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who have no faith! (23:44) companies and when they arrive there and its
Messengers, eat of the good things and act gates are opened its custodians will say to them,
rightly. I most certainly know what you do. ‘Did Messengers from yourselves not come to
(23:51) you, reciting your Lord’s Signs to you and warn-
And when the people of Nuh denied the ing you of the meeting on this Day of yours?’
Messengers, We drowned them and made them They will say, ‘Indeed they did, but the decree of
a Sign for all mankind. We have prepared a punishment is justly carried out against the dis-
painful punishment for the wrongdoers. (25:37) believers.’ (39:71)
When Our messengers came with the good news That was because their Messengers brought them
to Ibrahim, they said, ‘We are going to destroy the Clear Signs but they remained disbelievers.
the people of this city. Truly its inhabitants are So Allah seized them. He is Most Strong, Severe
wrongdoers.’ (29:31) in Retribution. (40:22)
When Our Messengers came to Lut, he was dis- They (custodians of Hell) will ask, ‘Did your
tressed on their account, feeling incapable of Messengers not bring you the Clear Signs?’ They
protecting them. They said, ‘Do not fear and do will answer, ‘Yes.’ They will say, ‘Then you call!’
not grieve. We are going to rescue you and your But the calling of the disbelievers only goes
family–except for your wife; she will be one of astray. (40:50)
those who stay behind.’ (29:33) We will certainly help Our Messengers and those
Have they not travelled in the earth and seen the who believe both in the life of this world and on
final fate of those before them? They had greater the Day the witnesses appear. (40:51)
strength than them and cultivated the land and Those who deny the Book and that with which
inhabited it in far greater numbers than they do. We sent Our Messengers will certainly come to
Their Messengers also came to them with the know. (40:70)
Clear Signs. Allah would never have wronged We sent Messengers before you. Some of them
them; but they wronged themselves. (30:9) We have told you about and others We have not
Before you We sent other Messengers to their told you about. No Messenger can bring a Sign
people, and they too brought them the Clear except with Allah’s permission. But when Allah’s
Signs. We took revenge on those who did evil; command comes the matter will be decided with
and it is Our duty to help the believers. (30:47) truth and then and there the liars will be lost.
Those before them also denied the truth but these (40:78)
people do not have even a tenth of what We gave When their Messengers brought them the Clear
to them. They denied My Messengers. And how Signs, they exulted in the knowledge they had
complete was My denial! (34:45) and then were engulfed by the very things they
Praise be to Allah, the Bringer into Being of the mocked. (40:83)
heavens and earth, He Who made the angels When the Messengers came to them from in front
messengers, with wings–two, three or four. He and from behind, saying, ‘Do not worship any-
adds to creation in any way He wills. Allah has one but Allah’, they said, ‘If our Lord had willed,
power over all things. (35:1) He could have sent angels down, so we reject
If they deny you, Messengers before you were the Message you have been sent with.’ (41:14)
also denied. All matters return to Allah. (35:4) Nothing has been said to you that was not said to
If they deny you, those before them also denied the Messengers before you. Your Lord is the
the truth. Their Messengers came to them with Possessor of forgiveness but also of painful retri-
Clear Signs, and psalms and the Illuminating bution. (41:43)
Book. (35:25) Ask those We sent before you as Our
Each one of them denied the Messengers and so Messengers: Have We ever designated any gods
My punishment was justly carried out. (38:14) to be worshipped besides the All-Merciful?
Those who disbelieve will be driven to Hell in (43:45)
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