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Quran on Protection

90 passages in the Quran address protection, in the Marmaduke Pickthall translation.

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Say: Lo! none can protect me from Allah, nor can I find any refuge beside Him
Quran 72:22 · Quran · The Jinn
Save unto every messenger whom He hath chosen, and then He maketh a guard to go before him and a guard behind him
Quran 72:27 · Quran · The Jinn
Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,
Quran 114:1 · Quran · The Men
(Which yet is) no relief nor shelter from the flame.
Quran 77:31 · Quran · The Emissaries
Did He not find thee an orphan and protect (thee)?
Quran 93:6 · Quran · The Early Hours
Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybreak
Quran 113:1 · Quran · The Daybreak
And if anyone of the idolaters seeketh thy protection (O Muhammad), then protect him so that he may hear the Word of Allah, and afterward convey him to his place of safety. That is because they are a folk who know not.
Quran 9:6 · Quran · Repentance
And Allah citeth an example for those who believe: the wife of Pharaoh when she said: My Lord! Build for me a home with thee in the Garden, and deliver me from Pharaoh and his work, and deliver me from evil-doing folk;
Quran 66:11 · Quran · The Prohibition
But Allah is your Protector, and He is the Best of Helpers.
Quran 3:150 · Quran · The Family Of Imran
For such, their habitation will be hell, and they will find no refuge therefrom.
Quran 4:121 · Quran · Women
And when thou recitest the Qur'an, seek refuge in Allah from Satan the outcast.
Quran 16:98 · Quran · The Bee
And I seek refuge in Thee, my Lord, lest they be present with me,
Quran 23:98 · Quran · The Believers
And that those who argue concerning Our revelations may know they have no refuge.
Quran 42:35 · Quran · The Counsel
And say: My Lord! I seek refuge in Thee from suggestions of the evil ones,
Quran 23:97 · Quran · The Believers
And Allah hath given you, of that which He hath created, shelter from the sun; and hath given you places of refuge in the mountains, and hath given you coats to ward off the heat from you, and coats (of armour) to save you from your own foolhardiness. Thus doth He perfect His favour unto you, in order that ye may surrender (unto Him).
Quran 16:81 · Quran · The Bee
O ye who believe! Guard your duty to Allah, and speak words straight to the point;
Quran 33:70 · Quran · The Allies
She said: Lo! I seek refuge in the Beneficent One from thee, if thou art God- fearing.
Quran 19:18 · Quran · Mary
So he escaped from thence, fearing, vigilant. He said: My Lord! Deliver me from the wrongdoing folk.
Quran 28:21 · Quran · The Narrative
Then how, if ye disbelieve, will ye protect yourselves upon the day which will turn children grey,
Quran 73:17 · Quran · The Mantled One
And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death.
Quran 44:20 · Quran · The Evident Smoke
And if a slander from the devil wound thee, then seek refuge in Allah. Lo! He is Hearer, Knower.
Quran 7:200 · Quran
And when Abraham said: My Lord! Make safe this territory, and preserve me and my sons from serving idols.
Quran 14:35 · Quran · Abraham
In this case is protection only from Allah, the True, He is Best for reward, and best for consequence.
Quran 18:44 · Quran · The Cave
While as for those who walk aright, He addeth to their guidance, and giveth them their protection (against evil).
Quran 47:17 · Quran · Muhammad
And, O my people! who would deliver me from Allah if I thrust them away? Will ye not then reflect?
Quran 11:30 · Quran · Hud
Those who say: Our Lord! Lo! we believe. So forgive us our sins and guard us from the punishment of Fire;
Quran 3:16 · Quran · The Family Of Imran
Had they but found a refuge, or caverns, or a place to enter, they surely had resorted thither swift as runaways.
Quran 9:57 · Quran · Repentance
Or have they gods who can shield them from Us? They cannot help themselves nor can they be defended from Us.
Quran 21:43 · Quran · The Prophets
And We taught him the art of making garments (of mail) to protect you in your daring. Are ye then thankful?
Quran 21:80 · Quran · The Prophets
And those to whom they used to cry of old have failed them, and they perceive they have no place of refuge.
Quran 41:48 · Quran
They make a shelter of their oaths and turn (men) from the way of Allah; so theirs will be a shameful doom.
Quran 58:16 · Quran · She Who Pleaded
Moses said: Lo! I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every scorner who believeth not in a Day of Reckoning.
Quran 40:27 · Quran · The Forgiving One
And if a whisper from the devil reach thee (O Muhammad) then seek refuge in Allah. Lo! He is the Hearer, the Knower.
Quran 41:36 · Quran
And when Our messengers came unto Lot, he was distressed and knew not how to protect them. He said: This is a distressful day.
Quran 11:77 · Quran · Hud
Till, when he reached the rising-place of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had appointed no shelter therefrom.
Quran 18:90 · Quran · The Cave
Say: In Whose hand is the dominion over all things and He protecteth, while against Him there is no protection, if ye have knowledge?
