He Asks, "When is the Day of Judgement?" So Say, "Did God Not Destroy the Former Peoples of Noah and Sodom? Then He will Destroy the Later Ones"
For God Made them a Precedent and an Example for the Later Peoples, for there is an Appointed Term for the Destruction of Every City and Nation that has Wronged
75:6, Qur'an
[So] he asks, "When is the Day of Resurrection?
77:14 - 17, Qur'an
And what can make you know what the Day of [Judgement] is?" [So say,] "Woe to the deniers that Day. Did We not destroy the former [peoples]? Then We will follow them with the later ones -
[2 Ezra 2:8 - 9], Torah
[For] remember what I did to Sodom and Gomorrah, you wicked people; whose land lies in clods of pitch and heaps of ashes; even so will I also do to those who do not hear Me," the Almighty Lord says -
11:82 - 83, Qur'an
[For] when Our command came, We made the highest part [of Sodom] its lowest and rained stones of layered hard clay upon them, [which were] marked from your Lord. And [God's punishment] is not far from the wrongdoers.
43:55 - 56, Qur'an
And when [Pharaoh and the Egyptians] angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all. And We made them a precedent and an example for the later [peoples] -
18:58 - 59, Qur'an
[But] your Lord is the Forgiving, full of mercy. If He were to impose blame upon them for what they earned, He would have hastened the punishment for them. Rather, there is an appointment for them from which they will never find an escape. [For] We [also] made an appointed time for the destruction [of] those cities [of the former peoples] - [and] We destroyed them when they wronged.
51:59 - 60, Qur'an
[So] indeed, there is a portion [of punishment] for those who have wronged like the portion of their predecessors, so do not let them impatiently urge Me. And woe to those who have disbelieved from their Day which they are promised -
33:61 - 62, Qur'an
[For they will be] accursed wherever they are found, [being] seized and massacred completely. [This is the established] way of God with those who passed on before; and you will not find any change in the way of God.
The Established Way of God for those We had Sent Before you of Our Messengers
There has Already been an Excellent Pattern for you in them for Anyone whose Hope is in God and the Last Day
The Established Way of God
[1] Noah Warned Before the Flood
[2] Hud Warned 'Aad
[3] Salih Warned Thamud
[4] Abraham Warned Haran
[5] Lot Warned Sodom
[6] Shu'ayb Warned Midian
[7] Moses Warned Pharaoh
Seven of the Often Repeated Narrations
Jeremiah and the Prophets Warned Jerusalem
God will Punish Babylon and that Nation
Jesus and his Disciples Warned Israel
Jerusalem was Trodden Down by the Gentiles
He will Come and Destroy those Wicked Men
We will Save Our Messengers
Muhammad Warned Mecca
Muhammad was Ridiculed
The Disbelievers Plotted to Kill or Evict them
Muhammad was Saved by God
Mecca was Destroyed
How Many Cities are Now Fallen into Ruin?
There is a Messenger for Every Nation
The Mockers Say, "Legends of the Former Peoples"
They will Cast those who Fear God out of their Houses
This is the Day of Judgement
The Established Way of God for those We had Sent Before you of Our Messengers, you will Not Find Any Alteration in Our Way:
1. God sent a messenger from themselves to warn them of their destruction just as He destroyed the former peoples
2. Those who disbelieved denied and ridiculed their messenger
3. Every nation intended to seize, kill, or evict their messenger
4. The messenger and those who believed were saved by God, and the criminals were destroyed
5. Then God brought forth a generation of others after them and sent His messengers in succession, until He made you successors in the land
1. God Sent a Messenger from themselves to Warn them of their Destruction, just as God Destroyed the Former Peoples
53:50 - 54, Qur'an
[For] He destroyed the first [people of] 'Aad and Thamud - and He did not spare [them] -and the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing. And He hurled down the overturned towns and covered them by that which He covered.
15:78 - 79, Qur'an
And the companions of the thicket were [also] wrongdoers. So We took retribution from them, and indeed, both [cities] are on a clear highway.
7:173 - 174, Qur'an
Or [unless] you should say, "It was only that our fathers associated [others] with God before, and we were only descendants after them. Then would You destroy us for what the falsifiers have done?" And thus, We [explain] the verses [in detail], and perhaps they will return.
6:48 - 49, Qur'an
[For] We do not send the messengers except as bringers of good news and warners. So whoever believes and reforms - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve. But those who deny Our verses - the punishment will touch them for their defiant disobedience.
2. Those who Disbelieved Ridiculed the Messenger
15:10 - 13, Qur'an
We had certainly sent [messengers] before you among the sects of the former [peoples]. [But] no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him. Thus, We insert denial into the hearts of the criminals. They will not believe in it, while the precedent of the former [peoples] has already occurred -
3. Every Nation Intended to Seize their Messenger
86:15 - 16, Qur'an
[So] indeed, they are [also] planning a plan, but I am planning a plan. So allow time for the disbelievers. Leave them awhile.
17:76 - 77, Qur'an
[For] indeed, they were about to scare you from the land to evict you therefrom. And then when they do, they will not remain there after you, except for a little. [That is Our established] way for those We had sent before you of Our messengers; and you will not find any alteration in Our way -
4. The Messenger and those who Believed were Saved by God, and the Wrongdoers were Destroyed
27:50 - 51, Qur'an
And [thus, the disbelievers] planned a plan, and We planned a plan, while they did not perceive. Then look at how the outcome of their plan was - that We destroyed them and their people, all.
Psalms 37:38 - 40, Torah
[For] the transgressors will be destroyed together, the end of the wicked will be cut off. But the salvation of the righteous [is] of the Lord, [He is] their strength in the time of trouble. And the Lord will help them, and deliver them, He will deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in Him.
2 Peter 2:5 - 7, Gospel
And [thus, God] did not spare the old world, but saved Noah, the eighth [generation], a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned [them] with an overthrow, making [them] an example to those who after should live ungodly; and [God] delivered the just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked.
5. Then God Brought Forth a Generation of Others After them and Sent His Messengers in Succession, until He Made you Successors in the Land
Noah Warned Before the Flood
1. Noah Warned his People
Genesis 6:11 - 13, Torah
[For] the earth was also corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted His way upon the earth. And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth."
11:25 - 26, Qur'an
And [thus] We had certainly sent Noah to his people, saying, "Indeed, I am a clear warner to you, that you do not serve [anything] except God. Indeed, I fear the punishment for you on a painful day.
71:3 - 4, Qur'an
[So] serve God, fear Him and obey me. He will forgive your sins and delay you for a specified term. Indeed, when the term [set by] God comes, it will not be delayed, if you only knew.
71:10, Qur'an
[So] ask forgiveness from your Lord. Indeed, He is the Perpetual Forgiver -
2. Noah was Ridiculed
71:5 - 8, Qur'an
[So Noah] said, "My Lord, indeed I invited my people [to You] night and day. But my invitation did not increase them in [anything] except flight. And indeed, every time I invited them so that You may forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, covered themselves with their garments, persisted, and were arrogant with great arrogance. Then I invited them publicly."
