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top of their punishment because of the corrup- Your Lord is the Ever-Forgiving, the Possessor of
tion they brought about. (16:88) Mercy. If He had taken them to task for what they
Do not make your oaths a means of deceiving have earned, He would have hastened their pun-
one another or your foot will slip after it was ishment. Instead, they have a promised appoint-
firmly placed and you will taste evil for barring ment and they will not find any refuge from it.
access to the Way of Allah and you will have a (18:58)
terrible punishment. (16:94) He (Dhu’l-Qarnayn) said, ‘As for those who do
As for those who do not believe in Allah’s Signs, wrong, we will punish them and then they will
Allah will not guide them and they will have a be returned to their Lord and He will punish
painful punishment. (16:104) them with a dreadful punishment.’ (18:87)
Those who reject Allah after having believed–ex- (Ibrahim said,) ‘Father, I am afraid that a punish-
cept for someone forced to do it whose heart re- ment from the All-Merciful will afflict you, and
mains at rest in its faith–but as for those whose turn you into a comrade of Satan.’ (19:45)
breasts become dilated with disbelief, anger from Say: ‘As for those who are astray, let the All-
Allah will come down on them. They will have a Merciful prolong their term until they see what
terrible punishment. (16:106) they were promised, whether it be the punish-
A Messenger from among them came to them but ment or the Hour. Then they will know who is in
they denied him. So the punishment seized them the worse position and has the weaker troops.’
and they were wrongdoers. (16:113) (19:75)
Do not say about what your lying tongues de- No indeed! We will write down what he says and
scribe: ‘This is lawful and this is forbidden,’ in- prolong the punishment for him. (19:79)
venting lies against Allah. Those who invent lies So do not try to hasten their punishment. We are
against Allah are not successful–a brief enjoy- simply counting out the number of their days.
ment, then they will have a painful punishment. (19:84)
(16:116-117) (Allah said to Musa, ‘Go to him and say,) "It has
But as for those who do not believe in the here- been revealed to us that punishment is for him
after, We have prepared for them a painful pun- who denies the truth and turns away."’ (20:48)
ishment. (17:10) Musa said to them, ‘Woe to you! Do not fabricate
Those they call on are themselves seeking the lies against Allah or He will annihilate you with
means by which they might approach their His punishment. Fabricators of lies are bound to
Lord–even those who are the closest to Him–and fail.’ (20:61)
are hoping for His mercy and fearing his punish- Pharaoh said, ‘Do you believe in him before I
ment. The punishment of your Lord is truly some- have authorised you? He is your chief, the one
thing to be feared. (17:57) who taught you magic. I will cut off your hands
There is no city We will not destroy before the and feet alternately and have you crucified on
Day of Rising, or punish with a terrible punish- palm trunks. Then you will know for certain
ment. That is inscribed in the Book. (17:58) which of us has the harsher and longer lasting
Then We would have let you taste a double pun- punishment.’ (20:71)
ishment in life and a double punishment in That is how We repay anyone who is profligate
death. You would not have found any helper and does not believe in the Signs of his Lord. And
against Us. (17:75) the punishment of the hereafter is much harsher
When guidance came to the people nothing pre- and longer lasting. (20:127)
vented them from believing and asking for for- If We had destroyed them with a punishment be-
giveness from their Lord but the fact that the fore this, they would have said, ‘Our Lord, why
pattern of previous peoples did not happen to did You not send us a Messenger, so we could
them or that the punishment did not appear be- follow Your Signs before we were humbled and
fore their eyes. (18:55) disgraced?’ (20:134)
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