1.109 - The Disbelievers

1.002 - The Heifer, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
19. Or like a cloudburst from the sky, in which is darkness, and thunder, and lightning. They press their fingers into their ears from the thunderbolts, in fear of death. But God surrounds The Disbelievers.
20. The lightning almost snatches their sight away. Whenever it illuminates for them, they walk in it; but when it grows dark over them, they stand still. Had God willed, He could have taken away their hearing and their sight. God is capable of everything.
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24. But if you do not—and you will not—then beware the Fire whose fuel is people and stones, prepared for The Disbelievers.
25. And give good news to those who believe and do righteous deeds; that they will have gardens beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with fruit therefrom as sustenance, they will say, “This is what we were provided with before,” and they will be given the like of it. And they will have pure spouses therein, and they will abide therein forever.
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34. And We said to the angels, “Bow down to Adam.” They bowed down, except for Satan. He refused, was arrogant, and was one of The Disbelievers.
35. We said, “O Adam, inhabit the Garden, you and your spouse, and eat from it freely as you please, but do not approach this tree, lest you become wrongdoers.”
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89. And when a scripture came to them from God, confirming what they have—although previously they were seeking victory against those who disbelieved—but when there came to them what they recognized, they disbelieved in it. So God’s curse is upon The Disbelievers.
90. Miserable is what they sold their souls for—rejecting what God has revealed, out of resentment that God would send down His grace upon whomever He chooses from among His servants. Thus they incurred wrath upon wrath. And there is a demeaning punishment for The Disbelievers.
91. And when it is said to them, “Believe in what God has revealed,” they say, “We believe in what was revealed to us,” and they reject anything beyond that, although it is the truth which confirms what they have. Say, “Why did you kill God’s prophets before, if you were believers?”
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104. O you who believe! Do not say ambiguous words, but say words of respect, and listen. The Disbelievers will have a painful torment.
105. It is never the wish of The Disbelievers from among the People of the Book, nor of the polytheists, that any good should be sent down to you from your Lord. But God chooses for His mercy whomever He wills. God is Possessor of Sublime Grace.
106. We never nullify a verse, nor cause it to be forgotten, unless We bring one better than it, or similar to it. Do you not know that God is capable of all things?
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191. And kill them wherever you overtake them, and expel them from where they had expelled you. Oppression is more serious than murder. But do not fight them at the Sacred Mosque, unless they fight you there. If they fight you, then kill them. Such is the retribution of The Disbelievers.
192. But if they cease, then God is Forgiving and Merciful.
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254. O you who believe! Spend from what We have given you, before a Day comes in which there is neither trading, nor friendship, nor intercession. The Disbelievers are the wrongdoers.
255. God! There is no god except He, the Living, the Everlasting. Neither slumber overtakes Him, nor sleep. To Him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. Who is he that can intercede with Him except with His permission? He knows what is before them, and what is behind them; and they cannot grasp any of His knowledge, except as He wills. His Throne extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation does not burden Him. He is the Most High, the Great.

1.003 - Family of Imran, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
131. And guard yourselves against the Fire that is prepared for The Disbelievers.
132. And obey God and the Messenger, that you may obtain mercy.
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141. So that God may prove those who believe, and eliminate The Disbelievers.
142. Or do you expect to enter Paradise, before God has distinguished those among you who strive, and before He has distinguished the steadfast?
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196. Do not be impressed by The Disbelievers’ movements in the land.
197. A brief enjoyment, then their abode is Hell. What a miserable resort.

