The Quran, Surah az-Zumar, ayaat 53-67 https://www.islamawakened.com/quran/39/st29.htm#53 39:53 Say, "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah . Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful." 39:54 And return [in repentance] to your Lord and submit to Him before the punishment comes upon you; then you will not be helped. 39:55 And follow the best of what was revealed to you from your Lord before the punishment comes upon you suddenly while you do not perceive, 39:56 Lest a soul should say, "Oh [how great is] my regret over what I neglected in regard to Allah and that I was among the mockers." 39:57 Or [lest] it say, "If only Allah had guided me, I would have been among the righteous." 39:58 Or [lest] it say when it sees the punishment, "If only I had another turn so I could be among the doers of good." 39:59 But yes, there had come to you My verses, but you denied them and were arrogant, and you were among the disbelievers. 39:60 And on the Day of Resurrection you will see those who lied about Allah [with] their faces blackened. Is there not in Hell a residence for the arrogant? 39:61 And Allah will save those who feared Him by their attainment; no evil will touch them, nor will they grieve. 39:62 Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is, over all things, Disposer of affairs. 39:63 To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth. And they who disbelieve in the verses of Allah - it is those who are the losers. 39:64 Say, [O Muhammad], "Is it other than Allah that you order me to worship, O ignorant ones?" 39:65 And it was already revealed to you and to those before you that if you should associate [anything] with Allah , your work would surely become worthless, and you would surely be among the losers." 39:66 Rather, worship [only] Allah and be among the grateful. 39:67 They have not appraised Allah with true appraisal, while the earth entirely will be [within] His grip on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens will be folded in His right hand. Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him.
> On 24-May-2019, at 3:55 PM, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 6:37 PM Lawrence Crowell > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > I read a translation of the Koran right after the 9/11 attacks. It is >> > heavily marinated with eschatology with flames and suffering. In fact it >> > is far more than what exists in the New Testament, which itself is pretty >> > threatening along these lines. > > Sam Harris in his book "The End Of Faith" provides some interesting quotes > in that shows the tone you're talking about: > > "Open the Koran, which is perfect in its every syllable, and simply read it > with the eyes of faith. You will see how little compassion need be wasted on > those whom God himself is in the process of “mocking,” “cursing,” “shaming,” > “punishing,” “scourging,” “judging,” “burning,” “annihilating,” “not > forgiving,” and “not reprieving.” God, who is infinitely wise, has cursed the > infidels with their doubts. He prolongs their life and prosperity so that > they may continue heaping sin upon sin and all the more richly deserve the > torments that await them beyond the grave. In this light, the people who > died on September 11 were nothing more than fuel for the eternal fires of > God’s justice. To convey the relentlessness with which unbelievers are > vilified in the text of the Koran, I provide a long compilation of quotations > below, in order of their appearance in the text. This is what the Creator of > the universe apparently has on his mind (when he is not fussing with > gravitational constants and atomic weights): > > “It is the same whether or not you forewarn them [the unbelievers], they will > have no faith” (2:6). “God will mock them and keep them long in sin, > blundering blindly along” (2:15). A fire “whose fuel is men and stones” > awaits them (2:24). They will be “rewarded with disgrace in this world and > with grievous punishment on the Day of Resurrection” (2:85). “God’s curse be > upon the infidels!” (2:89). “They have incurred God’s most inexorable wrath. > An ignominious punishment awaits [them]” (2:90). “God is the enemy of the > unbelievers” (2:98). “The unbelievers among the People of the Book > [Christians and Jews], and the pagans, resent that any blessing should have > been sent down to you from your Lord” (2:105). “They shall be held up to > shame in this world and sternly punished in the hereafter” (2:114). “Those to > whom We [God] have given the Book, and who read it as it ought to be read, > truly believe in it; those that deny it shall assuredly be lost” (2:122). > “[We] shall let them live awhile, and then shall drag them to the scourge of > the Fire. Evil shall be their fate” (2:126). “The East and the West are > God’s. He guides whom He will to a straight path” (2:142). > > “Do not say that those slain in the cause of God are dead. They are alive, > but you are not aware of them” (2:154). “But the infidels who die unbelievers > shall incur the curse of God, the angels, and all men. Under it they shall > remain for ever; their punishment shall not be lightened, nor shall they be > reprieved” (2:162). “They shall sigh