The Quran
Surah Al-Qasas
The Stories
59. Your Lord would never
destroy towns without first
raising a messenger in their
midst to recite Our messages
to them, nor would We
destroy towns unless their
inhabitants were evildoers.
60. Whatever things you
have been given for the life
of this world are merely
[temporary] gratification and
vanity: that which is with
God is better and more
lasting- will you not use
your reason?
61. Can the person who will
see the fulfilment of the
good promise We gave him
be compared to someone
We have given some
enjoyments for this worldly
life but who, on the Day of
Resurrection, will be
summoned?
The Quran
Surah Yunus
Jonah (PBUH)
Verse 24
The life of this world is like this: rain that
We send down from the sky is absorbed by
the plants of the earth, from which humans
and animals eat. But when the earth has
taken on its finest appearance, and adorns
itself, and its people think they have power
over it, then the fate We commanded
comes to it, by night or by day, and We
reduce it to stubble, as if it had not
flourished just the day before. This is the
way We explain the revelations
for those who reflect.
The Quran
Surah Al-Baqarah
The Cow
Verse 212
Beautified for those
who disbelieve is the life of
this world, and they ridicule
those who believe.
But those who fear Allah
are above them on the Day of
Resurrection. And Allah gives
provision to whom He wills
without account.
The Quran
Surah At-Tawbah
The Repentance
Verse 3
Know that you cannot
escape God if you
turn away.
The Quran
Surah An-Nazi'at
(Angel) Who Pulls Out
17. [Moses] “Go to Pharaoh.
Indeed, he has violated all limits.”
18. And say (to Pharaoh)
“Would you like to purify yourself,
19. May I guide you to your Lord,
so you might fear (your Lord)?”
20. So, he (Moses) showed
Pharaoh the greatest sign.
21. But he (Pharaoh)
rejected it and disobeyed,
22. then he turned back,
striving in his denial.
23. Then he gathered
his people and shouted,
24. “I am your supreme lord.”
25. So, Allah seized him,
for an exemplary punishment, in
the Hereafter and in the present life.
The Quran
Surah Al-Qasas
The Stories
4. Pharaoh made himself
high and mighty in the land
and divided the people into
different groups: one group
he oppressed, slaughtering
their sons and sparing their
women–he was one of those
who spread corruption–
5. but We wished to favour
those who were oppressed in
that land, to make them
leaders, the ones to survive,
6. to establish them in the
land, and through them show
Pharaoh, Haman, and their
armies the very thing they
feared.
The Quran
Surah Az-Zukhruf
Ornaments of Gold
51. Pharaoh proclaimed to his people,
‘My people, is the Kingdom of Egypt not mine
And these rivers that flow at my feet,
are they not mine? Do you not see?
52. Am I not better than this contemptible
wretch who can scarcely express himself?
53. Why has he not been given any gold
bracelets? Why have no angels come to
accompany him?’
54. In this way he moved his people
to accept and they obeyed him-
they were perverse people.
55. When they provoked Us, We
punished and drowned them all:
56. We made them a lesson
and an example for later people.
The Quran
Surah Al-Ahzab
The Allies
56. God and His
angels bless the
Prophet- so, you
who believe, bless
him too and give
him greetings of
peace.
57. Those who
insult God and His
Messenger will be
rejected by God in
this world and the
next- He has
prepared a
humiliating
torment
for them-
58. and those who
undeservedly insult
believing men and
women will bear
the guilt of slander
and flagrant sin.
The Quran
Surah Yunus
Jonah (PBUH)
90. We took the
Children of Israel
across the sea.
Pharaoh and his troops pursued
them in arrogance and aggression.
But as he was drowning he cried,
‘I believe there is no God except
the one the Children of Israel
believe in. I submit to Him.’
91. ‘Now? When you had always
been a rebel, and a troublemaker!
92. Today We shall save
only your corpse as a sign
for future generations.
A great many people
fail to heed Our signs.’
The Quran
Surah Al-Qasas
The Stories
Verse 83
We grant the Home in the
Hereafter to those who do not
seek superiority on earth or
spread corruption: the happy
ending is awarded to those who
are mindful of God.
