Short Islamic Reminders

فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا

But lo! with hardship goeth ease,

Qur’an 94:5 · Ash-Sharh

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إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًۭا

Lo! with hardship goeth ease;

Qur’an 94:6 · Ash-Sharh

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مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ

Thy Lord hath not forsaken thee nor doth He hate thee,

Qur’an 93:3 · Ad-Dhuhaa

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وَلَلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

And verily the latter portion will be better for thee than the former,

Qur’an 93:4 · Ad-Dhuhaa

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وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضَىٰٓ

And verily thy Lord will give unto thee so that thou wilt be content.

Qur’an 93:5 · Ad-Dhuhaa

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ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ

Read: In the name of thy Lord Who createth,

Qur’an 96:1 · Al-Alaq

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خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ

Createth man from a clot.

Qur’an 96:2 · Al-Alaq

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ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْأَكْرَمُ

Read: And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous,

Qur’an 96:3 · Al-Alaq

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ٱلَّذِى عَلَّمَ بِٱلْقَلَمِ

Who teacheth by the pen,

Qur’an 96:4 · Al-Alaq

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عَلَّمَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ

Teacheth man that which he knew not.

Qur’an 96:5 · Al-Alaq

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قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ

Say: He is Allah, the One!

Qur’an 112:1 · Al-Ikhlaas

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ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ

Allah, the eternally Besought of all!

Qur’an 112:2 · Al-Ikhlaas

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خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ

The best among you (Muslims) are those who learn the Qur'an and teach it.

Sahih al-Bukhari 5027 · Source checked

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أَقْرَبُ مَا يَكُونُ الْعَبْدُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ فَأَكْثِرُوا الدُّعَاءَ

The nearest a servant comes to his Lord is when he is prostrating himself, so make supplication (in this state).

Sahih Muslim 482 · Source checked

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مَنْ دَلَّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ فَلَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ فَاعِلِهِ

One who guides to something good has a reward similar to that of its doer.

Sahih Muslim 1893a · Source checked

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وَالصَّلاَةُ نُورٌ وَالصَّدَقَةُ بُرْهَانٌ وَالصَّبْرُ ضِيَاءٌ

and prayer is a light, and charity is proof (of one's faith) and endurance is a brightness

Sahih Muslim 223 · Source checked

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وَالْكَلِمَةُ الطَّيِّبَةُ صَدَقَةٌ

and (saying) a good word is also Sadaqa

Sahih al-Bukhari 2989 · Source checked

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الْحَيَاءُ لاَ يَأْتِي إِلاَّ بِخَيْرٍ

Modesty brings forth nothing but goodness.

Sahih Muslim 37a · Source checked

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اكْلَفُوا مِنَ الأَعْمَالِ مَا تُطِيقُونَ

Don't take upon yourselves, except the deeds which are within your ability.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6465 · Source checked

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ثُمَّ بِرُّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ

To be good and dutiful to one's parents

Sahih al-Bukhari 5970 · Source checked

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تَسَحَّرُوا فَإِنَّ فِي السَّحُورِ بَرَكَةً

Take Suhur as there is a blessing in it.

Sahih al-Bukhari 1923 · Source checked

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مَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ

If Allah wants to do good to a person, He makes him comprehend the religion.

Sahih al-Bukhari 71 · Source checked

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فِي كُلِّ كَبِدٍ رَطْبَةٍ أَجْرٌ

Yes, there is a reward for service to every living animal.

Sahih Muslim 2244 · Source checked

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سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ

Exalted is Allah (He is free from imperfection) and all praise is due to Him

Sahih Muslim 2694 · Source checked

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الْكِبْرُ بَطَرُ الْحَقِّ وَغَمْطُ النَّاسِ

Pride is disdaining the truth (out of self-conceit) and contempt for the people.

Sahih Muslim 91a · Source checked

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الدِّينُ النَّصِيحَةُ

The Religion is sincerity.

Sahih Muslim 55a · Source checked

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وَخَيْرُهُمَا الَّذِي يَبْدَأُ بِالسَّلاَمِ

and the better of the two will be the one who greets the other first.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6077 · Source checked

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اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي وَسَدِّدْنِي

O Allah, direct me to the right path and make me adhere to the straight path

Sahih Muslim 2725a · Source checked

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اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ

O Allah! I seek refuge with You from worry and grief

Sahih al-Bukhari 6369 · Source checked

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اللَّهُمَّ أَصْلِحْ لِي دِينِيَ الَّذِي هُوَ عِصْمَةُ أَمْرِي

O Allah, set right for me my religion which is the safeguard of my affairs.

Sahih Muslim 2720 · Source checked

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إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي تَغْلِبُ غَضَبِي

Verily My Mercy overcomes My Anger.

