Luminous quotes

May God have mercy on Ismail’s mother, if she had left Zamzam and not scooped out the water, Zamzam would have been a spring

Do not be afraid of the village, for here is a house for God that this boy and his father are building

This bird only flies over water and we met this valley

Would you allow us to sit with you?

Yes, but you have no right to water

And thus We show Abraham the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, so that he may be among those who are certain

When night fell upon him, he saw a star and said, “This is my Lord.” When it set, he said, “I do not like those that set.”

God suffices me, and He is the best disposer of affairs

O Saleh, we used to see a mind in you and we were promising you that you would be one of our nobles, so how come you now forbid us from worshiping what our fathers used to worship? Do you want us to believe you? We are in doubt about your words and in doubt about your affairs. You, O Saleh, are enchanted.

Didn’t God find someone else to send to us? And if we follow you, we are worse than madmen

God has brought out this camel for you as you requested, and has given her a day’s drinking of water from the well, and you have a day’s drinking, so do not transgress the day of her drinking, and leave this camel to eat on God’s earth, and do not touch her with any harm. These are the commands of the Lord of the Worlds, so do not disobey them so that the painful punishment will not befall you.

I will marry you and my dowry is to kill Saleh’s camel

I have four daughters. I will marry you to whomever you want if you kill Saleh’s camel

I will not kill her until you are all satisfied with it

O Saleh, bring us the torment you promise us if you are truly one of the truthful messengers

I have conveyed to you the message of my Lord and advised you, but you are a people who do not like advisers

O my people, this is the she-camel of God as a sign for you, so leave her to eat on God’s earth and do not harm her, lest a near torment seize you.

So they licked it, and he said, “Enjoy yourselves in your home for three days.” That is a promise that is not false

Give good tidings to one of us whom we will follow. Indeed, then we are in error and misguidance

I fear that what befell them will happen to you, so do not enter upon them

Do not enter these tortured people unless you are crying. If you are not crying, do not enter them

O people of Abdullah, you have no god other than Him

He said, “O my people, I am not foolish, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the Worlds.”

You have come to us, O Hood, to worship God alone and to abandon the idols our fathers used to worship

Does this man promise you that if you die and become dust and worn-out bones in your graves, that you will be resurrected again? No way, no way, when you are promised.

And if you bring us, O Hud, proof for what we have asked for, we will not believe in you, and whether you preach to us or not do so, we will not be walking except in the path of the ancients, and we will not be tormented.

They said, “It is the same for us whether you preach or not. This is only the creation of the ancients, and we will not be punished.”

Bring us the torment you promise us, O Hood, if you are truthful in what you say

My Lord, help me because they lie

Soon they will regret it

So they all schemed against me and then you would not look. I have put my trust in God, my Lord and your Lord

Do you build with all the revenue of a sign in vain?

Because, O Noah, if you do not stop belittling our gods and disturbing us in our gatherings, you will be among those who will be condemned

O Noah, you have argued with us, and we have argued more and more, so bring us the punishment you promise us if you are truthful in your claim.

That it is up to God, if He wishes, to punish you. You are not unable to do so, but as for me, I only have to deliver the clear message

My Lord, do not leave on earth among the disbelievers the owner of a house without destroying him. My Lord, I am defeated

O Noah, you were a prophet, but today you have become a carpenter

We learned about the ship sailing at sea and traveling on land

If you mock us today, we will mock you just as you mock us

Ride in it, in the name of God our ship sails, and in His name we anchor

My son, do not be with the unbelievers

I will seek refuge in a high mountain that will protect me from water

Today, there is no one who is safe from God’s command except those whom God has mercy on

How did you see the world? He said, “I saw it as a house with two doors. You entered through one and exited through the other.”

You are Adam whom God created with His hand and breathed His Spirit into you and His angels prostrated to you and made you dwell in His Paradise. Then you brought people down to the earth because of your sin. Adam said, “You are Moses whom God chose with His messages and His words and gave you the tablets in which all things were made clear and brought you close to salvation. By how much did I find God Almighty wrote the Torah before I was created?” Moses said, “Forty years ago.” Adam said, “And Adam disobeyed his Lord and went astray.” He said, “Yes.” He said, “Will you tell me to do an act that God Almighty has written?” I am obligated to do it forty years before He created me

Then Adam and Moses performed Hajj

There is no soul that kills unjustly except that the son of Adam must pay a measure of its blood because he was the first to enact killing

So Adam denied, so his offspring denied, and Adam forgot, so his offspring forgot, and Adam sinned, so his offspring sinned.

And mention in the book Idris. He was a friend and a prophet, and we raised him to a high position

We raised him to a high place

And the person carried it. Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant

Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy on us, we will be among the losers

We have no knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, You are the All-Knowing, the All-Wise

By Your glory, I will mislead them all

If the son of Adam recites the prostration and prostrates, Satan becomes sad and weeps, saying, “O my friend.” He commanded the son of Adam to prostrate, and he prostrated, for him is Paradise. And I was commanded to prostrate, but I refused, so for me is Hell.

God Almighty created the soil on Saturday, He created the mountains in it on Sunday, He created the trees on Monday, He created the bad things on the third day, He created light on the fourth day, He spread the animals in it on Thursday, and He created Adam, peace be upon him, after the afternoon of Friday, at the end of creation, in the last hour of Friday, between afternoon and night.

I know what you do not know

The likeness of Jesus to God is like Adam, whom He created from dust

He who perfected everything He created and began the creation of man from clay

Man was created from clay like pottery