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PROPHET JOB STORY IN ISLAM · قناة الدعوة الإسلامية Islamic Teachings Gh

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  The Story of Prophet Job Prophet Job was a descendant of Prophet
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  Ibrahim. Iyab's mother was the daughter
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  of Prophet LUT and his wife was a direct descendant of Prophet
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  Youssef. Iyab lived in Rome with his dear
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  wife Rama and 14 children. Iyab was a prophet who was
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  immensely blessed by Allah. He was strong and healthy, had
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  large plots of land, abundant livestock, and a righteous and
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  beautiful family. He was also a community leader
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  who was highly respected and loved by his people.
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  Despite his status and wealth, Iyab was never arrogant.
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  He was always humble. He readily helped the deprived
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  and constantly thanked and glorified Allah for everything
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  he was blessed with .1 day high up in the heavens, the angels
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  began discussing about the best of humans who lived on earth.
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  An Angel amongst them said the best creature on earth today is
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  Iyab. A man of noble character who
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  displays great patience and always remembers his generous
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  Lord. He is an excellent model for the
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  worshippers of Allah. In return, his Lord has blessed
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  him with a long life and plenty of servants.
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  The needy and the poor share in his good fortune.
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  He feeds and clothes the poor and buys slaves to set them
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  free. He makes those who receive his
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  charity feel as if they are favoring him.
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  So kind and gentle is he. Satan, who was in the vicinity
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  overhead the discussion and became very angry.
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  He immediately began plotting to lure IAB away from the worship
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  of Allah. He whispered evil thoughts to
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  Iabh about the many pleasures of life that a man such as Iabh
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  could easily enjoy. But the Prophet was a sincere
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  servant of Allah and was not easily faltered.
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  This enraged Satan further. Satan approached Allah and
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  informed him that Iabh was not a sincere servant of his and was
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  only glorifying him in fear of losing all his wealth.
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  He Satan suggested if you remove his wealth then you will find
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  that his tongue will no longer mention your name and his
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  praying will stop Allah. The All Knowing did not believe
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  Satan for he knew that Iyub was among his most sincere believers
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  and did not worship his Lord for mere material possessions.
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  But he agreed to test Iyub to show Satan the absolute
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  sincerity of his loyal servant. Overjoyed, Satan set out to
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  destroy Prophet IAB's wealth dot.
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  AS time past, Prophet IAB's wealth began to diminish, his
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  land, livestock, servants and money slowly evaded him until he
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  was left with nothing and immensely satisfied with IAB's
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  ordeal. Satan, disguised as a wise old
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  man, approached the Prophet and said All your wealth is lost.
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  Some people say that it is because you gave too much
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  charity and that you are wasting your time with your continuous
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  prayers to Allah. Others say that Allah has
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  brought this upon you in order to please your enemies.
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  If Allah had the capacity to prevent harm, then He would have
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  protected your wealth, Iyab replied.
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  Allah gives whom He wills, and Allah takes from whom He wills.
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  And all of the wealth that I have belongs to Allah, so He has
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  every authority to take it back from me.
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  Iyab then turned around and continued to thank and praise
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  Allah. Feeling rather frustrated, Satan
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  returned to Allah and said I have stripped Iyab of all his
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  possessions, but he still remains grateful to you.
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  However, he is only hiding his disappointment.
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  The real test of a parent is through his children.
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  You will see how Iyab will reject you.
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  Allah still knew that Iab's faith and love for his Lord will
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  not waver, but he agreed to test IAB further.
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  Before long, the building in which Iab's children lived
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  crashed, killing all fourteen of his young beautiful children.
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  Satan once again visited IAB disguised as sympathizing
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  bystander and remarked with sorrow.
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  The circumstances under which your children died were sad.
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  Surely your Lord is not rewarding you properly for all
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  your prayers. I have responded.
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  Allah gives me what is good for me and takes away what Allah
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  sees that is displeasing for him and for me.
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  Allah sees that all of these children may be a strong test
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  and trial for me, so Allah took them away from me.
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  Whether a thing is beneficial or harmful to me, I will remain
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  firm in my belief and remain thankful to my Creator.
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  Satan rushed back to Allah and said, Oh my Lord, IAB's wealth
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  is gone, his children are dead, and he is still healthy in body,
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  and as long as he enjoys good health, he will continue to
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  worship you in hopes of regaining his wealth and
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  producing more children. Grant me authority over his body
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  so that I may weaken it. He will surely neglect
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  worshipping you and will thus become disobedient.
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  Allah granted His request but instructed.
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  I give you authority over His body, but not over his soul,
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  intellect or heart, for in these places reside the knowledge of
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  me and my religion. Soon after, IAB's health began
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  to deteriorate. He was so I'll that the skin of
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  his body used to fall off, revealing his muscles and bone.
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  But as Allah instructed, the only two organs that functioned
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  in his body were his heart and tongue, which he continued to
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  use to glorify Allah. Iyab suffered through severe
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  pain, but he never allowed himself to complain or falter in
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  his belief in Allah. The people of the city began
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  discussing if Iyab was a good person, Allah wouldn't have done
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  this to him, and eventually they abandoned him.
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  His relatives, friends and everyone who loved and respected
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  Iyab deserted him except for Rama, his beloved wife.
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  For years Iyab continued to suffer through his condition
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  with none but Rama by his side to take care of him.
