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Quotes from Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And dispute ye not with the People of the Book, except with means better [than mere disputation], unless it be with those of them who inflict wrong [and injury]: but say, "We believe in the revelation which has come down to us and in that which came down to you; Our Allah and your Allah is one; and it is to Him we bow [in Islam].
~ Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Those who believe (in the Qur'an), and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians and the Sabians - any who believe in Allah and the Last Day, and work righteousness, shall have their reward with their Lord; on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
~ Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Helpless creatures ought, on the contrary, to be treated as sacred trusts, whether they are orphans, or dependants, or creatures of any kind unable to assert themselves.
~ Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And they say: 'None shall enter Paradise unless he be a Jew or a Christian.' Those are their (vain) desires. Say: 'Produce your proof if ye are truthful.
~ Abdullah Yusuf Ali
That was a people that hath passed away. They shall reap the fruit of what they did, and ye of what ye do! Of their merits there is no question in your case.
~ Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Fight in the cause of God Those who fight you, But do not transgress limits; For God loveth not transgressors. 191. And slay them Wherever ye catch them, And turn them out From where they have Turned you out; For tumult and oppression Are worse than slaughter; But fight them not At the Sacred Mosque, Unless they (first) Fight you there; But if they fight you, Slay them. Such is the reward Of those who suppress faith. 192.
~ Abdullah Yusuf Ali
For Allah is to all people most surely full of kindness, Most Merciful.
~ Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And He provides for him from (sources) he never could imagine. And if anyone puts his trust in Allah, sufficient is (Allah) for him.
~ Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Nay – whoever submits his whole self to Allah and is a doer of good – he will get his reward with his Lord; on such shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
~ Abdullah Yusuf Ali
He gave you life; then will He cause you to die, and will again bring you to life; and again to Him will ye return.
~ Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And remember We divided the sea for you and saved you and drowned Pharaoh's people within your very sight.
~ Abdullah Yusuf Ali
O my people! Ye have indeed wronged yourselves by your worship of the calf: so turn (in repentance) to your Maker, and slay yourselves (the wrongdoers); that will be better for you in the sight of your Maker.
~ Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Those who believe (in the Qur'?n), and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians and the Sabians – any who believe in Allah and the Last Day, and work righteousness, shall have their reward with their Lord; on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve.
~ Abdullah Yusuf Ali
They said: 'Beseech on our behalf thy Lord to make plain to us what (heifer) it is!' He said: 'He says: the heifer should be neither too old nor too young, but of middling age: now do what ye are commanded!
~ Abdullah Yusuf Ali
And there are among them illiterates
~ Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Each of us is an orphan in some sense or another, and yet someone's love and shelter come to us by the grace of God.
~ Abdullah Yusuf Ali
the curse of Allah is on those without Faith.
~ Abdullah Yusuf Ali