PROPHET YUNUS

MARYAM AND iSA

"O Mohammad, relate to them the story of Maryam in the Book (Quran) when she withdrew from her family to a place in the East.  She chose to be secluded from them.  We sent to her Our Angel and he appeared to her as a grown man.  She said, " I seek Rahman's protection against you, leave me alone if you are Godfearing."  He said," Don't be afraid, I am merely a messenger from your Rabb to tell you about the gift of a righteous son."  She said, " How can I bear a son when no man has ever touched me nor am I unchaste?"  The angel said, " So shall it be -  your Rabb says, " It is easy for Me. We wish to make him a sign for mankind and a blessing from Us, and this matter has already been decreed."  So she conceived the child and she retired to a remote place.  The pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree.  She cried in her anguish, " Ah! Would that I had died before this, and been long forgotten!"  An angel from beneath consoled her saying, " Do not grieve!  Your Rabb has provided a brook at your feet.  If you shake the trunk of this palm tree, it will drop fresh ripe dates upon you.  So eat, drink and refresh yourself.  If you see any human being say, "I have vowed a fast for Rahman, so I will not speak to any human being today.

Carrying the baby, she came came back to her people.  They said, "O Maryam!  You have brought something hard to believe!  O sister for Haroon!  Your father was not a bad man nor your mother an unchaste woman."  In response, she merely pointed to the baby.  They said, " How can we talk to a babe in the cradle?"  Whereupon the baby spoke out, " I am indeed a servant of Allah.  He has given me the Book and made me a Prophet.  He has made me blessed wherever I may be.  He has commanded me to establish Salah and give Zakat as long as I live.  He has exhorted me to honor my mother and has not made me arrogant, disobedient.  Peace be upon me the day I was born, day I shall die and the day I will be raised to life again."  Such was Isa, the son of Maryam, and this is a true statement about him concerning which they are in doubt."  Quran, Maryam 19: 16-34 

YAJUJ AND MAJUJj

"Then he (Dhul-Qarnain) set out on another expedition and marched on till he reached two mountains where he found a people who could hardly understand his language.  They requested, " O! Dhul-Qarnain, The people of Yajuj and Majuj ravage this land , should we pay you tribute in order for you to build a wall-barrier between us and them?  Dhul-Qarnain said, "That which my Rabb has granted me is more than enough, just help me with workers and I will erect a fortified barrier between you and them.  Bring me panels of iron."  Finally when they damned up the place between the two mountains, he said, "Ply your bellows."  They did so until the iron wall became red hot, then he said, "Bring me some molten brass to pour over it."  This became such a barrier that Yajuj and Majuj could not scale it or dig through it.  He said, "This a blesssing from my Rabb, but you should know that when the promise of my Rabb shall come to pass, He will level it to the ground, for the promise of my Rabb is ever true.''  Quran Al-Kahf 18: 92-98

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SIGN'S OF ALLAH - IN BEE'S, MILK

"Surely there is a lesson for you in cattle.  We give you to drink of what is in their bellies, between bowels and blood - milk, pleasant to those who drink it.  Likewise in the fruits of date-palms and the grapes from which you derive intoxicants, (this was revealed before the prohibition of intoxicants) and wholesome food, certainly in this, there is a sign  for those people who use their common sense. Behold!  Your Rabb inspired the bees to build their hives in the mountains, in trees and in anything which man may build for beekeeping, and feed on every kind of fruit and follow the smooth ways of your Rabb.  From its belly comes forth a syrup of different colors which contain a healing for mankind.  certainlt in this there is a sign for those who think.  Allah is the One who created you, then He causes you to die; there are some amongst you whose lives are prolonged to an abject old age so that they know nothing after knowing much.  In fact Allah is All-Knowing, All-Mighty."   Quran An-Nahl 16 : 66-70

PARADISE

The righteous will be in the mist of gardens and fountains of paradise and it will be said to them, "Enter into these in peace and secutiry.  We shall remove all hatred from their hearts - they will become like brothers and sit on couches face to face.  No fatigue will touch them in there, nor will they ever be asked to leave.  O Prophet! Tell my devotees that I am indeed the Forgiving, the Merciful, but at the same time my punishment is the most painful punishment."          Quran Al-Hijr 15 : 45-50        