The Quran
Surah Ghafir
The Forgiver
55. What God has promised
is sure to come. Ask forgiveness
for your sins; praise your Lord
morning and evening.
56. As for those who,
with no authority to do so,
dispute God’s messages, there is
nothing in their hearts but a thirst
for a greatness they will never attain.
Seek refuge in God, for He is
the All Hearing, the All Seeing.
57. The creation of the heavens
and earth is greater by far than
the creation of mankind,
though most people
do not know it.
The Quran
Surah Yunus
Jonah (PBUH)
13. Before you people,
We destroyed whole generations
when they did evil- their messengers
brought them clear signs but they
refused to believe. This is how
We repay the guilty.
14. Later We made you their successors
in the land, to see how you would behave.
The Quran
Surah Ar-Ra’d
The Thunder
Verse 42
Those before them
also schemed, but the
overall scheme belongs
to God: He knows what
each soul does.
The Quran
Surah Al-Isra
The Nighty Journey
Verse 16
When We decide to destroy a nation,
We command those corrupted
by wealth [to reform], but they
[persist in their] disobedience;
Our sentence is passed, and
We destroy them utterly.
The Quran
Surah Fatir
Originator
Verse 43
They became more arrogant
in the land, and intensified their
plotting of evil- the plotting of evil
only rebounds on those who plot.
Do they expect anything but what
happened to earlier people? You
will never find any change in God’s
practice; you will never find
any deviation there.
The Quran
Surah Ta Ha
128. Do they not draw a lesson
from the many generations
We destroyed before them,
through whose dwelling places
they now walk? There truly are signs
in this for anyone with understanding!
129. If it were not for a preordained
Word from your Lord they would
already have been destroyed.
Their time has been set . . .
The Quran
Surah Muhammad
Muhammad (PBUH)
Verse 13
And how many a city
was stronger than your
city which drove you out?
We destroyed them;
and there was no
helper for them.
The Quran
Surah Al-Qasas
The Stories
Verse 58
And how many a city
have We destroyed that
was insolent in its [way of]
living, and those are their
dwellings which have not
been inhabited after them
except briefly. And it is We
who were the inheritors.
The Quran
Surah Qaf
Letter Qaf
Verse 36
And how many a
generation before
them did We destroy
who were greater than
them in [striking] power
and had explored
throughout the lands.
Is there any place of escape?
The Quran
Surah Al-Hajj
The Pilgrimage
Verse 45
And how many a city
did We destroy while it
was committing wrong -
so it is [now] fallen into ruin -
and [how many] an abandoned
well and [how many]
a lofty palace!
The Quran
Surah Maryam
Mary (PBUH)
Verse 98
How many generations
We have destroyed
before them!
Do you perceive a
single one of
them now, or hear
as much as a whisper?
The Quran
Surah At-Taghabun
The Mutual Disillusion
3. He created the
heavens and earth
for a true purpose;
He formed you and
made your forms good:
you will all return to Him.
4. He knows what is in
the heavens and earth;
He knows what you conceal and
what you reveal; God knows
very well the secrets
of every heart.
5. [Disbelievers], have you
not heard about those who
disbelieved before you? They
tasted the evil consequences
of their conduct, and a
painful torment
awaits them.
Dajjal (the Antichrist) is blind of one eye
and there is written between his eyes
the word" Kafir". He then spelled the
word as k. f. r., which every believer
would be able to read.
Sahih Muslim 2933c
In-book reference
Book 54, Hadith 127
The Quran
Surah Al-Mu'minun
The Believer
Verse 62-65
We do not burden
any soul with more
than it can bear-
We have a Record
that tells the truth-
they will not be
wronged. But the
disbelievers’ hearts are
steeped [in ignorance of ]
all this; and there are other
things besides this that they do.
When We bring Our punishment on
those corrupted with wealth,
they will cry for help:
‘Do not cry out today: you
will get no help from Us.
