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for him who disobeys Allah and His Messenger, Ruin to the hands of Abu Lahab and ruin to him!
he will have the Fire of Hell, remaining in it time- His wealth has not helped him nor anything he
lessly, for ever and ever.’ (72:22-23) has earned. He will burn in a Flaming Fire. And
I will roast him in Saqar. (74:26) so will his wife, the firewood-carrier, with a rope
They (the companions of the Right) will ask the of twisted fibre round her neck. (111:1-5)
evildoers: ‘What caused you to enter Saqar?’
(74:41-42) HELP
We have made ready for the disbelievers shack- Seek help in steadfastness and prayer. But that is a
les and chains and a Searing Blaze. (76:4) very hard thing, except for the humble. (2:45)
Hell lies in wait. (78:21) Have fear of a Day when no self will be able to
So taste! We will increase you only in punish- compensate for another in any way. No interces-
ment. (78:30) sion will be accepted from it, no ransom taken
Those who persecute men and women of the be- from it, and they will not be helped. (2:48)
lievers, and then do not repent, will have the Those are the people who trade the hereafter for
punishment of Hell, will have the punishment of this world. The punishment will not be lightened
the Burning. (85:10) for them. They will not be helped. (2:86)
Some faces on that Day will be downcast, labour- Do you not know that Allah is He to Whom the
ing, toiling endlessly, roasting in a red-hot Fire, kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs and
drinking from a boiling spring. They have no food that, besides Allah, you have no protector and no
but a bitter thorny bus which neither nourishes helper? (2:107)
nor satisfies. (88:2-7) The Jews and the Christians will never be pleased
And that Day Hell is produced, that Day man will with you until you follow their religion. Say,
remember; but how will the remembrance help ‘Allah’s guidance is the true guidance.’ If you were
him? (89:23) to follow their whims and desires, after the knowl-
Those who reject Our signs, they are the edge that has come to you, you would find no pro-
Companions of the Left. (90:19) tector or helper against Allah. (2:120)
I have warned you of a Fire which rages, in which Have fear of a Day when no self will be able to
only the most wretched will roast. (92:14-15) compensate for another in any way, and no ran-
We will call the Guards of Hell! (96:18) som will be accepted from it, and no intercession
The People of the Book who disbelieve and the benefit it, and they will not be helped. (2:123)
idolaters will be in the Fire of Hell, remaining in it You who believe! Seek help in steadfastness and
timelessly, for ever. They are the worst of crea- prayer. Allah is with the steadfast. (2:153)
tures. (98:6) Or did you suppose that you would enter the
But as for him whose balance is light, his mother- Garden without facing the same as those who
land is Hawiya. And what will convey to you came before you? Poverty and illness afflicted
what that is? A raging Fire! (101:8-11) them and they were shaken to the point that the
No indeed, if you only knew with the Knowledge Messenger and those who believed with him said,
of Certainty, you will certainly see the Blazing ‘When is Allah’s help coming?’ Be assured that
Fire! Then you will certainly see it with the Eye of Allah’s help is very near. (2:214)
Certainty. (102:5-7) When they came out against Goliath and his
Woe to every faultfinding backbiter who has troops, they said, ‘Our Lord, pour down steadfast-
amassed wealth and hoarded it! He thinks his ness upon us, and make our feet firm, and help us
wealth will make him live for ever. No indeed! He against this disbelieving people.’ (2:250)
will be flung into the Shatterer. And what will con- Whatever amount you spend or vow you make,
vey to you what the Shatterer is? The kindled Fire Allah knows it. The wrongdoers have no helpers.
of Allah reaching right into the heart. It is sealed in (2:270)
above them in towering columns. (104:1-9) Allah does not impose on any self any more than
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