11:38 - 39, Qur'an
And [so] he constructed the ark, and whenever an assembly of the eminent of his people passed by him, they ridiculed him. He said, "If you ridicule us, then we will ridicule you just as you ridicule. And you are going to know who will get a punishment that will disgrace him [on earth] and upon whom an enduring punishment will descend [in the Hereafter]."
3. Noah was Threatened to be Stoned
26:117, Qur'an
He said, "My Lord, indeed my people have denied me.
71:22 - 24, Qur'an
And they conspired an immense conspiracy. And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwa or Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.' And they have already misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers in [anything] except error.
4. Noah was Saved, his People were Destroyed
54:11 - 12, Qur'an
[So] We opened the gates of the heaven with water pouring down and caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.
[Book of Jasher 6:19 - 20], Torah
And Noah, with a loud voice, answered them from the ark, saying, "Have you not all rebelled against the Lord, and said that He does not exist? And therefore the Lord brought this evil upon you, to destroy and cut you off from the face of the earth. Is this not the thing that I spoke to you one hundred and twenty years back, and you would not listen to the voice of the Lord, and now you desire to live upon earth?"
40:84 - 85, Qur'an
And [thus,] when they saw Our punishment, they said, "We believe in God alone and disbelieve in that which we used to associate [with Him]." But their faith never benefited them once they saw Our punishment. [It is the established] way of God which has preceded among His servants. And the disbelievers thereupon lost -
54:13 - 17, Qur'an
[For] We carried him on a construction of slabs and nails, sailing under Our eyes as a reward for he who had been denied. And We left it as a sign, so are there any who will remember? And how severe were My punishment and warning. And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so are there any who will remember?
Hud Warned 'Aad
1. Hud Warned his People
26:126 - 131, Qur'an
So fear God and obey me. And I do not ask you for any payment for it. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds. Do you construct a sign on every elevation, amusing yourselves, and take fortresses for yourselves so that you might abide eternally? And when you strike, you strike as tyrants. So fear God and obey me.
7:68 - 69, Qur'an
[For] I convey the messages of my Lord to you, and I am a trustworthy adviser to you. Then do you wonder that a reminder has come to you from your Lord through a man from among you, so that he may warn you? And remember when He made you successors after the people of Noah and increased you in creation extensively. So remember the favors of God so that you might succeed.
2. Hud was Ridiculed
26:136 - 138, Qur'an
[For] they said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not among the advisors. This is nothing but the custom of the former [peoples], and we are not to be punished."
3. Hud was Threatened to be Driven out of the Land
14:11 - 12, Qur'an
[So] their messengers said to them, "We are only men like you, but God confers favor upon whomever He wills of His servants. It has never been for us to bring you an authority except by permission of God. And let the believers trust in God. And why should we not trust in God while He has guided us to our [good] ways? And we will surely be patient against whatever harm you should cause us. And let those who would trust [indeed] trust in God."
14:13 - 15, Qur'an
[But] those who disbelieved said to their messengers, "We will surely drive you out of our land, or you must return to our religion." So their Lord inspired to them, "We will surely destroy the wrongdoers. And We will surely cause you to dwell in the land after them. That is for he who fears My position and fears My threat." And they requested victory [from God], and [therefore], every obstinate tyrant was disappointed.
4. Hud was Saved, 'Aad was Destroyed
46:24 - 25, Qur'an
[But] when they saw it as a cloud approaching their valleys, they said, "This is a cloud bringing us rain!" Rather, it is that which you were impatient for: a wind, within it [is] a painful punishment, destroying everything by command of its Lord. And they became so that nothing was seen [of them] except their dwellings. Thus, We recompense the criminal people.
Salih Warned Thamud
1. Salih Warned his People
54:23, Qur'an
Thamud denied the warning -
26:142 - 145, Qur'an
When their brother Salih said to them, "Will you not fear [God]? Indeed, I am a trustworthy messenger to you. So fear God and obey me. And I do not ask you for any payment for it. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.
26:151 - 152, Qur'an
And do not obey the order of the transgressors, who cause corruption in the land and do not amend."
2. Salih was Ridiculed
26:153 - 154, Qur'an
They said, "You are only among those affected by magic. You are nothing but a man like ourselves, so bring a sign, if you should be among the truthful."
54:24 - 25, Qur'an
[But] Thamud said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness. Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."
3. Salih was Threatened to be Killed
27:48 - 50, Qur'an
And there were nine family heads in the city causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs]. They said, "Take a mutual oath by God that we will kill [Salih] by night, him and his family. Then we will say to his protector, 'We did not witness the destruction of his family, and indeed, we are truthful.'" And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan, while they did not perceive.
4. Salih was Saved, Thamud was Destroyed
26:155 - 156, Qur'an
[So Salih] said, "This is a she-camel. There is a drink for her, and there is a drink for you, [each] on a known day. And do not touch her with harm, unless you should be seized by the punishment of a terrible day."
7:77 - 78, Qur'an
So they hamstrung the she-camel and were insolent toward the command of their Lord and said, "O Salih, bring us what you promise us, if you should be among the messengers." So the earthquake seized them, and they became [corpses] fallen prone within their homes.
27:51 - 53, Qur'an
Then look at how the outcome of their plan was - that We destroyed them and their people, all. So those are their houses, in ruins because of the wrong they had done. Indeed there is a sign in that for people who know. [But] We saved those who believed and used to fear [God] -
Abraham Warned Haran
1. Abraham Warned his Father and his People
29:16 - 18, Qur'an
[And thus] We sent Abraham, [and] he said to his people, "Serve God and fear Him. That is best for you, if you should know. You only serve idols besides God, and you produce a falsehood. Indeed, those you serve besides God do not possess provision for you. So seek provision from God and serve Him and be grateful to Him. You will be returned to Him. And if you deny - nations before you have already denied. And there is no [duty] upon the messenger except clear notification."
2. Abraham was Ridiculed
19:42 - 43, Qur'an
When he said to his father, "O my father, why do you serve that which does not hear and does not see and will not benefit you at all? O my father, indeed knowledge has come to me which has not come to you, so follow me; I will guide you to an even path."
3. Abraham was Threatened to be Stoned and Burned
21:57 - 58, Qur'an
[But] by God, I will surely plan against your idols after you have turned and gone away." So he made [their idols] into fragments, except a large one among them, so that they might return to it [and question].
21:59, Qur'an
They said, "Who has done this to our gods? Indeed, he is among the wrongdoers."
21:63 - 65, Qur'an
He said, "Rather, this - the largest of them - did it, so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak." So they returned to [blaming] themselves and said [to each other], "Indeed, you are the wrongdoers." Then they reversed themselves, [saying], "You have already known that these do not speak!"
21:66 - 67, Qur'an
He said, "Then do you serve [something] instead of God which does not benefit you at all or harm you? Uff to you and to what you serve instead of God. Then will you not use reason?
