The Stories - 28:58
How many peoples We destroyed who were ungrateful for the favors given to them. These are their houses which were inhabited by few after them. We have inherited them.
Ungratefulness to Allah; taking some gods who have no power or authority beside Him and serving them, when Allah is the One Who has given everything we know at our disposal:
The Cow/2:22
He has made the earth habitable for you and made the heaven a structure. He has sent down water from the sky and brought forth from it various crops for you as sustenance. Do not knowingly associate partners with Allah.
اَلَّذ۪ي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ فِرَاشاً وَالسَّمَٓاءَ بِنَٓاءًۖ وَاَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً فَاَخْرَجَ بِه۪ مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ رِزْقاً لَكُمْۚ فَلَا تَجْعَلُوا لِلّٰهِ اَنْدَاداً وَاَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
The Cattle/6:14
"Say: "Shall I take other masters besides Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth out of nothing, Who feeds but does not feed?""Say: "I have been commanded to submit before anyone else. Do not associate partners!"
قُلْ اَغَيْرَ اللّٰهِ اَتَّخِذُ وَلِياًّ فَاطِرِ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَهُوَ يُطْعِمُ وَلَا يُطْعَمُۜ قُلْ اِنّ۪ٓي اُمِرْتُ اَنْ اَكُونَ اَوَّلَ مَنْ اَسْلَمَ وَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُشْرِك۪ينَ
The Criterion/25:45
Have you noticed how your Lord lengthens the shadow? Had He willed, He could have made it motionless. Indeed, We made the sun a proof for it (We made the existence of the shadow dependent on the light).
اَلَمْ تَرَ اِلٰى رَبِّكَ كَيْفَ مَدَّ الظِّلَّۚ وَلَوْ شَٓاءَ لَجَعَلَهُ سَاكِناًۚ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا الشَّمْسَ عَلَيْهِ دَل۪يلاًۙ
The Criterion/25:47
And He it is Who has made the night a covering for you, and sleep a rest, and the day a time of resurrection.
وَهُوَ الَّذ۪ي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الَّيْلَ لِبَاساً وَالنَّوْمَ سُبَاتاً وَجَعَلَ النَّهَارَ نُشُوراً
The Criterion/25:48
And He it is Who sends the winds as heralds before His mercy. And We send down from the sky pure water.
وَهُوَ الَّـذ۪ٓي اَرْسَلَ الرِّيَاحَ بُشْراً بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَحْمَتِه۪ۚ وَاَنْزَلْنَا مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً طَهُوراًۙ
The Criterion/25:49
That We may revive with it a dead land and water with it livestock and people whom We have created.
لِنُحْيِيَ بِه۪ بَلْدَةً مَيْتاً وَنُسْقِيَهُ مِمَّا خَلَقْنَٓا اَنْعَاماً وَاَنَاسِيَّ كَث۪يراً
The Criterion/25:50
And We scattered it among them that they may take admonition. But most of the people persist in ingratitude.
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَاهُ بَيْنَهُمْ لِيَذَّكَّرُواۘ فَاَبٰٓى اَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ اِلَّا كُفُوراً
The Bee/16:54
But when He removes that distress from you, a group of you immediately begin to associate partners with their Lord,
ثُمَّ اِذَا كَشَفَ الضُّرَّ عَنْكُمْ اِذَا فَر۪يقٌ مِنْكُمْ بِرَبِّهِمْ يُشْرِكُونَۙ
The Bee/16:55
Ungrateful for what they were given Enjoy yourselves; soon you will surely know!
لِيَكْفُرُوا بِمَٓا اٰتَيْنَاهُمْۜ فَتَمَتَّعُوا۠ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
The Night Journey/17:67
If any distress touches you in the ocean, those whom you call upon besides Him are lost. But when He saves you and brings you ashore, you return. Man is ungrateful
وَاِذَا مَسَّكُمُ الضُّرُّ فِي الْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَنْ تَدْعُونَ اِلَّٓا اِيَّاهُۚ فَلَمَّا نَجّٰيكُمْ اِلَى الْبَرِّ اَعْرَضْتُمْۜ وَكَانَ الْاِنْسَانُ كَفُوراً
The Spider/29:65
When they board the ship, they call upon Him, making the religion belong to Allah alone. But when We deliver them from the sea, they start associating partners again.
فَاِذَا رَكِبُوا فِي الْفُلْكِ دَعَوُا اللّٰهَ مُخْلِص۪ينَ لَهُ الدّ۪ينَۚ فَلَمَّا نَجّٰيهُمْ اِلَى الْبَرِّ اِذَا هُمْ يُشْرِكُونَۙ
The Spider/29:66
Let them be ungrateful for what We have given them and enjoy themselves. They will know in the future.
