Unbelievers Punished

The disbelievers threatened their messengers, saying, “We will expel you from our land unless you return to our ways.” But their Lord inspired them: “We will destroy the wrongdoers.”

14:13And those who disbelieved said unto their messengers: Verily we will drive you out from our land, unless ye return to our religion. Then their Lord inspired them, (saying): Verily we shall destroy the wrong-doers,

“And We will establish you in the land after them. This is for those who fear My Majesty and dread My warning.”

14:14And verily We shall make you to dwell in the land after them. This is for him who feareth My Majesty and feareth My threats.

They prayed for victory, and every stubborn tyrant met disappointment.

14:15And they sought help (from their Lord) and every froward potentate was bought to naught;

We will surely question those to whom messengers were sent, and We will surely question the messengers themselves.

7:6Then verily We shall question those unto whom (Our message) hath been sent, and verily We shall question the messengers.

11:27The chieftains of his folk, who disbelieved, said: We see thee but a mortal like us, and we see not that any follow thee save the most abject among us, without reflection. We behold in you no merit above us - nay, we deem you liars.

21:41Messengers before thee, indeed, were mocked, but that whereat they mocked surrounded those who scoffed at them.

23:24But the chieftains of his folk, who disbelieved, said: This is only a mortal like you who would make himself superior to you. Had Allah willed, He surely could have sent down angels. We heard not of this in the case of our fathers of old.

Every nation has a messenger. When their messenger comes, judgment is passed with justice, and they are not wronged.

10:47And for every nation there is a messenger. And when their messenger cometh (on the Day of Judgment) it will be judged between them fairly, and they will not be wronged.

We never sent a warner to a town without its affluent saying, “We disbelieve in what you’ve been sent with.”

34:34And We sent not unto any township a warner, but its pampered ones declared: Lo! we are disbelievers in that wherewith ye have been sent.

Messengers before you were ridiculed, but those who mocked them were eventually overwhelmed by the very thing they had scorned.

6:10Messengers (of Allah) have been derided before thee, but that whereat they scoffed surrounded such of them as did deride.

13:32And verily messengers (of Allah) were mocked before thee, but long I bore with those who disbelieved. At length I seized them, and how (awful) was My punishment!

15:11And never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him.

23:44Then We sent our messengers one after another. Whenever its messenger came unto a nation they denied him; so We caused them to follow one another (to disaster) and We made them bywords. A far removal for folk who believe not!

35:4And if they deny thee, (O Muhammad), messengers (of Allah) were denied before thee. Unto Allah all things are brought back.

35:25And if they deny thee, those before them also denied. Their messengers came unto them with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), and with the Psalms and the Scripture giving light.

36:30Ah, the anguish for the bondmen! Never came there unto them a messenger but they did mock him!

Then We fulfilled Our promise to them, saving them and those We willed, while destroying the transgressors.

21:9Then we fulfilled the promise unto them. So we delivered them and whom We would, and We destroyed the prodigals.

We sent a messenger to every nation: “Worship Allah and avoid false gods.” Some were guided, while others deserved misguidance. So travel the earth and see the fate of the deniers.

16:36And verily We have raised in every nation a messenger, (proclaiming): Serve Allah and shun false gods. Then some of them (there were) whom Allah guided, and some of them (there were) upon whom error had just hold. Do but travel in the land and see the nature of the consequence for the deniers!

37:73Then see the nature of the consequence for those warned,

Their recompense is Hell, for they denied and mocked My signs and messengers.

18:106That is their reward: hell, because they disbelieved, and made a jest of Our revelations and Our messengers.

We sent messengers to nations before you, and We afflicted them with hardship and suffering so they might humble themselves.

6:42We have sent already unto peoples that were before thee, and We visited them with tribulation and adversity, in order that they might grow humble.

7:94And We sent no prophet unto any township but We did afflict its folk with tribulation and adversity that haply they might grow humble.

