The Companies - 39:25 Those before them also denied, and the punishment came from a place they did not expect.
How did the previous people reject the messengers?
Yaseen/36:15 "They said, "You are nothing but men like us. And the Most Merciful has not sent down anything. You are lying."
The Believers/23:24 "The prominent disbelievers of his people said, "This is nothing but a man like you. He wants to rule over you. Had Allah willed, He could have sent down an angel. We did not hear anything like this from our first ancestors."
The Criterion/25:7 "And they said, "How is it that this messenger eats and walks in the markets? Why should not an angel have descended with him as a warner?"
Explained in Detail/41:14 "Messengers went to them from before them and behind them, saying: "Do not serve or serve other than Allah". They said, "If our Lord had willed, He could have sent down an angel. Therefore we do not believe in the message you bring"."
The Cow/2:118 "The ignorant said, "Should not Allah have spoken to us or a sign (miracle) have come to us?"Those before them had spoken like them. Their minds are alike. We show the miracles to those who believe."
The Heights/7:59 "We sent Noah to his people: "O my people, worship Allah. You have no god besides Him. I fear for you the torment of a great day."
The Heights/7:60 "The elders of his people said: "We see you in manifest error"."
The Heights/7:70 "They said: "Have you come to us that we may serve Allah alone and abandon what our forefathers served? Bring us what you threatened us with if you are truthful."
The Heights/7:75 "The arrogant elders of his people said to the believers whom they humiliated and persecuted, "How do you know that Salih is indeed sent from his Lord?"They said: "We believe in the message he has brought"."
The Heights/7:76 "The arrogant ones said: "We deny what you believe in"."
The Heights/7:77 "They slaughtered the camel with torture and rebelled against the command of their Lord: "Salih, if you are indeed one of the Messengers, bring upon us the torment of which you threatened us"."
The Heights/7:90 The prominent disbelievers of his people said, "If you follow Shu´ayb, you will be losers."
The Heights/7:132 "They said: "No matter how many miracles (signs) you bring to bewitch us, we will not believe you"."
Prophet Jonah/10:78 "They said: "Have you come to us to turn us away from that on which we found our fathers, so that greatness in the earth may remain for the two of you? We will never believe in you."
Prophet Hud/11:27 "The leaders of his people who disbelieved said, "We see that you are only a man like us, and we see that no one follows you except the shallow-minded rabble among us. Nor do we see any superiority in you over us. On the contrary, we think that you are liars."
Prophet Hud/11:53 "They said: "O Hud, you have not come to us with a clear proof. We will not abandon our religion on your word alone, nor will we believe in you."
Prophet Hud/11:54 "He said: "We say that you have been struck by one of our gods": "I bear Allah as a witness, and you bear witness that I am far from that which you associate as partners."
Prophet Hud/11:62 "They said: "O Salih, before this you were a popular source of hope among us. Do you now forbid us from what our forefathers used to serve? We are in doubt about what you call us to."
Prophet Abraham/14:9 "Has not reached you the news of those who were before you, of Noah and the people of Aad and Thamud and those who came after them, whom only Allah knows? Their messengers went to them with clear proofs, but they despised them and said: "We disbelieve in what you have brought and we have doubts and misgivings about the message to which you call us"."
Prophet Abraham/14:10 "Their messengers said: "Do you doubt Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, and He calls you to forgive you your sins and gives you a certain period of time?"They said: "You are but men like us, and you want to turn us away from that which our forefathers used to serve. Bring us a clear authorization"."
Prophet Abraham/14:11 "And their messengers said to them: "Surely we are human beings like you. But Allah chooses whom He wills from among His servants and bestows favor upon him. It is impossible for us to bring you a certificate of authority without Allah´s permission. Believers should trust in Allah."
Prophet Abraham/14:12 Why should we not trust in Allah, when He has shown us the way? We will patiently endure the persecution you are inflicting on us. Those who trust must trust in Allah.
Prophet Abraham/14:13 "The disbelievers said to their messengers, "Either you return to our religion or we will expel you from our land!"Their Lord revealed to them, "We will destroy the wrongdoers."
Ta-Ha/20:63 "They said, "The sole purpose of these two sorcerers is to drive you out of your land by their magic and to destroy your ideal way of life."