The Quran
Surah Fatir
Originator
Verse 10
If anyone desires power,
all power belongs to God;
good words rise up to Him
and He lifts up the righteous deed,
but a severe torment awaits those
who plot evil and their plotting will
come to nothing.
The Quran
Surah An-Naml
The Ant
4. As for those who do not believe
in the life to come, We have made
their deeds seem alluring to
them, so they wander blindly:
5. it is they who will have the
worst suffering, and will be
the ones to lose most
in the life to come.
The Quran
Surah At-Tawbah
The Repentance
Verse 82
Let them laugh a little;
they will weep a lot in
return for what they
have done.
The Quran
Surah An-Nahl
The Bee
33. Are the disbelievers waiting
for the angels to come to them, or your
Lord’s Judgement? Those who went before
them did the same. God did not wrong
them; they wronged themselves.
34. So the evil they had done hit
them and they were surrounded
by the very thing they had mocked.
The Quran
Surah Al-Anbiya
The Prophets
11. How many communities of
evildoers We have destroyed!
How many others
We have raised up
in their places!
12. When they felt Our might
coming upon them, see how they
tried to escape it!
13. ‘Do not try to escape. Go back to
your homes and the pleasure you
revelled in: you may be questioned.’
14. They said, ‘Woe to us!
We were wrong!’
15. and that cry of theirs did not
cease until We made them
burnt-off stubble.
The Quran
Surah Al-Mu'minun
The Believer
40. and so God said,
‘Soon they will be
filled with regret.’
41. The blast justly struck
them and We swept them away
like scum. Away with the evildoers!
42. We raised other
generations after them-
43. no community can
advance or delay its time-
44. and We sent Our messengers
in succession: whenever a messenger
came to a community they
invariably called him a liar,
so We destroyed them one
after the other and made
them into cautionary tales.
Away with the disbelievers!
The Quran
Surah Hud
Hud (PBUH)
Verse 82-83
When Our Decree issued,
We turned (the cities) upside down,
and rained down on them brimstones
hard as baked clay, spread, layer on layer,
Marked as "from thy Lord": Nor are these
ever far from those who do wrong!
The Quran
Surah An-Naml
The Ant
13. But when Our
enlightening signs came to them,
they said, ‘This is clearly
[just] sorcery!’
14. They denied them,
in their wickedness and their pride,
even though their souls acknowledged
them as true. See how those who
spread corruption met their end!
When Allah decrees
an affair in the heavens,
the Angels strike their wings
in submission to His statement,
as if it [His voice] were a chain
being dragged upon smooth rocks
and it penetrates them
causing them
to be terrified...
Sahih al-Bukhari 4701
The Quran
Surah Al-Isra
The Night Journey
57. Those [angels] they pray
to, are themselves seeking a
way to their Lord, even
those who are closest to Him.
They hope for His mercy and
fear His punishment.
The punishment of your
Lord is much to be feared:
58. there is no community
We shall not destroy, or punish
severely, before the Day of
Resurrection - this is written
in the Book.
The Quran
Surah Fatir
Originator
Verse 45
If God were to punish people
[at once] for the wrong they have done,
there would not be a single creature left
on the surface of the earth. He gives them
respite for a stated time and, whenever
their time comes, God has been
watching His servants.
The Quran
Surah Ar-Rum
The Romans
1. Alif Lam Mim
2. The Romans have
been defeated
3. in a nearby land.
They will reverse their
defeat with a victory
4. in a few years’ time–
God is in command,
first and last. On that day,
the believers will rejoice
5. at God’s help.
He helps whoever
He pleases: He is the
Mighty, the Merciful.
6. This is God’s promise:
God never breaks His promise,
but most people do not know;
7. they only know the outer
surface of this present life
and are heedless of the
life to come.
8. Have they not thought
about their own selves?
God did not create the
heavens and earth and
everything between them
without a serious purpose
and an appointed time,
yet many people deny that
they will meet their Lord.
9. Have they not travelled
through the land and seen
how their predecessors met
their end? They were mightier
than them: they cultivated
the earth more and built
more upon it. Their own
messengers also came to
them with clear signs:
God did not wrong them;
they wronged themselves.
