Sura 10 (Yunus)

41 If they do not believe you, say: "I am responsible for my actions and you are for yours! You are not accountable for my actions, nor I am responsible for what you do."

42 There are some among them who pretend to hear you what you say: but can you make the deaf listen to you, incapable as they are of understanding?

43 Then there are some among them who pretend to look at you: but can you show the way to blind, bereft as they are of sight?

44 The fact is that Allah does not do injustice to mankind in any way: but men are unjust to their own souls.

Sura 12 (Yusuf)

21 The Egyptian who bought Yusuf said to his wife: "Be kind to him. He may prove useful to us, or we may adopt him as a son." Thus We established Yusuf in the land and arranged to teach him the understanding of affairs. Allah has full power over His affairs; though most people do not know.

22 When he reached maturity, We bestowed on him wisdom and knowledge. Thus do We reward the righteous.

Sura 14 (Ibrahim)

44 O Muhammad forewarn mankind of the Day when Our punishment will overtake them; when the  wrongdoers will say: "Our Rabb! Give us a little more respite: we will answer Your call and follow the Rasools!" But it will be said to them, "Are you not the same people who once swore that you would never suffer a decline?

45 When you lived among those people who had wronged their souls, it was explained to you how We dealt with them and We even described for you their examples."

46 They hatched their plots but their plots were well within the sight of Allah, even though these were such which could move mountains.

47 Never think that Allah will break the promise which He made to His Rasools: surely Allah is Mighty in power, the Lord of Retribution.

48 Warn them of the Day when the earth will be changed to a different earth and the heavens as well, and all of them will stand before Allah, the One, the Irresistible;

49 and on that Day you will see the criminals bound together in chains,

50 their garments will be made of tar and their faces will be covered with flames.

51 Allah will requite each soul according to its deeds; surely Allah is swift in taking the account.

52 This is a proclamation for mankind: let them take warning therefrom; let them know that He is the One and Only – worthy of worship – and let the men of understanding learn a lesson.

Sura 2 (Al-Baqara)

178 O believers! Retaliation is prescribed for you in the cases of murder: a free man for a free man, a slave for a slave, and a female for a female. But if anyone is pardoned by his aggrieved brother, then bloodwit (a ransom for manslaughter) should be decided according to the common law and payment should be made with gratitude. This is a concession and a mercy from your Rabb. Now, whoever exceeds the limits after this, shall have a painful punishment.

179 O men of understanding! There is security of life for you in the law of retaliation, so that you may learn self-restraint.

Sura 2 (Al-Baqara)

197 Hajj is in the well known months. He who undertakes to perform it must abstain from husband-wife relationship, obscene language, and wrangling during Hajj. Whatever good you do, Allah knows it. Take necessary provisions with you for the journey, and piety is the best provision of all. Fear Me, O people endowed with understanding.

Sura 2 (Al-Baqara)

230 So if a husband divorces his wife three times, it is not lawful for him to remarry her until after she has married another man and gotten divorced. In that case there is no blame on either of them if they reunite in marriage, provided they think that they can keep the limits of Allah. Such are the limits of Allah which He makes clear to the people of understanding.

Sura 2 (Al-Baqara)

267 O believers, spend in Allah’s Way the best portion of the wealth you have lawfully earned and that which We have produced for you from the earth, and do not pick out for charity those worthless things that you yourselves would not accept but with closed eyes. Bear in mind that Allah is Self-Sufficient, Praiseworthy.

268 Shaitan threatens you with poverty and prompts you to commit what is indecent, while Allah promises you His forgiveness and bounties, and Allah has boundless knowledge.

269 He grants wisdom to whom He pleases; and whoever is granted wisdom is indeed given a great wealth, yet none except people of understanding learn a lesson from it.

Sura 20 (Ta-ha)

128 Have these people not learned a lesson that; We have destroyed before them many generations in whose ruins they walk through? Certainly in these ruins there are Signs for people of understanding.

