Hell Fire
If you doubt what We (Allah) have revealed to Our servant
(Allah’s prophet Mohamed), produce one chapter comparable to it. Call upon your idols to assist you, if
what you say be true. But if you fail
(as you are sure to fail) then guard yourselves against the Fire whose fuel is men and stones,
prepared for the unbelievers.
Al-Baqarah The
Cow 2:23
Hell
Do not be
deceived by the fortunes of the unbelievers in the land. Their prosperity is brief. Hell shall be their home, an evil resting place.
Al-I-Imran The Imrans 3:196-197
Hell Fire
Those who
entertain no hope of meeting Us (Allah's angels), being pleased and contented
with the life of this world, and those who pay no heed to Our (Allah's
angels) revelations , shall have
the Fire as their
home in requital for their deeds.
Yunus Jonah 10:7-8
Hell
Say: “This is the truth from your Lord. Let him who will believe in it, and him
who will, deny it.”
For the
wrongdoers We have prepared a fire which will encompass them like the walls of a pavilion. When they cry out for help they shall be
showered with water as hot as molten brass, which will scald their
faces. Evil shall be their drink,
evil their resting place.
Al-Kahf The Cave 18:29
Hell
But those that do evil, the fire shall be their
home. Whenever they desire to emerge
from it they shall be driven back, and shall be told: “Taste the torment of the fire which you
have persistently denied.”
We will inflict
on them the lighter torment of this world before the greater torment of the world to come, so that they may
perchance return to the right path.
And who is more wicked than the man who gives no heed to the Revelation
of His Lord when he is reminded of
them? We will surely take vengeance
on the guilty.
As-Sajda Adoration 32:20-22
Hell
As for the
unbelievers, the fire of Hell awaits them. Death shall not
deliver them, nor shall its torment ever be eased for them. Thus shall We reward the thankless.
There they will
cry out: “Lord, remove us hence! We will live a good life and will not do
as we have done.” But He will
answer: “Did We not make your lives
long enough for anyone who would be warned to take warning? Besides, someone did come to warn
you: have a taste of it then. None shall help the wrongdoers.”
Fatir The Creator 35:36-37
Hell
Do you not see
how those who dispute the Revelations of Allah are turned away from the right path? Those who have denied the Book and the
message We sent through Our apostles will learn hereafter: when, with chains and shackles round their
necks, they shall be dragged through scalding water and burnt in the fire
of Hell.
Gafir The Believer 40:69-72
Hell
But doleful
shall be the return of the transgressors.
They shall burn in Hell, an evil resting place.
There let them taste their drink:
scalding water, festering blood, and other putrid things.
We shall say to
their leaders: “This band shall be
thrown in headlong with you. No
welcome shall await them; they shall be promptly cast into the Fire.”
And the damned
will say to their leaders: “No
welcome for you either! It was you
who prepared this for us, an evil plight.
Then they will
say: “Lord, inflict on those who
brought this fate upon us a twofold punishment in the Fire.” But why do we not see those whom we deemed
wicked and whom we laughed to scorn?
Or have our eyes missed them?
All this shall
come to pass. The heirs of the Fire will wrangle among themselves.
Sad 38:55-64
Hell
Those that deny Our Revelations We will burn in fire. No sooner will their skins be consumed than We shall give them
other skins, so that they may truly taste the scourge. Surely Allah is mighty and wise.
An-Nisaa Women
4:56
Hell
He that disobeys the Apostle after Our guidance has been
Revelations to him, and follows a path other than that of the faithful, shall
be given what he has chosen. We will
burn him in the fire of Hell: an evil end.
Death to the enemies of Allah
Those that make war against Allah and His apostle and spread
disorder in the land shall be slain or crucified or have their hands and feet
cut off on alternate sides, or be banished from the land. They shall be held up to shame in this
world and sternly punished in the
hereafter: except those that
repent before you reduce them. For
you must know that Allah is forgiving and merciful.
The Table 5:31
page 83
Hell
You and your idols shall be the fuel of Hell; therein
shall you all go down. Were they true gods, your idols would not go
there. But there shall they abide for
ever. They shall groan with anguish
and be bereft of hearing.
Al-Anbiyaa The
Prophets 21:98-100
Hell
Here are two antagonists who contend about their
Lord. Garments of fire have been prepared for the unbelievers. Scalding water shall be poured upon their
heads, melting their skins and that which is in their bellies. They shall be lashed with rods of iron.
