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them. They will have a painful punishment. preceded by other Messengers. If he were to die
(5:36) or be killed, would you turn on your heels?
If every self that did wrong possessed everything Those who turn on their heels do not harm Allah
on earth, it would offer it as a ransom. They will in any way. Allah will recompense the thankful.
show remorse when they see the punishment. (3:144)
Everything will be decided between them justly. No self can die except with Allah’s permission, at
They will not be wronged. (10:54) a predetermined time. If anyone desires the re-
Those who respond to their Lord will receive the ward of this world, We will give him some of it. If
best. But as for those who do not respond to Him, anyone desires the reward of the hereafter, We
even if they owned everything on the earth and will give him some of it. We will recompense the
the same again with it, they would offer it as a thankful. (3:145)
ransom. They will receive an evil Reckoning. We gave him Ishaq and Ya‘qub, each of whom
Their shelter will be Hell. What an evil resting- We guided. And before him We had guided Nuh.
place! (13:18) And among his descendants were Dawud and
We ransomed him (Ibrahim) with a mighty sacri- Sulayman, and Ayyub, Yusuf, Musa and Harun.
fice. (37:107) That is how We recompense the good-doers.
If those who did wrong owned everything on (6:84)
earth, and the same again with it, they would Say: ‘Is that better, or the Garden of Eternal Life
offer it as a ransom to save themselves from the which has been promised to those who guard
evil of the punishment on the Day of Rising. against evil? That is their recompense and desti-
What confronts them from Allah will be some- nation.’ (25:15)
thing they did not reckon with. (39:47) And when he reached his full strength and matu-
Therefore when you meet those who disbelieve rity, We gave him judgement and knowledge.
strike their necks. Then when you have deci- That is how We recompense good-doers. (28:14)
mated them, tie their bonds tightly and set them So that Allah might recompense the truthful for
free or ransom them, until the war is finally over. their truth and punish the hypocrites, if He wills,
That is how it is to be. If Allah willed, He could or turn towards them. Allah is Ever-Forgiving,
avenge Himself on them. But it is so that He can Most Merciful. (33:24)
test some of you by means of others. As for those This is so that He may recompense those who
who fight in the Way of Allah, He will not let believe and do right actions. They will have for-
their actions go astray. (47:4) giveness and generous provision. (34:4)
So today no ransom will be accepted from you or It is not your wealth or your children that will
from those who disbelieved. Your refuge is the bring you near to Us–only in the case of people
Fire. It is your master. What an evil destination!’ who believe and act rightly; such people will
(57:15 ) have a double recompense for what they did.
(On that Day) no good friend will ask about his They will be safe from all harm in the High Halls
friend even though they can see each other. An of Paradise. (34:37)
evildoer will wish he could ransom himself from That is how we recompense the good-doers.
the punishment of that Day, by means of his sons, (37:80)
or his wife or his brother or his family who shel- We called out to him, ‘Ibrahim! You have dis-
tered him or everyone else on earth, if that only charged your vision.’ That is how We recom-
meant that he could save himself. (70:10-14) pense good-doers. (37:104-105)
That is how We recompense good-doers.
RASUL (SEE MESSENGER) (37:110)
That is how We recompense good-doers.
RECOMPENSATION (37:121,131)
Muhammad is only a Messenger and he has been They will have anything they wish for with their
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