and His messengers.” And He says:

“Give glad tidings to those who believe that they have an honored standing with their Lord.”

He described His intimate friend, Abraham, and those who followed him as having faith, as in His words:

“So Lot believed him.”

He also described Abraham in these terms, saying:

“Which of the two parties has more right to security, if you know?”

“Those who believe and do not mix their faith with wrongdoing—it is they who will have security, and they are rightly guided.”

“That was Our argument which We gave Abraham against his people.”

He described him as possessing the highest degrees of faith, and he is the best of creation after Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

Abraham, Allah’s intimate friend, prayed for provision specifically for the believers, saying:

“And provide its people with fruits—those among them who believe in Allah and the Last Day.”

He also said:

“And make us both submissive to You, and from our descendants a community submissive to You.”

“And Moses said, ‘O my people, if you have believed in Allah, then put your trust in Him, if you are Muslims.’”

This follows His words:

“But none believed Moses except some offspring of his people, fearing that Pharaoh and their chiefs would persecute them.”

And He says:

“We revealed to Moses and his brother: ‘Establish houses for your people in Egypt, make your houses places of prayer, and establish prayer. And give glad tidings to the believers.’”

We have already mentioned the unqualified glad tidings given to Muslims in His words:

“We have sent down to you the Book as an explanation of all things, and as guidance, mercy, and glad tidings for Muslims.”

Allah described the sorcerers as possessing both Islam and faith. They said:

“We believe in the Lord of all worlds,”

“the Lord of Moses and Aaron.”

They also said:

“You resent us only because we believed in the signs of our Lord when they came to us.”

And they said:

“We hope that our Lord will forgive us our sins because we were the first to believe.”

And they said:

“Our Lord, pour out patience upon us and cause us to die as Muslims.”

Allah described the prophets of the Children of Israel as possessing Islam in His words:

“Indeed, We sent down the Torah, containing guidance and light, by which judgment was given