Sahih al-Bukhari 7404 · Source checked

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اتَّقُوا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ

Save yourself from Hell-fire even by giving half a date-fruit in charity.

Sahih al-Bukhari 1417 · Source checked

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كُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّكَ غَرِيبٌ، أَوْ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ

Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a traveler.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6416 · Source checked

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صَرِّفْ قُلُوبَنَا عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ

turn our hearts to Thine obedience.

Sahih Muslim 2655 · Source checked

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لاَ تَغْضَبْ

Do not become angry.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6116 · Source checked

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مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَىَّ وَاحِدَةً صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ عَشْرًا

He who blesses me once, Allah would bless him ten times.

Sahih Muslim 408 · Source checked

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وَصَلُّوا كَمَا رَأَيْتُمُونِي أُصَلِّي

Pray as you have seen me praying

Sahih al-Bukhari 631 · Source checked

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أَطْعِمُوا الْجَائِعَ، وَعُودُوا الْمَرِيضَ، وَفُكُّوا الْعَانِيَ

Feed the hungry, visit the sick, and set free the captives.

Sahih al-Bukhari 5649 · Source checked

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لاَ يُلْدَغُ الْمُؤْمِنُ مِنْ جُحْرٍ وَاحِدٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ

A believer is not stung twice (by something) out of one and the same hole.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6133 · Source checked

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قُلْ آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ فَاسْتَقِمْ

Say I affirm my faith in Allah and then remain steadfast to it.

Sahih Muslim 38 · Source checked

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اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ رِزْقَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ قُوتًا

O Allah, make the provision of Muhammad's family sufficient just to sustain life.

Sahih Muslim 1055 · Source checked

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فَإِنَّكُمْ لاَ تَدْعُونَ أَصَمَّ وَلاَ غَائِبًا

You are not calling upon a deaf or an absent one.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6409 · Source checked

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الصِّيَامُ جُنَّةٌ

Fasting is a shield (or a screen or a shelter).

Sahih al-Bukhari 1894 · Source checked

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يُعِينُ ذَا الْحَاجَةِ الْمَلْهُوفَ

He should help the needy who appeal for help.

Sahih al-Bukhari 1445 · Source checked

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بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا

With Your name, O Allah, I die and I live

Sahih al-Bukhari 6324 · Source checked

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يُسَلِّمُ الصَّغِيرُ عَلَى الْكَبِيرِ، وَالْمَارُّ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِ

The young should greet the old, the passer by should greet the sitting one

Sahih al-Bukhari 6231 · Source checked

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اشْفَعُوا فَلْتُؤْجَرُوا

Help and recommend him and you will receive the reward for it

Sahih al-Bukhari 6026, 6027 · Source checked

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لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ

There is no god but Allah, the Great, the Tolerant

Sahih Muslim 2730a · Source checked

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الْبِرُّ حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ

Virtue is a kind disposition

Sahih Muslim 2553a · Source checked

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رَكْعَتَا الْفَجْرِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا

The two rak'ahs at dawn are better than this world and what it contains.

Sahih Muslim 725a · Source checked

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أَفَلاَ أَكُونُ عَبْدًا شَكُورًا

May I not (prove myself) to be a grateful servant (of Allah)?

Sahih Muslim 2819a · Source checked

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لاَ يَنْبَغِي لِصِدِّيقٍ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَعَّانًا

It does not seem proper for a Siddiq that he should be an invoker of curse.

Sahih Muslim 2597a · Source checked

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اللَّهُ أَرْحَمُ بِعِبَادِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ بِوَلَدِهَا

Allah is more merciful to His slaves than this lady to her son.

Sahih al-Bukhari 5999 · Source checked

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الذَّاكِرُونَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَالذَّاكِرَاتُ

They are those males and females who remember Allah much.

Sahih Muslim 2676 · Source checked

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كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَذْكُرُ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ أَحْيَانِهِ

The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) used to remember Allah at all moments.

Sahih Muslim 373 · Source checked

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بَلِّغُوا عَنِّي وَلَوْ آيَةً

Convey (my teachings) to the people even if it were a single sentence,

Sahih al-Bukhari 3461 · Source checked

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اعْزِلِ الأَذَى عَنْ طَرِيقِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

Remove the troublesome thing from the paths of the Muslims.

Sahih Muslim 2618a · Source checked

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فَأَعْطِ كُلَّ ذِي حَقٍّ حَقَّهُ

so you should give the rights of all those who have a right on you

Sahih al-Bukhari 6139 · Source checked

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فَيَرْجِعُ أَهْلُهُ وَمَالُهُ، وَيَبْقَى عَمَلُهُ

relatives and his property go back while his deeds remain with him.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6514 · Source checked

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يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ أَنْفِقْ أُنْفِقْ عَلَيْكَ

O son of Adam, spend. I will spend on you.