1.004 - Women, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
37. Those who are stingy, and exhort people to stinginess, and conceal what God has given them from His bounty. We have prepared for The Disbelievers a disgraceful punishment.
38. And those who spend their money to be seen by people, and believe neither in God nor in the Last Day. Whoever has Satan as a companion—what an evil companion.
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101. When you travel in the land, there is no blame on you for shortening the prayers, if you fear that The Disbelievers may harm you. The Disbelievers are your manifest enemies.
102. When you are among them, and you stand to lead them in prayer, let a group of them stand with you, and let them hold their weapons. Then, when they have done their prostrations, let them withdraw to the rear, and let another group, that have not prayed yet, come forward and pray with you; and let them take their precautions and their weapons. Those who disbelieve would like you to neglect your weapons and your equipment, so they can attack you in a single assault. You commit no error, if you are hampered by rain or are sick, by putting down your weapons; but take precautions. Indeed, God has prepared for The Disbelievers a demeaning punishment.
103. When you have completed the prayer, remember God, standing, or sitting, or on your sides. And when you feel secure, perform the prayer. The prayer is obligatory for believers at specific times.
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139. Those who ally themselves with The Disbelievers instead of the believers. Do they seek glory in them? All glory belongs to God.
140. He has revealed to you in the Book that when you hear God’s revelations being rejected, or ridiculed, do not sit with them until they engage in some other subject. Otherwise, you would be like them. God will gather the hypocrites and The Disbelievers, into Hell, altogether.
141. Those who lie in wait for you: if you attain victory from God, they say, “Were we not with you?” But if The Disbelievers get a turn, they say, “Did we not side with you, and defend you from the believers?” God will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection; and God will give The Disbelievers no means of overcoming the believers.
142. The hypocrites try to deceive God, but He is deceiving them. And when they stand for prayer, they stand lazily, showing off in front of people, and remembering God only a little.

1.005 - The Table, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
54. O you who believe! Whoever of you goes back on his religion—God will bring a people whom He loves and who love Him, kind towards the believers, stern with The Disbelievers. They strive in the way of God, and do not fear the blame of the critic. That is the grace of God; He bestows it upon whomever He wills. God is Embracing and Knowing.
55. Your allies are God, and His Messenger, and those who believe—those who pray regularly, and give charity, while bowing down.
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57. O you who believe! Do not befriend those who take your religion in mockery and as a sport, be they from among those who were given the Scripture before you, or The Disbelievers. And obey God, if you are believers.
58. When you call to the prayer, they take it as a joke and a trifle. That is because they are people who do not reason.

1.007 - The Elevations, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
50. The inmates of the Fire will call on the inhabitants of the Garden, “Pour some water over us, or some of what God has provided for you.” They will say, “God has forbidden them for The Disbelievers.”
51. Those who took their religion lightly, and in jest, and whom the worldly life deceived. Today We will ignore them, as they ignored the meeting on this Day of theirs, and they used to deny Our revelations.
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101. These towns—We narrate to you some of their tales. Their messengers came to them with the clear signs, but they would not believe in what they had rejected previously. Thus God seals the hearts of The Disbelievers.
102. We found most of them untrue to their covenants; We found most of them corrupt.

1.008 - The Spoils, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
7. God has promised you one of the two groups—that it would be yours—but you wanted the unarmed group to be yours. God intends to prove the truth with His words, and to uproot The Disbelievers.
8. In order to confirm the truth and nullify falsehood, even though the guilty dislike it.
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14. “Here it is; so taste it.” For The Disbelievers there is the suffering of the Fire.
15. O you who believe! When you meet those who disbelieve on the march, never turn your backs on them.
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18. Such is the case. God will undermine the strategy of The Disbelievers.
19. If you desire a verdict, the verdict has come to you. And if you desist, it would be best for you. And if you return, We will return; and your troops, however numerous, will not benefit you. God is with the believers.
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30. When The Disbelievers plotted against you, to imprison you, or kill you, or expel you. They planned, and God planned, but God is the Best of planners.
31. And when Our revelations are recited to them, they say, “We have heard. Had we wanted, we could have said the like of this; these are nothing but myths of the ancients.”
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59. Let not The Disbelievers assume that they are ahead. They will not escape.
60. And prepare against them all the power you can muster, and all the cavalry you can mobilize, to terrify thereby God’s enemies and your enemies, and others besides them whom you do not know, but God knows them. Whatever you spend in God’s way will be repaid to you in full, and you will not be wronged.