10. Alas! Evildoers
met a terrible end for
rejecting and [repeatedly]
mocking God’s revelations.
The Quran
Surah Maryam
Mary (PBUH)
69. We shall seize out of each group
those who were most disobedient
towards the Lord of Mercy-
70. We know best who
most deserves to burn in Hell-
71. but every single one of you
will approach it, a decree from
your Lord which must be fulfilled.
72. We shall save the devout and
leave the evildoers there on their knees.
73. When Our revelations are recited
to them in all their clarity, [all that] the
disbelievers say to the believers [is],
‘Which side is better situated?
Which side has the better following?’
74. We have destroyed many a
generation before them who surpassed
them in riches and outward glitter!
75. Say [Prophet], ‘The Lord of Mercy
lengthens [the lives] of the misguided, until,
when they are confronted with what they
have been warned about- either the punishment
[in this life] or the Hour [of Judgement]- they
realize who is worse situated and
who has the weakest forces.’
The Quran
Surah Al-Isra
The Night Journey
17. How many generations
We have destroyed since Noah!
Your Lord knows and observes the
sins of His servants well enough.
18. If anyone desires [only]
the fleeting life, We speed up
whatever We will in it, for
whoever We wish; in the end
We have prepared Hell for him
in which to burn, disgraced
and rejected.
The Quran
Surah Ya Sin
Verse 30-32
Alas for human beings!
Whenever a messenger
comes to them
they ridicule him. Do
they not see how many
generations We have
destroyed before them,
none of whom will ever
come back to them?
[Yet] all of them will
be brought before Us.
The Quran
Surah Ibrahim
Abraham (PBUH)
Verse 42
Do you think
that Allah is unaware
of what the sinners do,
He only delays them
until a Day when
their eyes will stare
in absolute horror.
The Quran
Surah Al-Mutaffifin
The Defrauders
Verse 14-16
No indeed!
Their hearts are encrusted
with what they have done.
No indeed! On that Day
they will be screened off
from their Lord,
they will burn
in Hell!
The Quran
Surah Al-A'raf
The Heights
96. If the people of those towns
had believed and been mindful of God,
We would have showered them with
blessings from the heavens and earth,
but they rejected the truth and so We
punished them for their misdeeds.
97. Do the people of these towns feel
secure that Our punishment will not come
upon them by night, while they are asleep?
98. Do the people of these towns feel
secure that Our punishment will not come
upon them by day, while they are at play?
99. Do they feel secure against God’s plan?
Only the losers feel secure against God’s plan.
100. Is it not clear to those who inherit
the land from former generations that
We can punish them too for their sins
if We will? And seal up their hearts
so that they cannot hear?
101. We have told you the stories of
those towns: messengers came to them,
and clear signs, but they would not believe
in what they had already rejected- in this way
God seals the hearts of disbelievers.
102. We found that most of them
did not honour their commitments; We
found that most of them were defiant.
The Quran
Surah An-Nahl
The Bee
104. If people do not believe
in God’s revelation, God does
not guide them, and a painful
punishment awaits them.
105. Falsehood is fabricated only
by those who do not believe
in God’s revelation:
they are the liars.
106. With the exception of those
who are forced to say they do
not believe, although their hearts
remain firm in faith, those who
reject God after believing in Him
and open their hearts to disbelief
will have the wrath of God upon
them and a grievous punishment
awaiting them.
107. This is because they
love the life of this world
more than the one to come,
and God does not guide those
who reject Him.
108. These are people
whose hearts, hearing,
and sight have been
closed off by God:
they are heedless,
109. and there is no doubt
that they will be the losers.
in the Hereafter
The Quran
Surah An-Nahl
The Bee
Verse 63
By God, We have sent
messengers before you
to other communities,
but Satan made their foul
deeds seem alluring to them.
He is the sponsor of these present
disbelievers too, and a painful
punishment awaits them all.
The Quran
Surah Yunus
Jonah (PBUH)
Your outrageous behaviour
only works against yourselves.
Take your little enjoyment in this
present life; in the end you will return
to Us and We shall confront you
with everything you have done.