[Book of Jasher 11:58 - 59], Torah
Do you not know, or have you not heard, that this evil which you do, our ancestors sinned therein in the days of old, and the Eternal God brought the waters of the flood upon them and destroyed them all, and also destroyed the whole earth on their account? And will you and your people rise up now and do like this work, in order to bring down the anger of the Lord God of the [worlds], and to bring evil upon you and the whole earth? Now therefore put away this evil deed which you do, and serve the God of the [worlds], as your soul is in His hands, and then it will be well with you."
21:68, Qur'an
They said, "Burn him and support your gods - if you are to act."
37:97, Qur'an
[So his people] said, "Construct a furnace for him and throw him into the 'Hellfire.'"
4. Abraham was Saved, his People were Destroyed
21:69, Qur'an
[For] God said, "O fire, be coolness and peace upon Abraham."
21:70, Qur'an
[And] so they intended harm for him, but We made them the greatest in loss.
Genesis 11:32 - 12:1, Torah
And [thus] the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran. Now the Lord had said to Abraham, "Get out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house, to a land that I will show you."
21:71, Qur'an
[Whereby] We delivered him and Lot to the land which We had blessed for the worlds.
Lot Warned Sodom
1. Lot Warned his People
54:33, Qur'an
The people of Lot denied the warning -
Genesis 13:13, Torah
[For] the men of Sodom [were] wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly -
26:161 - 162, Qur'an
[So] their brother Lot said to [his people], "Will you not fear [God]? Indeed, I am a trustworthy messenger to you -
26:163, Qur'an
So fear God and obey me.
2. Lot was Ridiculed
Genesis 19:4 - 5, Torah
But before they laid down [that night], the men of the city, [even] the men of Sodom, encompassed the house, both old and young, all the people from every quarter. And they called to Lot, and said to him, "Where [are] the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, so that we may know them."
15:68 - 69, Qur'an
Lot said, "Indeed, these are my guests, so do not shame me. And fear God and do not disgrace me."
15:70, Qur'an
They said, "Did we not forbid you from the world?"
3. Lot was Threatened to be Evicted
Genesis 19:6 - 7, Torah
[Then] Lot went out at the door to them, and shut the door after him, and said, "Please brethren, do not do so wickedly."
Genesis 19:10 - 11, Torah
But the men [the angels] put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut the door. And they struck the men [of Sodom] who [were] at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
4. Lot was Saved, Sodom was Destroyed
54:36 - 38, Qur'an
[Thus] Lot had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning. And they had sought to seduce his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning." And an abiding punishment came upon them by early morning -
Genesis 19:23 - 25, Torah
[And so] when the sun had risen upon the earth, Lot entered into Zoar. Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire upon Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens; and He overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
[2 Ezra 2:8 - 9], Torah
"[For] remember what I did to Sodom and Gomorrah, you wicked people; whose land lies in clods of pitch and heaps of ashes; even so will I also do to those who do not hear Me," the Almighty Lord says.
Luke 17:32, Gospel
[So] remember Lot's wife -
Genesis 19:26, Torah
[For] his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
29:35, Qur'an
And We have certainly left it as a sign of clear evidence for a people who use reason.
Shu'ayb Warned Midian
1. Shu'ayb Warned his People
7:86 - 87, Qur'an
And do not sit on every path, threatening and averting those from the way of God who believe in Him, seeking to make it [seem] deviant. And remember when you were few and He increased you. And look at how the end was for the corrupters. And if there should be a group among you who has believed in that which I have been sent with and a group that has not believed, then be patient until God judges between us. And He is the best of judges."
2. Shu'ayb was Ridiculed
26:177 - 180, Qur'an
[So] Shu'ayb said to them, "Will you not fear [God]? Indeed, I am a trustworthy messenger to you. So fear God and obey me. And I do not ask you for any payment for it. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds."
26:185 - 187, Qur'an
[But] they said, "You are only among those affected by magic. You are nothing but a man like ourselves, and indeed, we think you are among the liars. So cause fragments of the heaven to fall upon us, if you should be among the truthful."
11:89 - 90, Qur'an
[So] Shu'ayb said, "O my people, do not let my dissension cause you to sin, unless you should be struck by that similar to what struck the people of Noah or the people of Hud or the people of Salih. And the people of Lot are not far away from you. And ask forgiveness from your Lord and then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is Merciful and Affectionate."
3. Shu'ayb was Threatened to be Evicted
11:85 - 86, Qur'an
[So] O my people, give full measure and weight in justice and do not deprive the people of their due and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption. What remains from God is best for you if you are believers. But I am not a guardian over you."
4. Shu'ayb was Saved, Midian was Destroyed
11:94 - 95, Qur'an
[So] when Our command came, We saved Shu'ayb and those who believed with him by mercy from Us. And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became [corpses] fallen prone within their homes as if they had never prospered therein. Then, away with Midian as Thamud was taken away.
7:92 - 93, Qur'an
[And thus,] those who denied Shu'ayb - it was as though they had never prospered there. Those who denied Shu'ayb - it was they who were in loss. And he turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed the messages of my Lord to you and advised you, so how could I grieve for a disbelieving people?"
Moses Warned Pharaoh
1. Moses Warned his People
54:41, Qur'an
And warning certainly came to the people of Pharaoh -
Exodus 3:9 - 10, Torah
[When God said,] "Now therefore, behold, the cry of the Children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the oppression whereby the Egyptians oppress them. Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring forth My people, the Children of Israel out of Egypt.
20:44, Qur'an
And speak to him with gentle speech so that perhaps he may be reminded or fear [God].
20:47 - 48, Qur'an
So go to him and say, 'Indeed, we are messengers of your Lord, so send the Children of Israel with us and do not torment them. We have come with a sign to you from your Lord. And peace will be upon he who follows the guidance. Indeed, it has been revealed to us that the punishment will be upon whoever denies and turns away.'"
2. Moses was Ridiculed
43:46 - 47, Qur'an
[So] We certainly sent Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, and he said, "Indeed, I am the messenger of the Lord of the worlds." But when he brought them Our signs, at once they laughed at them.
26:23 - 24, Qur'an
Pharaoh said, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?" [Moses] said, "The Lord of the heavens and earth and that between them, if you should be convinced."
26:25 - 29, Qur'an
[Pharaoh] said to those around him, "Do you not hear?" [Moses] said, "Your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers." [Pharaoh] said, "Indeed, your 'messenger' who has been sent to you is possessed [by devils of jinn]." [Moses] said, "Lord of the east and the west and that between them, if you were to reason." [Pharaoh] said, "If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned."
43:51 - 54, Qur'an
[So] Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does the kingdom of Egypt not [belong] to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see? Or am I not better than this one who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear? Then why have bracelets of gold not been placed upon him or angels come with him in conjunction?" So he persuaded his people to make light [of Moses], and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient of God.
7:130 - 131, Qur'an
[So] We certainly seized the people of Pharaoh with years of famine and a deficiency in fruits so that perhaps they would be reminded. But when good came to them, they said, "This is ours [by right]." And if a bad [condition] struck them, they saw an evil omen in Moses and those with him. Unquestionably, their fortune is with God, but most of them do not know.
