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do not stop we will stone you and you will suffer offer it as a ransom to save themselves from the
a painful punishment at our hands.’ (36:18) evil of the punishment on the Day of Rising.
They (Satans) cannot eavesdrop on the Highest What confronts them from Allah will be some-
Assembly and they are stoned from every side, thing they did not reckon with. (39:47)
repelled with harshness–they will suffer eternal Turn to your Lord and submit to Him before pun-
punishment. (37:8-9) ishment comes upon you, for then you cannot be
On that Day they will be partners in the punish- helped. (39:54)
ment. (37:33) Follow the best that has been sent down to you
You will definitely taste the painful punishment from your Lord before the punishment comes
and you will only be repaid for what you did–ex- upon you suddenly when you are not expecting
cept for Allah’s chosen servants. (37:38-40) it; lest anyone should say, ‘Alas for me for ne-
Are they trying to hasten Our punishment? glecting what Allah was due, and being one of
(37:176) the scoffers!’ or lest they should say, ‘If only Allah
(Their leaders went off saying,) ‘Has the had guided me, I would have guarded against
Reminder been sent down to him out of all of evil,’ or lest he should say, when he sees the pun-
us?’ They are in doubt about My Reminder. They ishment, ‘If only I could have another chance so
have yet to taste My punishment. (38:8) that I could be a good-doer!’ (39:55-58)
Each one of them denied the Messengers and so Those who disbelieve will be driven to Hell in
My punishment was justly carried out. (38:14) companies and when they arrive there and its
(We said), ‘Dawud! We have made you a succes- gates are opened its custodians will say to them,
sor on the earth, so judge between people with ‘Did Messengers from yourselves not come to
truth and do not follow your own desires, letting you, reciting your Lord’s Signs to you and warn-
them misguide you from the Way of Allah. Those ing you of the meeting on this Day of yours?’
who are misguided from the Way of Allah will re- They will say, ‘Indeed they did, but the decree of
ceive a harsh punishment because they forgot punishment is justly carried out against the dis-
the Day of Reckoning.’ (38:26) believers.’ (39:71)
They will say, ‘Our Lord, give him who brought Those who bear the Throne, and all those around
this on us double the punishment in the Fire!’ it, glorify their Lord with praise and believe in
(38:61) Him and ask forgiveness for those who believe:
Say: ‘I fear, were I to disobey my Lord, the pun- ‘Our Lord, You encompass everything in mercy
ishment of a Terrible Day.’ (39:13) and knowledge! Forgive those who turn to You
But as for those against whom the decree of and who follow Your Way and safeguard them
Punishment is justly carried out, can you rescue from the punishment of the Blazing Fire.’ (40:7)
those who are in the Fire? (39:19) The Fire, morning and night, to which they are
Those before them also denied the truth and the exposed; and on the Day the Hour takes place:
punishment came upon them from where they ‘Admit Pharaoh’s people to the harshest punish-
did not expect. (39:25) ment!’ (40:46)
So Allah made them taste disgrace in the life of Those in the Fire will say to the custodians of
this world and the punishment of the hereafter is Hell, ‘Call on your Lord to make the punishment
far worse if they only knew. (39:26) less for us for just one day.’ (40:49)
Say: ‘My people, do as you think best; that is So We sent a howling wind against them on dis-
what I am doing. You will soon know who will astrous ill-fated days to make them taste the pun-
receive a punishment which disgraces him and ishment of degradation in this world. And the
will unleash against himself an everlasting pun- punishment of the hereafter is even more degrad-
ishment.’ (39:39-40) ing. And they will not be helped. (41:16)
If those who did wrong owned everything on As for Thamud, We guided them, but they pre-
earth, and the same again with it, they would ferred blindness to guidance. So the lightning-
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