God has reminded the Jewish people (children of Israel) of the covenants they made with Him and commanded them to embrace Islam!

 

 

 

Verses 40-46 of Chapter 2

O children of Israel! Just recall to mind My favour wherewith I blessed you, fulfill your covenant with Me and I shall fulfill My covenant with you, and fear Me alone. And believe in the Book I have now sent down; as it confirms the Scriptures you already possess, be not the first to reject it; barter not away My Revelations for paltry worldly gain, and guard yourselves against My wrath Confound not the Truth with falsehood nor conceal it knowingly. Establish the Salat, pay the Zakat and bow down before Me along with those who bow down. How is it that you enjoin others to follow the Right Way, but forget it yourselves, though you read the Scriptures? Have you no sense at all? Seek help with the Salat and fortitude: no doubt, Salat is a hard task but not for those obedient servants, who realize that ultimately they shall meet their Lord and shall return to Him.

 

Verses 63-64 of Chapter 2
Call to mind the time when We raised above you the Tur and made a covenant with you, saying, "Hold fast to the Book which We are giving you and bear in mind the commands and precepts contained therein. It is expected that this will lead you on to the paths of virtue and piety." But even after that you forsook the Covenant: nevertheless Allah did not withhold His grace and mercy from you; otherwise you would have been utterly ruined long before this.

 

Verses 83 of Chapter 2
Remember that We made a solemn covenant with the children of Israel to this effect: worship none save Allah: be good to your parents, to your relatives, to the orphans and to the helpless; speak aright with the people: establish the Salat and pay the Zakat. But with the exception of a few, you all slid back from it and are paying no heed to it even now.

 

Verses 84-86 of Chapter 2
Remember also that We made another solemn covenant with you: you shall not shed blood among yourselves nor expel one another from your homes. And you confirmed it and you are a witness to it. But inspite of this, you are killing your brethren and driving them out from their homes and making unjust and aggressive alliances against one another. And when they come to you as captives, you trade on their ransoms whereas their expulsion itself was unlawful for you. Do you then believe in one part of the Scriptures and disbelieve in the other? What other punishment do such people from among you deserve except an ignominious life in this world and the most grievous doom on the Day of Resurrection? Allah is not unaware of what you are doing. These are the people who have preferred the worldly life to the life in the Hereafter. Therefore their torment shall not be lightened nor shall help be given to them (from any quarter).

Human beings are the vicegerents of God to carry out the orders of the Supreme Authority (God)!

 

 

Verse 30 of Chapter 2

Just recall the time when your Lord said to the angels, "I am going to appoint a vicegerent on the Earth." They humbly enquired, "Are you going to appoint such a one as will cause disorder and shed blood on the Earth? We are already engaged in hymning Your praise, and hallowing Your name". Allah replied, "I know what you do not know."

Did God create everything in the earth for human beings?

 

Verse 29 of Chapter 2

He it is Who created for you all that there is on the Earth; He then turned to the sky and ordered it into seven heavens. And He has full knowledge of everything.

On the Day of Judgement, human beings will be judged on the basis of not only their deeds but also the hidden secrets of their hearts!

 

Verses 6-11 of Chapter 100

Verily, man is ungrateful to his Lord, and he himself is a witness to it, and he loves the worldly wealth with all his heart. But, does he not know the time when all that lies (buried) in the graves shall be brought out, and all that lies (hidden) in the breasts shall be divulged and examined? Surely, their Lord on that Day shall be well informed of them.

How do educated people turn out to be ungrateful to God?

 

 

Verses 1-8 of Chapter 96

Read in the name of your Lord Who created. Created man from a clot of congealed blood. Read, and your Lord is Most Generous. Who taught knowledge by the pen, taught man what he did not know. Indeed not! Man behaves rebelliously for he deems himself to be self-sufficient, (although) towards your Lord indeed is the return.

Does God make the path to paradise easy for those who cross the steep pass?

 

Verses 1-11 of Chapter 92

By the night when it spreads, and the day when it shines forth, and Him Who created the male and the female: In fact, your endeavors (O men) are for different ends. So he who gave wealth (in God's Way) and avoided (God's disobedience), and believed in goodness, for him We shall facilitate the easy way. As for him who was niggardly and lived as though he was independent (of God) and belied goodness, for him We shall facilitate the hard way. And what will his wealth avail him when he perishes?

 

Is there any steep pass in the straight pathway (as prescribed by God) that people must attempt to go to the paradise?

 

 

Verses 1-20 of Chapter 90

Nay! I swear by this City, while you (O Prophet), have been made lawful in this City. And I swear by father and the children he begot that We have indeed created man in toil. Does he think that no one will have power over him? He says, "I have squandered heaps of wealth." Does he think that no one has seen him? Have We not given him two eyes, and a tongue and two lips, and shown him both the highways (of good and evil)? Yet he has not attempted the steep pass. And what do you know what the steep pass is? It is the freeing of a neck from bondage, or the feeding in a day of hunger of a nearly related orphan, or a poor man lying in the dust. Then (besides) one should be of those who have believed and exhorted one another to patience and exhorted one another to mercy (for God's creatures). These are the people of the right hand. As for those who refuse to believe in Our Revelations, they are the people of the left hand. They shall have a Fire enveloping them.

Those who have Taqwa (fear for God) and spend their wealth for self-purification seeking the pleasure of God will be protected from the blazing fire!

 

 

Verses 12-21 of Chapter 92

Truly, on Us is (to give) guidance. And truly, unto Us (belong) the last (Hereafter) and the first (this world). Therefore I have warned you of a Fire Talazza. None shall enter it save the most wretched. Who denies and turns away. And those with Taqwa will be far removed from it. He who gives of his wealth for self-purification. And who has (in mind) no favor from anyone to be paid back. Except to seek the Face of his Lord, the Most High. He, surely, will be pleased.

Does possession of wealth and children divert people from giving in charity (sadaqah) and being righteous!

 

Verses 9-11 of Chapter 63

O you who have believed, let not your possessions and your children distract you from the remembrance of Allah." Those who do so shall indeed be the losers. Spend from the provisions that We have given you before death should come to any of you and then he should say, "O my Lord, why did You not reprieve me awhile that I should have given in charity and become of the righteous?" But Allah does not at all reprieve a person when his term comes to an end, and Allah is well aware of what you do.

Verses 1-8 of Chapter 102
Your craze for more and more and mutual rivalry for worldly gains has made you heedless, until you reach the graves. By no means! Soon you shall know! Again (note it well) by no means! Soon you shall know. Nay! Had you known with certainty of knowledge. You shall certainly see Hell. Again (note it well that) you shall most certainly see it. Then, on that Day, you shall certainly be called to account for the blessings and comforts of life.

Those who forget God are also made forget their own souls!

 

Verse 19 of Chapter 59

And be ye not like those who forgot Allah; and He made them forget their own souls! Such are the rebellious transgressors!