The Quran
Surah Hud
Hud (PBUH)
Verse 116
If only there had been
among the destroyed peoples
before you, O believers,
virtuous individuals who
forbade corruption in the land—
other than the few We had saved
from the torment. But the wrongdoers
only pursued their worldly pleasures,
becoming wicked criminals.
The Quran
Surah Ar-Rum
The Romans
Verse 41
Corruption has flourished throughout
the land and sea by [reason of] what
the hands of people have earned
so He (Allah) will let them taste part of
[the consequence of] what they have done
that perhaps they will return [to righteousness].
The Quran
Surah Ghafir
The Forgiver
Verse 59
Indeed, the Hour
is coming - no doubt about it -
but most of the people
do not believe.
The Quran
Surah An-Nahl
The Bee
Verse 77
All that is hidden from
view in the heavens and
earth belongs to God.
The coming of the Hour
of Judgement is like the
blink of an eye, or even quicker:
God has power over everything.
The Quran
Surah Ar-Ra'd
The Thunder
Verse 26
God gives abundantly
to whoever He will, and sparingly
to whoever He will- and though they may
revel in the life of this world, it is but a
fleeting comfort compared
with the Life to come.
The Quran
Surah Az-Zukhruf
Ornaments of Gold
32. Are they the ones who
share out your Lord’s grace?
We are the ones who
give them their share of livelihood
in this world and We have raised some
of them above others in rank, so that
some may take others into service:
your Lord’s grace is better than
anything they accumulate.
33. If it were not that all mankind
might have become a single nation,
We could have given all those who
disbelieve in the Lord of Mercy
houses with roofs made of silver,
sweeping staircases to ascend,
34. massive gates,
couches to sit on,
35. and golden ornaments.
All of these are mere enjoyments
of this life; your Lord reserves
the next life for those who
take heed of Him.
The Quran
Surah Ali-Imran
Family Of Imran
Verse 185-186
Every soul
will taste
death
and you will be
paid in full only on
the Day of Resurrection.
Whoever is kept away
from the Fire and admitted to
the Garden will have triumphed.
The present world is only an
illusory pleasure: you are sure
to be tested through your
possessions and persons;
you are sure to hear much
that is hurtful from those
who were given the Scripture
before you and from those who
associate others with God.
If you are steadfast and
mindful of God, that
is the best course.
The Quran
Surah Al-Hadid
The Iron
Verse 20
Bear in mind that
the present life is
just a play, a diversion,
an attraction, a cause of
boasting among you,
of rivalry in wealth
and children.
It is like plants
that spring up
after the rain:
their growth at first
delights the sowers,
but then you see them
wither away, turn yellow,
and become stubble.
There is terrible
punishment
in the next life
as well as forgiveness
and approval from God;
the life of this world is
only an illusory pleasure.
The Quran
Surah Al-Ankabut
The Spider
Verse 64
The life of this world is
merely an amusement
and a diversion;
the true life
is in the Hereafter,
if only they knew.
The Quran
Surah Al-Qasas
The Stories
Verse 77-78
Seek the life to come
by means of what God
has granted you,
but do not neglect
your rightful share
in this world.
Do good to others as
God has done good to you.
Do not seek to spread
corruption in the land,
for God does not love
those who do this.
The Quran
Surah Ibrahim
Abraham (PBUH)
Verse 2-3
God, to whom
everything in the
heavens and earth belongs.
How terrible will be the torment
of those who ignore [Him],
those who prefer the life
of this world over the life
to come, who turn others
from God’s way, trying to make
it crooked: such people
have gone far astray.
The Quran
Surah Al-Baqarah
The Cow
Verse 84-85
Yet here you are,
killing one another
and driving some of
your own people from
their homes, helping one another
in sin and aggression against them.
If they come to you as captives,
you still pay to set them free,
although you had no right
to drive them out.
So do you believe in some parts
of the Scripture and not in others?
The punishment for those of you
who do this will be nothing
but disgrace
in this life,
and on the Day
of Resurrection
they will be condemned
to the harshest torment:
God is never unaware
of what you do.