7:132 - 133, Qur'an
And they said, "No matter what sign you bring us with which to bewitch us, we will not be believers in you." So We sent the flood upon them, and locusts and lice and frogs and blood as distinct signs, but they were arrogant and were a criminal people.
3. Moses was Threatened to be Killed
40:28 - 29, Qur'an
[But] a believing man from the family of Pharaoh who concealed his faith said, "Do you kill a man [merely] because he says, 'My Lord is God' while he has brought you clear proofs from your Lord? And if he should be lying, then his lie [will be] upon himself; but if he should be truthful, some of what he promises you will strike you. Indeed, God does not guide one who is a transgressor and a liar. O my people, the kingdom is yours today, [you are] dominant in the land. But who would protect us from the punishment of God if it came to us?" Pharaoh said, "I do not show you [anything] except what I see, and I do not guide you [anywhere] except to the way of right conduct."
40:30 - 31, Qur'an
And he who believed said, "O my people, indeed I fear [a fate] for you like the day of the companies - like the custom of the people of Noah and of 'Aad and Thamud and those after them. And God wants no injustice for [His] servants."
7:123 - 124, Qur'an
[But] Pharaoh said, "You believed in him before I gave you permission. Indeed, this is a conspiracy which you conspired in the city to expel its people therefrom. But you are going to know. I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides; then I will surely crucify you all."
26:53 - 56, Qur'an
[So] Pharaoh sent gatherers amongst the cities and said, "Indeed, those are only a small band, and indeed, they are enraging us, and indeed, we are a cautious society..."
4. Moses was Saved, Pharaoh was Destroyed
10:90 - 92, Qur'an
[So] We took the Children of Israel across the sea, and Pharaoh and his soldiers pursued them in tyranny and enmity until, when drowning overtook him, he said, "I believe that there is no god except that in whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am among those in submission [to God]." Now? And you had disobeyed [Him] before and were among the corrupters? So today We will save you in body [through mummification], so that you may be a sign to those who succeed you. And indeed, many among the people are heedless of Our signs -
Psalms 106:7 - 8, Torah
[For] our fathers did not understand Your wonders in Egypt; they did not remember the multitude of Your mercies; but provoked [Him] at the sea, [even] at the Red Sea. Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake, so that He might make His mighty power to be known -
Psalms 106:9 - 11, Torah
[For] He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up, so He led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. And He saved them from the hand of him who hated [them], and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. And the waters covered their enemies; not one of them was left.
43:55, Qur'an
[For] when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.
44:25 - 27, Qur'an
And how many gardens and springs did they leave behind, and [also] noble sites [of pyramids] and crops and comfort wherein they were amused?
43:56, Qur'an
[Thus,] We made them a precedent and an example for the later [peoples].
We have Certainly Given you Seven of the Often Repeated [Narrations] and the Great Qur'an
We Sent Our Messengers - Noah [1], Hud [2], Salih [3], Abraham [4], Lot [5], Shu'ayb [6], and Moses [7] - then Made them [Seven Often Repeated] Narrations
23:42 - 44, Qur'an
Then We produced other generations after them. No nation will precede its term, nor will they delay it. Then We sent Our messengers in succession. Every time a messenger came to his nation, they denied him, so We made them follow one another [to destruction], and We made them narrations. So away with a people who do not believe.
22:42 - 44, Qur'an
[But] if they deny you [O Muhammad], - so did the people of Noah [1] and 'Aad [2] and Thamud [3] deny [their prophets] before them, and the people of Abraham [4] and the people of Lot [5] and the companions of Midian [6]. And Moses [7] was denied, so I prolonged enjoyment for the disbelievers; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My reproach.
26:103 - 106, Qur'an
[So] indeed there is a sign in that, but most of them are not believers. And indeed, your Lord - He is the Almighty, the Merciful. The people of Noah [1] denied the messengers, when their brother Noah said to them, "Will you not fear [God]?"
26:121 - 124, Qur'an
Indeed there is a sign in that, but most of them are not believers. And indeed, your Lord - He is the Almighty, the Merciful. 'Aad [2] denied the messengers, when their brother Hud said to them, "Will you not fear [God]?"
26:139 - 142, Qur'an
[But] they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed there is a sign in that, but most of them are not believers. And indeed, your Lord - He is the Almighty, the Merciful. Thamud [3] denied the messengers, when their brother Salih said to them, "Will you not fear [God]?"
26:67 - 70, Qur'an
Indeed there is a sign in that, but most of them are not believers. And indeed, your Lord - He is the Almighty, the Merciful. And recite the news of Abraham [4] to them, when he said to his father and his people, "What do you serve?"
26:158 - 161, Qur'an
[But they denied him, so] the punishment seized them. Indeed there is a sign in that, but most of them are not believers. And indeed, your Lord - He is the Almighty, the Merciful. The people of Lot [5] denied the messengers, when their brother Lot said to them, "Will you not fear [God]?"
26:174 - 177, Qur'an
Indeed there is a sign in that, but most of them are not believers. And indeed, your Lord - He is the Almighty, the Merciful. The companions of the thicket [6] denied the messengers, when Shu'ayb said to them, "Will you not fear [God]?"
26:8 - 11, Qur'an
Indeed there is a sign in that, but most of them are not believers. And indeed, your Lord - He is the Almighty, the Merciful. And when your Lord called Moses [7], [saying], "Go to the wrongdoing people - the people of Pharaoh. Will they not fear [God]?"
26:190 - 191, Qur'an
Indeed there is a sign in that, but most of them are not believers. And indeed, your Lord - He is the Almighty, the Merciful.
Jeremiah and the Prophets Warned Jerusalem
1. Jeremiah Warned his People
Jeremiah 7:25 - 28, Torah
"Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt to this day I have even sent all My servants to you, the prophets, rising up early and sending [them] daily. Yet they did not listen to Me, nor incline their ear, but they hardened their neck, they did worse than their fathers. Therefore you will speak all these words to them; but they will not hear you, you will also call to them; but they will not answer you. But you will say to them, 'This [is] a nation that does not obey the voice of the Lord their God, nor receives correction, truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth.'
Isaiah 59:3 - 4, Torah
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue has muttered perverseness. None call for justice, nor [do any] plead for truth, they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Jeremiah 7:5 - 7, Torah
For if you amend your ways and your doings; if you execute judgement between a man and his neighbor; [if] you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt. Then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, forever and ever.
Deuteronomy 11:14 - 15, Torah
[And] I will give [you] the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, so that you may gather in your corn, and your wine, and your oil. And I will send grass in your fields for your cattle, so that you may eat and be full.
Deuteronomy 28:49 - 52, Torah
[For] the Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, [as swift] as the eagle flies; a nation whose tongue you will not understand; a nation of fierce countenance, which will not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young. And he will eat the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your land, until you are destroyed, which [also] will not leave you [either] corn, wine, or oil, [or] the increase of your young cows, or flocks of your sheep, until he has destroyed you. And he will besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fenced walls come down, wherein you trusted, throughout all your land, and he will besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land, which the Lord your God has given you.