10:47And for every nation there is a messenger. And when their messenger cometh (on the Day of Judgment) it will be judged between them fairly, and they will not be wronged.

Yet if they turn away, say, “I have warned you of a thunderbolt like that which struck Aad and Thamud.”

41:13But if they turn away, then say: I warn you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt (which fell of old upon the tribes) of A'ad and Thamud;

As for Thamud, We guided them, but they preferred blindness over guidance. So the thunderbolt of humiliation seized them for what they had earned.

41:17And as for Thamud, We gave them guidance, but they preferred blindness to the guidance, so the bolt of the doom of humiliation overtook them because of what they used to earn.

51:44But they rebelled against their Lord's decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed;

69:5As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.

Then We replaced hardship with ease, until they prospered and said, “Our forefathers also faced hardship and ease.” Then We seized them suddenly, while they were unaware.

7:95Then changed We the evil plight for good till they grew affluent and said: Tribulation and distress did touch our fathers. Then We seized them unawares, when they perceived not.

Had the people of the towns believed and been mindful, We would have showered blessings upon them from the heavens and the earth. But they rejected the truth, so We seized them for what they had earned.

7:96And if the people of the townships had believed and kept from evil, surely We should have opened for them blessings from the sky and from the earth. But (unto every messenger) they gave the lie, and so We seized them on account of what they used to earn.

11:67And the (awful) Cry overtook those who did wrong, so that morning found them prostrate in their dwellings,

34:45Those before them denied, and these have not attained a tithe of that which We bestowed on them (of old); yet they denied My messengers. How intense then was My abhorrence (of them)!

40:22That was because their messengers kept bringing them clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty) but they disbelieved; so Allah seized them. Lo! He is Strong, severe in punishment.

40:70Those who deny the Scripture and that wherewith We send Our messengers. But they will come to know,

40:78Verily We sent messengers before thee, among them those of whom We have told thee, and some of whom We have not told thee; and it was not given to any messenger that he should bring a portent save by Allah's leave, but when Allah's commandment cometh (the cause) is judged aright, and the followers of vanity will then be lost.

40:83And when their messengers brought them clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty) they exulted in the knowledge they (themselves) possessed. And that which they were wont to mock befell them.

43:48And every token that We showed them was greater than its sister (token), and We grasped them with the torment, that haply they might turn again.

65:8And how many a community revolted against the ordinance of its Lord and His messengers, and We called it to a stern account and punished it with dire punishment,

91:14But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).

So, an earthquake seized them, and they lay lifeless in their homes.

7:78So the earthquake seized them, and morning found them prostrate in their dwelling-place.

7:91So the earthquake seized them and morning found them prostrate in their dwelling-place.

11:94And when Our commandment came to pass We saved Shu'eyb and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us; and the (Awful) Cry seized those who did injustice, and morning found them prostrate in their dwellings,

Then the blast overtook them at sunrise.

15:73Then the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the sunrise.

15:83But the (Awful) Cry overtook them at the morning hour,

26:158So the retribution came on them. Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers.

We afflicted Pharaoh’s people with drought and famine, so they might take heed.

7:130And we straitened Pharaoh's folk with famine and dearth of fruits, that peradventure they might heed.

That is because their messengers came to them with clear proofs, but they said, “Shall humans guide us?” So they turned away, and Allah had no need of them.

64:6That was because their messengers (from Allah) kept coming unto them with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty), but they said: Shall mere mortals guide us? So they disbelieved and turned away, and Allah was independent (of them). Allah is Absolute, Owner of Praise.

This has been Our way with the messengers We sent before you, and you will find no change in Our decree.

17:77(Such was Our) method in the case of those whom We sent before thee (to mankind), and thou wilt not find for Our method aught of power to change.

Yet We sent warners among them.

37:72And verily We sent among them warners.

So, see what became of those who were warned

37:73Then see the nature of the consequence for those warned,

Except for Allah’s devoted servants.

37:74Save single-minded slaves of Allah.