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minder for people of intelligence. (40:53-54)  take the Way towards his Lord. (73:19)
         Shall We then deprive you of the Reminder for  We have only appointed angels as masters of the
         being a profligate people? (43:5)  Fire and We have only specified their number as
         It is certainly a reminder to you and to your peo-  a trial for those who disbelieve; so that those who
         ple and you will be questioned. (43:44)  were given the Book might gain in certainty, and
         How shall they be reminded when a clear  those who believe might increase in their faith,
         Messenger has already come to them? (44:13)  and both those who were given the Book and the
         What are they awaiting but for the Hour to come  believers might have no doubt; and so that those
         upon them suddenly? Its Signs have already  with sickness in their hearts and the disbelievers
         come. What good will their Reminder be to them  might say, ‘What did Allah intend by this exam-
         when it does arrive? (47:18)       ple?’ In this way Allah misguides those He wills
         And the earth: how We stretched it out and cast  and guides those He wills. No one knows the le-
         firmly embedded mountains onto it and caused  gions of your Lord but Him. This is nothing but a
         luxuriant plants of every kind to grow in it, an in-  reminder to all human beings. (74:31)
         struction and a reminder for every penitent  What is the matter with them that they run from
         human being. (50:7-8)              the Reminder? (74:49)
         There is a reminder in that for anyone who has a  No indeed! It is truly a reminder to which anyone
         heart, or who listens well, having seen the evi-  who wills may pay heed. (74:54-55)
         dence. (50:37)                     This truly is a Reminder, so whoever wills should
         We know best what they say. You are not a dicta-  take the Way towards his Lord. (76:29)
         tor over them. So remind, with the Qur'an, who-  by those hurling a reminder, (77:5)
         ever fears My Threat. (50:45)      But how do you know? Perhaps he would be pu-
         And remind them, for truly the believers benefit  rified or reminded, and the reminder benefit him.
         from being reminded. (51:55)       (80:3-4)
         Remind them then! For, by the blessing of your  No indeed! Truly it is a reminder, (80:11)
         Lord, you are neither a soothsayer nor a mad-  It is nothing but a Reminder to all the worlds.
         man. (52:29)                       (81:27)
         (They said,) ‘Has the Reminder been given to him  Remind, then, if the reminder benefits. He who
         of all of us? No indeed! He is an impudent liar.’  has fear will be reminded. (87:9-10)
         (54:25)                            So remind them!  You are only a reminder.
         We have made it to be a reminder and a comfort  (88:21)
         for travellers in the wild. (56:73)
         Allah has prepared a terrible punishment for  REMORSE
         them. So have fear of Allah, people of intelli-  Then Allah sent a crow which scratched at the
         gence–those who believe–Allah has sent down a  earth to show him how to conceal his brother’s
         reminder to you. (65:10)           corpse. He said, ‘Woe is me! Can I not even be
         Those who disbelieve all but strike you down  like this crow and conceal my brother’s corpse?’
         with their evil looks when they hear the  And he became one of those who suffer bitter re-
         Reminder and say, ‘He is quite mad.’ (68:51)  morse. (5:31)
         But it is nothing less than a Reminder to all the  If every self that did wrong possessed everything
         worlds. (68:52)                    on earth, it would offer it as a ransom. They will
         When the waters rose We carried you in the ship  show remorse when they see the punishment.
         to make it a reminder for you and something to  Everything will be decided between them justly.
         be retained by retentive ears. (69:11-12)  They will not be wronged. (10:54)
         It (the Qur'an) is a reminder for the heedful.  But they hamstrung her (the she-camel) and
         (69:48)                            woke up full of remorse. (26:157)
         This truly is a reminder, so let anyone who wills  Those deemed weak will say to those deemed
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