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Al-Baqarah 2: 205–9

(205) Whenever he attains authority,67 he goes about the earth spreading mischief and laying to waste crops and human life, even though Allah (whose testimony he invokes) does not love mischief. (206) Whenever he is told: “Fear Allah,” his vainglory seizes him in his sin. So Hell shall suffice for him; what a wretched resting place! (207) On the other hand, among men there is a kind who dedicates his life seeking to please Allah; Allah is Immensely Kind to such devoted servants. (208) Believers! Enter wholly into Islam68 and do not follow in the footsteps of Satan for he is your open enemy. (209) And if you stumble in spite of the clear instructions which have come to you, then know well that Allah is Most Mighty, Most Wise. ▶

67 The words idha tawalla can also be so translated as to make the verse mean that once the sweet and apparently genuine protestations of such people are over, they engage in arrogant and destructive action.

68 God demands that man should submit, without reservation, his whole being to His will. For God does not accept the splitting up of human life into separate compartments, some governed by the teachings of Islam and others exempt from them.

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