The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

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The Quran 9: 110
God and desire for His good pleasure, or the person who founds his
building on the brink of a crumbling precipice that will tumble down
into the Fire of Hell, taking him with it? God does not guide the
evildoers: 110 the building they have founded will always be a source
of doubt within their hearts, until their hearts are cut to pieces. God
is all knowing and wise.
111 God has purchased the persons and possessions of the believers
in return for the Garden – they fight in God’s way: they kill and are
killed – this is a true promise given by Him in the Torah, the Gospel,
and the Quran. Who could be more faithful to his promise than
God? So be happy with the bargain you have made: that is the
supreme triumph. 112 [The believers are] those who turn to God in
repentance; who worship and praise Him; who bow down and prostrate
themselves; who order what is good and forbid what is wrong
and who observe God’s limits. Give glad news to such believers.
113 It is not fitting for the Prophet and the believers to ask forgiveness
for the idolaters – even if they are related to them – after having
been shown that they are the inhabitants of the Blaze: 114 Abraham
asked forgiveness for his father because he had made a promise to
him, but once he realized that his father was an enemy of God, he
washed his hands of him. Abraham was tender-hearted and forbearing.
115 God would not condemn for going astray those He has
already guided [to the faith] before making entirely clear to them
what they should avoid. a God has knowledge of everything; 116 control
of the heavens and earth belongs to God; He alone gives life and
death; you have no ally or helper other than Him.
117 In His mercy God has turned to the Prophet, and the emigrants
and helpers who followed him in the hour of adversity when some
hearts almost wavered: He has turned to them; He is most kind and
merciful to them. 118 And to the three men who stayed behind: when
the earth, for all its spaciousness, closed in around them, when their
very souls closed in around them, when they realized that the only
refuge from God was with Him, He turned to them in mercy in
order for them to return [to Him]. God is the Ever Relenting, the
Most Merciful.
119 You who believe, be mindful of God: stand with those who are
a This reassured the Muslims who had been praying for their disbelieving ancestors
that they would not be blamed for having done this.