1.009 - Repentance, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
2. So travel the land for four months, and know that you cannot escape God, and that God will disgrace The Disbelievers.
3. And a proclamation from God and His Messenger to the people on the day of the Greater Pilgrimage, that God has disowned the polytheists, and so did His Messenger. If you repent, it will be better for you. But if you turn away, know that you cannot escape God. And announce to those who disbelieve a painful punishment.
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26. Then God sent down His serenity upon His Messenger, and upon the believers; and He sent down troops you did not see; and He punished those who disbelieved. Such is the recompense of The Disbelievers.
27. Then, after that, God will relent towards whomever He wills. God is Forgiving and Merciful.
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32. They want to extinguish God’s light with their mouths, but God refuses except to complete His light, even though The Disbelievers dislike it.
33. It is He who sent His Messenger with the guidance and the religion of truth, in order to make it prevail over all religions, even though the idolaters dislike it.
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49. Among them is he who says, “Excuse me, and do not trouble me.” In fact, they sunk into trouble. In fact, Hell will engulf The Disbelievers.
50. If something good happens to you, it upsets them; and if a calamity befalls you, they say, “We took our precautions in advance,” and they depart, happy.
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68. God has promised the hypocrite men and hypocrite women, and The Disbelievers, the Fire of Hell, abiding therein forever. It is their due. And God has cursed them. They will have a lasting punishment.
69. Like those before you. They were more powerful than you, and had more wealth and children. They enjoyed their share, and you enjoyed your share, as those before you enjoyed their share. And you indulged, as they indulged. It is they whose works will fail in this world and in the Hereafter. It is they who are the losers.
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73. O Prophet! Strive against The Disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be stern with them. Their abode is Hell—what a miserable destination!
74. They swear by God that they said nothing; but they did utter the word of blasphemy, and they renounced faith after their submission. And they plotted what they could not attain. They were resentful only because God and His Messenger have enriched them out of His grace. If they repent, it would be best for them; but if they turn away, God will afflict them with a painful punishment—in this life and in the Hereafter—and they will have on earth no protector and no savior.
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120. It is not for the inhabitants of Medina and the Desert-Arabs around them to stay behind the Messenger of God, nor to prefer themselves to him. That is because they never suffer any thirst, nor fatigue, nor hunger in the cause of God, nor do they take one step that enrages The Disbelievers, nor do they gain anything from an enemy, but it is recorded to their credit as a righteous deed. God does not waste the reward of the righteous.
121. Nor do they spend any expenditure, small or large, nor do they cross any valley, but it is recorded to their credit. That God may reward them in accordance with the best of their deeds.
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123. O you who believe! Fight those of The Disbelievers who attack you, and let them find severity in you, and know that God is with the righteous.
124. Whenever a chapter is revealed, some of them say, “Which of you has this increased in faith?” As for those who believe: it increases them in faith, and they rejoice.

1.00 - Main, #The Book of Certitude, #Baha u llah, #Baha i
On that day the faithful shall rejoice in the victory of God, and The Disbelievers shall lament.
None must contend with those who wield authority over the people; leave unto them that which is theirs, and direct your attention to men's hearts.

1.010 - Jonah, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
2. Is it a wonder to the people that We inspired a man from among them: “Warn mankind, and give good news to those who believe that they are on a sound footing with their Lord”? The Disbelievers said, “This is a manifest sorcerer.”
3. Your Lord is God, who created the heavens and the earth in six days, then settled over the Throne, governing all things. There is no intercessor except after His permission. Such is God, your Lord—so serve Him. Will you not reflect?

