said, “Taste My vengeance and My warning!” In the morning a relentless punishment struck
them.
54:40 We have made the Koran easy to remember, but will any one pay attention?
54:41 Warnings also came to the people of Pharaoh. They rejected all of Our signs, but We
grasped them with the grasp of the mighty and the powerful.
54:43 Are your unbelievers better men than these? Is there an exception for you [the
Meccans] in the scriptures? Or do they say, “We can defend ourselves if we stand together?”
They will be routed and will turn their backs and run. No! The Hour of Judgment is their
promised time, and that hour will be terrible and bitter.
54:47 Surely, the wicked are wrong and crazy. They will be dragged on their faces into the
fire that day. “Feel the fury of Hell.” We have created everything according to a preordained
plan.
Our command is a single word, as quick as the wink of an eye.
We have destroyed men
like you [the Meccans]
in the past, but is any one warned?
54:52 Everything they do is written down in the books [records kept by recording angels]—
every act, both small and great, is recorded. Surely, the righteous will live among the
Gardens with rivers, in the seat of honor, in the presence of a mighty king.
44:9 They [the Meccans] fool around in doubt, but watch them the day the sky emits a
visible smoke that will cover mankind. This will be a terrible punishment. They will cry,
“Lord, take away our punishment. We are believers.” But how did warning them help when
Our messenger went to them, and they rejected him and said, “He learned it from others, he
is insane!”? If We were to give you any respite, you would surely revert to wickedness. On
the day when We seize you with a terrible onslaught, We will certainly inflict punishment!
44:17 Long ago, before their time, We tried with the people of Pharaoh when We presented
a noble apostle [Moses] to them. “Return the servants of Allah to me because I am an
apostle worthy of all trust. Do not exalt yourself against Allah because I come to you with
clear authority. I rely on the protection of my Lord and your Lord that you will not stone me.
And if you do not believe me, then leave me alone.” Finally he cried to his Lord, “These are
wicked people.”
44:23 Allah said, “Take my servants away during the night because you will be pursued.
Leave the sea split behind you. Their army will be drowned.” They left many gardens and
fountains behind them and many cornfields and noble buildings and many good things that
they enjoyed. We gave those things as an inheritance to another people. Neither the heaven
nor the earth cried for them, and they received no reprieve, but We did rescue the Children
of Israel from a shameful punishment by Pharaoh, who was haughty and excessive.
44:32 We chose them, in Our wisdom, above all other peoples, and We gave them miracles
that contained a clear choice. And still, these unbelievers say, “There is nothing after our
death, and we will not be resurrected. If you are telling the truth, then bring back our
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fathers.” Are they better than the people of Tubba [possibly Yemen], and those that came
before them whom We destroyed because of their wickedness?
44:38 We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything in between as a game. We
created them for a just end, but most of them do not understand. Surely they will have a time
set aside on Judgment Day, a day when the master will not be helped by his servant, and the
servant will not be helped by the master—except for those who have Allah’s mercy. He is
the mighty, the merciful.
44:43 Surely the Zaqqum tree [the tree of Hell] will be food for the sinners. Like molten
brass, it will boil in their bellies like the boiling of scalding water. (It will be said) “Seize
him and drag him down to the middle of Hell. Torment him by pouring boiling water on his
head. (Say) Taste this: You thought that you were powerful and honorable! This is the thing
that you doubted.”
44:51 The righteous, however, will live in a protected place among gardens and fountains,
facing one another and dressed in richly brocaded fine silk. This is how it will be. We will
marry them to beautiful virgins with big dark eyes [houris]. There they can call for any kind
of fruit in comfort and safety. They have only the first death there, and Allah will save them
from the pains of Hell. It is the gracious gift of your Lord! This is the supreme achievement.
44:58 We have made this Koran in Arabic so it will be easy to understand and so that you
will take warning.
So watch and wait, because they are also waiting.
36:1 YA. SIN. I swear by the wise Koran that you are surely one of the messengers on a
straight path, a revelation of the mighty, the merciful, sent to warn a people whose fathers
were
not warned, and consequently remain heedless.
36:7 Our sentence against them is just because they do not believe. We have bound their
necks with chains that reach the chin, forcing their heads up. We have placed barriers in
front, behind, and over them, so they can not see. It does not matter whether you warn them
or not, because they will not believe. You can only warn those who follow the message and
fear merciful Allah in private. Give them glad tidings of forgiveness and a generous reward.
It is true We will give life to the dead and that We record what they will do and what they
have done. We have recorded everything in Our perfect ledger.
36:13 Use a parable to tell them the story of the people of the city [Antioch] when the
messengers visited. When We first sent two messengers to them, the people rejected them,
but We sent a third to strengthen their numbers. They said, “We are messengers sent to you
by Allah.”
36:15 The people said, “You are merely men just like us. Allah has sent no revelation. You
only tell lies.”
36:16 The messengers replied, “Our Lord knows that we have been sent to you. Our only
duty is to proclaim the clear message.”
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