Ezekiel 5:14 - 15, Torah
Moreover I will make you waste, and a reproach among the nations that [are] around you, in the sight of all who pass by. So it will be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment to the nations that [are] around you, when I will execute judgements in you in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the Lord have spoken [it]."
2. Jeremiah was Ridiculed
2 Chronicles 36:15 - 16, Torah
[So] the Lord God of their fathers sent His messengers to them, rising up early, and sending; because He had compassion on His people, and on His dwelling place. But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised His words, and misused His prophets -
Jeremiah 20:7 - 8, Torah
[So Jeremiah said,] "O Lord, You have deceived me, and I was deceived, You are stronger than I, and have prevailed, I am in derision daily, everyone mocks me. For since I spoke, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the Lord was made a reproach to me, and a derision, daily."
Jeremiah 11:9 - 10, Torah
[So] the Lord said to me, "[O Jeremiah,] a conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear My words; and they went after other gods to serve them, the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken My covenant which I made with their fathers.
Jeremiah 9:3 - 6, Torah
[For] they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] lies, but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know Me," the Lord says. "Take heed, everyone of his neighbor, and do not trust in any brother, for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders. And everyone will deceive his neighbor, and will not speak the truth, they have taught their tongue to speak lies, [and] weary themselves to commit iniquity. Your habitation [is] in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know Me," the Lord says.
Jeremiah 7:8 - 9, Torah
[For] behold, you trust in lying words that cannot profit. Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know?
3. Jeremiah was Threatened to be Killed
Jeremiah 26:7 - 9, Torah
So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the House of the Lord. Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded [him] to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, "You will surely die. Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, 'This House will be like Shiloh, and this city will be desolate without an inhabitant?'" And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the House of the Lord.
Lamentations 3:60 - 62, Torah
"[But] You have seen all their vengeance [and] all their imaginations against me. You have heard their reproach, O Lord, [and] all their imaginations against me; the lips of those who rose up against me, and their device against me all the day."
Jeremiah 11:11 - 12, Torah
Therefore the Lord thus says, "Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they will not be able to escape; and though they will cry to Me, I will not hear them. Then the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem will go, and cry to the gods to whom they offer incense, but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble."
4. Jeremiah was Saved, Jerusalem was Destroyed
Jeremiah 25:2 - 3, Torah
[So] Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, "From the thirteenth year of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, that [is] the twenty third year, the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking; but you have not listened."
Jeremiah 25:8, Torah
[And] thus the Lord of hosts says; "Because you have not heard My words -
Psalms 37:38 - 40, Torah
The transgressors will be destroyed together, the end of the wicked will be cut off. But the salvation of the righteous [is] of the Lord, [He is] their strength in the time of trouble. And the Lord will help them, and deliver them, He will deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in Him.
Jeremiah 21:8 - 9, Torah
And [so] you will say to this people, 'Thus the Lord says; 'Behold, I set the way of life before you, and the way of death. He who abides in this city will die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence, but he who goes out, and falls to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he will live, and his life will be to him for a prey.
2 Kings 25:9 - 10, Torah
And he burnt the House of the Lord, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and he burnt every great [man's] house with fire. And the entire army of the Chaldees that [was with] the captain of the guard broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
[Sirach 49:5 - 6], Torah
Therefore He gave their power to others, and their glory to a strange nation. They burnt the chosen city of the sanctuary, and made the streets desolate, according to the prophecy of Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 39:11 - 12, Torah
[But] Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, [My servant,] gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, saying, "Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do to him even as he will say to you."
When the Seventy Years are Accomplished, God will Punish Babylon and that Nation, as When He Overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah
Edom will Also be a Desolation, and Bozrah, and All the Cities Thereof will be a Curse and Perpetual Wastes, they will Never be Inhabited from Generation to Generation
Jeremiah 49:17 - 18, Torah
Edom will also be a desolation, everyone who goes by it will be astonished, and will hiss at all the plagues thereof. As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor [cities] thereof," the Lord says, "No man will abide there, neither will a son of man dwell in it.
Isaiah 13:19 - 20, Torah
[Whereby] Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It will never be inhabited, neither will it be dwelt in from generation to generation, neither will the Arabian pitch tent there; neither will the shepherds make their fold there.
Jeremiah 51:63 - 64, Torah
And it will be, when you have made an end of reading this Book, [that] you will bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates. And you will say, 'Thus Babylon will sink, and will not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her, and they will be weary.'" Thus far [are] the words of Jeremiah.
Revelation 18:2 - 3, Gospel
And [so] he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, "Babylon the great has fallen, has fallen, and has become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich through the abundance of her delicacies."
Jeremiah 51:7 - 8, Torah
[For] Babylon [has been] a golden cup in the Lord's hand, that made all the earth drunk, the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed, howl for her; take balm for her pain, if she may so be healed.
Jesus and his Disciples Warned the Lost Sheep of Israel
1. Jesus and his Disciples Warned their People
Matthew 10:5 - 7, Gospel
[So] Jesus sent forth these twelve, and commanded them, saying, "Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter into any city of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as you go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of the heavens is at hand.'
2. Jesus and his Disciples were Ridiculed
John 10:20, Gospel
And many of them said, "[Jesus] has a devil, and is mad; why do you hear him?"
Matthew 5:11 - 12, Gospel
[So Jesus opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,] "You are blessed when [men] will revile you, and persecute [you], and will say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for your reward [is] great in the heavens, for they so persecuted the prophets who were before you."
3. Jesus and his Disciples were Hated and Threatened
Matthew 10:16 - 18, Gospel
[So] behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
Luke 21:16 - 17, Gospel
And you will be betrayed both by parents, and brothers, and kinsfolk, and friends; and they will cause [some] of you to be put to death. And you will be hated of all for my name's sake.
John 16:2 - 3, Gospel
[And] they will put you out of the synagogues, [for] the time comes, that whoever kills you will think that he does God a service. And they will do these things to you because they have not known [God] the [Creator], nor me.
John 15:20 - 21, Gospel
[For] remember the word that I said to you, 'The servant is not greater than his lord.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But they will do all these things to you for my name's sake, because they do not know Him who sent me.
Luke 21:18 - 19, Gospel
But a hair of your head will not perish. In your patience, possess your souls.
Luke 21:31 - 32, Gospel
[So] when you see these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is near at hand. Verily I say to you, 'This generation will not pass away, until all is fulfilled -
Luke 17:26 - 27, Gospel
[For] as it was in the days of Noah, so will it also be in the days of the Son of man. They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.'
Jesus and his Disciples Warned the Lost Sheep of Israel
4. Jerusalem was Trodden Down by the Gentiles through God, but whoever will Call on the Lord will be Saved
The Romans sieged Jerusalem and destroyed the Second Temple in 70 AD. Titus reportedly said that the victory did not come through his own efforts but that he had merely served as an instrument of God's wrath. - Flavius Josephus
Luke 21:5 - 6, Gospel
And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with good stones and gifts, [Jesus] said, "[As for] these things which you behold, the days will come, in which there will not be one stone left upon another that will not be thrown down."