1.011 - Hud, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
42. And so it sailed with them amidst waves like hills. And Noah called to his son, who had kept away, “O my son! Embark with us, and do not be with The Disbelievers.”
43. He said, “I will take refuge on a mountain—it will protect me from the water.” He said, “There is no protection from God’s decree today, except for him on whom He has mercy.” And the waves surged between them, and he was among the drowned.

1.013 - Thunder, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
32. Messengers before you were ridiculed, but I granted The Disbelievers respite, and then I seized them. What a punishment it was!
33. Is He who is watchful over the deeds of every soul? Yet they ascribe associates to God. Say, “Name them! Or are you informing Him of something on earth He does not know, or is it a show of words?” In fact, the scheming of those who disbelieve is made to appear good to them, and they are averted from the path. Whomever God misguides has no guide.
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35. The likeness of the Garden promised to the righteous: rivers flowing beneath it; its food is perpetual, and so is its shade. Such is the sequel for those who guard against evil, but the sequel of The Disbelievers is the Fire.
36. Those to whom We gave the Scripture rejoice in what was revealed to you, while some factions reject parts of it. Say, “I am commanded to worship God, and to never associate anything with Him. To Him I invite, and to Him is my return.”

1.014 - Abraham, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
2. God—to whom belongs what is in the heavens and the earth. And woe to The Disbelievers from a severe torment.
3. Those who prefer the present life to the Hereafter, and repel from the path of God, and seek to make it crooked—these are far astray.

1.016 - The Bee, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
27. Then, on the Day of Resurrection, He will disgrace them, and say, “Where are My associates for whose sake you used to dispute?” Those who were given knowledge will say, “Today shame and misery are upon The Disbelievers.”
28. Those wronging their souls while the angels are taking them away—they will propose peace: “We did no wrong.” Yes you did. God is aware of what you used to do.”

1.017 - The Night Journey, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
8. Perhaps your Lord will have mercy on you. But if you revert, We will revert. We have made Hell a prison for The Disbelievers.
9. This Quran guides to what is most upright; and it gives good news to the believers who do good deeds, that they will have a great reward.

1.018 - The Cave, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
100. On that Day, We will present The Disbelievers to Hell, all displayed.
101. Those whose eyes were screened to My message, and were unable to hear.

1.019 - Mary, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
83. Have you not considered how We dispatch the devils against The Disbelievers, exciting them with incitement?
84. So do not hurry against them. We are counting for them a countdown.

1.021 - The Prophets, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
30. Do The Disbelievers not see that the heavens and the earth were one mass, and We tore them apart? And We made from water every living thing. Will they not believe?
31. And We placed on earth stabilizers, lest it sways with them, and We placed therein signposts and passages, that they may be guided.

1.023 - The Believers, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
117. Whoever invokes another god besides God—he has no proof thereof—his reckoning rests with his Lord. The Disbelievers will not succeed.
118. And say, “My Lord, forgive and have mercy, for You are the Best of the merciful.”

1.025 - The Criterion, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
26. On that Day, true sovereignty will belong to the Merciful, and it will be a difficult Day for The Disbelievers.
27. On that Day, the wrongdoer will bite his hands, and say, “If only I had followed the way with the Messenger.
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52. So do not obey The Disbelievers, but strive against them with it, a mighty struggle.
53. And it is He who merged the two seas; this one fresh and sweet, and that one salty and bitter; and He placed between them a barrier, and an impassable boundary.

1.028 - History, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
86. You did not expect the Scripture to be transmitted to you, except as mercy from your Lord. Therefore, do not be a supporter of The Disbelievers.
87. And do not let them divert you from God’s revelations after they have been revealed to you. And pray to your Lord, and never be of the polytheists.

1.029 - The Spider, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
47. Likewise, We revealed to you the Scripture. Those to whom We gave the Scripture believe in it, and some of these believe in it. None renounce Our communications except The Disbelievers.
48. You did not read any scripture before this, nor did you write it down with your right hand; otherwise the falsifiers would have doubted.
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54. They urge you to hasten the punishment. But Hell will engulf The Disbelievers.
55. On the Day when the punishment will envelop them, from above them, and from beneath their feet, He will say, “Taste what you used to do!”