with remorse, but shall never come out > of the Fire” (2:168). “The unbelievers are like beasts which, call out to > them as one may, can hear nothing but a shout and a cry. Deaf, dumb, and > blind, they understand nothing” (2:172). “Theirs shall be a woeful > punishment” (2:175). “How steadfastly they seek the Fire! That is because God > has revealed the Book with truth; those that disagree about it are in extreme > schism” (2:176). “Slay them wherever you find them. Drive them out of the > places from which they drove you. Idolatry is worse than carnage. . . . f > they attack you put them to the sword. Thus shall the unbelievers be > rewarded: but if they desist, God is forgiving and merciful. Fight against > them until idolatry is no more and God’s religion reigns supreme. But if they > desist, fight none except the evil-doers”(2:190–93). “Fighting is obligatory > for you, much as you dislike it. But you may hate a thing although it is good > for you, and love a thing although it is bad for you. God knows, but you know > not” (2:216). “They will not cease to fight against you until they force you > to renounce your faith—if they are able. But whoever of you recants and dies > an unbeliever, his works shall come to nothing in this world and in the world > to come. Such men shall be the tenants of Hell, wherein they shall abide > forever. Those that have embraced the Faith, and those that have fled their > land and fought for the cause of God, may hope for God’s mercy” (2:217–18). > “God does not guide the evil-doers” (2:258). “God does not guide the > unbelievers” (2:264). “The evil-doers shall have none to help them” (2:270). > “God gives guidance to whom He will” (2:272). > > Those that deny God’s revelations shall be sternly punished; God is mighty > and capable of revenge” (3:5). “As for the unbelievers, neither their riches > nor their children will in the least save them from God’s judgment. They > shall become fuel for the Fire” (3:10). “Say to the unbelievers: ‘You shall > be overthrown and driven into Hell—an evil resting place!’” (3:12). “The only > true faith in God’s sight is Islam. . . . He that denies God’s revelations > should know that swift is God’s reckoning” (3:19). “Let the believers not > make friends with infidels in preference to the faithful—he that does this > has nothing to hope for from God—except in self-defense” (3:28). “Believers, > do not make friends with any but your own people. They will spare no pains to > corrupt you. They desire nothing but your ruin. Their hatred is evident from > what they utter with their mouths, but greater is the hatred which their > breasts conceal” (3:118). “If you have suffered a defeat, so did the enemy. > We alternate these vicissitudes among mankind so that God may know the true > believers and choose martyrs from among you (God does not love the > evil-doers); and that God may test the faithful and annihilate the infidels” > (3:140). > > “Believers, if you yield to the infidels they will drag you back to unbelief > and you will return headlong to perdition. . . . We will put terror into the > hearts of the unbelievers. . . . The Fire shall be their home” (3:149–51). > “Believers, do not follow the example of the infidels, who say of their > brothers when they meet death abroad or in battle: ‘Had they stayed with us > they would not have died, nor would they have been killed.’ God will cause > them to regret their words. . . . If you should die or be slain in the cause > of God, God’s forgiveness and His mercy would surely be better than all the > riches they amass” (3:156). “Never think that those who were slain in the > cause of God are dead. They are alive, and well provided for by their Lord; > pleased with His gifts and rejoicing that those they left behind, who have > not yet joined them, have nothing to fear or to regret; rejoicing in God’s > grace and bounty. God will not deny the faithful their reward” (3:169). “Let > not the unbelievers think that We prolong their days for their own good. We > give them respite only so that they may commit more grievous sins. Shameful > punishment awaits them” (3:178). “Those that suffered persecution for My sake > and fought and were slain: I shall forgive them their sins and admit them to > gardens watered by running streams, as a reward from God; God holds the > richest recompense. Do not be deceived by the fortunes of the unbelievers in > the land. Their prosperity is brief. Hell shall be their home, a dismal > resting place” (3:195–96). > > “God has cursed them in their unbelief” (4:46). “God will not forgive those > who serve other gods besides Him; but He will forgive whom He will for other > sins. He that serves other gods besides God is guilty of a heinous sin. . . . > Consider those to whom a portion of the Scriptures was given. They believe in > idols and false gods and say of the infidels: ‘These are better guided than > the believers’” (4:50–51). “Those that deny Our revelation We will burn in > fire. No sooner will their skins be consumed than We shall give them other > skins, so that they may truly taste the scourge. God is mighty and wise” > (4:55–56). > > “Believers, do not seek the friendship of the infidels and those who were > given