These are the people
who buy the life of this world
at the price of the Hereafter: their
torment will not be lightened,
nor will they be helped.
The Quran
Surah Al-Baqarah
The Cow
Verse 200-203
When you have completed
your rites, remember God
as much as you remember
your own fathers,
or even more.
There are some
who pray, ‘Our Lord,
give us good in this world,’
and they will have no share
in the Hereafter; others pray,
‘Our Lord, give us good in this world
and in the Hereafter, and protect us
from the torment
of the Fire.’ They will have
the share they have worked for:
God is swift in reckoning.
The Quran
Surah Ali-Imran
Family Of Imran
Verse 14
The love of desirable things
is made alluring for men- women,
children, gold and silver treasures
piled up high, horses with fine markings,
livestock, and farmland- these may be
the joys of this life, but God has
the best place to return to.
The Quran
Surah Al-Kahf
The Cave
Verse 45-49
Tell them, too,
what the life of this world is like:
We send water down from the skies
and the earth’s vegetation absorbs it,
but soon the plants turn to dry stubble
scattered about by the wind:
God has power over everything.
Wealth and children are the
attractions of this worldly life,
but lasting good works have a better
reward with your Lord and give
better grounds for hope.
One day We shall make
the mountains move,
and you will see the
earth as an open plain.
We shall gather all
people together,
leaving no one.
They will be lined up
before your Lord:
‘Now you have come to Us
as We first created you,
although you claimed
We had not made any
such appointment
for you.’
The record of their deeds
will be laid open and you
will see the guilty, dismayed at
what they contain, saying,
‘Woe to us!
What a record this is!
It does not leave any deed,
small or large, unaccounted for!’
They will find everything they
ever did laid in front of them:
your Lord will not be
unjust to anyone.
The Quran
Surah Hud
Hud (PBUH)
Verse 15-16
If any desire [only] the life
of this world with all its finery,
We shall repay them in full in this life
for their deeds- they will be given no less-
but such people will have nothing in
the Hereafter but the Fire: their
work here will be fruitless
and their deeds futile.
The Quran
Surah Al-A'la
The Most High
Verse 16-17
Yet you [people] prefer
the life of this world,
even though the Hereafter
is better and more lasting.
The Quran
Surah Ta Ha
Verse 131-132
And do not gaze longingly
at what We have given
some of them to enjoy,
the finery of this present life:
We test them through this,
but the provision of your Lord
is better and more lasting.
Order your people to pray,
and pray steadfastly yourself.
We do not ask you to provide.
It is We Who provide for you.
And the ultimate outcome
is only for the people of
righteousness.
The Quran
Surah Al-Isra
The Night Journey
Verse 62
The Jinn Iblis said to Allah,
“Do You see? This one, whom you have
honoured above me, if You give me respite
until the Day of Judgment, I shall surely bring
his descendants under my control,
all of them, except for a few!”
Verily, Satan flows through
the human being
like the flowing of blood.
Source: Sahih Muslim 2174
When Allah formed Adam
in Paradise, He left him as long as
He willed to leave him. Satan (Iblis)
walked around him, looking to see
what he was. When he saw that he
was hollow, he knew that he was
created such that he could
not control himself.
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2611
The Quran
Surah Sad
The Letter Sad
71. Your Lord said to
the angels, ‘I will create a
man from clay.
72. When I have
shaped him and breathed
from My Spirit into him,
bow down before him.’
73. The angels
all bowed down
together,
74. but not Iblis,
who was too proud.
He became a rebel.
75. God said, ‘Iblis,
what prevents you from
bowing down to the man
I have made with My own
hands? Are you too high
and mighty?’
76. Iblis said,
‘I am better than him:
You made me from fire,
and him from clay.’
77. ‘Get out of here!
You are rejected:
78. My rejection will
follow you til the Day
of Judgement!’
79. but Iblis said,
‘My Lord, grant me respite
until the Day when they
are raised from the dead,’
80. so He said,
‘You have respite
81. til the Appointed Day.’