Whenever, in their anguish, they try to escape from Hell, back they shall be dragged, and
will be told: “Taste the torment of
the Conflagration!”
Al-Hajj
Pilgrimage 22:19-22
Hell for Unbelievers
On that day We will let them come in tumultuous
throngs. The Trumpet shall be sounded
and We will gather them all together.
On that day We shall lay Hell bare before the unbelievers, who have turned a blind eye to
My admonition and a deaf ear to My warning.
Do the unbelievers think that they can make My servants
patrons besides Me? We have prepared Hell for the unbelievers to dwell in.
Say: “Shall we
tell you who will lose most through their labors? Those whose endeavors in this world are misguided and who yet
think that what they do is right; who
disbelieve the Revelations of their Lord and deny that they will ever meet
Him.” Vain are the works of
these. On the Day of Resurrection We
shall give them no consequence.
Hell is their
reward: because they had no faith,
and because they mocked My apostles and My Revelations .
Al-Kahf The Cave 18:99-106
Hell fire for Unbelievers
Allah has laid His curse upon the unbelievers and prepared
for them a blazing fire. Abiding there forever, they shall find
none to protect or help them.
On the day when their heads roll about in the Fire, they shall say: “Would that we had obeyed Allah and obeyed
the Apostle!” And they shall
say: “Lord, we obeyed our masters and
our great ones, but they led us away from the right path. Lord, mete out to them a double scourge;
lay on them a mighty curse.”
Al-Ahzab The
Confederate Tribes 33:64-68
Hell for unbelievers
As for those that disbelieve in Allah and His apostle, We
have prepared a blazing Fire for
the unbelievers. Allah has
sovereignty over the heavens and the earth.
He pardons whom He will and punishes whom He pleases. Allah is forgiving and merciful.
Al-Fat-h
Victory 48:13-14
Hell
But the evil-doers shall endure for ever the torment of Hell, which will not be
assuaged for them; they shall be speechless with despair. We did not wrong them, but they themselves
did wrong.
“Malik,” they will
call out, “let your Lord make an end of us!
But he will answer: “Here you
shall remain!”
Az-Zukhruf
Ornaments of Gold 43:74-77
Hell & Zaqqum tree
The fruit of the Zaqqum tree shall be the sinner’s
food. It will boil in their belly
like molten brass and like scalding water.
A voice will cry: “Seize him
and drag him into the depths of Hell. Then pour out scalding water over his
head, saying: “Taste this,
illustrious and honorable man! This
is the punishment which you have doubted.””
Ad-Dukhan
Smoke 44:43-50
Hell for man and jinn
Mankind and jinn, We shall surely find the time to judge
you! Which of Your Lord’s blessings
would you deny?
Mankind and jinn, if you have power to penetrate the
confines of heaven and earth, then penetrate them! But this you shall not do except with Our own authority. Which of Your Lord’s blessings would you
deny?
Flames of fire
shall be lashed at you, and molten brass.
There shall be none to help you.
Which of Your Lord’s blessings would you deny?
When the sky splits asunder, and reddens like a rose or
stained leather, Which of Your Lord’s
blessings would you deny?
On that day neither man nor jinnee will be asked about his
sins. Which of Your Lord’s blessings
would you deny?
The wrongdoers will be known by their looks; they shall be
seized by their forelocks and their feet.
Which of Your Lord’s blessings would you deny?
That is Hell
which the sinners deny. They shall
wander between fire and water fiercely seething. Which of Your Lord’s blessings would you deny?
Ar-Rahman The
Merciful 55:31-45
Hell
Believers, guard yourselves and guard your kindred against
a Fire fuelled with men and stones,
in the charge of stern and mighty angels who never disobey Allah’s command
and who promptly do His bidding. They
will say to the unbelievers: “Make no
excuses for yourselves this day. You
shall be rewarded according only to your deeds.
At-Tahrim
Prohibition 66:6-7
Hell’s inmates
We have prepared the scourge of the Fire for these, and the scourge of Hell for those who deny their Lord: an evil fate!
When they are flung into its flames, they shall hear it roaring and seething, as though
bursting with rage. And every time a
multitude is thrown therein, its keepers will say to them: “Did no one come to warn you?” “Yes,”
they will reply, “he did come, but we rejected him and said: “Allah has Revealed nothing: you are in grievous error.”’ And they will say: “If only we listened and understood, we
should not now be among the inmates of the Fire.” Thus shall they
confess their sin. Far from Allah’s
mercy are the inmates of the Fire.