1.033 - The Confederates, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
8. That He may ask the sincere about their sincerity. He has prepared for The Disbelievers a painful punishment.
9. O you who believe! Remember God’s blessings upon you, when forces came against you, and We sent against them a wind, and forces you did not see. God is Observant of what you do.
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25. God repelled The Disbelievers in their rage; they gained no advantage. God thus spared the believers combat. God is Strong and Mighty.
26. And He brought down from their strongholds those of the People of the Book who backed them, and He threw terror into their hearts. Some of them you killed, and others you took captive.
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64. God has cursed The Disbelievers, and has prepared for them a Blaze.
65. Dwelling therein forever, not finding a protector or a savior.

1.035 - Originator, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
39. It is He who made you successors on earth. Whoever disbelieves, his disbelief will recoil upon him. The disbelief of The Disbelievers adds only to their Lord's disfavor of them. The disbelief of The Disbelievers adds only to their perdition.
40. Say, “Have you considered those partners of yours that you worship instead of God? Show me what they have created on earth. Or do they have any share in the heavens?” Or have We given them a book whose clear teachings they follow? In fact, the wrongdoers promise one another nothing but delusions.

1.038 - Saad, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
4. And they marveled that a warner has come to them from among them. The Disbelievers said, “This is a lying magician.”
5. “Did he turn all the gods into one God? This is something strange.”

1.039 - Throngs, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
71. Those who disbelieved will be driven to Hell in throngs. Until, when they have reached it, and its gates are opened, its keepers will say to them, “Did not messengers from among you come to you, reciting to you the revelations of your Lord, and warning you of the meeting of this Day of yours?” They will say, “Yes, but the verdict of punishment is justified against The Disbelievers.”
72. It will be said, “Enter the gates of Hell, to abide therein eternally.” How wretched is the destination of the arrogant.

1.040 - Forgiver, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
14. So call upon God, with sincere devotion to Him, even though The Disbelievers resent it.
15. Exalted in rank, Owner of the Throne. He conveys the Spirit, by His command, upon whomever He wills of His servants, to warn of the Day of Encounter.
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50. They will say, “Did not your messengers come to you with clear signs?” They will say, “Yes.” They will say, “Then pray, but the prayers of The Disbelievers will always be in vain.”
51. Most surely We will support Our messengers and those who believe, in this life, and on the Day the witnesses arise.
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74. Instead of God?” They will say, “They have abandoned us. In fact, we were praying to nothing before.” Thus God sends The Disbelievers astray.
75. That is because you used to rejoice on earth in other than the truth, and because you used to behave with vanity.
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85. But their faith could not help them once they witnessed Our might. This has been God’s way of dealing with His servants. And there and then The Disbelievers lost.

1.042 - Consultation, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
26. And He answers those who believe and do good deeds, and He increases them of His grace. But The Disbelievers will suffer a terrible punishment.
27. If God were to increase the provision to His servants, they would transgress on earth; but He sends down in precise measure whatever He wills. Surely, regarding His servants, He is Expert and Observant.

1.047 - Muhammad, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
11. That is because God is the Master of those who believe, while The Disbelievers have no master.
12. God will admit those who believe and do good deeds into gardens beneath which rivers flow. As for those who disbelieve, they enjoy themselves, and eat as cattle eat, and the Fire will be their dwelling.

1.048 - Victory, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
13. He who does not believe in God and His Messenger—We have prepared for The Disbelievers a Blazing Fire.
14. To God belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He forgives whomever He wills, and He punishes whomever He wills. God is Forgiving and Merciful.
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29. Muhammad is the Messenger of God. Those with him are stern against The Disbelievers, yet compassionate amongst themselves. You see them kneeling, prostrating, seeking blessings from God and approval. Their marks are on their faces from the effects of prostration. Such is their description in the Torah, and their description in the Gospel: like a plant that sprouts, becomes strong, grows thick, and rests on its stem, impressing the farmers. Through them He enrages The Disbelievers. God has promised those among them who believe and do good deeds forgiveness and a great reward.

