Whoever is guided is only guided to his own good. Whoever is misguided
is only misguided to his detriment. No burden-bearer can bear
another's burden. We never punish until We have sent a Messenger.
(Qur'an, 17:15)
Old Testament
The soul who sins is the one who will die. The sonwill not share the
guilt ofthe father, nor will the father share the guilt of the son.
The righteousness of the righteous man will be credited to him, and
the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against him. (Ezekiel
18:20)
PEOPLE ARE PUNISHED FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE
Any disaster that strikes you is through what your own hands have
earned, and He pardons much. (Qur'an, 42:30)
Old Testament
What has happened to usis a result of our evil deeds and our great
guilt, and yet, our God, you have punished us less than our sins have
deserved and have given us such deliverance as this. (Ezra 9:13)
TRUST IN GOD
If God helps you, no one can vanquish you. If He forsakes you, who can
help you after that? So the believers should put their trust in God.
(Qur'an, 3:160)
O you who believe! Remember God's blessing to you when certain people
were on the verge of raising theirhands against you and He held their
hands backfrom you. Heed God. The believers should put their trust in
God. (Qur'an, 5:11)
Old Testament
He [Uzziah] sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed
him in the fearof God. As long as he sought the Lord, God gave him
success. (2 Chronicles 26:5)
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own
understanding. (Proverbs3:5)
O Lord Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you. (Psalm 84:12)
GOD STRAIGHTENS OUT THEPATHS
It rests with God alone toshow you the right path:yet there is [many
aone] who swerves from it. If He had wished, He could have guided
everyone of you. (Qur'an, 16:9)
Old Testament
[I]n all your ways acknowledge him, and He will make your paths
straight. (Proverbs 3:6)
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
[Man asks]: "So when is the Day of Resurrection?" But whenthe eyesight
is dazzled, and the moon is eclipsed, and the sun and moon are fused
together, on that Day man will ask: "Where can I run?" No indeed!
There will be no safe place. (Qur'an, 75:6-11)
When the stars are extinguished, when Heaven is split open, when the
mountains arepulverised, and when the Messengers' time is appointed.
(Qur'an, 77:8-11)
The Hour is coming, but Ihave concealed it so thatevery self can be
repaid for its efforts. (Qur'an, 20:15)
They will ask you about the Hour: When is it due?Say: "Knowledge of it
rests with my Lord alone.He alone will reveal it at its proper time.
It hangs heavy in the heavens and Earth. It will not come upon you
except suddenly." They will ask you as if you had full knowledge of
it. Say:"Knowledge of it rests with God alone. But most people do not
know that." (Qur'an, 7:187)
On the Day the sky is like molten brass and the mountains like tufts
of colored wool. No good friend will ask about his friend. (Qur'an,
70:8-10)
When Heaven is split apart and goes red like dregs of oil. (Qur'an, 55:37)
New Testament
But in those days, following that distress, the sun will be darkened
and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the
sky... (Mark 13:24-25)
Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come. (Mark 13:33)
Be careful, or your heartswill be weighed down with dissipation,
drunkenness, and the anxieties of life, and that Day will close on you
unexpectedly, like a trap.For it will come upon all those who live on
the face of the whole Earth. (Luke 21:34-35)
... The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be
destroyed by fire, and Earth and everything in itwill be laid bare.
Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people
ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look
forward to the Day of God and speed its coming. That Day will bring
about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will
melt in the heat. (2 Peter 3:10-12)
Old Testament
... For the Day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. The sun
and moon will be darkened, and the stars no longer shine. (Joel
3:14-15)
… The Day of the Lord is near; it will come like destruction from the
Almighty. Because of this,all hands will go limp, every man's heart
will melt. Terror will seize them, pain and anguish will grip them;
they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at each
other, their faces aflame. See, the Day of the Lord is coming-a cruel
Day, with wrath and fierce anger-to make the land desolate and destroy
the sinners within it. The stars of heaven and their constellations
will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the
moon will not give its light. (Isaiah 13:6-10)
Alas for that Day! For the day of the Lord is near; it will come like
destruction from the Almighty. (Joel 1:15)
The great Day of the Lordis near-near and coming quickly. Listen! The
cry onthe Day of the Lord will be bitter, the shouting ofthe warrior
there. That Day will be a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish,
a day of trouble and ruin, a day ofdarkness and gloom, a day of clouds
and blackness. (Zephaniah 1:14-15)
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