Al-Mulk
Sovereignty 67:6-11
Al-Mursalat
Those That Are Sent 77:34-36
An-Nabaa The Tidings 78:21-26
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Everlasting Fire
Hell should be avoided at all cost
Matthew 5:29-30
NKJV
29 If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and
cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members
perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and
cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members
perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
Hell and the Lake of Fire
Matthew 10:28
NKJV
28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill
the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 25:41
NKJV
Then He will also say to those on the left hand, 'Depart
from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting
fire prepared for the devil and his angels:
Mark 9:43-48
NKJV
43 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is
better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having two hands, to go
to hell, into the fire that shall
never be quenched-- 44 where
'Their worm does not die,
And the fire is not quenched.'
45 "And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off.
It is better for you to enter life lame, rather than having two feet, to be
cast into hell, into the fire that shall
never be quenched-- 46 where
'Their worm does not die,
And the fire is not quenched.'
47 "And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out.
It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than
having two eyes, to be cast into hell
fire-- 48 where
'Their worm does not die,
And the fire is not quenched.'
Hell
2 Peter 2:4-11
NKJV
4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast
them down to hell and delivered
them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 5 and did not
spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of
righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; 6 and
turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to
destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live
ungodly; 7 and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy
conduct of the wicked 8(for that righteous man, dwelling among them,
tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their
lawless deeds)-- 9 then the Lord knows
how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under
punishment for the day of judgment, 10 and especially those who walk
according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They
are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of
dignitaries, 11 whereas angels, who are greater in power and might, do not
bring a Reviling accusation against them before the Lord.
Hell for King of Babylon
Isaiah 14:3-11
NKJV
3 It shall come to pass in the day the LORD gives you rest
from your sorrow, and from your fear and the hard bondage in which you were
made to serve, 4 that you will take up this proverb against the king of
Babylon, and say:
"How the oppressor has ceased, The golden city
ceased! 5 The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of the
rulers; 6 He who struck the people in wrath with a continual stroke, He who
ruled the nations in anger, Is persecuted and no one hinders. 7 The whole
earth is at rest and quiet; They break forth into singing. 8 Indeed the
cypress trees rejoice over you, And the cedars of Lebanon, Saying, 'Since you
were cut down, No woodsman has come up against us.'
9 "Hell from
beneath is excited about you, To meet you at your coming; It stirs up the
dead for you, All the chief ones of the earth; It has raised up from their
thrones All the kings of the nations. 10 They all shall speak and say to you:
‘Have you also become as weak as we? Have you become like us? 11 Your pomp is
brought down to Sheol, And the sound of your stringed instruments; The maggot
is spread under you, And worms cover you.'
Hell for Prideful ness
Habakkuk 2:4-13
NKJV
4 "Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him;
But the just shall live by his faith.
5 "Indeed, because he transgresses by wine, He is a
proud man, And he does not stay at home. Because he enlarges his desire as
hell, And he is like death, and cannot be satisfied, He gathers to himself
all nations And heaps up for himself all peoples.
6 "Will not all these take up a proverb against him,
And a taunting riddle against him, and say, 'Woe to him who increases What is
not his--how long? And to him who loads himself with many pledges'? 7 Will
not your creditors rise up suddenly? Will they not awaken who oppress you?
And you will become their booty. 8 Because you have plundered many nations,
All the remnant of the people shall plunder you, Because of men's blood And
the violence of the land and the city, And of all who dwell in it.
9 "Woe to him who covets evil gain for his house,
That he may set his nest on high, That he may be delivered from the power of
disaster! 10 You give shameful counsel to your house, Cutting off many
peoples, And sin against your soul. 11 For the stone will cry out from the
wall, And the beam from the timbers will answer it.
12 "Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed, Who
establishes a city by iniquity! 13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts
That the peoples labor to feed the fire,
And nations weary themselves in vain?
Matthew 18:6-9
NKJV
7 Woe to the world
because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the
offense comes! 8 If your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and cast
it from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, rather
than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into the everlasting fire. 9 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it
out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one
eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire.
Luke 12:4-5 NKJV
4 "And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of
those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But
I will show you whom you should fear: Fear
Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say
to you, fear Him!