Sura 22 (Al-Hajj)

73 O mankind! Here is an example for your understanding, so listen to it carefully. Those deities whom you call besides Allah, cannot create a single fly, even if they all combined their forces, rather, if a fly snatches away anything from them they cannot even get it back; how feebleminded are the suppliants and how powerless are those whom they supplicate!

74 They do not render to Allah the homage due to Him; in fact, Allah is the One Who is All-Powerful, All-Mighty.

75 Allah chooses His messengers from among the angels and from among the human beings, for surely Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.

76 He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and to Allah shall all matters return for decision.

77 O believers! Bow down, prostrate yourselves, worship your Rabb and do good deeds so that you may attain salvation.

78 Strive in the Way of Allah as you ought to strive with sincerity and discipline; He has chosen you and has not laid upon you any hardship in the observance of your faith – the faith of your father Ibrahim (Abraham). He named you Muslims before in prior scriptures and in this (The Qur’an), so that His Rasool may testify against you and you yourselves may testify against rest of the mankind. Therefore, establish Salah, pay Zakah and hold fast to Allah; Who is your Protector – so what an excellent Protector and what a splendid Supporter!

Sura 24 (An-Nur)

58 O believers! Let your servants and those children who have not yet attained puberty ask your permission before coming in to see you on three occasions: before Fajr Salah (dawn prayer), at noon when you put off your clothes, and after the Isha Salah (night prayer). These are your three times of privacy. At other times, there is no blame on you if you, or they, go around visiting one another. Thus Allah makes His revelations clear to you, for Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

59 And when your children reach the age of puberty, let them still ask your permission as their elders do. Thus Allah makes His revelations clear to you, for Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

60 There is no blame on such elderly women who have no interest in getting married, if they lay aside their cloaks without displaying their adornment, but it is better for them if they do not discard. Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

61 There is no blame on the blind, nor there is blame on the lame, nor there is blame on the sick, to eat at your table. Nor shall it be an offence for you to eat in the houses of your own children, or your fathers, or your mothers, or your brothers, or your sisters, or your paternal uncles, or your paternal aunts, or your maternal uncles, or your maternal aunts, or your sincere friends, or in houses with the keys of which you are entrusted. There is no blame on you whether you eat together or apart; however, when you enter the houses, you should greet one another with the greeting of peace prescribed by Allah blessed and pure. Thus Allah makes His revelations clear to you, so that you may grow in understanding.

Sura 3 (Al-I’Imran)

7 He is the One Who has revealed to you the Book. Some of its verses are decisive – they are the foundation of the Book – while others are allegorical. Those whose hearts are infected with disbelief follow the allegorical part to mislead others and to give it their own interpretation, seeking for its hidden meanings, but no one knows its hidden meanings except Allah. Those who are well grounded in knowledge say: "We believe in it; it is all from our Rabb." None will take heed except the people of understanding.

8 They say: "Our Rabb, Do not cause our hearts to deviate now after you have guided us. Grant us Your own mercy; You are the Grantor of bounties without measure.

9 Our Rabb, You will surely gather all mankind before You on the Day about which there is no doubt; surly Allah does not break His promise."

Sura 3 (Al-I’Imran)

190 For sure, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day there are signs for men of understanding.

191 Those who remember Allah while standing, sitting, and lying on their sides, and meditate on the creation of the heavens and the earth. Then cry out:" Our Rabb! You have not created this in vain. Glory to You! Save us from the punishment of Fire.

192 Our Rabb! Those to whom You will cast into the Fire will be in eternal shame: and there shall be no helper for such wrongdoers.

193 Our Rabb! We have heard someone calling to the true faith saying; ‘Believe in your Rabb,’ so we have believed. Our Rabb! Forgive us our sins, remove from us our evil deeds and make us die with the righteous.

194 Our Rabb! Grant us what You have promised through Your Rasools and save us from the shame on the Day of Resurrection; for You never break Your promise."

