The Qualities of Unbelievers

They have no knowledge of this, they follow only guesswork. And guesswork is no substitute for truth.

If you obey most of those on earth, they will lead you astray from Allah’s path. They follow nothing but assumptions and do nothing but speculate.

Your Lord knows best who strays from His path, and He knows best who is rightly guided.

Is one who believes like one who sins? They are not equal.

The blind and the seeing are not equal, nor are those who believe and do good equal to those who do evil. Yet you seldom reflect.

Nor are darkness and light.

Nor shade and scorching heat.

Nor are the living and the dead alike.

Those who remain seated while others strive in Allah’s cause are not equal, except those with valid excuses. Allah has elevated those who struggle with their wealth and lives above those who stay behind.

Those who gave and fought before the victory are not equal to those who came after;

Good and evil are not equal

Say, “The impure and the pure are not equal, even if the abundance of impurity impresses you

The people of the Fire and the people of Paradise are not equal.

Those who love to see immorality spread among the believers will face a painful punishment in this world and the next. Allah knows, and you do not.

Were it not for Allah’s grace and mercy, and that He is Compassionate and Merciful…

Had We willed, We could have paralyzed them in their places, leaving them unable to move forward or backward.

They nearly provoked you to drive you out of the land, but had they succeeded, they would not have remained there long.

Believers should not take disbelievers as allies instead of fellow believers. Whoever does so has no bond with Allah, unless it is to protect yourselves from harm.

They seek honour among disbelievers rather than believers; do they not realize that all honour belongs to Allah alone?

O believers, if you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back, and you will become losers.

O believers! Do not take disbelievers as allies instead of the faithful. Do you wish to give Allah a clear reason to punish you?

O believers, do not take outsiders as close allies; they will spare no effort to corrupt you. They wish for your downfall. Hatred has already been revealed from their mouths, but what they conceal in their hearts is far worse

You love them, but they do not love you. You believe in the entire Scripture, yet when they meet you, they say, ‘We believe,’ but when they are alone, they bite their fingertips in rage. Say, ‘Die in your anger!

If good comes to you, it grieves them; but if harm befalls you, they rejoice. Yet if you remain patient and mindful of Allah, their schemes will not harm you.

When the disbelievers see you, they mock, saying, “Is this the one who speaks against our gods?” Yet they reject the mention of the Most Merciful.

It has already been revealed to you in the Book: when you hear Allah’s signs being denied and mocked, do not sit with those who do so unless they turn to another topic; otherwise, you will be like them.

Blessed is He who, if He wills, can grant you better than that, gardens beneath which rivers flow, and palaces.

Say: “My Lord cares not for you if you do not call upon Him. But since you have denied, the punishment is inevitable.”

The messenger said, “My Lord, help me, they’ve called me a liar.”

O believers! Do not take as allies those who mock your faith, whether from the People of the Book or the disbelievers.

We send messengers only as bearers of good news and warnings, but the disbelievers argue with falsehood to undermine the truth. They mock My signs and what they are warned about.

They dismissed the truth when it came to them, but soon they will face the consequences of their mockery.

So, the evil of their deeds overtook them, and what they mocked surrounded them.

Yet you marvel, while they mock.

And when reminded, they pay no heed.

And when they see a sign, they ridicule it.

Yet if they see a sign, they turn away and say, “Continuous magic.”

They denied and followed their desires, but every matter reaches its conclusion.

They say, “This is nothing but obvious magic.

The wrongdoer will bite his hands, saying, “If only I had taken the path with the Messenger!

Woe to me! If only I had not taken so-and-so as a friend!

And they say, “When we are lost into the earth, will we really be resurrected?” No, they deny the meeting with their Lord.

If only you could see the guilty, bowing their heads before their Lord: “Our Lord, we have seen and heard, send us back, and we will do good. We are now convinced.”

And those who had wished for his status the day before said, “Indeed, Allah extends and restricts provision as He wills. Had Allah not been gracious to us, He could have made the earth swallow us too. Indeed, the disbelievers never succeed.”

So turn away from them. On the Day the caller summons them to something dreadful

They will emerge from their graves with humbled eyes, like scattered locusts

Rushing toward the caller, the disbelievers will say, “This is a difficult day.”

Do those who plot evil feel secure that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them or that punishment will not come upon them from where they least expect?

Or that He will not seize them while they go about their affairs, and they will have no escape?

Or that He will not take them gradually?