Lake of Fire
Revelation 19:19-21
NKJV
19 And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their
armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and
against His army. 20 Then the beast was captured, and with him the false
prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who
received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two
were cast alive into the lake of fire
burning with brimstone. 21 And the rest were killed with the sword which
proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were
filled with their flesh.
Revelation 20:7-10
NKJV
7 Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be
released from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive the nations which are
in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to
battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. 9 They went up on the breadth
of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And
fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. 10 The devil, who
deceived them, was cast into the lake
of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they
will be tormented day and night forever and ever
Revelation 20:11-15
NKJV
11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it,
from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no
place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and
books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life.
And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were
written in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death
and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each
one according to his works. 14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second
death. 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the
lake of fire.
Revelation 14:6-12
NKJV
6 Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven,
having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth--to
every nation, tribe, tongue, and people-- 7 saying with a loud voice,
"Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come;
and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of
water." 8 And another angel followed, saying, "Babylon is fallen,
is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the
wine of the wrath of her fornication." 9 Then a third angel followed
them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his
image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10 he himself
shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full
strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy
angels and in the presence of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment
ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the
beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name."
Isaiah 30:33
NKJV
33 For Tophet (Hell) was established of old,
Yes, for the king it is prepared.
He has made it deep and large;
Its pyre is fire with much wood;
The breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone,
Kindles it.
Isaiah 66:15-16
NKJV
15 For behold, the LORD will come with fire
And with His chariots, like a whirlwind,
To render His anger with fury,
And His rebuke with flames
of fire.
16 For by fire
and by His sword
The LORD will judge all flesh;
And the slain of the LORD shall be many.
Matthew 3:11-12
NKJV
11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He
who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to
carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing
fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and
gather His wheat into the barn; but He
will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."
Matthew 13:40-43
NKJV
40 Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the
fire, so it will be at the end of this age. 41 The Son of Man will send out
His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend,
and those who practice lawlessness, 42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be
wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine forth as the
sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
Matthew 13:49-50
NKJV
49 So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will
come forth, separate the wicked from among the just, 50 and cast them into
the furnace of fire. There will be
wailing and gnashing of teeth."
Luke 3:9-10 NKJV
9 And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees.
Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown
into the fire."
John 15:5-6 NKJV
6 If anyone does
not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather
them and throw them into the fire,
and they are burned.
2 Thessalonians 1:4-12
NKJV
4 so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of
God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations
that you endure, 5 which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of
God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also
suffer; 6 since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation
those who trouble you, 7 and to give you who are troubled rest with us when
the Lord Jesus is Revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, 8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on
those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our
Lord Jesus Christ. 9 These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from
the glory of His power, 10 when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His
saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony
among you was believed. 11 Therefore we also pray always for you that our God
would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of
His goodness and the work of faith with power, 12 that the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace
of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 14:9-12
NKJV
"If anyone worships the beast and his image, and
receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10 he himself shall also
drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into
the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented
with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the
presence of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or
night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of
his name."
Revelation 21:8
NKJV
8 But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers,
sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part
in the lake which burns with fire and
brimstone, which is the second death."
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Judgment day and Hell
On that day the heaven will shake and reel, and the
mountains move and pass away. On that
day woe betide the unbelievers, who now divert themselves with vain
disputes.
On that day they shall be sternly thrown into the fire of Hell, and a voice will say to
them: “This is the Fire which you denied. Is this sorcery, or do you not see? Burn in its flames. It is the same whether or not you show
forbearance. You shall be recompensed
according only to your deeds.”
At-Tur The
Mountain 52:9-16
Left Hand to Hell
As for those on the
left hand (wretched shall be those on the left hand!) they shall dwell amidst scorching winds
and seething water: in the shade of
pitch black smoke, neither cool nor refreshing. For they have lived in comfort and persisted in the heinous
sin, saying: “When we are once dead
and turned to dust and bones, Shall we be raised to life? And our forefathers, too?”
Say: “Those of old
and those of the present age, shall be brought together on an appointed
day. As for you sinners who deny the
truth, you shall eat fruit of the
Zaqqum tree and fill your bellies with it.
You shall drink scalding water:
yet you shall drink it as the thirsty camel drinks.”
Such shall be their fare on the Day of Reckoning.
We created you; will you not believe then in Our power?
Al-Waqia That
which is coming 56:41-56
Judgment Day
The damned shall be cast into the fire, where, groaning and wailing, they shall abide as long as
the heavens and the earth endure, unless your Lord ordain otherwise: your Lord shall accomplish what He
will. As for the blessed, they
shall abide in Paradise as long as the heavens and the earth endure, unless
your Lord ordain otherwise. Theirs
shall be an endless recompense.
