Page 383 - Learning from the Qur'an

Have they not looked into the dominions of the heavens and the
earth and what Allah has created, and seen that it may well be
that their appointed time is near? In what discourse after this will
they believe? (Qur'an, 7:185)
Do you feel secure against Him causing the shore to swallow you
up or sending against you a sudden squall of stones? Then you will
find no one to be your guardian. (Qur'an, 17:68)
Say: 'Who provides for you out of heaven and earth? Who controls
hearing and sight? Who brings forth the living from the dead and
the dead from the living? Who directs the whole affair?' They will
say, 'Allah.' Say, 'So will you not guard against evil?' (Qur'an, 10:31)
What are they waiting for but the angels to come to them or your
Lord's command to come? That is like what those before them
did. Allah did not wrong them; rather they wronged themselves.
(Qur'an, 16:33)
Do they feel secure that the all-enveloping punishment of Allah
will not come upon them, or that the Last Hour will not come
upon them all of a sudden when they least expect it? (Qur'an,
12:107)
Or do you feel secure against Him taking you back into it another
time and sending a violent storm against you and drowning you
for your ingratitude? Then you will find no one to defend you
against Us. (Qur'an, 17:69)
Say: 'Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth?' Say: 'Allah.'
Say: 'So why have you taken protectors apart from Him who
possess no power to help or harm themselves?' Say: 'Are the blind
and seeing equal? Or are darkness and light the same? Or have
they assigned partners to Allah Who create as He creates, so that
all creating seems the same to them?' Say: 'Allah is the Creator of
everything. He is the One, the All-Conquering.' (Qur'an, 13:16)
Do those who plot evil actions feel secure that Allah will not cause
the earth to swallow them up or that a punishment will not come
upon them from where they least expect? (Qur'an, 16:45)

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