Sahih Muslim 993a · Source checked

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إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ كَالْبُنْيَانِ، يَشُدُّ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا

A faithful believer to a faithful believer is like the bricks of a wall, enforcing each other.

Sahih al-Bukhari 481 · Source checked

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مَنْ يُحْرَمِ الرِّفْقَ يُحْرَمِ الْخَيْرَ

He who is deprived of tenderly feelings is in fact deprived of good.

Sahih Muslim 2592a · Source checked

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هَلْ جَزَآءُ ٱلْإِحْسَٰنِ إِلَّا ٱلْإِحْسَٰنُ

Is the reward of goodness aught save goodness?

Qur’an 55:60 · Ar-Rahmaan

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وَأَنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلْمُنتَهَىٰ

And that thy Lord, He is the goal;

Qur’an 53:42 · An-Najm

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بَلْ تُؤْثِرُونَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا

But ye prefer the life of the world

Qur’an 87:16 · Al-A'laa

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وَٱلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ وَأَبْقَىٰٓ

Although the Hereafter is better and more lasting.

Qur’an 87:17 · Al-A'laa

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فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ

So when thou art relieved, still toil

Qur’an 94:7 · Ash-Sharh

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وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب

And strive to please thy Lord.

Qur’an 94:8 · Ash-Sharh

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وَإِن تَجْهَرْ بِٱلْقَوْلِ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلسِّرَّ وَأَخْفَى

And if thou speakest aloud, then lo! He knoweth the secret (thought) and (that which is yet) more hidden.

Qur’an 20:7 · Taa-Haa

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ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ لَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ

Allah! There is no Allah save Him. His are the most beautiful names.

Qur’an 20:8 · Taa-Haa

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أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ أَمْ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبٍ أَقْفَالُهَآ

Will they then not meditate on the Qur'an, or are there locks on the hearts?

Qur’an 47:24 · Muhammad

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وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ

And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?

Qur’an 54:17 · Al-Qamar

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وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبِيتُونَ لِرَبِّهِمْ سُجَّدًۭا وَقِيَٰمًۭا

And who spend the night before their Lord, prostrate and standing,

Qur’an 25:64 · Al-Furqaan

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وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَمْ يَخِرُّوا۟ عَلَيْهَا صُمًّۭا وَعُمْيَانًۭا

And those who, when they are reminded of the revelations of their Lord, fall not deaf and blind thereat.

Qur’an 25:73 · Al-Furqaan

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إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌۭ

When the two Receivers receive (him), seated on the right hand and on the left,

Qur’an 50:17 · Qaaf

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قَدْ أَفْلَحَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ

Successful indeed are the believers

Qur’an 23:1 · Al-Muminoon

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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى صَلَاتِهِمْ خَٰشِعُونَ

Who are humble in their prayers,

Qur’an 23:2 · Al-Muminoon

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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَوَٰتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ

And who pay heed to their prayers.

Qur’an 23:9 · Al-Muminoon

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أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْوَٰرِثُونَ

These are the heirs

Qur’an 23:10 · Al-Muminoon

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ٱلَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلْفِرْدَوْسَ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

Who will inherit paradise. There they will abide.

Qur’an 23:11 · Al-Muminoon

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وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَٰعِبِينَ

We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between them in play.

Qur’an 21:16 · Al-Anbiyaa

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لَوْ أَرَدْنَآ أَن نَّتَّخِذَ لَهْوًۭا لَّٱتَّخَذْنَٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّآ إِن كُنَّا فَٰعِلِينَ

If We had wished to find a pastime, We could have found it in Our presence - if We ever did.

Qur’an 21:17 · Al-Anbiyaa

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وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ

I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.

Qur’an 51:56 · Adh-Dhaariyat

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إِلَّا ٱلْمُصَلِّينَ

Save worshippers.

Qur’an 70:22 · Al-Ma'aarij

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ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ دَآئِمُونَ

Who are constant at their worship

Qur’an 70:23 · Al-Ma'aarij

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وَٱلَّذِينَ يُصَدِّقُونَ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

And those who believe in the Day of Judgment,

Qur’an 70:26 · Al-Ma'aarij

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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّهِم مُّشْفِقُونَ

And those who are fearful of their Lord's doom -

Qur’an 70:27 · Al-Ma'aarij

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وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عَلَىٰ صَلَاتِهِمْ يُحَافِظُونَ

And those who are attentive at their worship.

Qur’an 70:34 · Al-Ma'aarij

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أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍۢ مُّكْرَمُونَ

These will dwell in Gardens, honoured.

Qur’an 70:35 · Al-Ma'aarij

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