Hud 11:106-108
Paradise
But those to whom We have long since shown Our favor shall
be far removed from Hell. They shall not hear its roar, but shall
delight for ever in what their souls desire.
The supreme Terror shall not grieve them, and the angels
will receive them, saying: “This is
the day you have been promised.”
On that day We shall roll up the heaven like a scroll of
parchment. Just as We brought the
First Creation into being, so will We restore it. This is a promise We shall assuredly fulfill.
Al-Anbiyaa The
Prophets 21:101-104
Rewards Paradise or Hell
Those whose good deeds weigh heavy in the scales shall
triumph, but those whose deeds are light shall forfeit their souls and abide
in Hell for ever. The fire will scorch their faces and they
will writhe in anguish.
Al-Muminun The
Believers 23:102-104
Hell - Paradise
Al-Furqan 25:11-16
Paradise compared with Hell
Such is Paradise which
the righteous have been promised:
Therein shall flow rivers of water undefiled, and rivers of milk for
ever fresh; rivers of wine delectable
to those what drink it, and rivers of clarified honey. There shall they eat of every fruit, and
receive forgiveness from their Lord.
Are they to be compared to those who shall abide in Hell forever, and drink scalding
water which will tear their bowels?
Muhammad 47:15
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Judgment Day
Matthew 25:31-46
31 "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all
the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32 All
the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from
another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 33 And He will set
the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then the King will
say to those on His right hand, 'Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit
the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was
hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a
stranger and you took Me in; 36 I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick
and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.' 37 "Then the
righteous will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed
You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger and
take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39 Or when did we see You sick, or in
prison, and come to You?' 40 "And the King will answer and say to them,
'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these
My brethren, you did it to Me.' 41 "Then
He will also say to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into
the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 for
I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink;
43 I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe
Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.' 44 "Then they also
will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a
stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?' 45
"Then He will answer them, saying, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as
you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.' 46
"And these will go away into
everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."
NKJV
Matthew 5:17-20
17 "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or
the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 18 For assuredly, I
say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no
means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. 19 Whoever therefore breaks
one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called
least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall
be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the
righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the
kingdom of heaven.
NKJV
Matthew 7:21-23
21 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall
enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
22 Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in
Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?'
23 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'
NKJV
Matthew 8:10-12
10 When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who
followed, "Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith,
not even in Israel! 11 And I say to you that many will come from east and
west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
12 But the sons of the kingdom will be cast
out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
NKJV
Matthew 10:5-15
5 These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying:
"Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the
Samaritans. 6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 And
as you go, preach, saying, 'The
kingdom of heaven is at hand.' 8 "Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers,
raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. 9
Provide neither gold nor silver nor copper in your money belts, 10 nor bag
for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs; for a worker is
worthy of his food. 11 Now whatever city or town you enter, inquire who in it
is worthy, and stay there till you go out. 12 And when you go into a household,
greet it. 13 If the household is worthy, let your peace come upon it. But if
it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14 And whoever will not
receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city,
shake off the dust from your feet. 15 Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of
Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!
NKJV
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Hell described in dialogue
(Dialogue between inmates
of Hell and the righteous in Paradise.)
He will say:
"Enter the Fire and
join the communities of jinn and men that have gone before you."
As it enters, every community will curse the one that went
before it, and when all are gathered there, the last of them will say to the
first: "These, Lord, have led us
astray. Let their punishment be
doubled in the Fire."
He will answer:
"All shall be doubly punished, although you may not know
it."
Then the first will say to the last: "You were no better than we. Taste the penalty of your misdeeds."
For those that have denied and scorned Our Revelations the
gates of heaven shall not be opened; nor shall they enter Paradise until the
camel shall pass through the eye of a needle. Thus shall We reward the guilty.
Hell shall be their couch, and sheets of fire shall cover them.
Thus shall We reward the evil doers.
As for those that have faith and do good works - We never
charge a soul with more than it can bear - they are the heirs of Paradise,
and there they shall abide for ever.
We shall take away all hatred from their hearts. Rivers will roll at their feet and they
shall say: "Praise be to Allah
who has guided us hither. Had He not
given us guidance we would have strayed from the right path. Our Lord's apostles have surely preached
the truth." And a voice will cry
out to them, saying: "This is
Paradise which you have earned with your labors."
