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Lord. And they are never far from the wrongdo- to them. They denied My Messengers. And how
ers. (11:82-83) complete was My denial! ( 34:45)
When Our command came, We rescued Shu‘ayb And they say, ‘When will this promise come
and those who believed along with him by a about if you are telling the truth?’(36:48)
mercy from Us. The Great Blast seized hold of How many generations We have destroyed be-
those who did wrong and morning found them fore them! And they cried out when it was too
lying flattened in their homes. (11:94) late to escape. (38:3)
Even if there was a Qur’an which moved moun- The assembly will be routed and will turn their
tains, or split the earth open or spoke to the backs in flight. In fact the Hour is their promised
dead...! On the contrary! The affair is Allah’s al- appointment and the Hour is more disastrous
together. Do those who believe not know that if and bitter! (54:45-46)
Allah had wanted to He could have guided all
mankind? Those who disbelieve will not cease to CALENDAR
be struck by disaster for what they have done–or There have been twelve months with Allah in the
a disaster will happen close to their homes–until Book of Allah, from the day He first created the
Allah’s promise is fulfilled. Allah will not fail to heavens and earth. Four of them are forbidden.
keep His promise. (13:31) That is the True Religion. So do not wrong one an-
So the Great Blast seized hold of them at the other during them. However, fight the idolaters to-
break of day. (15:73) tally just as they fight you totally, and know that
We turned the place completely upside down Allah is with those who guard against evil. (9:36)
and rained down on them stones of hard-baked
clay. (15:74) CALF (ADOPTED AS IDOL)
But the Great Blast seized hold of them in the And when We allotted to Musa forty nights. Then
morning, (15:83) you adopted the Calf when he had gone and you
How many cities We have destroyed which lived were wrongdoers. (2:51)
in insolent ingratitude! There are their houses, And when Musa said to his people, ‘My people,
never again inhabited after them, except a little. You wronged yourselves by adopting the Calf so
It was We who were their Heir. Your Lord would turn towards your Maker and kill yourselves. That
never destroy any cities without first sending to is the best thing for you in your Maker’s sight.’And
the chief of them a Messenger to recite Our Signs He turned towards you. He is the Ever-Returning,
to them. We would never destroy any cities un- the Most Merciful. (2:54)
less their inhabitants were wrongdoers. (28:58- Musa brought you the Clear Signs; then, after he
59) left, you adopted the Calf and were wrongdoers.
They (the inhabitants of the city) said (to Our (2:92)
Messengers), ‘We see an evil omen in you. If you Remember when We made a covenant with you
do not stop we will stone you and you will suffer and lifted up the Mount above your heads: ‘Take
a painful punishment at our hands.’ ( 36:18) hold vigorously of what We have given you and
In fact the Hour is their promised appointment listen.’ They said, ‘We hear and disobey.’ They
and the Hour is more disastrous and bitter! were made to drink the Calf into their hearts be-
(54:46) cause of their disbelief. Say, ‘If you are believers,
We have tried them as We tried the owners of the what an evil thing your faith has made you do.’
garden when they swore that they would harvest (2:93)
in the morning. (68:17) The People of the Book will ask you to bring
So a visitation from your Lord came upon it while down a Book from heaven to them. They asked
they slept. (68:19) Musa for even more than that. They said, ‘Let us
Those before them also denied the truth but these see Allah with our own eyes.’ So the lightning-
people do not have even a tenth of what We gave bolt struck them down for their wrongdoing.
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