620]

Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi Allah Anhu): Allah's Apostle (sal-allahu-alleihi-
wasallam) said, "'The reward of a prayer in congregation is twenty five times
greater than that of a prayer offered by a person alone. The angels of the night
and the angels of the day gather at the time of Fajr prayer.' " Abu Huraira then
added, "Recite the Holy Book if you wish, for "Indeed, the recitation of the Qur'an
in the early dawn (Fajr prayer) is ever witnessed."

[Sahih Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 11, Number 626]

Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi Allah Anhu): The Prophet (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam)
said, "No prayer is harder for the hypocrites than the Fajr and the 'Isha' prayers
and if they knew the reward for these prayers at their respective times, they
would certainly present themselves (in the mosques) even if they had to c awl."

[Sahih Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 11, Number 631]

Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi Allah Anhu): The Prophet (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam)
said, "Allah will prepare for him who goes to the mosque (every) morning and in
the afternoon (for the congregational prayer) an honorable place in Paradise with
good hospitality for (what he has done) every morning and afternoon goings."
Allah Accepts and Answers Dua

[40.Surah Momin : Ayah 60]

And your Lord says: Call upon Me, I will answer you."

[2.Surah Al-Baqarah : Ayah 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."
[27.Surah Naml : Ayah 62]

"Or, Who answers the distressed one when he calls upon Him and removes the
evil, and He will make you successors in the earth. Is there a god with Allah? Little
is it that you mind!"
[7.Surah Al-Ar'af]

Ayah 55:
"Call on your Lord humbly and secretly; surely He does not love those who exceed
the limits."
Ayah 56:
"And call on Him fearing and hoping; surely the mercy of Allah is nigh to those
who do good (to others)."
Ayah 205:
"And remember your Lord within yourself humbly and fearing and in a voice not
loud in the morning and the evening and be not of the heedless ones."
Duas of Some Prophets

[21.Surah Al-Anbiyaa]
Seven Persons on Allah's Shade

[Sahih Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 11, Number 629]

Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi Allah Anhu): The Prophet (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam)
said, "Allah will give shade, to seven, on the Day when there will be no shade but
His. These seven persons are
1) a just ruler,
2) a youth who has been brought up in the worship of Allah (i.e. worships Allah
sincerely from childhood),
3) a man whose heart is attached to the mosques (i.e. to pray the compulsory
prayers in the mosque in congregation),
4) two persons who love each other only for Allah's sake and they meet and part
in Allah's cause only,
5) a man who refuses the call of a charming woman of noble birth for illicit
intercourse with her and says: I am afraid of Allah,
6) a man who gives charitable gifts so secretly that his left hand does not know
what his right hand has given (i.e. nobody knows how much he has given in
charity),
7) and a person who remembers Allah in seclusion and his eyes are then flooded
with tears."

Whose likeness is like Dog

[7.Surah Al-A'raf : Ayah 175-178]
"And recite to them the narrative of him to whom We give Our communications, but he
withdraws himself from them, so the Shaitan overtakes him, so he is of those who go astray.
And if We had pleased, We would certainly have exalted him thereby; but he clung to the earth
and followed his low desire, so his parable is as the parable of the dog; if you attack him he
lolls out his tongue; and if you leave him alone he lolls out his tongue; this is the parable of the
people who reject Our communications; therefore relate the narrative that they may reflect.
Evil is the likeness of the people who reject Our communications and are unjust to their own
souls. Whomsoever Allah guides, he is the one who follows the right way; and whomsoever
He causes to err, these are the losers."

[7.Surah Al-A'raf : Ayah 179-181]

"And certainly We have created for hell many of the jinn and the men; they have hearts with
which they do not understand, and they have eyes with which they do not see, and they have
ears with which they do not hear; they are as cattle, nay, they are in worse errors; these are the
heedless ones. 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. And
of those whom We have created are a people who guide with the truth and thereby they do
justice. And (as to) those who reject Our communications, We draw them near (to destruction)
by degrees from whence they know not."

Allah will invoke Love in all Creature's Hearts

[Sahih Bukhari : Volume 4, Book 54, Number 431]
Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi Allah Anhu): The Prophet (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam) said, "If
Allah loves a person, He calls Gabriel saying, 'Allah loves so and-so; O Gabriel! Love him.'
Gabriel would love him and make an announcement amongst the inhabitants of the Heaven.
'Allah loves so-and-so, therefore you should love him also,' and so all the inhabitants of the
Heaven would love him, and then he is granted the pleasure of the people on the earth."
[19.Surah Maryam : Ayah 96]
"Surely (as for) those who believe and do good deeds for them will Allah bring about love."
Phases of Man's Creation
[22. Sahih Al-Hajj : Ayah 5]
"O people! if you are in doubt about the raising, then surely We created you from dust, then
from a small seed, then from a clot, then from a lump of flesh, complete in make and
incomplete, that We may make clear to you; and We cause what We please to stay in the
wombs till an appointed time, then We bring you forth as babies, then that you may attain your
maturity; and of you is he who is caused to die, and of you is he who is brought back to the
worst part of life, so that after having knowledge he does not know anything; and you see the
earth sterile land, but when We send down on it the water, it stirs and swells and brings forth of
every kind a beautiful herbage. This is because Allah is the Truth and because He gives life to
the dead and because He has power over all things "
[23. Sahih Al-Muminun : Ayah 12-16]
"And certainly We created man of an extract of clay, Then We made him a small seed in a firm
resting-place, Then We made the seed a clot, then We made the clot a lump of flesh, then We
made (in) the lump of flesh bones, then We clothed the bones with flesh, then We caused it to
grow into another creation, so blessed be Allah, the best of the creators. Then after that you
will most surely die. Then surely on the day of resurrection you shall be raised."

Allah's Pious (Devoted) Worshipper

[Sahih Bukhari: Volume 8, Book 76, Number 509]
Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi Allah Anhu): Allah's Apostle (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam) said,
Allah said:

"I will declare war against him who shows hostility to a pious worshipper of Mine. And the
most beloved things with which My slave comes nearer to Me, is what I have enjoined upon
him; and My slave keeps on coming closer to Me through performing Nawafil (praying or
doing extra deeds besides what is obligatory) till I love him, so I become his sense of hearing
with which he hears, and his sense of sight with which he sees, and his hand with which he
grips, and his leg with which he walks; and if he asks Me, I will give him, and if he asks My
protection (Refuge), I will protect him; (i.e. give him My Refuge) and I do not hesitate to do
anything as I hesitate to take the soul of the believer, for he hates death, and I hate to
disappoint him."
Tremendous Rewards
For Those who are Farthest Away from Masjid

[Sahih Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 11, Number 623]

Narrated Abu Musa (Radi Allah Anhu): The Prophet (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam) said, "The
people who get tremendous reward for the prayer are those who are farthest away (from the
Masjid) and then those who are next farthest and so on. Similarly one who waits to pray with
the Imam has greater reward than one who prays and goes to bed. "
For Pronouncing Azaan & Standing in First Row

[Sahih Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 11, Number 589]

Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi Allah Anhu): Allah's Apostle (sal-allahu-alleihi-wasallam) said,
"If the people knew the reward for pronouncing the Azaan and for standing in the first row (in
congregational prayers) and found no other way to get that except by drawing lots they would
draw lots, and if they knew the reward of the Zuhr prayer (in the early moments of its stated
time) they would race for it (go early) and if they knew the reward of 'Isha' and Fajr (morning)
prayers in congregation, they would come to offer them even if they had to crawl."