Al-Ankabut

Do people think they will be left alone for saying “we believe”, without being tested? Those before them were tested too. Allah commands kindness to parents, but not obedience if they push you to associate others with Him. The deniers say “Follow our way, and we will carry your sins”, yet no one can carry another’s sins. Nuh stayed among his people 950 years, and the ark saved those with him. Ibrahim asked his people why they worship idols that cannot provide for them; they threw him into the fire, and Allah saved him. Friends in this life will curse one another on the Day of Judgement. Lut warned his people; angels came with good news for Ibrahim and with destruction for that town, and only Lut’s family was saved, apart from his wife. Madyan, ’Ad, Thamud, Qarun, Pharaoh and Haman were each seized for their sins, by a storm of stones, the Blast, the earth swallowing them, or drowning. Those who take protectors besides Allah are like the spider: the frailest of houses is the spider’s house. Recite the Book and establish prayer, for prayer forbids immorality and wrongdoing. Argue with the People of the Book only in the best way. The Quran is clear signs in the hearts of those given knowledge. Every soul will taste death, and Allah’s earth is wide. This worldly life is only play, and the Hereafter is the true life. Those who strive for Allah, He will guide to His ways.