خصم

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Appears 17 times in the Quran.

  1. And among men is he whose speech about the life of this world causes you to wonder, and he calls on Allah to witness as to what is in his heart, yet he is the most violent of adversaries.

  2. This is of the announcements relating to the unseen which We reveal to you; and you were not with them when they cast their pens (to decide) which of them should have Marium in his charge, and you were not with them when they contended one with another.

  3. Surely We have revealed the Book to you with the truth that you may judge between people by means of that which Allah has taught you; and be not an advocate on behalf of the treacherous.

  4. He created man from a small seed and lo! he is an open contender.

  5. These are two adversaries who dispute about their Lord; then (as to) those who disbelieve, for them are cut out garments of fire, boiling water shall be poured over their heads.

  6. They shall say while they contend therein:

  7. And certainly We sent to Samood their brother Salih, saying: Serve Allah; and lo! they became two sects quarrelling with each other.

  8. They wait not for aught but a single cry which will overtake them while they yet contend with one another.

  9. Does not man see that We have created him from the small seed? Then lo! he is an open disputant.

  10. And has there come to you the story of the litigants, when they made an entry into the private chamber by ascending over the walls?

  11. When they entered in upon Dawood and he was frightened at them, they said: Fear not; two litigants, of whom one has acted wrongfully towards the other, therefore decide between us with justice, and do not act unjustly, and guide us to the right way.

  12. That most surely is the truth: the contending one with another of the inmates of the fire.

  13. I had no knowledge of the exalted chiefs when they contended:

  14. Then surely on the day of resurrection you will contend one with another before. your Lord.

  15. What! that which is made in ornaments and which in contention is unable to make plain speech!

  16. And they say: Are our gods better, or is he? They do not set it forth to you save by way of disputation; nay, they are a contentious people.

  17. He will say: Do not quarrel in My presence, and indeed I gave you the threatening beforehand: