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Allah Warns Humanity With the Qur'an
did you not swear to Me before that you would never
meet your downfall?" (Surah Ibrahim: 44)
He (Allah) will say: "Do not argue in My Presence.
Indeed, I gave you advance warning of the Threat. My
Word, once given, is not subject to change, and I do not
wrong My servants." On the Day He says to Hell: "Are
you full?" It will ask: "Are there no more to come?" (Surah
Qaf: 28-30)
Those who disbelieve say: "We will never believe in this
Qur'an, nor in what came before it." If only you could see
when the wrongdoers, standing in the presence of their
Lord, cast accusations back and forth at one another!
Those deemed weak will say to those deemed great,
"Were it not for you, we would have been believers!"
(Surah Saba: 31)
Once they are engulfed by torment, there will be no salvation
for those who turned their faces from the Qur'an's admonitions.
They will repent when they see the Angels of Death coming for
them. However, such a great regret will not benefit them, for
these people chose the path of disbelief when the Messengers
communicated Allah's message. One verse reads:
They will shout out in it: "Our Lord! Take us out! We will
act rightly, differently from the way we used to act!" Did
We not let you live long enough for anyone who was
going to pay heed to pay heed? And did not the Warner
come to you? Taste it then! There is no helper for the
wrongdoers. (Surah Fatir: 37)
Believers who spend every moment of their lives to earn
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