PROPHET IBRAHEEM

Remember when Ibraheem (Abraham) said, "My Rabb make this city a city of peace and save me and my sons from the worship of idols.  O my Rabb! They have indeed led many people astray.  Therfore only those who follow my ways belong to me as for those who disobey me, surely You are Forgiving, Merciful.  Our Rabb! I have settled some of my offspring in a barren valley near Your Sacred House.  Our Rabb!  I have done this in the hope that they would establish Salah, therfore turn the hearts of some people towards them and provide them with fruits so that they may give thanks.  Our Rabb! Certainly You know what we conceal and what we reveal.  In fact nothing in the earth or in heaven is hidden from Allah.  Praise be to Allah, Who has given me Ismail  (Ishmael) and Ishaq (Isaac) in my old age.  Indeed my Rabb hears all prayers.  My Rabb! make me one who establishes Salah and also from my decendants.  Our Rabb!  Accept my prayer.  Our Rabb!  Forgive me and my parents and all the believers on the day when accoutability will take place."  Quran Surah Ibraheem 14 : 35-41

Day of Judgement

"In fact there is a sign in this for those who fear the punishment of the hereafter, that is a Day in which mankind will be gathered together and that is a Day when all will be present.  We do not delay it but to the appointed deadline.  When the Day will come no one shall dare to speak except with His permission.  Of them some will be damned and some will be blessed.  Those who are damned shall be in the fire, in there will be only sighs and sobs.  They will dwell therein as long as the heavens and the earth shall last, unless your Rabb ordains otherwise, surely your Rabb is the mighty Doer of all that He intends.

As for those who are blessed they shall be in paradise.  They will dwell therein as long as the heavens and the earth shall last, unless your Rabb ordains otherwise, an award which shall never be taken away."     Quran Hud 11: 103-108

Prophet Nuh

"And it was revealed to, "None of your people will believe now, other than those who have already believed.  So do not grieve at their evil deeds.  Build an ark under Our Eye according to Our revelation, and beware not to plead with Me on behalf of the wrongbelievers, for they are all to be drowned in the flood.  So he started to build the ark and whenever the chiefs of his people passed by him they laughed at him.  He said, "Laugh at us now now, soon the time will come when we will laugh at you as you are laughing at us.  Soon you will come to know who will be seized by a humiliating scourge and who will be afflicted with everlasting punishment."

 

Finally when Our Command came and the water from Al-Tannur (a particular oven marked as the starting point to warn Nuh in order to get him ready to board thew ark) gushed forth, We said to Nuh, "Take into the Ark a pair of every species, your family, except those on whom the word has already gone forth, and the believers, and those who believed with him were only a few.   Thus he said, "Embark on it, in th ename of Allah is its course and its anchorage, surely my Rabb is Forgiving, Merciful." 

 

As the Ark floated with them over the moutainous waves and Nuh called out to his son, who stood apart, "O my son! Embark with us and not with the unbelievers!"  He replied, "I will take refuge on some mountain which will save me from the flood."   None will be secure today from the judgement of Allah, except those on whom He has mercy!"  And thereupon a  wave came between them and he became one of those who drowned.  Finally Allah said, "O Earth! Swallow up your water and O sky! cease your rain." The floodwater abated and the judgement was carried out.  The ark rested on Al-Judi and it was saiod, "Gone are the wrong doing people!"  Nuh called out to his Rabb saying, "O my Rabb! My son is of my family and surely, Your promise is true and You are the most just of all Judges"  Allah replied, "O Nuh! In fact he is not of your family for he is not of righteous conduct, so do not ask Me of anything of which you have no knowledge!  I admonish  you, lest you become one of the ignorant!"

 

 

 

Allah Almighty

"The fact is that your Rabb is the same Allah Who created the heavens and the earth in six Yaums (days, periods) and then established Himself on the throne and is directing the affairs of the universe.  None can interceded with Him except the one who receives His permission.  This is Allah, your Rabb so worship Him, will you not receive admonition?  To Him you shall all return, Allah promise is true.  He is the One Who originates the process of  creation then repeats it (will bring it back to life) so that He may justly reward those who believed in Him and did righteous deeds.  As for those who disbelieve they shall have boiling fluids to drink and shall undergo a painful punishment because they rejected the truth.  He is the One Who gives the sun its brightness and the moon its light, establishes its phases so that you may learn to compute the years and other such counts.  Allah created them all to manifest the truth.  He has spelled out His revelations for people who have knowledge."  Quran Yunus 10 : 3-5

Highest Achievement

"The true believers, both men and women are protectors of one another.  They enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil, they establish Salah, pay Zakat and obey Allah and His Rasool.  It is they on whom Allah will have His Mercy; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.  Allah has promised the believers, both men and women, gardens beneath which rivers flow, to live therein forever, and they will have beautiful mansions in these gardens for everlasting bliss.  Best of all they will have the good pleasure of Allah.  Now that is the highest achievement."  Quran At-Tauba 9 : 71-72