Luke 19:41 - 44, Gospel
[And] when Jesus had come near, he beheld the city Jerusalem, and wept over it, saying, "If you had known, even you, at least in this day of yours, the things belonging to your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. For the days will come upon you, that your enemies will cast a trench about you, and encompass you around, and keep you in on every side, and will lay you even with the ground, and your children within you; and they will not leave one stone upon another in you; because you did not know the time of your visitation."
Isaiah 10:3 - 4, Torah
And what will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation [which] will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory? Without Me they will bow down under the prisoners, and they will fall under the slain. For all this, His anger is not turned away, but His hand [is] stretched out still.
*Luke 23:28 - 30, Gospel
[So] Jesus, turning to them, said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For behold, the days are coming, in the which they will say, 'Blessed [are] the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the paps which never gave suck.' Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us;' and to the hills, 'Cover us.'
Luke 21:21 - 23, Gospel
Then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let those who are in the midst of it depart out; and do not let those who are in the countries enter therein. For these are the days of vengeance, so that all things which are written may be fulfilled. But woe to those who are with child, and to those who give suck in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people."
Matthew 24:1 - 2, Gospel
[So] Jesus went out, and departed from the temple, and his disciples came to [him] to show him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said to them, "Do you not see all these things? Verily I say to you, 'There will not be one stone left here upon another that will not be thrown down.'"
Acts 3:22 - 24, Gospel
For Moses truly said to the fathers, "The Lord your God will raise up a prophet to you from your brothers, like me; you will hear him in all things whatsoever he will say to you. And it will come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, will be destroyed from among the people." Indeed, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who follow after, as many who have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.
2 Peter 2:5 - 6, Gospel
[And God] did not spare the old world, but saved Noah, the eighth [generation], a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example to those after that should live ungodly -
Luke 17:29 - 30, Gospel
[Whereby] the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed [them] all. Even thus will it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed -
Acts 2:16, Gospel
[For] this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel -
Jesus Spoke to them by Parables, "What will the Lord of the Vineyard Do? For He Sent a Servant to the Husbandmen, but they Beat him." He will Come and Destroy those Wicked Men
For He will Lift up an Ensign to the Gentiles from Afar and will Lay it Waste, for the Vineyard of the Lord is the House of Israel - and Thus, Jerusalem will be Trodden down by the Gentiles
Isaiah 5
Isaiah 5:1 - 2, Torah
Now I will sing to my wellbeloved, a song of my beloved touching His vineyard. My wellbeloved has a vineyard in a very fruitful hill. And He fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein, and He looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
Luke 20:10 - 12, Gospel
And at the season, He sent a servant to the husbandmen, so that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard, but the husbandmen beat him, and sent [him] away empty. And again He sent another servant, and they beat him also, and entreated [him] shamefully, and sent [him] away empty. And again He sent a third, and they wounded him also, and cast [him] out.
Isaiah 5:3 - 5, Torah
[So] now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, please judge between Me and My vineyard. What could have been done more to My vineyard, that I have not done in it? Therefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, did it bring forth wild grapes? And now go; I will tell you what I will do to My vineyard, I will take away the hedge thereof, and it will be eaten up; [and] break down the wall thereof, and it will be trodden down."
Isaiah 5:6 - 7, Torah
And I will lay it waste, it will not be pruned, nor dug; but briers and thorns will come up, I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the men of Judah His pleasant plant, and He looked for judgement, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
Isaiah 5:11 - 13, Torah
[So] woe to those who rise up early in the morning, [so that] they may follow strong drink; who continue until night, [until] wine inflames them! And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts, but they do not regard the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of His hands. Therefore My people have gone into captivity, because [they have] no knowledge, and their honorable men [are] famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst."
Every Nation Intended to Seize their Messenger, but We will Save Our Messengers and those who have Believed
So Never Think that God will Fail in His Promise to His Messengers, for God Saved Noah, Delivered Lot, and Saved Abraham from the Fire
Jeremiah 39:11 - 12, Torah
[But] Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, saying, "Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do to him even as he will say to you."
Mark 15:13, Gospel
And they cried out again, "Crucify [Jesus]."
37:171 - 172, Qur'an
[For] Our word has already preceded for Our servants, the messengers, [that] indeed, they would be those given help -
Psalms 37:38 - 40, Torah
[Thus] the transgressors will be destroyed together, the end of the wicked will be cut off. But the salvation of the righteous [is] of the Lord, [He is] their strength in the time of trouble. And the Lord will help them, and deliver them, He will deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in Him.
Muhammad Warned Mecca and the Cities Around it
1. Muhammad Warned his People by the Qur'an over a Prolonged Period [in the Revealed Order]
53:56, Qur'an
[For] this [prophet] is a warner like the former warners.
73:15 - 16, Qur'an
[For] indeed, We have sent a messenger to you as a witness upon you just as We sent a messenger to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.
35:24 - 26, Qur'an
[So] indeed, We have sent you with the truth as a warner and a bringer of good news. And there was no nation except that a warner had passed within it. And if they deny you, then those before them have already denied. Their messengers came to them with clear proofs and Scriptures and with the enlightening Book. Then I seized the ones who disbelieved, and how [terrible] was My reproach.
22:42 - 44, Qur'an
[But] if they deny you [O Muhammad], - so, before them, did the people of Noah and 'Aad and Thamud deny, and the people of Abraham and the people of Lot and the companions of Midian. And Moses was denied, so I prolonged enjoyment for the disbelievers; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My reproach.
54:43 - 45, Qur'an
[Or] are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or do you have immunity in the Scriptures? Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"? [Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].
89:6 - 13, Qur'an
[Or] have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad - [with] Iram - who had lofty pillars, the likes of whom had never been created in the land? And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley? And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? - [all of] whom oppressed within the lands and increased corruption therein. So your Lord poured a scourge of punishment upon them.
36:6 - 7, Qur'an
So that you may warn a people whose forefathers were not warned, so they are unaware. The word has already come true upon most of them, so they do not believe.
10:48 - 50, Qur'an
[So] they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?" [So] say, "I do not possess any harm or benefit for myself except what God should will. There is a [specified] term for every nation. When their time has come, then they will not postpone it an hour, nor will they advance [it]." [And] say, "Have you considered if His punishment should come to you by night or by day - for which [aspect] of it would the criminals be impatient?"
Muhammad Warned Mecca and the Cities Around it
2. Muhammad was Ridiculed
38:3 - 4, Qur'an
How many generations have We destroyed before them, and they [then] called out; but it was not a time for escape. And they wonder that a warner has come to them from among themselves. And the disbelievers say, "This is a magician and a liar."
38:6 - 7, Qur'an
And the eminent among them went forth, [saying], "Continue, and be patient over [the defense of] your gods. Indeed, this is an intended thing. We have not heard of this in the latest religion. This is nothing but a fabrication."
25:41 - 42, Qur'an
And when they see you, they do not take you in [anything] except ridicule, saying, "Is this the one whom God has sent as a messenger? He almost would have misled us from our gods had we not been steadfast in serving them." But they are going to know, when they see the punishment, who is farthest astray in [his] way.
