doing good. The angels will say, “Peace be to you. Enter the Garden because of what you
used to do [doing good].”
16:33 Are the wicked waiting until the angels come, or the Judgment Day? Earlier
generations did the same. Allah was not unjust to them; they were unjust to themselves. The
evil consequences of their actions caught up to them, and the thing that they mocked
surrounded them.
16:35 The idolaters say, “If Allah wished it, we would not have worshipped any except Him,
neither ourselves nor our fathers. We would not have forbidden anything without His order.”
The earlier generations said the same thing. Do Allah’s messengers have any duty other than
to deliver his Word? It is true that We have sent a messenger to every nation saying, “Serve
Allah and shun false gods. Some were guided by Allah, but He will not guide those he
confuses. So travel through the land and see what became of the unbelievers.”
16:37 If you are worried about their guidance, Allah does not guide those who lead others
astray, and they do not have anyone to help them. They swear by Allah that He will not
resurrect them after they die. It is a binding promise for Him. Allah will clarify their
confusion. Those who do not believe are liars. If We intend something, all We have to do is
say, “Be,” and it is.
16:41 Those who are oppressed because of their faith and have to flee from their homes
[Mecca], We will certainly give them a fine home in this world. Their reward in the afterlife
will be even greater. These are the people who are patient and who put their trust in Allah.
11:7 He made the heavens and the earth in six days, and His throne extends over the waters
so that He might judge which of you excels in your actions. If you say, “You will be raised
again after death,” the unbelievers will certainly exclaim, “This is nothing but pure sorcery.”
11:8 If We defer their penalties to some definite time, they will ask, “Why hold it back?” On
the day it comes to them, there will be no one to turn it away from them, and the penalty
they scoffed at will enclose them in on every side.
11:9 If We cause man to taste Our mercy and then deprive him of it, he becomes despairing,
and ungrateful. If We grant him grace after some misfortune befalls him, he will say, “The
evils are passed away from me,” and he becomes joyous and boastful, but not those who
endure with patience and do the things that are right. They will have forgiveness and a great
reward.
29:44 Allah created the heavens and the earth in truth. This is a sign to those who believe.
29:47 So it is that We have sent down the Book [Koran] to you [Mohammed]. Those [the
Jews] to whom We have given the Book of the law believe in it, and some other Arabians
there believe in it. None,
save the unbelievers, reject our signs.
29:48 You [Mohammed] were not a reader of the Scripture before this book came, nor did
you write one with your right hand. Then the critics could have treated it as a vain thing and
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