should Allah punish us for what we say?” Hell is sufficient punishment for them. They will
be
burned in its Fire, a wretched home.
58:9 Believers, when you speak privately together, do not speak with wickedness, hostility,
and insubordination towards the Messenger, but rather with goodness and fear of Allah. Yes,
fear Allah to whom you will all be gathered. This secret talk is only the work of Satan so
that he causes the believers anguish. But he can only harm them with Allah’s permission.
Let the faithful put their trust in Allah.
9:101 Of the Arabs of the desert round about you, some are hypocrites, and of the people of
Medina, some are stubborn in hypocrisy. You do not know them, Mohammed. We know
them, and We will punish them twice. Then they will be given a great doom.
9:102 Others have acknowledged their faults; they mixed a right action with one that is
wrong. Allah may turn to them in mercy, for Allah is forgiving and merciful. Take charity
from their wealth [some of the Muslims who did not go on the
Tabuk campaign were taxed a
third of their wealth.] so that you may cleanse and purify them. Pray for them for your
prayers will be a relief to them, for Allah hears and knows. Do they not know that Allah
accepts repentance from His servants, that He accepts offerings, and that Allah is constant
and merciful?
9:105 Say: Work so Allah can behold your work and so will His Messenger and the faithful.
You will be brought before Him who knows the seen and the unseen. He will tell you the
truth of all your works. Others await the decision of Allah, whether He will punish them, or
whether He will forgive them,
but Allah is knowing, wise.
9:124 Whenever a sura [chapter] is sent down, there are some of them who say, “Whose
faith has it increased?” It will increase the faith of those who believe, and they will rejoice.
9:125 But as for those in whose hearts is a disease, it will add doubt to their doubt, and they
shall die unbelievers. Do they not see that they are tested once or twice every year? Yet they
do not turn in repentance nor are they warned. Whenever a sura is revealed, they look at one
another and say, “Does anyone see you?” Then they turn aside. Allah will turn their hearts
away because they are a people who do not understand.
9:128 Now a Messenger has come to you from among yourselves. He is full of concern for
you that you will fall into distress. He is compassionate and merciful to the faithful. If they
turn away say, “Allah is sufficient for me. There is no god but Allah, and in Him I put my
trust. He is the Lord of the glorious throne.”
2:40 Children of Israel! Remember the favor I have given you, and keep your covenant with
Me. I will keep My covenant with you. Fear My power. Believe in what I reveal [the
Koran], which confirms your Scriptures, and do not be the first to disbelieve it. Do not part
with My revelations for a petty price. Fear Me alone. Do not mix up the truth with lies or
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knowingly hide the truth [Mohammed said the Jews hid their scriptures that foretold
Mohammed would be the final prophet]. Be committed to your prayers, give to charity
regularly, and bow down with those who bow down. Would you instruct others to be
righteous and forget to attend to your own duties? You read the Scriptures! Do you not have
sense? Seek guidance with patience and prayer; this is indeed a hard duty, but not for the
humble who remember that they will have to meet their Lord and will return to Him.
2:75 Can you believers then hope that the Jews will believe you even though they heard the
Word of Allah and purposefully altered it [Mohammed said the Jews hid their scriptures that
foretold Mohammed would be the final prophet] after they understood its meaning? And
when they are among the believers they say, “We believe too,” but when they are alone with
one another they say, “Will you tell them what Allah has revealed to you so that they can
argue with you about it in the presence of your Lord?” Do you not have any sense? Do they
not realize that Allah knows what they hide as well as what they reveal?
2:78 There are illiterate people among them who do not know the Scriptures but only lies
and unclear conjectures. Wretchedness will come to those who write their own scriptures
and then claim, “This is from Allah,” so that they can sell it for a pitiful price. They will
have a mournful fate because of what they have written and for what they have earned by
their actions.
2:80 And they say, “The Fire will not touch us except for a few days.” Say: Did you receive
such a promise from Allah because Allah will not break his promise, or do you merely speak
of Allah what you do not know? Surely those who do evil and become surrounded by sin
will be prisoners of the Fire where they will live forever. Those who believe and do good
deeds are the rightful owners of the Garden where they will live forever.
2:63 And remember, Children of Israel, when We made a covenant with you and raised
Mount Sinai before you saying, “Hold tightly to what We have revealed to you and keep it
in mind so that you may guard against evil.” But then you turned away, and if it had not
been for Allah’s grace and mercy, you surely would have been among the lost. And you
know those among you who sinned on the Sabbath. We said to them, “You will be
transformed into despised apes.” So we used them as a warning to their people and to the
following
generations, as well as a lesson for the Allah-fearing.
2:87 We gave Moses the Scriptures and sent other messengers after him. We gave Jesus, the
son of Mary, clear signs and fortified him with the Holy Spirit [the angel Gabriel, not the
Spirit of the Trinity]. So whenever a messenger is sent that does not conform to your desires,
will you become insolent and either deny him or kill him?
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