Quran 23:88 · Quran · The Believers
And guard yourselves against a chastisement which cannot fall exclusively on those of you who are wrong-doers, and know that Allah is severe in punishment.
Quran 8:25 · Quran · The Spoils Of War
And We made the son of Mary and his mother a portent, and We gave them refuge on a height, a place of flocks and watersprings.
Quran 23:50 · Quran · The Believers
O our people! respond to Allah's summoner and believe in Him. He will forgive you some of your sins and guard you from a painful doom.
Quran 46:31 · Quran · The Sandhills
Allah hath made lawful for you (Muslims) absolution from your oaths (of such a kind), and Allah is your Protector. He is the Knower, the Wise.
Quran 66:2 · Quran · The Prohibition
And indeed (O Muhammad) individuals of humankind used to invoke the protection of individuals of the jinn, so that they increased them in revolt against Allah);
Quran 72:6 · Quran · The Jinn
Lo! men who surrender unto Allah, and women who surrender, and men who believe and women who believe, and men who obey and women who obey, and men who speak the truth and women who speak the truth, and men who persevere (in righteousness) and women who persevere, and men who are humble and women who are humble, and men who give alms and women who give alms, and men who fast and women who fast, and men who guard their modesty and women who guard (their modesty), and men who remember Allah much and women who remember - Allah hath prepared for them forgiveness and a vast reward.
Quran 33:35 · Quran · The Allies
When the young men fled for refuge to the Cave and said: Our Lord! Give us mercy from Thy presence, and shape for us right conduct in our plight.
Quran 18:10 · Quran · The Cave
And if ye do it not - and ye can never do it - then guard yourselves against the Fire prepared for disbelievers, whose fuel is of men and stones.
Quran 2:24 · Quran · The Cow
And recite that which hath been revealed unto thee of the Scripture of thy Lord. There is none who can change His words, and thou wilt find no refuge beside Him.
Quran 18:27 · Quran · The Cave
And how many a generation We destroyed before them, who were mightier than these in prowess so that they overran the lands! Had they any place of refuge (when the judgment came)?
Quran 50:36 · Quran · Qaf
Say (O Muhammad): Have ye thought: Whether Allah causeth me (Muhammad) and those with me to perish or hath mercy on us, still, who will protect the disbelievers from a painful doom?
Quran 67:28 · Quran · The Kingdom
And guard yourselves against a day when no soul will in aught avail another, nor will intercession be accepted from it, nor will compensation be received from it, nor will they be helped.
Quran 2:48 · Quran · The Cow
Feel ye then secure that He will not cause a slope of the land to engulf you, or send a sand-storm upon you, and then ye will find that ye have no protector?
Quran 17:68 · Quran
And guard (yourselves) against a day when no soul will in aught avail another, nor will compensation be accepted from it, nor will intercession be of use to it; nor will they be helped.
Quran 2:123 · Quran · The Cow
And guard yourselves against a day in which ye will be brought back to Allah. Then every soul will be paid in full that which it hath earned, and they will not be wronged.
Quran 2:281 · Quran · The Cow
Say: Who is he who can preserve you from Allah if He intendeth harm for you, or intendeth mercy for you. They will not find that they have any friend or helper other than Allah.
Quran 33:17 · Quran · The Allies
Answer the call of your Lord before there cometh unto you from Allah a Day which there is no averting. Ye have no refuge on that Day, nor have a ye any (power of) refusal.
Quran 42:47 · Quran · The Counsel
And of them (also) is he who saith: "Our Lord! Give unto us in the world that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good, and guard us from the doom of Fire."
Quran 2:201 · Quran · The Cow
So when they went back to their father they said: O our father! The measure is denied us, so send with us our brother that we may obtain the measure, surely we will guard him well.
Quran 12:63 · Quran · Joseph
And when ye withdraw from them and that which they worship except Allah, then seek refuge in the Cave; your Lord will spread for you of His mercy and will prepare for you a pillow in your plight.
Quran 18:16 · Quran · The Cave
Such as remember Allah, standing, sitting, and reclining, and consider the creation of the heavens and the earth, (and say): Our Lord! Thou createdst not this in vain. Glory be to Thee! Preserve us from the doom of Fire.
Quran 3:191 · Quran · The Family Of Imran
O Messenger! Make known that which hath been revealed unto thee from thy Lord, for if thou do it not, thou wilt not have conveyed His message. Allah will protect thee from mankind. Lo! Allah guideth not the disbelieving folk.
Quran 5:67 · Quran · The Food
He said: Didst thou see, when we took refuge on the rock, and I forgot the fish - and none but Satan caused me to forget to mention it - it took its way into the waters by a marvel.
Quran 18:63 · Quran · The Cave
He said: My Lord! Lo! in Thee do I seek refuge (from the sin) that I should ask of Thee that whereof I have no knowledge. Unless Thou forgive me and have mercy on me I shall be among the lost.
Quran 11:47 · Quran · Hud
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