Then the heirs of Paradise will cry out to the inmates of the Fire: "What our Lord promised we have found
to be true. Have you, too, found the
promise of your Lord to be true?"
"Yes,"
they will answer, and a herald will cry out among them: "Cursed are the evil doers who have
debarred others from the path of Allah and sought to make it crooked, and who
had no faith in the life to come."
A barrier will divide them, and on the Heights there will
be men who recognize each one by his look.
To those in Paradise they shall say:
"Peace be upon you!"
But they shall not yet enter, though they long to be there.
And when they turn their eyes towards the inmates of the Fire they will
cry: "Lord, do not cast us among
these wicked people!" Then,
those on the Heights will say to men they recognize by their looks: "Nothing have your riches or your
scornful pride availed you. Are these
the men who you swore would never earn Allah's mercy?"
[Again turning to the blessed they will say:] "Come in to Paradise. You have nothing to fear or to
regret."
The damned will cry out to the blessed: "Give us some water, or some of that
which Allah has given you." But
the blessed will reply: "Allah
has forbidden both to the unbelievers, who made their religion a diversion
and an idle sport, and who were seduced by their earthly life."
On that day We will forget them as they forgot they would
ever meet that day: for they denied Our Revelations.
Al-A’raf The Heights 7:38-51
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Hell described in Dialogue
19 "There was a certain rich man who was clothed in
purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. 20 But there was a
certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, 21
desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table.
Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 So it was that the beggar
died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also
died and was buried. 23 And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes
and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 Then he cried and
said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the
tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.' 25 But Abraham said, 'Son,
remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise
Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented. 26 And
besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that
those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass
to us.' 27 Then he said, 'I beg you therefore, father, that you would send
him to my father's house, 28 for I have five brothers, that he may testify to
them, lest they also come to this
place of torment.' 29 Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the
prophets; let them hear them.' 30 And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if
one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' 31 But he said to him, 'If
they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded
though one rise from the dead.' "
Luke 16:19-31 NKJV
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that
not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should
boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 NKJV
4:1 "Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the
judgments which I teach you to observe, that you may live, and go in and
possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers is giving you. 2 You shall not add to the word which I
command you, nor take anything from it, that you may keep the
commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
Deuteronomy 4:1-3
NKJV
29 "When the LORD your God cuts off from before you
the nations which you go to dispossess, and you displace them and dwell in
their land, 30 take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow
them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire
after their gods, saying, 'How did these nations serve their gods? I also
will do likewise.' 31 "You shall not worship the LORD your God in that
way; for every abomination to the LORD which He hates they have done to their
gods; for they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
32 Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.
Deuteronomy 12:29-32
NKJV
5 Every word of God is pure;
He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.
6 Do not add to His
words,
Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.
Proverbs 30:5-6
NKJV
14 Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about
these men also, saying, "Behold, the
Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, 15 to execute judgment on all, to
convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they
have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly
sinners have spoken against Him.
Jude 14-15 NKJV
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Creation of man
Angels prostrate except Satan
Satan becomes the tempter
Hell and Paradise
We created man
from dry clay, from black molded loam, and before him Satan from smokeless fire.
Your Lord said to the angels: “I am creating man from dry clay, from black molded loam. When I have fashioned him and breathed of
My spirit into him, kneel down and prostrate yourselves before him.”
The angels one and all, prostrated themselves, except
Satan. He refused to prostrate
himself as the others did.
“Satan,” said Allah, “why do you not prostrate yourself?”
He replied: “I
will not bow to a mortal whom You created of dry clay, of black molded loam.”
“Get you hence,” said Allah, “you are accursed. The curse shall be on you till Judgment
Day.”
“Lord,” said Satan, reprieve me till the Day of
Resurrection.”
He answered, “You are reprieved till the Appointed Day.”
“Lord,” said Satan, “since You have thus seduced me, I
will tempt mankind on earth: I will
seduce them all, except those of them who are your faithful servants.”
He replied, “This is My straight path. You shall have no power over My servants,
only the sinners who follow you. They
are all destined for Hell. It has seven gates, and through each gate
they shall come in separate bands. But the righteous shall dwell among
gardens and fountains; in peace and safety they shall enter them. We shall remove all hatred from their
hearts, and they shall take their ease on couches face to face, a band of
brothers. Toil shall not weary them,
nor shall they ever be driven out.”