25:7 - 8, Qur'an
And they say, "What is this messenger that eats food and walks in the markets? Why was an angel not sent down to him so he would be a warner with him? Or, "Has a treasure been cast [down] to him [from heaven]?" Or, "Does he have a garden from which he eats?" And the wrongdoers say, "You do not follow [anyone] but a man affected by magic."
37:36 - 37, Qur'an
And they were saying, "Are we to leave our gods for a mad poet?" Rather, the prophet has come with the truth and confirmed the previous messengers.
21:6, Qur'an
[And] not a single city which We destroyed before them believed, so will they believe?
Muhammad Warned Mecca and the Cities Around it
3. The Disbelievers Plotted to Kill or Evict them
27:70, Qur'an
[So] do not grieve over them or be in distress from what they conspire -
17:76 - 77, Qur'an
[For] indeed, they were about to scare you from the land to evict you therefrom. And then when they do, they will not remain there after you, except for a little. [That is Our established] way for those We had sent before you of Our messengers; and you will not find any alteration in Our way -
37:171 - 173, Qur'an
[For] Our word has already preceded for Our servants, the messengers, [that] indeed, they would be those given help and [that] indeed, Our soldiers will be those who overcome.
37:174 - 176, Qur'an
So turn away from them for a time. And see [what will befall] them, for soon they are going to see. Then are they impatient for Our punishment?
32:28 - 29, Qur'an
[For] they say, "When will this conquest be, if you should be truthful?" Say, "On the Day of Conquest, the belief of those who had disbelieved will not benefit them, nor will they be reprieved."
37:177 - 179, Qur'an
[And thus,] when it descends in their territory, then the dawn of those who were warned will [indeed] be evil. And turn away from them for a time. And see, for soon they are going to see.
Muhammad Warned Mecca and the Cities Around it
4. Muhammad was Saved by God through the Angels
33:21 - 22, Qur'an
There has certainly been an excellent pattern for you in the messenger of God for anyone whose hope is in God and the Last Day and [who] remembers God often. [For] when the believers saw the companies, they said, "This is what God and His messenger had promised us, and God and His messenger spoke the truth." And it increased them only in faith and submission [to God] -
3:173 - 174, Qur'an
Those to whom the people said, "Indeed, the people have certainly gathered against you, so fear them." But it [merely] increased them in faith, and they said, "God is sufficient for us, and [He is] Excellent [as] the Disposer of affairs." So they returned with favor from God and bounty, no evil having touched them. And they pursued the pleasure of God, and God is the possessor of great bounty.
8:50 - 52, Qur'an
[For] if you could see when the angels take the souls of those who disbelieved... They are striking their faces and their backs and [saying], "Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire. That is for what your hands have put forth [of evil] and because God is never unjust to His servants." [Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and those before them. They disbelieved in the signs of God, so God seized them for their sins. Indeed, God is Powerful and severe in penalty -
Psalms 35:1 - 3, Torah
[So] plead [my cause], O Lord, with those who strive with me, fight against those who fight against me. Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help. Draw out the spear also, and stop [the way] against those who persecute me, say to my soul, "I [am] your salvation."
Psalms 35:5 - 6, Torah
Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of the Lord chase [them]. Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.
8:9 - 10, Qur'an
[So remember] when you asked help of your Lord, and He answered you, "Indeed, I will reinforce you with a thousand from the angels, following one another." And God did not make it [occur] except as good news and so that your hearts would be assured thereby. And help is not from [anyone] but God. Indeed, God is Almighty and Wise.
48:22 - 24, Qur'an
And if those who disbelieve had fought you, they would have turned their backs [in retreat]. Then they would not find a protector or a helper. [This is the established] way of God which has occurred before. And you will never find any change in the way of God. And it is He who withheld their hands from you and your hands from them within [the area of] Mecca after He caused you to overcome them. And God is Seeing of what you do.
Muhammad Warned Mecca and the Cities Around it
4. Mecca was Destroyed by God through Muhammad and the Angels
22:39 - 40, Qur'an
Permission [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought, because they were wronged. And indeed, God is Powerful to give them help. [They are] those who have been evicted from their homes without truth - only because they say, "Our Lord is God." And were it not that God checks the people, some by means of others, there would have been demolished monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques in which the name of God is much remembered. And God will surely support those who support Him. Indeed, God is Powerful and Almighty.
2:244, Qur'an
[So] fight in the cause of God and know that God is Hearing and Knowing -
8:18 - 19, Qur'an
And that God will weaken the plot of the disbelievers. [And thus,] if you [disbelievers] seek the victory - the defeat has come to you. And if you desist [from hostilities], it is best for you; but if you return [to war], We will return, and you will never be availed by your [large] company at all, even if it should increase; and [that is] because God is with the believers.
25:37 - 39, Qur'an
The people of Noah - when they denied the messengers, We drowned them, and We made them a sign for mankind. And We have prepared a painful punishment for the wrongdoers. And [We destroyed] 'Aad and Thamud and the companions of the well and many generations between them. And We set forth examples [as warnings] for each, and We destroyed each with [total] destruction.
33:61 - 62, Qur'an
[Thus they will be] accursed wherever they are found, being seized and massacred completely. [This is the established] way of God with those who passed on before; and you will not find any change in the way of God.
2:190 - 191, Qur'an
[So] fight those in the way of God who fight you but do not transgress. Indeed, God does not love the transgressors. And kill them wherever you overtake them and expel them from wherever they have expelled you, and oppression is worse than killing. And do not fight them at the Forbidden [House] until they fight you there. But if they fight you, then kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers.
9:13 - 14, Qur'an
[Or] would you not fight a people who broke their oaths and determined to expel the messenger, and they had begun [the attack upon] you the first time? Do you fear them? But God has more right that you should fear Him, if you are [truly] believers. [So] fight them; God will punish them by your hands and will disgrace them and help you against them -
Luke 1:70 - 75, Gospel
[Just] as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, who have been since the world began, that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us; to perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and to remember His holy covenant; the oath which He swore to our father Abraham, that He would grant to us, that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear [of our enemies], in holiness and righteousness before Him, all the days of our life.
50:36 - 37, Qur'an
And [so] how many generations did We destroy before them who were greater than them in striking power and had explored throughout the lands? Is there any place of escape? Indeed there is a reminder in that for whoever has a heart or who listens while he is present in mind.
Does it Not Guide them When they See How Many Cities God Destroyed, so they are Now Fallen into Ruin, and they Walk Among their Dwellings?
So Travel Through the Land and Observe How the End was for the Criminals, they were Not Availed at All by their gods When the Command of your Lord Came
27:69, Qur'an
[So] say, "Travel through the land and observe how the end was for the criminals" -
29:38 - 39, Qur'an
[For We destroyed] 'Aad and Thamud, and it has become clear to you from their [ruined] dwellings. And Satan had made their deeds pleasing to them and averted them from the path, and they were endowed with perception. And [We destroyed] Korah and Pharaoh and Haman. And Moses had already come to them with clear evidences, and they were arrogant in the land, but they were not out-runners [of Our punishment] -
44:25 - 27, Qur'an
[For] how many gardens and springs did they leave behind? And [also] crops and noble sites [of pyramids] and comfort wherein they were amused?
