Severity of divine punishment

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• Al-A'raaf 7:39✦ skyread

  وَقَالَتْ أُولَىٰهُمْ لِأُخْرَىٰهُمْ فَمَا كَانَ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِن فَضْلٍ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ

  And the first of them will say to the last of them, "Then you had not any favor over us, so taste the punishment for what you used to earn."

• Al-Muminoon 23:77✦ skyread

  حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا ذَا عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ إِذَا هُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ

  Until when We have opened before them a door of severe punishment, immediately they will be therein in despair.

• As-Saaffaat 37:33✦ skyread

  فَإِنَّهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ

  So indeed they, that Day, will be sharing in the punishment.

• Al-Ma'aarij 70:28✦ skyread

  إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّهِمْ غَيْرُ مَأْمُونٍ

  Indeed, the punishment of their Lord is not that from which one is safe -

• An-Nahl 16:85✦ skyread

  وَإِذَا رَءَا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

  And when those who wronged see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.

• An-Naba 78:30✦ skyread

  فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

  "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."

• As-Saaffaat 37:31✦ skyread

  فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ

  So the word of our Lord has come into effect upon us; indeed, we will taste [punishment].

• Az-Zumar 39:48✦ skyread

  وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

  And there will appear to them the evils they had earned, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

• Al-Inshiqaaq 84:24✦ skyread

  فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

  So give them tidings of a painful punishment,

• Al-Burooj 85:12✦ skyread

  إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ

  Indeed, the vengeance of your Lord is severe.

• Az-Zumar 39:51✦ skyread

  فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ سَيُصِيبُهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَمَا هُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ

  And the evil consequences of what they earned struck them. And those who have wronged of these [people] will be afflicted by the evil consequences of what they earned; and they will not cause failure.

• Saad 38:55✦ skyread

  هَٰذَا وَإِنَّ لِلطَّٰغِينَ لَشَرَّ مَـَٔابٍ

  This [is so]. But indeed, for the transgressors is an evil place of return -

• Adh-Dhaariyat 51:14✦ skyread

  ذُوقُوا۟ فِتْنَتَكُمْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

  [And will be told], "Taste your torment. This is that for which you were impatient."

• An-Naml 27:85✦ skyread

  وَوَقَعَ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِم بِمَا ظَلَمُوا۟ فَهُمْ لَا يَنطِقُونَ

  And the decree will befall them for the wrong they did, and they will not [be able to] speak.

• Luqman 31:24✦ skyread

  نُمَتِّعُهُمْ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ نَضْطَرُّهُمْ إِلَىٰ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ

  We grant them enjoyment for a little; then We will force them to a massive punishment.

• Al-Fajr 89:26✦ skyread

  وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

  And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].

• Al-Qamar 54:16✦ skyread

  فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

  And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

• Al-Qamar 54:21✦ skyread

  فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

  And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

• Al-Qamar 54:30✦ skyread

  فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

  And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.

• Az-Zumar 39:40✦ skyread

  مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ

  To whom will come a torment disgracing him and on whom will descend an enduring punishment."

• At-Tur 52:47✦ skyread

  وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

  And indeed, for those who have wronged is a punishment before that, but most of them do not know.

• Al-Jaathiya 45:33✦ skyread

  وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

  And the evil consequences of what they did will appear to them, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

• As-Saaffaat 37:63✦ skyread

  إِنَّا جَعَلْنَٰهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظَّٰلِمِينَ

  Indeed, We have made it a torment for the wrongdoers.

• Al-Hijr 15:50✦ skyread

  وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ

  And that it is My punishment which is the painful punishment.

• Aal-i-Imraan 3:188✦ skyread

  لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَفْرَحُونَ بِمَآ أَتَوا۟ وَّيُحِبُّونَ أَن يُحْمَدُوا۟ بِمَا لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا۟ فَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّهُم بِمَفَازَةٍ مِّنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

  And never think that those who rejoice in what they have perpetrated and like to be praised for what they did not do - never think them [to be] in safety from the punishment, and for them is a painful punishment.

• Al-Ghaafir 40:52✦ skyread

  يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ وَلَهُمُ ٱللَّعْنَةُ وَلَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلدَّارِ

  The Day their excuse will not benefit the wrongdoers, and they will have the curse, and they will have the worst home.

• Faatir 35:26✦ skyread

  ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ

  Then I seized the ones who disbelieved, and how [terrible] was My reproach.

• Al-Mursalaat 77:36✦ skyread

  وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ

  Nor will it be permitted for them to make an excuse.

• Hud 11:39✦ skyread

  فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ

  And you are going to know who will get a punishment that will disgrace him [on earth] and upon whom will descend an enduring punishment [in the Hereafter]."

• Hud 11:83✦ skyread

  مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ وَمَا هِىَ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ بِبَعِيدٍ

  Marked from your Lord. And Allah 's punishment is not from the wrongdoers [very] far.

• Al-Fajr 89:13✦ skyread

  فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

  So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

• Al-Qalam 68:31✦ skyread

  قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ

  They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.

• An-Nahl 16:109✦ skyread

  لَا جَرَمَ أَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ

  Assuredly, it is they, in the Hereafter, who will be the losers.

• Hud 11:99✦ skyread

  وَأُتْبِعُوا۟ فِى هَٰذِهِۦ لَعْنَةً وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ بِئْسَ ٱلرِّفْدُ ٱلْمَرْفُودُ

  And they were followed in this [world] with a curse and on the Day of Resurrection. And wretched is the gift which is given.

• Al-Furqaan 25:69✦ skyread

  يُضَٰعَفْ لَهُ ٱلْعَذَابُ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ وَيَخْلُدْ فِيهِۦ مُهَانًا

  Multiplied for him is the punishment on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein humiliated -

• Saad 38:78✦ skyread

  وَإِنَّ عَلَيْكَ لَعْنَتِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

  And indeed, upon you is My curse until the Day of Recompense."

• Fussilat 41:23✦ skyread

  وَذَٰلِكُمْ ظَنُّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى ظَنَنتُم بِرَبِّكُمْ أَرْدَىٰكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُم مِّنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

  And that was your assumption which you assumed about your Lord. It has brought you to ruin, and you have become among the losers."

• Al-Qamar 54:39✦ skyread

  فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

  So taste My punishment and warning.

• Al-A'raaf 7:139✦ skyread

  إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَٰطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

  Indeed, those [worshippers] - destroyed is that in which they are [engaged], and worthless is whatever they were doing."

• Fussilat 41:20✦ skyread

  حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا مَا جَآءُوهَا شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَأَبْصَٰرُهُمْ وَجُلُودُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

  Until, when they reach it, their hearing and their eyes and their skins will testify against them of what they used to do.

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