Az-Zumar

24 passages reference this surah

From 14 books in our audiobook library. Each passage is also spoken aloud in the app.

Book 19: The Book of Commanding Good and Forbidding Evil

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

1. "matters about the general populace whom you govern, whether they are red or black, Muslim or non-believer, each having a rightful claim to justice from you. How will you respond when groups upon groups arise against you, each complaining of the"

   Source in The Book of Commanding Good and Forbidding Evil →

2. "He, exalted as he, said, And if two groups of the believers fight, then make peace between them, and reconciliation is forbidding aggression and restoring to obedience. If not Allah, exalted as he, commands fighting, then fight against the one that oppresses"

   Source in The Book of Commanding Good and Forbidding Evil →

Book 34: Poverty and Asceticism

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "Allah Almighty. One such person, before passing away, bequeathed his wealth to three groups, the strong, the generous, and the wealthy. When asked about these groups, he explained, the strong are those who uphold the Hadith. The son of"

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

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

1. "Blessings upon all of them. Then you all shall enter in groups, pray upon me in batches, and send peace without fuss, noise or ringing. Your Imam and my family, the closest then closer, should begin first, followed by groups"

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2. "Asim ibn Damrah narrated from Ali, may Allah honor his face, that he described Hell in a manner that magnified its severity, then said, Those who fear their Lord will be driven to Paradise in groups. When they reach one of its gates, they find a tree with two springs"

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3. "whoever utters this saying, for Allah will place his soul in that location. O Allah, you initiated creation without any need for them, then made them two groups, one destined for bliss and another for torment. Make me among the blessed, not among the tormented."

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Book 20: The Book of the Prophetic Character

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

1. "groups from his community conducting naval expeditions is agreed upon from the Hadith of Um Haram. Muslim records from the Hadith of Aisha and Fatima that the earth was rolled up for the Prophet and he was shown its eastern and western parts. He informed that his community's"

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Book 28: Condemnation of Status and Showing Off

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "figures like kings, ministers, and merchants. If they wore luxurious clothing, reciters would reject them, but if they wore shabby clothes, kings and wealthy people would disdain them. They desire acceptance from both groups, choosing fine woolens, delicate garments,"

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2. "The views of the other two groups depart from jurisprudential principles, especially those who say one must repeat bowing and prostration without renewing the opening takbir. If bowing and prostration are invalid, they become superficial acts, rendering the prayer"

   Source in Status & Showing Off →

Volume One: From Tangier to the Lands of the East

Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta

1. "We passed through Maslada and Misrata and the palaces of Sirte, where groups of Arabs attempted to attack us, but fate turned them away from their intent to harm us. We traversed the forest to the castle of Barsisa, crossing to the Dome of Salaam, where we caught up"

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2. "archer in Alexandria who climbed to the top of this column with his bow and quiver and settled there. His story spread, and crowds gathered to see him, marveling at his feat, because the method of his ascent was not apparent to the people. I assume he was either"

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3. "We continued to the city of Qatif, named as if it were the diminutive of picking, Qatif. It is a large, beautiful city, abundant with palm trees, inhabited by various Arab groups, predominantly staunch Rafidites who openly profess their beliefs without fear."

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Volume Two: From India to the Lands of the West

Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta

1. "and ministers. Food was presented on tables around which groups gathered. The minister seated me beside him with Judge Isa, Minister Al-Famildari, and Minister Omar Dahird, whose name means commander of the army. Their meals included rice, chicken, ghee, fish, cured"

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2. "the sheikhs, and the mosque dwellers in all his domains, and selecting sacrifices for these groups during Eid al-Adha. Also, distributing what accumulates from the revenues of his country's gates on the twenty-seventh day of Ramadan, honoring that blessed day and"

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3. "into day with the brightness, and cavalry would give chase. At daybreak, the captives were divided into four groups, with one group assigned to each gate of the katkar. The stakes they had carried the day before were driven into the ground, and the prisoners"

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Book 7: The Mysteries of Pilgrimage

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "imagining Safa as the scale of good deeds and Marwa as the scale of sins, pondering his movements between the scales, witnessing increase or decrease, wavering between punishment and forgiveness. As for standing at Arafa, remember the crowds jostling and the raised"

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The Story of Isa

Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets

1. "into three groups. One group said, God was among us as long as he willed, then ascended to the sky, and these are the Jacobites. Another group said, The son of God was among us as long as he willed, then God raised him to himself, and these are the Nestorians. The"

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2. "third group said, The servant of God and his messenger was among us as long as he willed, then God raised him to himself, and these are the Muslims. The two disbelieving groups conspired against the Muslim one and killed them, so Islam remained obscured until God"

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Book 24: Evils of the Tongue

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "it preferable. This discussion arises because people often curse carelessly. A believer should not curse frequently, and the tongue should only be loosened for cursing those who died upon disbelief or groups known by their descriptions, not specific individuals."

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Book 1: The Book of Knowledge

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "experience that come from intellect. You can see this respect among various groups, such as the Turks, Kurds, and desert Arabs, who naturally venerate their elders. When adversaries plotted against the messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, they were awestruck"

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Book 10: The Mysteries of Regular Divisions

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "these will be a light for him. Before sleep, the Prophet, peace be upon him, would recite certain surahs every night, including Al-Sajdah, Al-Muq, Al-Zumar, and Al-Waqiyah. Scholars commonly count them as six, adding glorify the name of your Lord the Most High"

   Source in Arrangement of Litanies →

2. "will be forgiven. Termithi records from Jabir that the Prophet would not sleep until he recited, Alif-Lam-Mim the dissension, and blessed be he in whose hand is the dominion. From Aisha, it is said he would not sleep until reciting Bani Israel and Al-Zumar."

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Book 26: Condemnation of the World

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "Malik ibn Dinar said, Beware of the sorceress, for she bewitches the hearts of scholars. Abu Sulayman al-Durrani stated, When the afterlife resides in the heart, the world crowds it, but when the world resides in the heart, the afterlife does not crowd it, for"

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Book 32: Patience and Gratitude

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "attends to his family with good. Hatim al-Amr stated that on the Day of Judgment, Almighty Allah will argue against four groups of people by presenting four individuals. Against the wealthy with Solomon, against the poor with Christ, against the enslaved"

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