Tell My servants that I alone am the Forgiving One, the
Merciful; and that only My scourge is the woeful scourge.
Al-Hijr 15:26-50
Creation of man
Your Lord said to the angels: “I am creating man from clay.
When I have fashioned him and breathed My spirit into him, kneel down
and prostrate yourselves before him.”
The angels all prostrated themselves except Satan, who was
too proud, for he was an unbeliever.
“Satan,” said He,
“why do you not bow to him whom My own hands have made? Are you too proud, or do you deem yourself
superior?”
Satan replied: “I
am nobler than he. You created me
from fire, but him from clay.”
“Be gone, you accursed!”
said He. “My curse shall
remain on you until the Day of Reckoning.”
He replied:
“Reprieve me, Lord, till the Day of Resurrection.”
He said:
“Reprieved you shall be till the Appointed Day.”
“I swear by Your glory,”
said Satan, “that I will seduce them all except your faithful
servants.”
He replied: “Learn
the truth, then (and I speak nothing but the truth): I
will surely fill Hell with your offspring and with your followers all.”
Sad 38:71-85
Oath of Scripture
By the Mountain,
By the Scripture penned on unrolled parchment
By the Visited House, the Lofty Vault, and the swelling
sea,
Your Lord’s
punishment shall surely come to pass!
No power shall ward
it off
At-Tur The
Mountain 52:1-8
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Creation of man
Genesis 1:26-31
NKJV
26 Then God said, "Let
Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the
cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the
earth." 27 So God created man in
His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created
them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful
and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of
the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on
the earth."
29 And God said, "See, I have given you every herb
that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose
fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. 30 Also, to every beast of
the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the
earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food";
and it was so. 31 Then God saw
everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening
and the morning were the sixth day.
Genesis 2:7-9
NKJV
7 And the LORD God
formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the
breath of life; and man became a living being.
8 The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and
there He put the man whom He had formed. 9 And out of the ground the LORD God
made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The
tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:15-25
NKJV
15 Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the
garden of Eden to tend and keep it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man,
saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that
you eat of it you shall surely die."
18 And the LORD God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a
helper comparable to him." 19 Out of the ground the LORD God formed
every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam
to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living
creature, that was its name. 20 So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds
of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. 21
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up
the flesh in its place. 22 Then the
rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He
brought her to the man. 23 And Adam said:
"This is now bone of my
bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of
Man."
24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and
be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 25 And they were both
naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Genesis 3:1-24
NKJV
3:1 Now the serpent
was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And
he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, 'You shall not eat of every
tree of the garden'?"
2 And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat the
fruit of the trees of the garden; 3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in
the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat it, nor shall you
touch it, lest you die.' "
4 Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not
surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be
opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food,
that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she
took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew
that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves
coverings. 8 And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden
in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the
presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
9 Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him,
"Where are you?"
10 So he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and
I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself."
11 And He said, "Who told you that you were naked?
Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not
eat?"
12 Then the man said, "The woman whom You gave to be
with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate."
13 And the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this
you have done?"
The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I
ate."
14 So the LORD God said to the serpent:
"Because you have done this, You are cursed more than
all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall
go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your life. 15 And I will put
enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He
shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel."
16 To the woman He said:
"I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your
conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for
your husband, And he shall rule over you."
17 Then to Adam He said, "Because you have heeded the
voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you,
saying, 'You shall not eat of it':
"Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you
shall eat of it All the days of your life. 18 Both thorns and thistles it
shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field. 19 In the
sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out
of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return."
20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was
the mother of all living. 21 Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made
tunics of skin, and clothed them.
22 Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has
become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his
hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"-- 23
therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground
from which he was taken. 24 So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim
at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way,
to guard the way to the tree of life.
Hebrews 1:1-6
NIV
1:1 In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the
prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has
spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through
whom he made the universe.
3 The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact
representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word.
After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of
the Majesty in heaven. 4 So he became as much superior to the angels as the
name he has inherited is superior to theirs.
5 For to which of the angels did God ever say,
"You are my Son;
today I have become your Father"?
Or again,
"I will be his Father,
and he will be my Son"?
6 And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world,
he says,
"Let all God's angels worship him."
1 Corinthians 10:13
NIV
13 No temptation
has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will
not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he
will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
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Fight for Allah
Prophet, make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites,
and deal sternly with them. Hell shall be their home, evil their
fate.