195 So their Rabb answers their prayers, saying: " I will not let the good deed of any worker among you, whether a male or a female, be wasted. You are the offspring of one another. Those who had to leave their homes or were expelled therefrom, and those who suffered persecution for My sake and fought and were killed: I will forgive them their sins and admit them into gardens beneath which the rivers flow; a prize from Allah, and Allah holds the finest prize!"

Sura 38 (Sad)

27 We have not created the heaven and the earth and all that lies between them in vain. That is the fancy of the unbelievers. Such disbelievers should be aware of the hellfire.

28 Should We treat those who believe and do good deeds like those who create mischief in the earth? Should We treat the righteous like the sinners?

29—This Book (Al-Qur’an) which We have sent down to you (O Muhammad) is highly blessed, so that they may ponder upon its verses and the men of understanding may learn a lesson from it.

Sura 38 (Sad)

41 Mention Our devotee Ayub (Job), when he called upon his Rabb saying: "Shaitan has afflicted me with distress and suffering,"

42 and We asked him: "Strike your foot on the ground. A cool spring will gush forth. Wash and drink to refresh yourself."

43 And We restored to him his family and many more with them as a grace from Ourselves and a reminder for the people of understanding.

Sura 39 (Az-Zumar)

9 Can he who is obedient, pass the hours of night prostrating in worship or standing in adoration, fearing the hereafter and hope to earn the Mercy of his Rabb, be compared to the man who does not? Are the knowledgeable and the ignorant equal? In fact, none will take heed except the people of understanding.

Sura 39 (Az-Zumar)

17 As for those who refrain from worshipping Taghut (Satanic forces) and turn to Allah in repentance, there is good news. So O Prophet, give good news to My servants

18 who listen to the Word and follow the best meaning of it. Such are the ones whom Allah has guided and such are the ones who are endowed with understanding.

Sura 39 (Az-Zumar)

21 Do you not see how Allah sends down water from the sky which penetrates the earth and come out through springs? With it He brings forth a variety of crops with different colors, then they wither and you see them turning yellow, and then finally He crumbles them to dust. Surely, in this example, there is a lesson for the people of understanding.

Sura 40 (Al-Mu’min)

53 As you can see We gave Musa the Book of guidance and We made the children of Israel to inherit that Book,

54 which was a guide and an admonition to the people of understanding.

55 So be patient, the promise of Allah is true. Implore forgiveness for your sins and celebrate the praises of your Rabb evening and morning.

Sura 5 (Al-Maida)

57 O believers! Do not make your protecting friends those, from among the people who were given the Book before you and the unbelievers, who have made your religion a mockery or pastime, fear Allah if you are true believers.

58 When you call for Salah (prayers) they make it as an object of mockery and pastime; this is because they are a people devoid of understanding.

59 Tell them: "O people of the Book! What makes you against us other than that we believe in Allah and in what has been revealed to us and what was revealed before? The fact is that most of you are rebellious transgressors."

60 Ask them: "Should I tell you of those who will have even worse than this in retribution from Allah? They are those whom Allah has cursed; who have incurred His wrath; some of whom were turned into apes and pigs; who worshipped Taghut (forces of Shaitan); these are worse in rank and far more astray from the Right Way."

Sura 5 (Al-Maida)

100 Tell them, "Bad and good are not equal, even though the abundance of the bad may dazzle you; so fear Allah, O people of understanding, that you may prosper!"

Sura 5 (Al-Maida)

103 Allah did not institute superstitions like those of a slit-ear she-camel or a she-camel let loose for free pasture or idol sacrifices for twin-births in animals or stallion-camels freed from work; this lie is invented by the unbelievers against Allah, and most of them lack understanding.

104 When it is said to them: "Come to what Allah has revealed and come to the Rasool." They reply: "Sufficient for us are the ways on which we found our forefathers." What! Even though their forefathers knew nothing and were not rightly guided?