1.050 - Qaf, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
2. They marveled that a warner has come to them from among them. The Disbelievers say, “This is something strange.
3. When we have died and become dust? This is a farfetched return.”

1.052 - The Mount, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
42. Or are they planning a conspiracy? The conspiracy will befall The Disbelievers.
43. Or do they have a god besides God? God transcends what they associate.

1.054 - The Moon, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
8. Scrambling towards the Caller, The Disbelievers will say, “This is a difficult Day.”
9. Before them the people of Noah disbelieved. They rejected Our servant, and said, “Crazy,” and he was rebuked.

1.057 - Iron, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
20. Know that the worldly life is only play, and distraction, and glitter, and boasting among you, and rivalry in wealth and children. It is like a rainfall that produces plants, and delights The Disbelievers. But then it withers, and you see it yellowing, and then it becomes debris. While in the Hereafter there is severe agony, and forgiveness from God, and acceptance. The life of this world is nothing but enjoyment of vanity.
21. Race towards forgiveness from your Lord; and a Garden as vast as the heavens and the earth, prepared for those who believe in God and His messengers. That is the grace of God; He bestows it on whomever He wills. God is the Possessor of Immense Grace.

1.061 - Column, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
8. They want to extinguish God’s Light with their mouths; but God will complete His Light, even though The Disbelievers dislike it.
9. It is He who sent His Messenger with the guidance and the true religion, to make it prevail over all religions, even though the idolaters dislike it.

1.066 - Prohibition, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
9. O prophet! Strive hard against The Disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be stern with them. Their abode is Hell. What a miserable destination!
10. God illustrates an example of those who disbelieve: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were under two of Our righteous servants, but they betrayed them. They availed them nothing against God, and it was said, “Enter the Fire with those who are entering.”

1.067 - Sovereignty, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
20. Or who is this who is a force for you to protect you against the Compassionate? The Disbelievers are in nothing but delusion.
21. Or who is this that will provide for you, if He withholds His provision? Yet they persist in defiance and aversion.
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28. Say, “Have you considered? Should God make me perish, and those with me; or else He bestows His mercy on us; who will protect The Disbelievers from an agonizing torment?”
29. Say, “He is the Compassionate. We have faith in Him, and in Him we trust. Soon you will know who is in evident error.”

1.070 - Ways of Ascent, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
2. For The Disbelievers; none can repel it.
3. From God, Lord of the Ways of Ascent.

1.074 - The Enrobed, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
10. For The Disbelievers—not easy.
11. Leave Me to him whom I created alone.

