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58 The Struggle of the Messengers

I will allow them more time. My device is sure. (Surat al-
Qalam, 45)
They are hatching a plot. I too am hatching a plot. So bear with
the unbelievers – bear with them for a while. (Surat at-Tariq,
15-17)
Do not imagine that the unbelievers have gotten ahead. They

are quite powerless. (Surat al-Anfal, 59)
He [Noah] began to build the Ark, and every time some nobles

of his people passed by they ridiculed him. He said: "Though
you ridicule us now, we will certainly ridicule you as you do
us. You will soon know who will receive a punishment that
disgraces him and find unleashed against himself an
everlasting punishment." (Surah Hud, 38-39)
Messengers before you were mocked. I gave those who did not
believe a little more time, and then I seized them. How terrible
was My retribution! (Surat ar-Ra'd, 32)
Allah has promised that all such traps set for believers are

doomed to fail. Some verses in which Allah imparts this good
news read:
They desired to trap him, but We made them the losers. (Surat
al-Anbiya', 70)
If anyone wants power, all power belongs to Allah. All good
words rise to Him, and He raises up all virtuous deeds. But
people who plot evil deeds will suffer a harsh punishment.

Their plotting is profitless. (Surah Fatir, 10)
Or do they desire to dupe you? But the duped ones are the
unbelievers. (Surat at-Tur, 42)