Selected Quranic verses

﴿ إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُواْ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةٗ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ ﴾

We are sending the she-camel as a test for them, s...

﴿ وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ أَنَّ ٱلۡمَآءَ قِسۡمَةُۢ بَيۡنَهُمۡۖ كُلُّ شِرۡبٖ مُّحۡتَضَرٞ ﴾

and tell them that the water is to be shared betwe...

﴿ فَنَادَوۡاْ صَاحِبَهُمۡ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ ﴾

But they called their companion[11], and he undert...

﴿ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ﴾

Then how [terrible] My punishment and My warnings...

﴿ إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ صَيۡحَةٗ وَٰحِدَةٗ فَكَانُواْ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ ﴾

We sent against them a single blast, leaving them...

﴿ وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرٖ ﴾

We have certainly made the Qur’an easy to understa...

﴿ كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطِۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ﴾

The people of Lot rejected the warnings.

﴿ إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطٖۖ نَّجَّيۡنَٰهُم بِسَحَرٖ ﴾

We sent against them a storm of pebbles, except th...

﴿ نِّعۡمَةٗ مِّنۡ عِندِنَاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي مَن شَكَرَ ﴾

as a blessing from Us. Thus do We reward those who...

﴿ وَلَقَدۡ أَنذَرَهُم بَطۡشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوۡاْ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ﴾

He had already warned them of Our punishing assaul...

﴿ وَلَقَدۡ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيۡفِهِۦ فَطَمَسۡنَآ أَعۡيُنَهُمۡ فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ﴾

They even demanded that he let them have their way...

﴿ وَلَقَدۡ صَبَّحَهُم بُكۡرَةً عَذَابٞ مُّسۡتَقِرّٞ ﴾

By the early morning a lasting torment overtook th...