لِيَكْفُرُوا بِمَٓا اٰتَيْنَاهُمْۙ وَلِيَتَمَتَّعُوا۠ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ
The Romans/30:33
On the Day when the people are afflicted, they turn to their Lord in prayer. But then, when they taste a mercy, some of them associate partners with their Lord.
وَاِذَا مَسَّ النَّاسَ ضُرٌّ دَعَوْا رَبَّهُمْ مُن۪يب۪ينَ اِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ اِذَٓا اَذَاقَهُمْ مِنْهُ رَحْمَةً اِذَا فَر۪يقٌ مِنْهُمْ بِرَبِّهِمْ يُشْرِكُونَۙ
The Romans/30:34
So they are ungrateful for what We have given them. So enjoy yourselves; you will know in the future.
لِيَكْفُرُوا بِمَٓا اٰتَيْنَاهُمْۜ فَتَمَتَّعُوا۠ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
The Companies/39:3
"Indeed, to Allah alone belongs religion. Those who take those other than Him as awliya (friends) say: "We serve them so that they may bring us closer to Allah". Allah will decide between them in that in which they differ. Surely Allah guides not the liars and the ungrateful."
اَلَا لِلّٰهِ الدّ۪ينُ الْخَالِصُۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ اتَّخَذُوا مِنْ دُونِه۪ٓ اَوْلِيَٓاءَۢ مَا نَعْبُدُهُمْ اِلَّا لِيُقَرِّبُونَٓا اِلَى اللّٰهِ زُلْفٰىۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ ف۪ي مَا هُمْ ف۪يهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يَهْد۪ي مَنْ هُوَ كَاذِبٌ كَفَّارٌ
The Forgiver/40:42
You call me to be ungrateful to Allah and to associate with Him that of which I have no knowledge. I call you to Him Who is the Exalted and the Forgiving.
تَدْعُونَن۪ي لِاَكْفُرَ بِاللّٰهِ وَاُشْرِكَ بِه۪ مَا لَيْسَ ل۪ي بِه۪ عِلْمٌۘ وَاَنَا۬ اَدْعُوكُمْ اِلَى الْعَز۪يزِ الْغَفَّارِ
The Forgiver/40:43
Surely what you call me to has no foundation in this world or the Hereafter. To Allah is our return. Those who transgress will end up in Hell.
لَا جَرَمَ اَنَّمَا تَدْعُونَن۪ٓي اِلَيْهِ لَيْسَ لَهُ دَعْوَةٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَا فِي الْاٰخِرَةِ وَاَنَّ مَرَدَّنَٓا اِلَى اللّٰهِ وَاَنَّ الْمُسْرِف۪ينَ هُمْ اَصْحَابُ النَّارِ
The Ornaments of Gold/43:15
They set aside some of their servants as a portion for Him. Indeed man is a manifest ingrate.
وَجَعَلُوا لَهُ مِنْ عِبَادِه۪ جُزْءاًۜ اِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ لَكَفُورٌ مُب۪ينٌۜ
The Ornaments of Gold/43:16
Has He reserved for Himself daughters from among His creatures, but has He chosen sons for you?
اَمِ اتَّخَذَ مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ بَنَاتٍ وَاَصْفٰيكُمْ بِالْبَن۪ينَ۟
The Heights/7:189
"He created you from a single soul (with the same genetic characteristics). And from him He created his mate so that he might find rest. When he approached his mate, he loaded her with a light burden and traveled with her. When his burden became heavy, they both begged their Lord, Allah: "If you give us a perfect child, we shall be among the thankful."
هُوَ الَّذ۪ي خَلَقَكُمْ مِنْ نَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَجَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا لِيَسْكُنَ اِلَيْهَاۚ فَلَمَّا تَغَشّٰيهَا حَمَلَتْ حَمْلاً خَف۪يفاً فَمَرَّتْ بِه۪ۚ فَلَمَّٓا اَثْقَلَتْ دَعَوَا اللّٰهَ رَبَّهُمَا لَئِنْ اٰتَيْتَنَا صَالِحاً لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الشَّاكِر۪ينَ
The Heights/7:190
When He gave them a perfect child, they began to associate partners with Him for this gift He had given them. Allah is far greater than all that they associate partners with.
فَلَمَّٓا اٰتٰيهُمَا صَالِحاً جَعَلَا لَهُ شُرَكَٓاءَ ف۪يمَٓا اٰتٰيهُمَاۚ فَتَعَالَى اللّٰهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
The Heights/7:65
"And We sent to the people of Ad their brother Hud, saying: "My people, worship Allah. You have no god but Him. Will you not be righteous?"
وَاِلٰى عَادٍ اَخَاهُمْ هُوداًۜ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ اِلٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۜ اَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
The Poets/26:132
Listen to the One who gave you all that you know.
وَاتَّقُوا الَّـذ۪ٓي اَمَدَّكُمْ بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَۚ