Sects - Straight Path
Sects:
(Idolaters are) those who split up their religion, and form into sects, each faction exulting in what they have. (32)
(Holy Quran, Surah Ar-Rum (The Romans, The Byzantines), Surah # 30: Ayah # 32)
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Seized valuables:
Know that when you take any booty a fifth of it belongs to Allah, and to the Messenger, and to close relatives, orphans, the very poor and travellers, if you believe in Allah and in what We sent down to Our servant on the Day of Discrimination, the day the two groups met–Allah has power over all things. (41)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War), Surah # 8: Ayah # 41)
Whatever booty Allah gives to His Messenger from city dwellers belongs to Allah and to the Messenger and to near relatives and orphans and the very poor and travellers, so that it does not become something which merely revolves between the rich among you. Whatever the Messenger gives you you should accept and whatever he forbids you you should forgo. Have fear of Allah–Allah is severe in retribution. (7)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Hushr (The Mustering), Surah # 59: Ayah # 7)
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Slaves:
The alms are for: the poor, the destitute, those who collect it, reconciling people’s hearts, freeing slaves, those in debt, spending in the Way of Allah, and travellers. It is a legal obligation from Allah. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (60)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Tawbah (The Repentance) or Bara’ah (The Disavowal), Surah # 9: Ayah # 60)
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Son:
Allah has not allotted to any man two hearts within his breast, nor has He made those of your wives you equate with your mothers your actual mothers, nor has He made your adopted sons your actual sons. These are just words coming out of your mouths. But Allah speaks the truth and He guides to the Way. (4) Call them after their fathers. That is closer to justice in Allah’s sight. And if you do not know who their fathers were then they are your brothers in the religion and people under your patronage. You are not to blame for any honest mistake you make but only for what your hearts premeditate. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (5)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ahzab (The confederates), Surah # 33: Ayah # 4-5)
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Soul:
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it; (7) And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; (8) Truly he succeeds that purifies it, (9) And he fails that corrupts it! (10)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Shams (The Sun), Surah # 91: Ayah # 7-10)
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Spending (money):
Who is he that will loan to Allah a beautiful loan, which Allah will double unto his credit and multiply many times? It is Allah that giveth (you) Want or plenty, and to Him shall be your return. (245)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #245)
The metaphor of those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allah is that of a grain which produces seven ears; in every ear there are a hundred grains. Allah gives such multiplied increase to whoever He wills. Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing. (2:261)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #261)
Those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allah, and then do not follow what they have spent by demands for gratitude or insulting words will have their reward with their Lord. They will feel no fear and will know no sorrow. (262) Correct and courteous words accompanied by forgiveness are better than charity followed by insulting words. Allah is Rich Beyond Need, All- Forbearing. (263)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #262-263)
If you make your charity public, that is good. But if you conceal it and give it to the poor, that is better for you, and We will erase some of your bad actions from you. Allah is aware of what you do. (271)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #271)
It (the charity) is for the poor who are held back in the Way of Allah, unable to travel in the land. The ignorant consider them rich because of their reticence. You will know them by their mark. They do not ask from people insistently. Whatever good you give away, Allah knows it. (273)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #273)
Those who give away their wealth by night and day, secretly and openly, will have their reward with their Lord. They will feel no fear and will know no sorrow. (274)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #274)
Those who are tight-fisted with the bounty Allah has given them should not suppose that that is better for them. No indeed, it is worse for them! What they were tight-fisted with will be hung around their necks on the Day of Rising. Allah is the inheritor of the heavens and the earth and Allah is aware of what you do. (180)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Imran (The Family Of 'Imran, The House Of 'Imran), Surah # 3: Ayah # 180)
As for those who are tight-fisted and direct others to be tight-fisted, and hide the bounty Allah has given them, We have prepared a humiliating punishment for those who disbelieve. (37) And (We have prepared a humiliating punishment) also for those who spend their wealth to show off to people, not believing in Allah and the Last Day. Anyone who has made Satan his comrade, what an evil comrade he is! (38)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’ (Women), Surah # 4: Ayah #37-38)
Those believers who stay behind–other than those forced to by necessity–are not the same as those who strive in the Way of Allah, sacrificing their wealth and themselves. Allah has given those who strive with their wealth and themselves a higher rank than those who stay behind. Allah has promised the Best to both, but Allah has preferred those who strive over those who stay behind by an immense reward. (95) (Allah has preferred those who strive over those who stay behind by an immense reward:) high ranks conferred by Him as well as forgiveness and mercy. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (96)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 95-96)
Allah has bought from the believers their selves and their wealth in return for the Garden. They fight in the Way of Allah and they kill and are killed. It is a promise binding on Him in the Torah, the Gospel and the Qur’an and who is truer to his contract than Allah? Rejoice then in the bargain you have made. That is the great victory. (111)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Tawbah (The Repentance) or Bara’ah (The Disavowal), Surah # 9: Ayah # 111)
But the Messenger and those who believe along with him have strived with their wealth and with themselves. They are the people who will have the good things. They are the ones who are successful. (88)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Tawbah (The Repentance) or Bara’ah (The Disavowal), Surah # 9: Ayah # 88)
Those who are steadfast in seeking the face of their Lord, and perform prayer and give from the provision We have given them, secretly and openly, and stave off evil with good, it is they who will have the Ultimate Abode. (22)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ra’d (The Thunder), Surah # 13: Ayah # 22)
Those who recite the Book of Allah and perform prayer and give of what We have provided for them, secretly and openly, hope for a transaction which will not prove profitless. (29)
(Holy Quran, Surah Fatir (The Originator of the Creation), Surah # 35: Ayah # 29)
Here you are then: people who are called upon to spend in the Way of Allah and then some of you are tight-fisted! But whoever is tight-fisted is only tight-fisted to himself. Allah is Rich and you are poor. If you turn away, He will replace you with a people other than yourselves and they will not be like you. (38)
(Holy Quran, Surah Muhammad or Surah Al-Qital (The Fighting), Surah # 47: Ayah # 38)
And beggars and the destitute received a due share of their (the people who guard against evil) wealth. (19)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Dhariyat (The Winds that scatter), Surah #51: Ayah # 19)
Believe in Allah and His Messenger and give of that to which He has made you successors. Those of you who believe and give will have an immense reward. (7)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Hadid (The Iron), Surah # 57: Ayah # 7)
And how is it with you that you do not give in the Way of Allah, when the inheritance of the heavens and the earth belongs to Allah? Those of you who gave and fought before the Victory are not the same as those who gave and fought afterwards. They are higher in rank. But to each of them Allah has promised the Best. Allah is aware of what you do. (10) Who will make a good loan to Allah so that He may multiply it for him? He will have a generous reward. (11)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Hadid (The Iron), Surah # 57: Ayah # 10-11)
The men and women who give charity and make a good loan to Allah will have it increased for them and they will have a generous reward. (18)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Hadid (The Iron), Surah # 57: Ayah # 18)
(Allah does not love) those who are tight-fisted and tell others to be tight-fisted. If anyone turns away, Allah is the Rich Beyond Need, the Praiseworthy. (24)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Hadid (The Iron), Surah # 57: Ayah # 24)
You who believe! Shall I direct you to a transaction which will save you from a painful punishment? (10) It (the transaction which will save you from a painful punishment) is to believe in Allah and His Messenger and strive in the Way of Allah with your wealth and yourselves. That is better for you if you only knew. (11)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Saff (The Battle Array), Surah # 61: Ayah # 10-11)
Verily, (The ends) ye strive for are diverse. (4) So he who gives (in Charity) and fears (ALLAH), (5) And (in all sincerity) testifies to the Best, (6) We will indeed make smooth for him the path to Bliss. (7)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Layl (The Night), Surah # 92: Ayah # 4-7)
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Steadfast:
We will test you with a certain amount of fear and hunger and loss of wealth and life and fruits. But give good news to the steadfast. (155) Those who, when disaster strikes them, say, ‘We belong to Allah and to Him we will return.’ (156) Those are the people who will have blessings and mercy from their Lord; they are the ones who are guided. (157)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #155-157)
You will be tested in your wealth and in yourselves and you will hear many abusive words from those given the Book before you and from those who are idolaters. But if you are steadfast and guard against evil, that is the most resolute course to take. (186)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Imran (The Family Of 'Imran, The House Of 'Imran), Surah # 3: Ayah # 186)
Messengers before you were also denied but they were steadfast in the face of the denial and injury they suffered until Our help arrived. There is no changing the Words of Allah. And news of other Messengers has come to you. (34)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-An’am (The Cattle), Surah # 6: Ayah # 34)
O Prophet! Spur on the believers to fight. If there are twenty of you who are steadfast, they will overcome two hundred; and if there are a hundred of you, they will overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve, because they are people who do not understand. (65) Now Allah has made it lighter on you, knowing there is weakness in you. If there are a hundred of you who are steadfast, they will overcome two hundred; and if there are a thousand of you, they will overcome two thousand with Allah’s permission. Allah is with the steadfast. (66)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War), Surah # 8: Ayah # 65-66)
Those who are steadfast in seeking the face of their Lord, and perform prayer and give from the provision We have given them, secretly and openly, and stave off evil with good, it is they who will have the Ultimate Abode. (22)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ra’d (The Thunder), Surah # 13: Ayah # 22)
(Their Messengers said,) ‘And why indeed should we not put our trust in Allah when He has guided us to our ways? We will be steadfast however much you harm us. Those who trust put their trust in Allah.’ (12)
(Holy Quran, Surah Ibrahim (The Prophet Abraham), Surah # 14: Ayah # 12)
By the Late Afternoon, (1) truly man is in loss– (2) except for those who believe and do right actions and urge each other to the truth and urge each other to steadfastness. (3)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Asr (Time Through the Ages), Surah # 103: Ayah # 1-3)
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Straight path:
Therefore stand firm (in the straight Path) as thou art commanded,- thou and those who with thee turn (unto Allah.; and transgress not (from the Path): for He seeth well all that ye do. (112) Do not rely on those who do wrong thus causing the Fire to afflict you, for you have no protector besides Allah; then you will not be helped. (113)
(Holy Quran, Surah Hud (The Prophet Hud), Surah # 11: Ayah # 112-113)
(Idolaters are) those who split up their religion, and form into sects, each faction exulting in what they have. (32)
(Holy Quran, Surah Ar-Rum (The Romans, The Byzantines), Surah # 30: Ayah # 32)
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Seized valuables:
Know that when you take any booty a fifth of it belongs to Allah, and to the Messenger, and to close relatives, orphans, the very poor and travellers, if you believe in Allah and in what We sent down to Our servant on the Day of Discrimination, the day the two groups met–Allah has power over all things. (41)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War), Surah # 8: Ayah # 41)
Whatever booty Allah gives to His Messenger from city dwellers belongs to Allah and to the Messenger and to near relatives and orphans and the very poor and travellers, so that it does not become something which merely revolves between the rich among you. Whatever the Messenger gives you you should accept and whatever he forbids you you should forgo. Have fear of Allah–Allah is severe in retribution. (7)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Hushr (The Mustering), Surah # 59: Ayah # 7)
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Slaves:
The alms are for: the poor, the destitute, those who collect it, reconciling people’s hearts, freeing slaves, those in debt, spending in the Way of Allah, and travellers. It is a legal obligation from Allah. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. (60)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Tawbah (The Repentance) or Bara’ah (The Disavowal), Surah # 9: Ayah # 60)
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Son:
Allah has not allotted to any man two hearts within his breast, nor has He made those of your wives you equate with your mothers your actual mothers, nor has He made your adopted sons your actual sons. These are just words coming out of your mouths. But Allah speaks the truth and He guides to the Way. (4) Call them after their fathers. That is closer to justice in Allah’s sight. And if you do not know who their fathers were then they are your brothers in the religion and people under your patronage. You are not to blame for any honest mistake you make but only for what your hearts premeditate. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (5)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ahzab (The confederates), Surah # 33: Ayah # 4-5)
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Soul:
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it; (7) And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; (8) Truly he succeeds that purifies it, (9) And he fails that corrupts it! (10)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Shams (The Sun), Surah # 91: Ayah # 7-10)
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Spending (money):
Who is he that will loan to Allah a beautiful loan, which Allah will double unto his credit and multiply many times? It is Allah that giveth (you) Want or plenty, and to Him shall be your return. (245)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #245)
The metaphor of those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allah is that of a grain which produces seven ears; in every ear there are a hundred grains. Allah gives such multiplied increase to whoever He wills. Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing. (2:261)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #261)
Those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allah, and then do not follow what they have spent by demands for gratitude or insulting words will have their reward with their Lord. They will feel no fear and will know no sorrow. (262) Correct and courteous words accompanied by forgiveness are better than charity followed by insulting words. Allah is Rich Beyond Need, All- Forbearing. (263)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #262-263)
If you make your charity public, that is good. But if you conceal it and give it to the poor, that is better for you, and We will erase some of your bad actions from you. Allah is aware of what you do. (271)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #271)
It (the charity) is for the poor who are held back in the Way of Allah, unable to travel in the land. The ignorant consider them rich because of their reticence. You will know them by their mark. They do not ask from people insistently. Whatever good you give away, Allah knows it. (273)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #273)
Those who give away their wealth by night and day, secretly and openly, will have their reward with their Lord. They will feel no fear and will know no sorrow. (274)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #274)
Those who are tight-fisted with the bounty Allah has given them should not suppose that that is better for them. No indeed, it is worse for them! What they were tight-fisted with will be hung around their necks on the Day of Rising. Allah is the inheritor of the heavens and the earth and Allah is aware of what you do. (180)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Imran (The Family Of 'Imran, The House Of 'Imran), Surah # 3: Ayah # 180)
As for those who are tight-fisted and direct others to be tight-fisted, and hide the bounty Allah has given them, We have prepared a humiliating punishment for those who disbelieve. (37) And (We have prepared a humiliating punishment) also for those who spend their wealth to show off to people, not believing in Allah and the Last Day. Anyone who has made Satan his comrade, what an evil comrade he is! (38)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’ (Women), Surah # 4: Ayah #37-38)
Those believers who stay behind–other than those forced to by necessity–are not the same as those who strive in the Way of Allah, sacrificing their wealth and themselves. Allah has given those who strive with their wealth and themselves a higher rank than those who stay behind. Allah has promised the Best to both, but Allah has preferred those who strive over those who stay behind by an immense reward. (95) (Allah has preferred those who strive over those who stay behind by an immense reward:) high ranks conferred by Him as well as forgiveness and mercy. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful. (96)
(Holy Quran, Surah An-Nisa’(Women), Surah # 4: Ayah # 95-96)
Allah has bought from the believers their selves and their wealth in return for the Garden. They fight in the Way of Allah and they kill and are killed. It is a promise binding on Him in the Torah, the Gospel and the Qur’an and who is truer to his contract than Allah? Rejoice then in the bargain you have made. That is the great victory. (111)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Tawbah (The Repentance) or Bara’ah (The Disavowal), Surah # 9: Ayah # 111)
But the Messenger and those who believe along with him have strived with their wealth and with themselves. They are the people who will have the good things. They are the ones who are successful. (88)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Tawbah (The Repentance) or Bara’ah (The Disavowal), Surah # 9: Ayah # 88)
Those who are steadfast in seeking the face of their Lord, and perform prayer and give from the provision We have given them, secretly and openly, and stave off evil with good, it is they who will have the Ultimate Abode. (22)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ra’d (The Thunder), Surah # 13: Ayah # 22)
Those who recite the Book of Allah and perform prayer and give of what We have provided for them, secretly and openly, hope for a transaction which will not prove profitless. (29)
(Holy Quran, Surah Fatir (The Originator of the Creation), Surah # 35: Ayah # 29)
Here you are then: people who are called upon to spend in the Way of Allah and then some of you are tight-fisted! But whoever is tight-fisted is only tight-fisted to himself. Allah is Rich and you are poor. If you turn away, He will replace you with a people other than yourselves and they will not be like you. (38)
(Holy Quran, Surah Muhammad or Surah Al-Qital (The Fighting), Surah # 47: Ayah # 38)
And beggars and the destitute received a due share of their (the people who guard against evil) wealth. (19)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Dhariyat (The Winds that scatter), Surah #51: Ayah # 19)
Believe in Allah and His Messenger and give of that to which He has made you successors. Those of you who believe and give will have an immense reward. (7)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Hadid (The Iron), Surah # 57: Ayah # 7)
And how is it with you that you do not give in the Way of Allah, when the inheritance of the heavens and the earth belongs to Allah? Those of you who gave and fought before the Victory are not the same as those who gave and fought afterwards. They are higher in rank. But to each of them Allah has promised the Best. Allah is aware of what you do. (10) Who will make a good loan to Allah so that He may multiply it for him? He will have a generous reward. (11)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Hadid (The Iron), Surah # 57: Ayah # 10-11)
The men and women who give charity and make a good loan to Allah will have it increased for them and they will have a generous reward. (18)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Hadid (The Iron), Surah # 57: Ayah # 18)
(Allah does not love) those who are tight-fisted and tell others to be tight-fisted. If anyone turns away, Allah is the Rich Beyond Need, the Praiseworthy. (24)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Hadid (The Iron), Surah # 57: Ayah # 24)
You who believe! Shall I direct you to a transaction which will save you from a painful punishment? (10) It (the transaction which will save you from a painful punishment) is to believe in Allah and His Messenger and strive in the Way of Allah with your wealth and yourselves. That is better for you if you only knew. (11)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al Saff (The Battle Array), Surah # 61: Ayah # 10-11)
Verily, (The ends) ye strive for are diverse. (4) So he who gives (in Charity) and fears (ALLAH), (5) And (in all sincerity) testifies to the Best, (6) We will indeed make smooth for him the path to Bliss. (7)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Layl (The Night), Surah # 92: Ayah # 4-7)
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Steadfast:
We will test you with a certain amount of fear and hunger and loss of wealth and life and fruits. But give good news to the steadfast. (155) Those who, when disaster strikes them, say, ‘We belong to Allah and to Him we will return.’ (156) Those are the people who will have blessings and mercy from their Lord; they are the ones who are guided. (157)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah (The Heifer), Surah # 2: Ayah #155-157)
You will be tested in your wealth and in yourselves and you will hear many abusive words from those given the Book before you and from those who are idolaters. But if you are steadfast and guard against evil, that is the most resolute course to take. (186)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Imran (The Family Of 'Imran, The House Of 'Imran), Surah # 3: Ayah # 186)
Messengers before you were also denied but they were steadfast in the face of the denial and injury they suffered until Our help arrived. There is no changing the Words of Allah. And news of other Messengers has come to you. (34)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-An’am (The Cattle), Surah # 6: Ayah # 34)
O Prophet! Spur on the believers to fight. If there are twenty of you who are steadfast, they will overcome two hundred; and if there are a hundred of you, they will overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve, because they are people who do not understand. (65) Now Allah has made it lighter on you, knowing there is weakness in you. If there are a hundred of you who are steadfast, they will overcome two hundred; and if there are a thousand of you, they will overcome two thousand with Allah’s permission. Allah is with the steadfast. (66)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War), Surah # 8: Ayah # 65-66)
Those who are steadfast in seeking the face of their Lord, and perform prayer and give from the provision We have given them, secretly and openly, and stave off evil with good, it is they who will have the Ultimate Abode. (22)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al-Ra’d (The Thunder), Surah # 13: Ayah # 22)
(Their Messengers said,) ‘And why indeed should we not put our trust in Allah when He has guided us to our ways? We will be steadfast however much you harm us. Those who trust put their trust in Allah.’ (12)
(Holy Quran, Surah Ibrahim (The Prophet Abraham), Surah # 14: Ayah # 12)
By the Late Afternoon, (1) truly man is in loss– (2) except for those who believe and do right actions and urge each other to the truth and urge each other to steadfastness. (3)
(Holy Quran, Surah Al ‘Asr (Time Through the Ages), Surah # 103: Ayah # 1-3)
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Straight path:
Therefore stand firm (in the straight Path) as thou art commanded,- thou and those who with thee turn (unto Allah.; and transgress not (from the Path): for He seeth well all that ye do. (112) Do not rely on those who do wrong thus causing the Fire to afflict you, for you have no protector besides Allah; then you will not be helped. (113)
(Holy Quran, Surah Hud (The Prophet Hud), Surah # 11: Ayah # 112-113)
