وعد

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Appears 130 times in the Quran.

  1. So be patient, surely the promise of Allah is true. So should We make you see part of what We threaten them with, or should We cause you to die, to Us shall they be returned.

  2. (As for) those who say: Our Lord is Allah, then continue in the right way, the angels descend upon them, saying: Fear not, nor be grieved, and receive good news of the garden which you were promised.

  3. Rather We will certainly show you that which We have promised them; for surely We are the possessors of full power over them.

  4. So leave them plunging into false discourses and sporting until they meet their day which they are threatened with.

  5. And when it was said, Surely the promise of Allah is true and as for the hour, there is no doubt about it, you said: We do not know what the hour is; we do not think (that it will come to pass) save a passing thought, and we are not at all sure.

  6. These are they from whom We accept the best of what they have done and pass over their evil deeds, among the dwellers of the garden; the promise of truth which they were promised.

  7. And he who says to his parents: Fie on you! do you threaten me that I shall be brought forth when generations have already passed away before me? And they both call for Allah's aid: Woe to you! believe, surely the promise of Allah is true. But he says: This is nothing but stories of the ancients.

  8. They said: Have you come to us to turn us away from our gods; then bring us what you threaten us with, if you are of the truthful ones.

  9. Therefore bear up patiently as did the messengers endowed with constancy bear up with patience and do not seek to hasten for them (their doom). On the day that they shall see what they are promised they shall be as if they had not tarried save an hour of the day. A sufficient exposition! Shall then any be destroyed save the transgressing people?

  10. A parable of the garden which those guarding (against evil) are promised: Therein are rivers of water that does not alter, and rivers of milk the taste whereof does not change, and rivers of drink delicious to those who drink, and rivers of honey clarified and for them therein are all fruits and protection from their Lord. (Are these) like those who abide in the fire and who are made to drink boiling water so it rends their bowels asunder.

  11. Allah promised you many acquisitions which you will take, then He hastened on this one for you and held back the hands of men from you, and that it may be a sign for the believers and that He may guide you on a right path.

  12. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those with him are firm of heart against the unbelievers, compassionate among themselves; you will see them bowing down, prostrating themselves, seeking grace from Allah and pleasure; their marks are in their faces because of the effect of prostration; that is their description in the Taurat and their description in the Injeel; like as seed-produce that puts forth its sprout, then strengthens it, so it becomes stout and stands firmly on its stem, delighting the sowers that He may enrage the unbelievers on account of them; Allah has promised those among them who believe and do good, forgiveness and a great reward.

  13. And the dwellers of the grove and the people of Tuba; all rejected the messengers, so My threat came to pass.

  14. And the trumpet shall be blown; that is the day of the threatening.

  15. He will say: Do not quarrel in My presence, and indeed I gave you the threatening beforehand:

  16. This is what you were promised, (it is) for every one who turns frequently (to Allah), keeps (His limits);

  17. We know best what they say, and you are not one to compel them; therefore remind him by means of the Quran who fears My threat.

  18. What you are threatened with is most surely true,

  19. And in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened with.

  20. Therefore woe to those who disbelieve because of their day which they are threatened with.

  21. Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter.

  22. And what reason have you that you should not spend in Allah's way? And Allah's is the inheritance of the heavens and the earth, not alike among you are those who spent before the victory and fought (and those who did not): they are more exalted in rank than those who spent and fought afterwards; and Allah has promised good to all; and Allah is Aware of what you do.

  23. And they say: When shall this threat be (executed) if you are truthful?

  24. Therefore leave them alone to go on with the false discourses and to sport until they come face to face with that day of theirs with which they are threatened;

  25. Their eyes cast down; disgrace shall overtake them; that is the day which they were threatened with.

  26. Until when they see what they are threatened with, then shall they know who is weaker in helpers and fewer in number.

  27. Say: I do not know whether that with which you are threatened be nigh or whether my Lord will appoint for it a term:

  28. The heaven shall rend asunder thereby; His promise is ever brought to fulfillment.

  29. Most surely what you are threatened with must come to pass.

  30. And the promised day,