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When you divorce women and they are near the effort, and deride them, Allah derides them. They
end of their waiting period, then either retain will have a painful punishment. (9:79)
them with correctness and courtesy or release If We postpone the punishment for them for a
them with correctness and courtesy. Do not re- limited time, they will say, ‘What is holding it
tain them by force, thus overstepping the limits. back?’ No, indeed! The day it reaches them it
Anyone who does that has wronged himself. Do will not be averted from them and the things they
not make a mockery of Allah’s Signs. Remember mocked at will encompass them. (11:8)
Allah’s blessing to you and the Book and Messengers before you were mocked. I gave
Wisdom He has sent down to you to admonish those who disbelieved a little more time and then
you. Have fear of Allah and know that Allah has I seized them. How terrible was My retribution!
knowledge of all things. (2:231) (13:32)
It has been sent down to you in the Book that No Messenger came to them without their mock-
when you hear Allah’s Signs being rejected and ing him. (15:11)
mocked at by people, you must not sit with them We are enough for you against the mockers.
till they start talking of other things. If you do you (15:95)
are just the same as them. Allah will gather all The evil actions they did assailed them. They
the hypocrites and disbelievers into Hell. (4:140) were engulfed by what they mocked. (16:34)
You who believe! Do not take as friends any of We only send the Messengers to bring good news
those who who make a mockery and a game out and to give warning. Those who disbelieve use
of your religion among the ones who were given fallacious arguments to deny the truth. They
the Book before you or the disbelievers. Have make a mockery of My Signs and also of the
fear of Allah if you are believers. (5:57) warning they were given. (18:56)
When you call to prayer they make a mockery That is their repayment–Hell–because they dis-
and a game of it. That is because they are people believed and made a mockery of My Signs and of
who do not use their intellect. (5:58) My Messengers. (18:106)
They deny the truth each time it comes to them When those who disbelieve see you, they only
but news of what they were mocking will cer- make a mockery out of you: ‘Is this the one who
tainly reach them. (6:5) makes mention of your gods?’ Yet they disown
Messengers before you were also mocked, but any mention of the All-Merciful. (21:36)
those who jeered were engulfed by what they Messengers before you were also mocked, but
mocked. (6:10) those who jeered were engulfed by what they
When you see people engrossed in mockery of mocked. (21:41)
Our Signs, turn from them until they start to talk (Their Lord will say,) ‘But you made a mockery of
of other things. And if Satan should ever cause them so that they made you forget to remember
you to forget, once you remember, do not stay Me while you were laughing at them.’ (23:110)
sitting with the wrongdoers. (6:68) When they see you they only make a mockery of
The hypocrites are afraid that a sura may be sent you: ‘Is this the one Allah has sent as a
down about them, informing them of what is in Messenger?’ (25:41)
their hearts. Say: ‘Go on mocking! Allah will ex- They have denied the truth, but the news of what
pose everything you are afraid of.’ (9:64) they mocked will certainly come to them. (26:6)
If you ask them they will say, ‘We were only jok- Then the final fate of those who did evil will be
ing and playing around.’ Say: ‘Would you make a the Worst because they denied Allah’s Signs and
mockery of Allah and of His Signs and of His mocked at them. (30:10)
Messenger?’ (9:65) But there are some people who trade in distract-
As for the people who find fault with those be- ing tales to misguide people from Allah’s Way
lievers who give charity spontaneously, and with knowing nothing about it and to make a mockery
those who can find nothing to give but their own of it. Such people will have a humiliating punish-
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