105 O believers! You are accountable for none but for yourselves; anyone who has gone astray cannot harm you if you are on the Right Way. To Allah you shall all return and He will let you know the truth of all that you did.

Sura 59 (Al-Hashr)

11 Have you not observed the hypocrites? They say to their fellow unbelievers among the people of the Book: "If they drive you out, we will go with you. We will never obey anyone who seeks to harm you. If you are attacked we will certainly help you." Allah bears witness that they are lying.

12 If the People of the Book are driven out, they will never go with them, nor, if the people of the Book are attacked, will they help them, and even if they help them, they will turn their backs; leaving them with no help at all.

13 In their hearts there is greater dread of you than of Allah, because they are a people devoid of understanding.

14 They will never fight against you together except in fortified townships and from behind walls. Strong is their valor amongst themselves; you think of them united whereas their hearts are divided. This is because they are a people devoid of wisdom.

Sura 6 (Al-An’an)

95 Surely it is Allah Who causes the seed and the fruit-stone to split and sprout. He brings forth the living from the dead and the dead from the living. It is Allah, Who does all this; then why are you being misled?

96 He causes the daybreak from the dark. He makes the night for rest and makes the rising and setting of the sun and the moon for you to determine times ( days, weeks, months and years), these are the arrangements of the Almighty, the All-Knowing.

97 He is the One Who has made the stars for you, so that you might find your way thereby in the darkness whether you are on the land or the sea. We have spelled out Our revelations very clearly for people of common sense.

98 He is the One Who has created you from a single soul and granted you dwelling on Earth and a resting place in the hereafter. We have spelled out Our revelation very clearly for people of understanding.

100 Yet they make the Jinns (Genies: creature which has been created out of fire) as the partners with Allah, whereas He is their Creator; and also ascribe to Him sons and daughters without having any knowledge. Glory to Him! He is highly exalted far above what they ascribe.

99 It is He Who sends down rainwater from the sky and therewith produces vegetation of all kinds: He brings forth green crops producing grain piled up in the ear, palm-trees laden with clusters of dates hanging within reach, gardens of grapes, olives, and pomegranates; though their fruit resembles in kind yet is different in variety. Look at their fruits as they yield and ripen. Behold! In these things there are signs for true believers.

101 He is the creator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He has no consort? He has created everything and is aware of everything.

102 That is Allah your Rabb! There is no god but Him, the creator of everything. Therefore, worship Him, He is the Guardian of everything.

103 No vision can grasp Him while He grasps all visions. He is the Subtle, the Aware.

104 Now there have come to you clear proofs from your Rabb to open your eyes. Therefore, anyone who will open his eyes, it is good for his own soul and anyone who will play blind, it is to his own harm, and I am the Prophet, not assigned as a keeper over you.

105 Thus do We explain Our revelations over and over again so that the unbelievers may say: "You have learned from someone, but not from Allah" and that this may become clear to people of understanding.

106 Follow what is revealed to you from your Rabb, there is no god but Him and turn aside from the mushrikin.

107 If Allah wanted they would not be mushrikin. We have neither appointed you their keeper nor made you their guardian.

Sura 63 (Al-Munafiqun)

1 When the hypocrites come to you, they say: "We bear witness that you are indeed the Rasool of Allah." Allah knows that you are indeed His Rasool, and Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are liars.

2 They use their faith as a disguise, and thus debar others from the Way of Allah. Evil is indeed what they do.

3 This is because they believed and then renounced their faith. Their hearts are sealed, therefore, they are devoid of understanding.

4 When you see them, their good stature pleases you; and when they speak, you listen to what they say. Yet they are as worthless as hollow pieces of propped up timber. Every shout they hear, they think it to be against them. They are your enemies, so guard yourselves against them. May Allah destroy them! How perverse they are!

5 When it is said to them: "Come, the Rasool of Allah will pray for your forgiveness," they shake their heads and you see them turning away with arrogance.

