word proves true against it, so We destroy it with utter destruction. |
17 And how many generations did We destroy after Noah! And thy Lord suffices as being Aware and Seer of His servants’ sins. |
18 Whoso desires this transitory life, We hasten to him therein what We please for whomsoever We desire, then We assign to him the hell; he will enter it despised, driven away. |
19 And whoso desires the Hereafter and strives for it as he ought to strive and he is a believer — those are they whose striving is amply rewarded. |
20 All do We aid — these as well as those — out of the bounty of thy Lord, and the bounty of thy Lord is not limited. |
21 See how We have made some of them to excel others. And certainly the Hereafter is greater in degrees and greater in excellence. |
22 Associate not any other god with Allāh, lest thou sit down despised, forsaken. |
23 And thy Lord has decreed that you serve none but Him, and do good to parents. If either or both of them reach old age with thee, say not “Fie” to them, nor chide them, and speak to them a generous word. |
5 So when of the two, the first warning came to pass, We raised against you Our servants, of mighty prowess, so they made havoc in (your) houses. And it was an accomplished threat. |
6 Then We gave you back the turn against them, and aided you with wealth and children and made you a numerous band. |
7 If you do good, you do good for your own souls. And if you do evil, it is for them. So when the second warning came, (We raised another people) that they might bring you to grief and that they might enter the Mosque as they entered it the first time, and that they might destroy, whatever they conquered, with utter destruction. |
8 It may be that your Lord will have mercy on you. And if you return (to mischief), We will return (to punishment). And We have made hell a prison for the disbelievers. |
9 Surely this Qur’ān guides to that which is most upright, and gives good news to the believers who do good that theirs is a great reward, |