Al-Aʿrāf

24 passages reference this surah

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Futūḥ al-Ghayb — Revelations of the Unseen

Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Timeless Classics

1. "The fear of those He raises to the highest heights is that He may lower them to the lowest depths, and their hope is that He will keep and preserve them in their elevated state. And the fear of those He lowers to the lowest depths is that He may keep and perpetuate them in their lowered state, and their hope is that He will raise them to the highest heights. Then I awoke."

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2. ""Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers." (Qur'an, Surah Al-A'raf: 7:23) Then the lights of guidance and the sciences of repentance and their insights came to him, and the benefits hidden within them, which were previously absent, appeared only through them. That will was replaced by another, and the first state by another."

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3. "If you abandon that, do not ask them with your hearts, for asking with the heart is like asking with the tongue. Then know that God, the Exalted, is every day in a matter, in change and transformation, raising and lowering. Some He raises to the highest heights, and others He lowers to the lowest depths."

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Book 31: The Book of Repentance

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "There is neither a means to bring them closer nor a crime to distance them. They are neither among the people of Paradise nor those of the Fire. Rather, they will be in a station between stations, a position between two positions, which the law describes as 'the Heights' (Al-A'raf)."

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2. "who asked the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, about the people of the Heights. He replied, "They are men killed in the way of Allah, but were disobedient to their parents. The testimony (martyrdom) prevented them from entering the Fire, and disobedience prevented them from entering Paradise."

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3. "its severity to the ugliness of the major sins, and its variety according to the different types of misdeeds. When the period of punishment ends, the naïve followers will descend to the ranks of the righteous, while the insightful mystics ascend to the highest heights."

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Al-Kabā'ir — The Major Sins

Imam al-Dhahabī · Timeless Classics

1. "He explained al-araf is a mountain between paradise and hell and it is called al-araf because it overlooks both On it are trees fruits rivers and springs The men who will be on it are those who went out to fight in jihad without the consent of their parents and were killed"

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2. "He does not give it to them and when they entrust him with something he betrays them Ibn Abbas may Allah be pleased with him was asked about the people of al-araf who they are and what al-araf is"

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The Disease and The Cure

Ibn al-Qayyim · Timeless Classics

1. "to do from Surah Al-A'raf, and for what they used to earn from Surah Al-An'am. And his saying, That is because they rejected our signs, from Surah Al-A'raf. At times it uses the purpose's object, either explicit or omitted, as in his saying, so"

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Volume Two

Ibn al-Qayyim · Madārij al-Sālikīn

1. "unity can witness. The state of the one in separation is lower, akin to someone in the lowlands, while the state of the one in unity is higher, like someone on the heights. The heights reveal both the near and the far to those upon them,"

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2. "moving towards the heights of unity. They must maintain utmost uprightness to reach these heights. Thus, their uprightness is a barrier between the separation they were in and the unity they aim"

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Book 33: Fear and Hope

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "Thus, the sinner was decreed to sin willingly or unwillingly, and similarly, the obedient one. The one whom Muhammad, peace be upon him, elevates to the utmost heights without prior means before his existence—or places Abu Jahl in the lowest depths without prior sin before his existence—is worthy of fear for His majesty's attribute."

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Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

Ibn Kathir · Timeless Classics

1. ""O people of the Qur'an, adorn the Qur'an with deeds!" And he charged into them until he drove them back, and was struck down, may God be pleased with him. Khalid ibn al-Walid charged until he had passed clean through them, and rode toward the heights of Musaylima, watching for a chance to reach him and kill him."

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Book 34: Poverty and Asceticism

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "If the size of the dwelling matches one’s needs without excess and lacks adornment, it does not remove one from the last degrees of asceticism. However, if one seeks grandeur, plastering, spaciousness, and ceiling heights beyond six cubits, they have completely exceeded the bounds of asceticism in housing."

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Volume 1 — From Creation to Mūsā

Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya

1. "Allah has mentioned his story and his people's response, as well as the punishment inflicted upon the disbelievers with the flood, and how he saved him and the companions of the ark in various parts of his noble book, including al-Araf, Yunus, al-Anbiya, al-Muminun, al-Shu'ara,"

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2. "that you are bewitched. These are detailed in Surah Al-Araf with his saying, And we seized the people of Pharaoh with years of famine and a shortage of fruits that they might take heed. But when good befell them, they said, This is ours. And if a misfortune befell them,"

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3. "He said, You are indeed an ignorant people. What these people are engaged in is doomed to destruction, and worthless is what they are doing. This is from Surah Al-A'raf. This request from the children of Israel reflected their ignorance and misguidance, despite having"

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Volume One

Ibn al-Qayyim · Madārij al-Sālikīn

1. "And those whose scales are light, they are the ones who have lost themselves." He then said: "Indeed, the scale becomes light with the weight of a grain or becomes heavy." He also said: "And whoever's good deeds and bad deeds are equal will be among the people of the Heights.""

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The Story of Adam

Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets

1. "Allah and we were merely their descendants. Will you then destroy us for what the falsifiers did? Quran, Surat al-A'raf, verses 172-173. This hadith has a strong and sound chain according to Muslims' conditions and was also narrated by al-Nasai, ibn Jarir and al-Hakim in"

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Book 29: Condemnation of Pride and Conceit

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "but he cast them off" until "his example is like that of a dog; if you chase him, he pants, or if you leave him, he pants. As Allah says in Surah Al-A'raf. Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, explained that Bal‘am was given a book but succumbed to earthly desires."

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Volume 2 — From the Israelite Prophets to Pre-Islamic Arabia

Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya

1. "alabaster, for the birds made their nests in its heights. He did not fear the uncertainty of death, and thus his kingdom was abandoned, its gates left deserted. Remember the lord of Al-Kaunak when he once looked out, pondering the guidance of the day. His wealth and the"

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2. "as stated in the Quran. Likewise, whoever claims that they are of different shapes and very distinct heights is also without evidence, and it is mere conjecture without proof. The truth is that they are from the children of Adam and share in their forms and attributes."

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3. "with a truthful writing and a clear message to Amr ibn Murrah al-Juhani for the tribe of Juhindid. You have the depths of the earth and its plains, and the slopes of the valleys and their heights. You will plant its vegetation and drink its pure water, on the condition"

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Book 40: The Book of the Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

1. "Now consider the chambers of Paradise and the varying heights of the degrees within it. The hereafter is greater in degrees and distinction. Just as there is clear disparity among people in their outward acts of obedience and praiseworthy inner morals, so too is there"

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