"AND ONCE YOU HAVE FULFILLED YOUR RITES, RECITE THE NAME OF ALLAH, AS YOU WOULD SPEAK OF YOUR FOREFATHERS, OR EVEN WITH GREATER FERVOR. NOW AMONG THE PEOPLE THERE IS ONE WHO SAYS: 'OUR LORD, GIVE TO US IN THIS WORLD...;'AND HE, IN THE HEREAFTER, HAS NO SHARE. AND THERE IS ANOTHER AMONG THEM WHO SAYS: 'OUR LORD, GIVE US GOOD IN THIS WORLD AND GOOD IN THE HEREAFTER AND SAVE US FROM THE PUNISHMENT OF FIRE.' FOR THEM THERE IS A SHARE OF WHAT THEY HAVE EARNED, AND ALLAH IS SWIFT AT RECKONING." (SURAH AL-BAQARAH:200-202)

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From Ma'ariful Quran, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi RE