17:12 We have made the night and the day two signs. We have obscured the sign of the
night, but we have made the sign of the day shine brightly so that you may seek bounty from
your Lord and so that you may calculate the years and days. We have explained everything
clearly.
17:13 We have tied every man’s fate about his neck. On the Judgment Day We will bring
out an open book [the book of life’s deeds kept by an angel] for him. It will be said to him,
“Read your book. Your own soul is sufficient testimony against yourself.” Whoever acts
righteously does so for his own soul. Whoever goes astray harms only himself. No soul may
bear the burden of another, and We never punish until We have sent a messenger with a
warning.
17:16 When We decide to destroy a city, We first send Our commands to their affluent
leaders but when they act wickedly, justifying its doom, then we destroy them
completely. How many generations have We destroyed since Noah? Your Lord is able to
know and see the sins of His servants.
17:18 Whoever desires this present life, We will quickly grant what We please for
whomever We please. Later, We will assign him to Hell where he will burn, disgraced and
rejected.
17:19 Any believer who desires the afterlife and strives for it as he should, will find his
efforts are acceptable to Allah. We freely give the bounties of your Lord to everyone. The
bounties of your Lord are not denied to anyone. Notice how we have given more to some
than to others. The afterlife is greater in degrees and greater in excellence.
17:22 Do not equate Allah with any other god, or you will sit down despised and helpless.
Your Lord has ordered that you must not worship any besides Him and that you be kind to
your parents. If either or both reach old age, do not speak to them with contempt or reject
them, but instead speak to them with respect. With tenderness, submit humbly to them and
say, “Lord, have mercy on them because they raised me when I was a child.”
18:27 Recite and teach what has been revealed to you about your Lord’s Book. No one can
alter His words, and you will not find any refuge besides Him. Be patient with those who
call upon their Lord morning and night seeking His good will. Do not take your eyes from
them looking for the pomp and distraction of this life. Do not obey
someone whose heart We
have allowed to forget Us and who chases his own desires and whose soul cannot be saved.
18:29 Say: The truth is from your Lord. Let those who will, believe. Let those who will, be
unbelievers. We have prepared a Fire for the unbelievers that is like the walls and roof of a
tent. It will enclose them. If they cry for relief, they will be showered with water that is like
molten brass which scalds their faces. What a dreadful drink and resting place!
18:30 As for those who believe and who have done what is right, We will certainly not
waste the reward of anyone who does even a single good deed. There will be eternal gardens
for the righteous. Rivers will flow beneath them. They will be decorated with gold bracelets
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and will wear fine green silk garments with heavy brocade. They will lie on elevated
couches. Wonderful is the reward! Beautiful is the couch!
20:99 This is why We tell you stories of what happened before; We have sent you Our
personal message. Whoever turns away from it will surely carry a burden on Judgment Day.
They will remain under it, and the burden will be grievous for them to bear on Judgment
Day. There will be a blast from a trumpet that day, and We will gather the wicked together,
and their eyes will be blue with terror [the enemies of the Arabs were the Greeks, many of
whom had blue eyes]. They will say to one another in muted voices, “You stayed only ten
days on earth.” We know best what they will say when the best among them say, “You did
not stay longer than a day.” They will ask you about the mountains that day. Tell them, “My
Lord will scatter them like dust and leave them smooth like a level plain where you will see
nothing crooked or uneven.”
20:108 On that day they will follow their summoner who never deceives. Voices will be low
before merciful Allah. Only slight whispers will be heard. No intercession will help that day
except him that Allah allows to intercede and whose words are approved. He knows their
future
and their past, but they have no idea.
20:111 Their faces will be humble before Him—the living, the self-subsisting and eternal.
Whoever is burdened by iniquity is certainly a failure. This is why We sent to you an
Arabic Koran and explained in detail Our warnings so that they may fear Allah and heed
them. Exalted above all is Allah, the King, the Truth! Do not hurry through its recital
before its revelation is made complete to you. Instead say, “Lord, increase my knowledge.”
43:68 My servants, there is no fear for you that day, nor will you grieve, because you have
believed in Our signs and surrendered your will to Allah. You and your wives shall enter the
Garden rejoicing. Trays and goblets of gold will be passed around to them, and they will
have everything they desire. They will dwell there forever. This is the Garden that will be
given you because of your good deeds in life. There is an abundance of fruit there for you to
enjoy.
43:74 The guilty, however, will dwell forever in the torment of Hell. The punishment will
not be lightened for them, and they will be overwhelmed with despair. We were not unjust
toward them. It was they who were unjust. They will cry, “Malik [an angel who is a keeper
of Hell], let your Lord put us out of our misery.” He will respond, “No! You will remain
here.” Surely, We have brought the truth to you, but most of you hate the truth.
43:79 Do they make plots against you? We also make plots. Do they think that We do not
hear their secrets and their private conversations? We do, and Our messengers are there to
record them.
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