the Book before you, who have made of your religion a jest and a > pastime” (5:57). “That which is revealed to you from your Lord will surely > increase the wickedness and unbelief of many among them. We have stirred > among them enmity and hatred, which will endure till the Day of Resurrection” > (5:65). “God does not guide the unbelievers” (5:67). “That which is revealed > to you from your Lord will surely increase the wickedness and unbelief of > many among them. But do not grieve for the unbelievers” (5:69). “You see many > among them making friends with unbelievers. Evil is that to which their souls > prompt them. They have incurred the wrath of God and shall endure eternal > torment. . . . You will find that the most implacable of men in their enmity > to the faithful are the Jews and the pagans, and that the nearest in > affection to them are those who say: ‘We are Christians’” (5:80–82). “[T]hose > that disbelieve and deny Our revelations shall become the inmates of Hell” > (5:86). > > “[T]hey deny the truth when it is declared to them: but they shall learn the > consequences of their scorn” (6:5). “We had made them more powerful in the > land than yourselves [the Meccans], sent down for them abundant water from > the sky and gave them rivers that rolled at their feet. Yet because they > sinned We destroyed them all and raised up other generations after them. If > We sent down to you a Book inscribed on real parchment and they touched it > with their own hands, the unbelievers would still assert: ‘This is but plain > sorcery.’ They ask: ‘Why has no angel been sent down to him [Muhammad]?’ If > We had sent down an angel, their fate would have been sealed and they would > have never been reprieved” (6:5–8). “Who is more wicked than the man who > invents falsehoods about God or denies His revelations?” (6:21). “Some of > them listen to you. But We have cast veils over their hearts and made them > hard of hearing lest they understand your words. They will believe in none of > Our signs, even if they see them one and all. When they come to argue with > you the unbelievers say: ‘This is nothing but old fictitious tales.’ They > forbid it and depart from it. They ruin none but themselves, though they do > not perceive it. If you could see them when they are set before the Fire! > They will say: ‘Would that we could return! Then we would not deny the > revelations of our Lord and would be true believers’ (6:23–27). “But if they > were sent back, they would return to that which they have been forbidden. > They are liars all” (6:29). “Had God pleased He would have given them > guidance, one and all” (6:35). > > “Deaf and dumb are those that deny Our revelations: they blunder about in > darkness. God confounds whom He will, and guides to a straight path whom He > pleases.” (6:39) “[T]heir hearts were hardened, and Satan made their deeds > seem fair to them. And when they had clean forgotten Our admonition We > granted them all that they desired; but just as they were rejoicing in what > they were given, We suddenly smote them and they were plunged into utter > despair. Thus were the evil-doers annihilated. Praise be to God, Lord of the > Universe!” (6:43–45). “[T]hose that deny Our revelations shall be punished > for their misdeeds” (6:49). “Such are those that are damned by their own > sins. They shall drink scalding water and be sternly punished for their > unbelief” (6:70). “Could you but see the wrongdoers when death overwhelms > them! With hands out-stretched, the angels will say: ‘Yield up your souls. > You shall be rewarded with the scourge of shame this day, for you have said > of God what is untrue and scorned His revelations” (6:93). > > “Avoid the pagans. Had God pleased, they would not have worshipped idols. . . > . We will turn away their hearts and eyes from the Truth since they refused > to believe in it at first. We will let them blunder about in their > wrongdoing. If We sent the angels down to them, and caused the dead to speak > to them, . . . and ranged all things in front of them, they would still not > believe, unless God willed otherwise. . . . Thus have We assigned for every > prophet an enemy: the devils among men and jinn, who inspire each other with > vain and varnished false- hoods. But had your Lord pleased, they would not > have done so. Therefore leave them to their own inventions, so that the > hearts of those who have no faith in the life to come may be inclined to what > they say and, being pleased, persist in their sinful ways” (6:107–12). “The > devils will teach their votaries to argue with you. If you obey them you > shall yourselves become idolaters. . . . God will humiliate the transgressors > and mete out to them a grievous punishment for their scheming” (6:121–25). > “If God wills to guide a man, He opens his bosom to Islam. But if he pleases > to confound him, He makes his bosom small and narrow as though he were > climbing up to heaven. Thus shall God lay the scourge on the unbelievers” > (6:125). > > John K Clark > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv0AgCMvqa0M7aJW7%2B-oLjCDbf%2BWUsZHuLxqj2oG72vg%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/6D089720-0C6F-458A-95ED-5F88B90D3C21%40gmail.com.
