In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

My First Dozen

Young Enlightened Submitters

Proclaim, "He is the One and only God. The absolute God. Never did He beget. Nor was He begotten. None equals Him" (Absoluteness 112:1-4).

We then inspired him (Noah): "Make the watercraft under our watchful eyes, and in accordance with our inspiration. When our command comes, and the atmosphere boils up, put on it a pair of every kind, and your family, except those condemned to be doomed. Do not speak to Me on behalf of those who transgressed; they will be drowned" (The Believers 23:27).

O you who believe, permission must be requested by your servants and the children who have not attained puberty (before entering your rooms) in three instances - before the Dawn Prayer, at noon when you change your clothes to rest and after the Night Prayer...(Light 24:58).

And God created every living creature from water. Some of them walk on their bellies, some walk on two legs, and some walk on four. God creates whatever He wills. God is Omnipotent (Light 24:45).

5 Daily Prayers - You shall observe the Contact Prayers at both ends of the day, and during the night...(Hood 11:114)... when the sun declines from its highest point at noon, as it moves towards sunset...(The Children of Israel 17:78). You shall consistently observe the Contact Prayers, especially the middle prayer, and devote yourselves totally to God (The Heifer 2:238).

Your Lord is the one God who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then assumed all authority. The night overtakes the day, as it pursues it persistently, and the sun, the moon, and the stars are committed to serve by His commands. Most Exalted is God, Lord of the Universe (The Purgatory 7:54).

Glorifying Him are the seven universes, the earth, and everyone in them. There is nothing that does not glorify Him, but you do not understand their glorification. He is Clement, Forgiver (The Children of Israel 17:44).

..He sent down to you eight kinds of livestock...(The Throngs 39:6)....(They are) two kinds of sheep, two kinds of goats...two kinds of camels and two kinds of cattle...(Livestock 6:143 to 144).

"Put your hand in your pocket; it will come out white, without a blemish. These are among nine miracles to Pharaoh and his people, for they are wicked people" (The Ant 27:12).

Whoever does a righteous work receives the reward for ten, and the one who commits a sin is requited for only one. No one suffers the slightest injustice (Livestock 6:160).

Recall that Joseph said to his father, "O my father, I saw eleven planets, and the sun, and the moon; I saw them prostrating before me."...(His father said) "Your Lord has thus blessed you, and has given you good news through your dream..."(Joseph 12:4 to 6).

The count of months, as far as God is concerned, is twelve. This has been God’s law, since the day He created the heavens and the earth. Four of them are sacred. This is the perfect religion...(Ultimatum 9:36).

Vocabulary

to proclaim = to declare publicly.

beget = to produce like a father

watercraft = a boat or a ship.

doomed= to give judgment against.

transgress= to go beyond the limits set.

Omnipotent= having unlimited authority or effect.

pursue= to follow in order to overtake.

exalt= to raise in rank, power or character.

Clement= on the merciful side.

blemish= easily noticeable imperfection.

requite= repay.

sacred= holy.

Quiz

Can you remember what the first 12 numbers are used for in Quran?