6 It is the same, whether you pray for their forgiveness or not, Allah is not going to forgive them. Surely Allah does not guide the transgressors.

7 They are the same people who say: "Do not give anything to those who follow the Rasool of Allah until they have deserted him." To Allah belong the treasures of the heavens and the earth; but the hypocrites cannot understand.

Sura 65 (At-Talaq)

8 How many townships have rebelled against the commandments of their Rabb and His Rasools! Stern was Our reckoning with them and exemplary was Our punishment.

9 So they tasted the fruit of their misdeeds, and the fruit of their misdeeds was perdition.

10 Allah has prepared for them a severe punishment in the Hereafter. Therefore, fear Allah! O men of understanding and faith. Allah has indeed sent down to you an admonition;

11 a Rasool reciting to you the revelations of Allah containing clear guidance, so that he may lead the believers who do good deeds from the darkness to the light. He that believes in Allah and does good deeds, shall be admitted to gardens beneath which rivers flow, to live therein forever; and Allah has prepared an excellent provision for them.

12 It is Allah Who has created seven heavens, and earths as many. His commandment descends through them, this is being explained to you, so that you may know that Allah has power over all things, and that Allah encompasses all things in His knowledge.

Sura 67 (Al-Mulk)

15 It is He Who has made the earth subservient to you, to walk through its tracts and eat of His provided sustenance. To Him is the return at resurrection.

16 Do you feel secure that He Who is in heaven, will not cause the earth to cave in beneath you and start shaking suddenly?

17 Or do you feel secure that He Who is in heaven will not send against you a violent tornado, then you shall know how was My warning!

18 Those who have gone before them likewise disbelieved, then see how terrible was the way I rejected them?

19 Do they not observe the birds above them spreading their wings and folding them? None could hold them except the Compassionate (Allah), surely it is He Who watches over all things.

20 What force is there that can help you besides the Compassionate? In fact, the unbelievers are suffering from delusion.

21 Or who is there that can provide you if He withholds His provision? Yet, they persist in rebellion and aversion from the truth.

22 Just think, who is rightly guided: he who walks with his face bent down, or he who walks properly on an even path?

23 Say: "It is He Who has brought you into being, gave you the faculties of hearing, seeing, feeling and understanding: yet you are seldom thankful."

Sura 8 (Al-Anfal)

65 O Prophet! Rouse the believers to prepare for combat. If there are twenty steadfast among you, they shall vanquish two hundred: if there are one hundred they shall overcome one thousand of the unbelievers, for they are a people who lack understanding.

66 For now Allah is lightening your burden, because He knows that there are still some weak individuals among you, so if there are one hundred steadfast among you, they shall vanquish two hundred and if there be one thousand, they will overcome two thousand with the leave of Allah, for Allah is with those who are steadfast.

Sura 9 (At-Tauba)

7 How can there be a treaty with the mushrikin on the part of Allah and His Rasool – except for those with whom you ratified a treaty at the Masjid-al-Haram? So long as they honor it, you also honor: for Allah loves the righteous.

8 How can you trust them? If they prevail against you, they respect neither treaty nor ties of relationship. They just flatter you with their tongues, but their hearts reject you, and most of them are transgressors.

9 They have sold the revelations of Allah for paltry worldly gain and they have hindered others from His way; indeed evil are the deeds that they have done.

10 They neither honor the ties of relationship nor observe the obligations of treaties with the believers; it is they who are the transgressors.

11 However, if they repent, establish Salah and pay Zakah, then they shall be your brethren in Deen (faith and way of life based on Divine guidance): thus do We spell out Our revelations for people of understanding.

Sura 9 (At-Tauba)

122 It is not proper that the believers should go forth all together. Therefore, why not a squadron from each division stay behind so that they may obtain the understanding of Deen (Al-Islam), and admonish the people when they return to them so that they may refrain from un-Islamic conduct!