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  They had no money and no income, so his wife took up a job to
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  provide for him. But the people of the city did
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  not allow Rama to work for long, for they feared that she would
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  afflict them with the same illness as her husband.
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  Ayad meanwhile continued to pray to Allah to give him the
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  strength and patience to endure this pain and suffering .1 day
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  Satan appeared before Rama in the form of man and asked her
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  where is your husband? Pointing at the almost lifeless
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  figure of I AB, Rama replied, there he is suspended between
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  life and death. Satan then went on to remind her
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  of the blissful days of good health, children and wealth.
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  Overwhelmed with the years of pain and hardship, Rama
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  approached I AB and wailed, OI AB, you are the Prophet and the
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  Messenger of Allah. You have the closest
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  relationship to Allah. Ask Allah to take you out of
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  this harm that you are in. I have sighed and replied, Satan
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  must have whispered to you and made you dissatisfied.
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  Tell me, how long did I enjoy good health and riches?
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  His wife responded 80 years or so.
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  He replied, For how long am I suffering like this?
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  She said seven years. I have then said, In that case I
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  am ashamed to call on my law to remove my hardship, for I have
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  not suffered longer than the years of good health and plenty.
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  It seems your faith has weakened and you are dissatisfied with
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  the fate of Allah. If I ever regain health, I swear
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  I will punish you with 100 strokes.
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  From this day onward, I forbid myself to eat or drink anything
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  by your hand. Leave me alone and let my Lord
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  do with me as He pleases. Feeling helpless, I upturn to
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  Allah seeking His mercy. Verily, Satan has touched me
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  with distress by losing my health and torment by losing my
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  wealth. He prayed.
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  Allah immediately responded to IAB's desperate call for help.
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  Allah said strike the ground with your foot.
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  This is a spring of water to wash in and cool and a
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  refreshing drink. IAB immediately performed
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  Allah's bidding. As he struck the ground with his
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  foot, cold water gushed at his feet.
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  As commanded, IAB drank and washed his entire body using the
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  water. Within a short while, IAB's
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  blisters disappeared, his skin renewed completely, and his
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  internal organs began functioning.
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  Indeed, IAB was completely cured by the grace of Allah.
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  Rama, who could not stand to be away from her husband any
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  longer, returned home. As she entered their home, she
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  was greeted by IAB, whom she did not recognize.
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  She asked him, Where is IAB? Who are you?
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  You look very similar to him, he replied, smiling.
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  It's me. Overjoyed, she immediately
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  embraced him and thanked Allah for His mercy.
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  Iyab remembered his promise to punish his wife with 100 strokes
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  once he regained his health. He did not want to hurt his
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  beloved wife, nor did he want to break his oath to Allah.
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  So Allah the Most Wise instructed Iyab, take in your
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  hand a bundle of thin grass and strike there with your wife and
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  break not your oath. Allah then restored Iyab's
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  wealth. Allah sent down a rain of
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  locusts made of gold that fell all around Iyab.
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  When Ayab began gathering the gold locusts, Allah asked him, O
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  Ayab, have I not made you too rich to need what you see?
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  Ayab replied Yes my Lord, but I cannot shun your blessings.
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  Ayab and Rama were also given back their family.
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  The couple were blessed with 28 beautiful healthy children, 14
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  girls and 14 boys. The story of Prophet Ayab is 1.
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  Adversity mixed with patience. It is easy to be a faithful
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  servant of Allah when everything is going well, but his faith
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  never faltered during difficult times, which is what makes him a
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  remarkable being. And for they're taking of usury
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  while they had been forbidden from it, and they're consuming
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  of the people's wealth unjustly. And we have prepared for the
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  disbelievers among them a painful punishment, abiding
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  eternally therein. The punishment will not be
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  lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.
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  Indeed, we have revealed to you, O Muhammad, as we reveal to Noah
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  and the prophets after him, and we reveal to Abraham, Ishmael,
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  Isaac, Jacob, the descendants, Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and
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  Solomon. And to David we gave the book of
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  Psalms, Surah Nisa ayat 161 to 163.
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  They who believe and do not mix their belief with injustice,
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  those will have security, and they are rightly guided.
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  And that was our conclusive argument, which we gave Abraham
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  against his people. We raise by degrees whom we will
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  indeed. Your Lord is wise and knowing.
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  And we gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
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  All of them we guided, and Noah we guided before and among his
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  descendants, David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and
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  Aaron. Thus do we reward the doors of
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  good Surah. And am I at 82 to 84 and
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  immension Job when he called to his Lord.
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  Indeed, adversity has touched me, and you are the most
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  merciful of the merciful. So we responded to him and
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  removed what afflicted him of adversity, and we gave him back
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  he, his family and the like thereof with them as mercy from
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  us and a reminder for the worshippers.
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  Lavala Surah Ambia iat 83 to 84. And remember our servant Job
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  when he called to his Lord. Indeed, Satan has touched me
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  with hardship and torment. So he was told, Strike the
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  ground with your foot. This is a spring fall of a cool
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  bath and drink. And we granted him his family
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  and a like number with them as mercy from us and a reminder for
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  those of understanding. We said, and take in your hand a
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  bunch of grass and strike with it, and do not break your oath.
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  Indeed, we found him patient, an excellent servant.
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  Indeed he was one repeatedly turning back to Allah.
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  And remember our servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, those
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  of strength and religious vision.
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  Indeed, We chose them for an exclusive quality remembrance of
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  the home of the Hereafter. Surasad, 41 to 46.