فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ ٱلْقَيِّمِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِىَ يَوْمٌۭ لَّا مَرَدَّ لَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَصَّدَّعُونَ
Fa aqim wajhaka lid deenil qaiyimi min qabli any yaatiya Yawmul laa maradda lahoo minal laahi Yawma'iziny yassadda'oon
So direct your face toward the correct religion before a Day comes from Allah of which there is no repelling. That Day, they will be divided.
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So set your purpose for the upright religion the religion of Islam before there comes the inevitable day from God namely the Day of Resurrection. On that day they shall be sundered yassadda‘ūna the original tā’ yatasadda‘ūna has been assimilated with the sād that is they will be split into separate groups after the Reckoning destined for Paradise or the Fire.
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"There is no man among you
except that his Lord shall converse
with him on the Day of Judgement,
there being no interpreter between
him and Him (Allah). Then he
looks to the south (his right) and
does not see anything except the
things he put forward (of good),
then he looks to the north (his left)
and he does not see anything
except the things he put forward
(of evil), then he turns to look
before him to find he is facing the
Fire."
The Messenger of Allah SAW, said:
"Whoever among you is able to
protect his face from
the Fire – even with a piece of a
date - then let him do so." (Sahih)
[Abu 'Eisa said: This Hadith is
Hasan Sahih].
Abu As-Sã'ib narrated to us: "One
day, Waki' narrated this Hadith to
us from Al-'Amash. When Waki'
was finished with this Hadith, he
said: 'Whoever is present from the
inhabitants of Khurãsãn, then let
him seek the reward of spreading
this Hadith in Khurãsãn."
Abu 'Eisa said: The Jahmiyyah
rejected this. [Abu As-Sã'ib's name
is Salam bin Junadah bin Khãlid bin
Jäbir bin Samurah Al-Kufi]. This
Hadith is Hasan Sahih.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Straighten your rows or Allah will alter your faces."
"Allah's Messenger would straighten our lines. One day he came out and saw a man whose chest was protruding from the people, so he said: 'You must straighten your lines, or Allah will cause disagreement to occur among your faces."
“Towards the west (i.e., the place of the setting of
the
sun) there is an open door, seventy years wide. That door will
remain
open for repentance until the sun rises from this direction.
When it
rises from this direction, faith will not benefit any soul
that did
not believe before or earn anything good through its faith.”
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The Day of (Judgment) will not be established till there is a war between two
groups whose claims (or religion) will be the same."
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous -
ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فِرَٰشًۭا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءًۭ وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۭ فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ رِزْقًۭا لَّكُمْ ۖ فَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ لِلَّهِ أَندَادًۭا وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
[He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him].
كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَكُنتُمْ أَمْوَٰتًۭا فَأَحْيَٰكُمْ ۖ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
How can you disbelieve in Allah when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned.
فَتَلَقَّىٰٓ ءَادَمُ مِن رَّبِّهِۦ كَلِمَٰتٍۢ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلتَّوَّابُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ
Then Adam received from his Lord [some] words, and He accepted his repentance. Indeed, it is He who is the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful.
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ يَوْمًۭا لَّا تَجْزِى نَفْسٌ عَن نَّفْسٍۢ شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا شَفَٰعَةٌۭ وَلَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌۭ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ
And fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul at all, nor will intercession be accepted from it, nor will compensation be taken from it, nor will they be aided.
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