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Contents of "GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FROM THE QUR'AN"

ALLAH'S THRONE

It is He Who created the heavens and the earth in six days when His Throne was on the water, in order to test which of you has the best actions. If you say, 'You will be raised up after death,' those who disbelieve will say, 'This is nothing but downright magic.' (Surah Hud, 7)


MAN'S CREATION FROM A DROP OF SPERM

He created man from a drop of sperm and yet he is an open challenger! (Surah an-Nahl, 4)

Mankind! If you are in any doubt about the Rising, know that We created you from dust then from a drop of sperm then from a clot of blood then from a lump of flesh, formed yet unformed, so We may make things clear to you. We make whatever We want stay in the womb until a specified time and then We bring you out as children so that you can reach your full maturity. Some of you die and some of you revert to the lowest form of life so that, after having knowledge, they then know nothing at all. And you see the earth dead and barren; then when We send down water onto it it quivers and swells and sprouts with luxuriant plants of every kind. (Surat al-Hajj, 5)

Then produced his seed from an extract of base fluid. (Surat as-Sajda, 8)

Does not man see that We created him from a drop yet there he is, an open antagonist! (Surah Ya Sin, 77)

Was he not a drop of ejaculated sperm. (Surat al-Qiyama, 37)

We created man from a mingled drop to test him, and We made him hearing and seeing. (Surat al-Insan, 2)

From what thing did He create him? From a drop of sperm He created him and proportioned him. (Surah 'Abasa, 18-19)


ALLAH CREATED EVERYTHING FROM WATER

Do those who disbelieve not see that the heavens and the earth were sewn together and then We unstitched them and that We made from water every living thing? So will they not believe? (Surat al-Anbiya', 30)

Allah created every animal from water. Some of them go on their bellies, some of them on two legs, and some on four. Allah creates whatever He wills. Allah has power over all things. (Surat an-Nur, 45)


ALLAH TRIED THE PEOPLE OF
THE PROPHET SALIH (AS) WITH WATER

He (Salih) said, 'Here is a she-camel. She has a time for drinking and you have a time for drinking – on specified days. (Surat ash-Shu'ara', 155)

We will send the she-camel as a trial for them. Just keep a watchful eye on them and be steadfast. Inform them that the water is to be shared out between them, each drinking by turn.' (Surat an-Qamar, 27-28)


THE PROPHET MUSA (AS) CAST
INTO THE WATER WHEN HE WAS A CHILD

When We revealed to your mother: Place him into the box and throw it into the sea and the sea will wash it up on the shore, where an enemy of Mine and his will pick it up." I showered you with love from Me so that you would be brought up under My supervision. (Surah Ta Ha, 38-39)

We revealed to Musa's mother, 'Suckle him and then when you fear for him cast him into the sea. Do not fear or grieve; We will return him to you and make him one of the Messengers.' (Surat al-Qasas, 7)


THE PROPHET MUSA (AS) STRIKES
A DRY PATH THROUGH THE SEA

We revealed to Musa, 'Travel with My servants by night. Strike a dry path for them through the sea. Have no fear of being overtaken and do not be afraid.' Pharaoh pursued them with his troops and the sea overwhelmed them utterly. (Surah Ta Ha, 77-78)

So We revealed to Musa, 'Strike the sea with your staff.' And it split in two, each part like a towering cliff. (Surat ash-Shu'ara', 63)



PHARAOH AND HIS TROOPS DROWNED

Then We drowned the rest. (Surat ash-Shu'ara', 66)

We brought the tribe of Israel across the sea and Pharaoh and his troops pursued them out of tyranny and enmity. Then, when he was on the point of drowning, he said, 'I believe that there is no god but Him in Whom the tribe of Israel believe. I am one of the Muslims.' 'What, now! When previously you rebelled and were one of the corrupters? Today we will preserve your body so you can be a Sign for people who come after you. Surely many people are heedless of Our Signs.' (Surah Yunus, 90-92)


THE PROPHET MUSA'S (AS) ARRIVAL
AT THE WATER OF MADYAN

When he arrived at the water of Madyan, he found a crowd of people drawing water there. Standing apart from them, he found two women, holding back their sheep. He said, 'What are you two doing here?' They said, 'We cannot draw water until the shepherds have driven off their sheep. You see our father is a very old man.' So he drew water for them and then withdrew into the shade and said, 'My Lord, I am truly in need of any good You have in store for me.' (Surat al-Qasas, 23-24)


THE PROPHET MUSA (AS) BURNS THE IDOL
WHICH HIS PEOPLE WORSHIPPED AND
SCATTERS ITS ASHES OVER THE SEA

He said, 'What do you think you were doing, Samaritan?' He said, 'I saw what they did not see. So I gathered up a handful from the Messenger's footprints and threw it in. That is what my inner self urged me to do.' He said, 'Go! In this world you will have to say, "Untouchable!" And you have an appointment which you will not fail to keep. Look at your god to which you devoted so much time. We will burn it up and then scatter it as dust into the sea. (Surah Ta Ha, 95-97)


DIVING SATANS AT THE PROPHET SULAYMAN'S
(AS) COMMAND

And some of the satans dived for him and did other things apart from that. And We were watching over them. (Surat al-Anbiya', 82)


PROPHET SULAYMAN'S (AS) PALACE

She was told: 'Enter the palace,' but when she saw it she supposed it to be a pool and bared her legs. He said, 'It is a palace paved with glass.' She said, 'My Lord, I have wronged myself but I have submitted with Sulayman to the Lord of all the worlds.' (Surat an-Naml, 44)


WATER THAT ALLAH GRANTED TO
PROPHET AYYUB (AS)

Remember Our servant Ayyub when he called on his Lord: 'Satan has afflicted me with exhaustion and suffering.' 'Stamp your foot! Here is a cool bath and water to drink.' (Surah Sâd, 41-42)


BLESSING THAT ALLAH
BESTOWED ON MARYAM: A STREAM

So she conceived him and withdrew with him to a distant place. The pains of labour drove her to the trunk of a date-palm. She said, 'Oh if only I had died before this time and was something discarded and forgotten!' A voice called out to her from under her, 'Do not grieve! Your Lord has placed a small stream at your feet. Shake the trunk of the palm towards you and fresh, ripe dates will drop down onto you. Eat and drink and delight your eyes. If you should see anyone at all, just say, "I have made a vow of abstinence to the All-Merciful and today I will not speak to any human being."' (Surah Maryam, 22-26)


ALLAH PLACED MARYAM AND PROPHET 'ISA (AS)
ON A MOUNTAINSIDE WITH A SPRING

And We made the son of Maryam and his mother a Sign and gave them shelter on a mountainside where there was a meadow and a flowing spring. (Surat al-Mu'minun, 50)


THE CITY ON WHICH A FATAL RAIN WAS RAINED

They themselves have come across the city which was rained on by an evil rain. Did they not then see it? But they do not expect to rise again. (Surat al-Furqan, 40)



THE RAIN OF THOSE WHO ARE WARNED

And made a Rain come pouring down upon them. How evil is the rain of those who are warned! (Surat ash-Shu'ara', 173)


ALLAH DROWNED DISBELIEVING NATIONS

We seized each one of them for their wrong actions. Against some We sent a sudden squall of stones; some of them were seized by the Great Blast; some We caused the earth to swallow up; and some We drowned. Allah did not wrong them; rather they wronged themselves. (Surat al-'Ankabut, 40)


FLOOD OF 'IRAM

But they turned away so We unleashed against them the flood of 'Iram from the great dam and exchanged their two gardens for two others containing bitter-tasting plants and tamarisk and a few lote trees. (Surah Saba', 16)