to the Fire.” Concerning that which pertains to religion, He says:

“For each of you We have appointed a law and a clear way.”

Allah Most High also says:

“Allah has not instituted any bahīrah, sā’ibah, wasīlah, or hām.”

As for “forbidding,” He says concerning that which pertains to the created order:

“We had already prevented him from nursing from any wet nurse.”

Allah Most High also says:

“It will be forbidden to them for forty years, during which they will wander through the land.”

Concerning that which pertains to religion, He says:

“Forbidden to you are carrion, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah.”

Allah Most High also says:

“Forbidden to you in marriage are your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your paternal aunts, your maternal aunts, your brothers’ daughters, and your sisters’ daughters,” to the end of the verse.

As for “words,” He says concerning words pertaining to the created order:

“She believed in the words of her Lord and His Scriptures.”

It is established in an authentic report that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to say:

“I seek refuge in all of Allah’s perfect words from the evil of what He has created, from His wrath and punishment, from the evil of His servants, and from the promptings of the devils and their coming into my presence.”

He also said, may Allah bless him and grant him peace:

“Whoever stops at a place and says, ‘I seek refuge in Allah’s perfect words from the evil of what He has created,’ nothing will harm him until he leaves that place.”

He used to say:

“I seek refuge in Allah’s perfect words, beyond which neither the righteous nor the wicked can pass, from the evil of what He has created in the earth, from the evil of what emerges from it, from the evil of the trials of night and day, and from the evil of everyone who comes by night, except one who comes with good, O