1.109 - The Disbelievers, #Quran, #unset, #Zen
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Tablets of Baha u llah text, #Tablets of Baha u llah, #Baha u llah, #Baha i
O 'Alí-Akbar! Consider how abject is the state of The Disbelievers. They all give utterance to the words: 'Verily He is to be praised in His deeds and is to be obeyed in His behest.' Nevertheless if We reveal aught which, even to the extent of a needle's eye, runneth counter to their selfish ways and desires, they will disdainfully reject it. Say, none can ever fathom the manifold exigencies of God's consummate wisdom. In truth, were He to pronounce the earth to be heaven, no one hath the right to question His authority. This is that whereunto the Point of the Bayán hath testified in all that was sent down unto Him with truth at the behest of God, He Who hath caused the Dawn to break.
The third Tajallí
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Gracious God! It was intended that at the time of the manifestation of the One true God the faculty of recognizing Him would have been developed and matured and would have reached its culmination. However, it is now clearly demonstrated that in The Disbelievers this faculty hath remained undeveloped and hath, indeed, degenerated.
O 'Alí! That which they accepted from the Bush they now refuse to accept from Him Who is the Tree of the world of existence. Say, O people of the Bayán, speak not according to the dictates of passion and selfish desire. Most of the peoples of the earth attest the truth of the blessed Word which hath come forth from the Bush.
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Glorified be God! Man's treasure is his utterance, yet this Wronged One hath withheld His Tongue, for The Disbelievers are lying in ambush; however, protection is afforded by God, the Lord of all worlds. Verily, in Him have We placed Our trust and unto Him have We committed all affairs. All-Sufficient is He for Us and for all created things. He is the One by Whose leave, and through the potency of Whose command, the Day-Star of sovereign might hath shone resplendent above the horizon of the world. Well is it with him who perceiveth and recognizeth the Truth and woe betide the froward and the faithless.
This Wronged One hath invariably treated the wise with affection. By the wise is meant men whose knowledge is not confined to mere words and whose lives have been fruitful and have produced enduring results. It is incumbent upon everyone to honor these blessed souls. Happy are they that observe God's precepts; happy are they that have recognized the Truth; happy are they that judge with fairness in all matters and hold fast to the Cord of My inviolable Justice.
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Glorified be God! One wondereth by what proof or reason The Disbelievers among the people of the Bayán have turned away from the Lord of being. In truth the station of this Revelation transcendeth the station of whatever hath been manifested in the past or will be made manifest in the future. The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, vol. 4 p. 220
Were the Point of the Bayán present in this day and should He, God forbid, hesitate to acknowledge this Cause, then the very blessed words which have streamed forth from the wellspring of His Own Bayán would apply to Him. He saith, and His word is the truth, 'Lawful is it for Him Whom God will make manifest to reject him who is the greatest on earth.' Say, O ye that are bereft of understanding! Today that Most Exalted Being is proclaiming: 'Verily, verily, I am the first to adore Him.' How shallow is the fund of men's knowledge and how feeble their power of perception. Our Pen of Glory beareth witness to their abject poverty and to the wealth of God, the Lord of all worlds. The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, vol. 4 p. 220
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The Disbelievers among the people of the Bayán are like the followers of the Shí'ih sect and walk in their footsteps. Leave them to their idle fancies and vain imaginings. They are in truth accounted with the lost in the Book of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. The Shí'ih divines, one and all, are now engaged in reviling and denouncing the True One from their pulpits. Gracious God! Dawlat-Ábádí 1 too hath followed suit. He ascended the pulpit and gave voice to that which hath caused the Tablet to cry out in anguish and the Pen to wail. Meditate upon his conduct and the conduct of Ashraf 2--upon him be My glory and My tender mercy--and likewise consider those loved ones who hastened to the place of martyrdom in My Name, and offered up their lives in the path of Him Who is the Desire of the world. 1. Mírzá Hádí Dawlat-Ábádí, one of the divines of Isfáhán, who became a follower of the Báb, later supported Mírzá Yahyá, and was appointed his representative in Írán and his successor. During the persecutions against the Bábís he recanted his faith.
2. Mírzá Ashraf, who was martyred in the city of Isfáhán. (See God Passes By p. 201.)
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O Lord! Unto Thee have I turned my face, detached from all save Thee and holding fast to the hem of the robe of Thy manifold blessings. Unloose my tongue therefore to proclaim that which will captivate the minds of men and will rejoice their souls and spirits. Strengthen me then in Thy Cause in such wise that I may not be hindered by the ascendancy of the oppressors among Thy creatures nor withheld by the onslaught of The Disbelievers amidst those who dwell in Thy realm. Make me as a lamp shining throughout Thy lands that those in whose hearts the light of Thy knowledge gloweth and the yearning for Thy love lingereth may be guided by its radiance.
Verily, potent art Thou to do whatsoever Thou willest, and in Thy grasp Thou holdest the kingdom of creation. There is none other God but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Wise.

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