Selected Quranic verses

﴿ فَٱجۡتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ﴾

And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteo...

﴿ وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَيُزۡلِقُونَكَ بِأَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡ لَمَّا سَمِعُواْ ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَيَقُو... ﴾

And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make...

﴿ وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﴾

But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.

﴿ ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ ﴾

The Inevitable Reality -

﴿ مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ ﴾

What is the Inevitable Reality?

﴿ وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحَآقَّةُ ﴾

And what can make you know what is the Inevitable...

﴿ كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ وَعَادُۢ بِٱلۡقَارِعَةِ ﴾

Thamūd and ʿAad denied the Striking Calamity [i.e....

﴿ فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ ﴾

So as for Thamūd, they were destroyed by the overp...

﴿ وَأَمَّا عَادٞ فَأُهۡلِكُواْ بِرِيحٖ صَرۡصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٖ ﴾

And as for ʿAad, they were destroyed by a screamin...

﴿ سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ سَبۡعَ لَيَالٖ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومٗاۖ فَتَرَى ٱلۡقَوۡمَ فِيهَا صَرۡع... ﴾

Which He [i.e., Allāh] imposed upon them for seven...

﴿ فَهَلۡ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٖ ﴾

Then do you see of them any remains?

﴿ وَجَآءَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَمَن قَبۡلَهُۥ وَٱلۡمُؤۡتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلۡخَاطِئَةِ ﴾

And there came Pharaoh and those before him and th...