Everything in the heavens and everything on Earth, and everythingin
between them and everything under the ground, belongs to Him. Though
you speak out loud, He knows your secrets and what is even more
concealed. (Qur'an,20:6-7)
You do not engage in any matter or recite any of the Qur'an or do any
action without Our witnessing you while you are occupied with it.Not
even the smallest speck eludes your Lord, either on Earth or in
Heaven. Nor is there anything smaller than that, or larger, which is
not in a Clear Book. (Qur'an, 10:61)
Old Testament
You know when I sit and when I rise; You perceive my thoughts from
afar. You discern my going outand my lying down; You are familiar with
all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue, You know it completely, O
Lord. (Psalm 139:2-4)
THOSE WHO ABANDON GODFOR IDOLS
He [Abraham] said: "You have adopted idols apartfrom God as tokens of
mutual affection in this world. But then on the Day of Resurrection
you will reject one another and curse one another. The Fire will be
your shelter. You will have no helpers." (Qur'an, 29:25)
Your Lord creates and chooses whatever He wills. The choice is not
theirs. Glory be to God! He is exalted above anything they associate
with Him! (Qur'an, 28:68)
Those you call on besides God are servantsjust like yourselves. Call
on them and let them respond to you if you are telling the truth.
(Qur'an, 7:194)
New Testament
They exchanged the truthof God for a lie, and worshiped and served
created things rather than the Creator-Who is forever praised...
(Romans 1:25)
Old Testament
But you have forsaken Me and served other deities.... Go and cry out
to the deities you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in
trouble!" (Judges 10:13-14)
Then the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord and served the
Baals[idols]. They forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers, Who had
brought them out of Egypt. ... [T]hey forsook Him and served Baal and
the Ashtoreths [other deities]. (Judges 2:11-13)
SEEKING GOD'S GOOD PLEASURE, NOT PEOPLE'S
They swear to you by God in order to please you, but it would be more
fitting for them to please God and His Messenger if they are
believers. (Qur'an, 9:62)
New Testament
On the contrary, we speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with
the gospel. We are not trying to please men but God, Who tests our
hearts. (1 Thessalonians 2:4)
SUBMITTING TO GOD'S REVELATION
Follow the best that has been sent down to you from your Lord before
the punishment comes upon you suddenly, when you are not expecting it.
(Qur'an, 39:55)
Follow what has been revealed to you from your Lord. God is aware of
what you do. (Qur'an, 33:2)
New Testament
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so
prevalent, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save
you. (James 1:21)
Old Testament
Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget His deeds,
but would keep His commands. (Psalm 78:7)
He follows my decrees and faithfully keeps my laws. That man is
righteous... (Ezekiel 18:9)
TURNING TO GOD
Remember the Name of your Lord, and devote yourself to Him completely.
(Qur'an, 73:8)
[People of intelligence are] those who are steadfast in seeking the
face of their Lord... (Qur'an, 13:22)
Old Testament
Look to the Lord and His strength; seek His face always! (1 Chronicles 16:11)
TO HEAR AND PRACTICE
Those who listen well to what is said and follow the best of it, they
are the ones whom God has guided, they are the people of intelligence.
(Qur'an, 39:18)
The reply of the believers when they are summoned to God and His
Messenger, so that hecan judge between them, is to say: "We hearand we
obey." They are ones who are successful. (Qur'an, 24:51)
New Testament
For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight,
but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.
(Romans 2:13)
Old Testament
Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget His deeds,
but would keep His commands. (Psalm 78:7)
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