82. Iblis said, ‘I swear
by Your might! I will tempt all
83. but Your true servants.’
84. God said, ‘This is the truth-
I speak only the truth-
85. I will fill Hell with you
and all those that follow you.’
86. [Prophet], say,
‘I ask no reward from you
for this, nor do I claim to
be what I am not:
87. this is only a
warning for all people.
88. In time you will
certainly come to
know its truth.’
The world is a prison for
the believer and a paradise
for the unbeliever.
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2956
Choose Your Path
The Shadows
Choose Your Path
The Light
The Quran
Surah Ar-Ra'd
The Thunder
Verse 33
But the things they devise
are made alluring to the
disbelievers and they are
barred from the [right] path:
no one can guide those
God leaves to stray.
The Quran
Surah Al-Waqi'ah
The Inevitable
Verse 41-47
But those on the Left,
what people they are!
They will dwell amid
scorching wind and scalding water
in the shadow of black smoke,
neither cool nor refreshing.
Before, they overindulged
in luxury and persisted in
great sin, always saying,
‘What? When we
are dead and have
become dust and bones,
shall we then be resurrected?
The Quran
Surah Yunus
Jonah (PBUH)
Verse 30
Every soul will examine,
what it has sent in advance,
and they will be returned
to Allah,
their real master, and
what they used to fabricate,
will forsake them.
The Quran
Surah Al-Mu'minun
The Believer
62. We do not burden
any soul with more than it
can bear - We have a Record
that tells the truth - they
will not be wronged.
63. But the disbelievers’
hearts are steeped
[in ignorance of ] all this;
and there are other things
besides this that they do.
64. When We bring Our
punishment on those corrupted
with wealth, they will cry for help:
65. ‘Do not cry out today:
you will get no help from Us.
66. Time and time again My
messages were recited to you,
but you turned arrogantly
on your heels,
67. and spent the evening
making fun of [the Quran].’
68. Have they not contemplated
the Word of God? Has something
come to them that did not come
to their forefathers?
69. Do they not recognize their
Messenger? So why do they
reject him?
70. Why do they say he is
possessed? He has brought
them the truth and most of
them hate it,
71. but if the truth were in
accordance with their desires,
the heavens, the earth, and
everyone in them would disintegrate.
We have brought them their Reminder
and they turn away from it.
Woe to the Arabs
for an evil tribulation
approaching like darkest
part of the night! A man will
wake up as believer but by
evening will be an unbeliever.
People will sell their religion
for some pitiful gains in the
world. The one who adheres
to his religion on that day
will be as if he were grasping a
hot coal or a bundle of thorns.
Source: Musnad Aḥmad 9073
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said,
"If Adam's son had a valley full of gold,
he would like to have two valleys,
for nothing fills his mouth except
dust (of his grave). And Allah
forgives him who
repents to Him."
Reference
Sahih al-Bukhari 6439
In-book reference
Book 81, Hadith 28
Two ravenous, hungry wolves
spending the night in a pen of sheep
while its owners are negligent,
bloodthirsty and eating, are not quicker
to wreak havoc than the love of wealth and
high status are to the religion of a believer.
Source: al-Mu’jam al-Awsaṭ 772
Allah says: "O son of Adam,
devote yourself to My worship,
and I will fill your heart with
contentment and take care of
your poverty; but if you do not
do that, then I will fill your heart
with worldly concerns and will
not take care of your poverty.’”
Sunan Ibn Majah 4107
In-book reference
Book 37, Hadith 8
The Quran
Surah As-Sajdah
The Prostration
Verse 13
Had We willed,
We could have easily
imposed guidance
on every soul.
But My Word
will come to pass:
I will surely fill up Hell
with jinn and humans
all together.
The Quran
Surah At-Tin
The Fig
1. By the fig,
and the olive,
2. By Mount Sinai,
3. And by this city of security (Makkah),
4. Verily, We created man of the best stature,
5. Then We reduced him to the lowest of the low,
6. Except those who believe and do righteous
deeds, they shall have a reward without end.
7. Then what causes you to deny
the Recompense?
8. Is not Allah the
Best of judges?