15:76 - 77, Qur'an
[For] indeed, [Sodom is situated] on an established road. Indeed there is a sign in that for the believers -
37:137 - 138, Qur'an
[For] indeed, you pass by them at dawn and at night. Then will you not use reason?
15:78 - 79, Qur'an
And the companions of the thicket were [also] wrongdoers. So We took retribution from them, and indeed, both [ruins] are on a clear highway.
22:45 - 46, Qur'an
[So] how many cities did We destroy while they were committing wrong - so they are [now] fallen into ruin - and [how many] abandoned wells and [how many] lofty palaces? So have they not traveled through the earth and have hearts by which to reason and ears by which to hear? For indeed, it is not eyes that are blinded, but the hearts are blinded which are within the chests -
11:101 - 103, Qur'an
And We did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves. And they were not availed at all by their gods which they invoked other than God when the command of your Lord came. And they did not increase them in [anything] other than ruin. And thus is the seizure of your Lord when He seizes the cities while they are committing wrong. Indeed, His seizure is painful and severe. Indeed there is a sign in that for those who fear the punishment of the Hereafter. That is a Day for which the people will be collected, and that is a Day [which will be] witnessed.
There is a Messenger for Every Nation, for there is No City Except that We will Destroy it
1. Then do you Wonder that a Reminder has Come to you Through a Man from Among you, so that he may Warn you?
64:5 - 6, Qur'an
[Or] has the news of those who disbelieved before not come to you? So they tasted the bad consequence of their affair, and they will have a painful punishment. That is because their messengers used to come to them with clear evidences, but they said, "Should human beings guide us?" and disbelieved and turned away. And God can do without [them]; and God is Free of need and Praiseworthy.
10:13 - 14, Qur'an
And [so] We had already destroyed generations before you when they wronged, and their messengers had come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe. Thus, We recompense the criminal people. Then We made you successors in the land after them so that We may observe how you will do -
53:29 - 30, Qur'an
So turn away from whoever turns his back on Our reminder and does not desire [anything] except the worldly life. That is their sum of knowledge. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who strays from His way, and He is most knowing of who is guided.
51:55, Qur'an
[But] remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.
There is a Messenger for Every Nation, for there is No City Except that We will Destroy it
2. But the Mockers Say, "Legends of the Former Peoples," Just as Messengers were Already Ridiculed Before you
15:95, Qur'an
[So] indeed, We are sufficient for you against the mockers.
83:29 - 32, Qur'an
[For] indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed. And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances. And when they returned to their people, they would return jesting. And when they saw them, they would say, "Indeed, those are truly lost."
There is a Messenger for Every Nation, for there is No City Except that We will Destroy it
3. There will be, in Every Place, a Great Insurrection upon those who Fear God, and they will Cast them Out of their Houses
47:29 - 30, Qur'an
Or do those who have disease in their hearts think that God would never expose their feelings of hatred? And if We willed, We could show them to you, and you would recognize them by their mark; but you will surely recognize them by the tone of their speech -
[2 Ezra 5:1 - 2], Torah
[For] behold, the days will come, that those who dwell upon earth will be taken in a great number, and the way of truth will be hidden, and the land will be barren of faith. But iniquity will be increased above that which you now see, or that you have heard long ago.
Matthew 24:12, Gospel
And because iniquity will abound, the love of many will wax cold.
Psalms 69:7, Torah
Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; shame has covered my face.
[2 Ezra 16:70 - 73], Torah
[And thus] there will be, in every place, and in the next cities, a great insurrection upon those who fear God. They will be like mad men, sparing none, but still spoiling and destroying those who fear God. For they will waste and take away their goods, and cast them out of their houses. Then they will be known, who are My chosen; and they will be tried as the gold in the fire -
Matthew 24:13, Gospel
[For] he who will endure to the end, the same will be saved.
21:38 - 40, Qur'an
[So] they say, "When is this promise, if you should be truthful?" If those who disbelieved knew the time when they will not avert the Fire from their faces or from their backs and they will not be aided... Rather, it will come to them suddenly and bewilder them, and they will not be able to repel it, nor will they be reprieved.
1 Thessalonians 5:2 - 3, Gospel
For you yourselves perfectly know that the Day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they will say, 'Peace and safety;' then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they will not escape.
This is the Day of Judgement - did We Not Destroy the Former Peoples? Then We will Follow them with the Later Ones
4. Thus those who Persecuted the Believers will have the Punishment of Hell, but We will Save Our Messengers and those who Believed
77:8 - 18, Qur'an
So when the stars are obliterated, and when the heaven is opened, and when the mountains are blown away, and when the messengers' time has come... For what Day was it postponed? For the Day of [Judgement]. And what can make you know what the Day of [Judgement] is? Woe, that Day, to the deniers. Did We not destroy the former [peoples]? Then We will follow them with the later ones. Thus, We deal with the criminals -
85:7 - 10, Qur'an
And they were witnesses to what they were doing against the believers. And they did not resent them except because they believed in God, the Almighty, the Praiseworthy, to whom [belongs] the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. And God is Witness over all things. Indeed, those who have persecuted the believing men and believing women and then have not repented will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the Burning Fire.
14:44 - 45, Qur'an
[So] warn the people of a Day when the punishment will come to them and those who did wrong will say, "Our Lord, delay us for a short term; we will answer Your call and follow the messengers." [But it will be said], "Had you not sworn before that there would be no end for you? And you lived among the dwellings of those who wronged themselves, and it had become clear to you how We dealt with them. And We set forth [many] examples for you."
10:102 - 103, Qur'an
So do they wait for [nothing] except like [what occurred in] the days of those who passed on before them? Say, "Then wait; indeed, I am with you among those who wait." Then We will save Our messengers and those who have believed. Thus, it is an obligation upon Us that We save the believers -
37:71 - 73, Qur'an
And [yet] most of the former [peoples] had already strayed before them, and We had already sent warners among them. Then look at how the end was for those who were warned -
40:82 - 85, Qur'an
[Or] have they not traveled through the land and observed how the end was for those before them? They were more numerous than themselves and greater in strength and in impression on the land, but they were not availed by what they used to earn. And when their messengers came to them with clear proofs, they merely rejoiced in what they had of knowledge, but they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule. And when they saw Our punishment, they said, "We believe in God alone and disbelieve in that which we used to associate [with Him]." But their faith never benefited them once they saw Our punishment. [It is the established] way of God which has preceded among His servants. And the disbelievers thereupon lost.
40:77 - 78, Qur'an
So be patient, indeed, the promise of God is truth. And whether We show you some of what We have promised them or We take you in death, they will be returned to Us. And We have already sent messengers before you. Among them are those We have related to you, and among them are those We have not related to you. And it was not for any messenger to bring a sign [or verse] except by permission of God. So when the command of God comes, it will be concluded in truth, and the falsifiers will thereupon lose [all].