Page 273 - Learning from the Qur'an

How many cities spurned their Lord's command and His
Messengers! And so We called them harshly to account and
punished them with a terrible punishment. (Qur'an, 65:8)
Do you not see those who were forbidden to confer together
secretly returning to the very thing they were forbidden to do,
and conferring together secretly in wrongdoing and enmity and
disobedience to the Messenger? And when they come to you they
greet you with words Allah has never used in greeting you, and
say to themselves 'Why does Allah not punish us for what we
say?' Hell will be enough for them! They will roast in it. What an
evil destination! (Qur'an, 58:8)
Messengers before you were also mocked, but those who jeered
were engulfed by what they mocked. (Qur'an, 21:41)
Then We sent Our Messengers one after another, at intervals. Each
time its Messenger came to a community they called him a liar so
We made them follow one another too and turned them into myths
and legends. Away with the people who have no faith! (Qur'an,
23:44)
Do not make the Messenger's summoning of you the same as your
summoning of one another. Allah knows those of you who sneak
away. Those who oppose his command should beware of a testing
trial coming to them or a painful punishment striking them.
(Qur'an, 24:63)
Among them are some who insult the Prophet, saying he is only
an ear. Say, 'An ear of good for you, believing in Allah and
believing in the believers, and a mercy for those among you who
believe.' As for those who insult the Messenger of Allah, they will
have a painful punishment. (Qur'an, 9:61)
That is because they were entrenched in hostility towards Allah
and His Messenger. If anyone is hostile towards Allah, Allah is
Severe in Retribution. (Qur'an, 59:4)

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