The Believers/23:33 "The elites of the people who denied and disbelieved in the Hereafter, though We had bestowed upon them bounties in the life of this world, said: "This is only a man like you. He eats what you eat and drinks what you drink."
The Believers/23:34 If you follow a man like you, then you are indeed losers.
The Believers/23:35 Does he promise that you will rise again after you have died and become dust and bones?
The Believers/23:36 "What you have been promised is impossible, impossible!"
The Believers/23:37 Our life is only in this world. We live, we die. We will never be resurrected.
The Believers/23:38 He is none other than a man who ascribes a lie to Allah. We will not believe in him.
The Criterion/25:41 "Whenever they see you, they ridicule you: "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a messenger?"
The Criterion/25:42 "Had we not resisted, he would almost have led us astray from our gods."When they see the torment, they will know who is truly astray."
The Poets/26:176 The people of Ayka also denied the messengers.
The Poets/26:177 "Their brother Shuaib said to them, "Will you not be righteous?"
The Poets/26:178 I am a trustworthy messenger sent to you.
The Poets/26:179 Listen to Allah and follow me.
The Poets/26:180 And I do not ask any wage from you for this; my wage belongs only to the Lord of the Universes.
The Poets/26:181 Measure exactly. Do not be of those who deceive.
The Poets/26:182 Weigh with the right scale.
The Poets/26:183 And do not withhold from the people their due and do not create confusion in the earth by committing evil.
The Poets/26:184 And honor Him who created you and the previous generations.
The Poets/26:185 "They said, "You are bewitched."
The Poets/26:186 "They said, "You are only a man like us and we believe that you lie."
Yaseen/36:13 Give them the example of the attitude of the people of a city towards the messengers who came to them.
Yaseen/36:14 "We sent to them two messengers, both of whom they denied. So We supported them with a third. They said: "We are the messengers sent to you"."
Yaseen/36:16 "They said, "Our Lord knows that we have been sent to you."
Yaseen/36:17 Our duty is only to announce clearly.
Yaseen/36:18 "They said, "We have been jinxed because of you. If you do not cease, we will stone you and a painful punishment will touch you from us."
Those Who Set The Ranks/37:35 "When it was said to them: "La ilaaha illa Allah", they were arrogant."
Those Who Set The Ranks/37:36 "They used to say: "Shall we abandon our gods for a mad poet?"
The Arabic Letter Sad/38:5 He made the gods one god? This is very strange indeed!
The Arabic Letter Sad/38:6 "Their leaders rushed forward and said, "Go on, stick to your gods. This is all that is required of you."
The Arabic Letter Sad/38:7 We have not heard anything like this in the last religion; it is a fabrication.
The Arabic Letter Sad/38:8 "Why was the Message revealed to him from among us?"Indeed, they are in doubt about My Message. No, they have not yet tasted the torment."
The Forgiver/40:23 We sent Moses with Our signs and a clear authority.
The Forgiver/40:24 "We said to Pharaoh, Haman and Karun. They said: "This is a magician and a liar"."
The Forgiver/40:25 "When he brought to them a truth from Us, they said: "Kill the sons of those who believe with him and let the women live". The plan of the disbelievers is always perverse."
The Forgiver/40:26 "Pharaoh said, "Let me kill Moses so that he may call upon his Lord. I fear that he may change your religion or cause evil in the land."
The Sandhills/46:21 "Remember when Ad´s brother warned his people in the sand dunes. Before and after that he said: "Do not serve none but Allah. I fear for you the torment of a great day"."
The Sandhills/46:22 "Have you come to us to lead us astray from our gods? Bring us what you have promised us if you are truthful"."
The Moon/54:24 "They said, "Shall we follow a man from among us? Then we shall go astray and enter Hell."
Prophet Noah/71:21 "Noah said, "My Lord, they have disobeyed me and followed a man whose money and children only harm him."
Prophet Noah/71:22 And they even set great traps.
Prophet Noah/71:23 They said, ´Do not abandon your gods. Do not leave Vedd, nor Suva, nor Yegus, nor Yeuk, nor Nesr.
Prophet Noah/71:24 They have led many astray. So increase the confusion of the wrongdoers.
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