At-Tahrim
Prohibition 66:9
Fight for Allah
Believers, have fear of Allah and seek the right path to
Him. Fight valiantly for His cause,
so that you may triumph.
As for the unbelievers, if they offered all that the earth
contains and as much besides to redeem themselves from the torment of the Day
of Resurrection, it shall not be accepted from them. Woeful
punishment awaits them. They will
strive to get out of the Fire, but
get out of it they shall not. Lasting punishment awaits them.
Al-Maidah The
Table 5:35-37
Jews and Christians
You will find that the most implacable of men in their
enmity to the faithful are the Jews
and the pagans, and that the
nearest in affection to them are those who say: "We are Christians."
When they listen to that which was Revealed to the
Apostle, you see their eyes fill with tears as they recognize the truth. They say: "Lord, we believe. Count us among the witnesses. Why should we not believe in Allah and in
the truth that has come down to us?
Why should we not hope our Lord will admit us among the
righteous?" And for their words
Allah has rewarded them with gardens
watered by running streams, where they shall dwell forever. Such is the recompense of the
righteous. But those that disbelieve and deny Our Revelations shall become the inmates
of Hell.
The Table 5:82
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War against unbelievers
Prophet, make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites
and deal rigorously with them. Hell shall be their home: an evil
fate.
At-Touba Repentance 9:73
Fight for Allah
When you meet the unbelievers in the battlefield strike
off their heads and, when you have laid them low, bind your captives
firmly. Then grant them their freedom
or take a ransom for them, until war shall lay down her burdens.
Thus shall you do.
Had Allah willed, He could Himself have punished them; [but He has
ordained it thus] that He might test you, the one by the other.
As for those who are slain in the cause of Allah, He will
not allow their works to perish. He will
vouchsafe them guidance and ennoble their state; He will admit them to the Paradise He has made known to them.
Believers, if you help Allah, Allah will help you and make
you strong. But the unbelievers shall
be consigned to perdition. He will bring their deeds to nothing. Because they have abhorred His
Revelations, He will frustrate their works.
Have they never journeyed through the land and seen what
was the end of those who have gone before them? Allah destroyed them utterly.
A similar fate awaits the unbelievers, because Allah is the protector
of the faithful: because the
unbelievers have no protector.
Allah will admit those who embrace the true Faith (Islam)
and do good works to gardens watered by running streams. The unbelievers take their fill of
pleasure and eat as cattle eat: but
the Fire shall be their home.
How many cities were mightier than your own city, which
has cast you out! We destroyed them
all, and there was none to help them.
Can he who follows the guidance of his Lord be compared to
him who is led by his desires and whose foul deeds seem fair to him?
Muhammad 47:4-14
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Fire of God’s Judgment
Deuteronomy 32:22
NKJV
22 For a fire is
kindled by my anger,
And shall burn to
the lowest hell;
It shall consume
the earth with her increase,
And set on fire the
foundations of the mountains.
2 Peter 3:7 NKJV
7 But the heavens
and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire
until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
2 Peter 3:10-12 NKJV
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the
night, in which the heavens will pass
away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both
the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. 11 Therefore,
since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to
be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of
the day of God, because of which the
heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with
fervent heat?
Jude 5-7 NKJV
5 But I want to remind you, though you once knew this,
that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
6 And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own
abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment
of the great day; 7 as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a
similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality
and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Kingdom of Heaven or Hell
Matthew 13:24-30
NKJV
24 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: "The
kingdom of heaven is like a man
who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while men slept, his enemy came and
sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. 26 But when the grain had
sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. 27 So the
servants of the owner came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed
in your field? How then does it have tares?' 28 "He said to them, 'An
enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Do you want us then to go
and gather them up?' 29 "But he said, 'No, lest while you gather up the
tares you also uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until
the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, "First gather together the tares and bind
them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn." '
"
Matthew 13:44-50
NKJV
44 "Again, the kingdom
of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid;
and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
45 "Again, the kingdom
of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, 46 who, when he
had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought
it.
47 "Again, the kingdom
of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some
of every kind, 48 which, when it was full, they drew to shore; and they sat
down and gathered the good into vessels, but threw the bad away. 49 So it
will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just, 50 and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of
teeth."
Matthew 18:1-5
NKJV
18:1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying,
"Who then is greatest in the kingdom
of heaven?" 2 Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in
the midst of them, 3 and said, "Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are
converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the
kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore whoever
humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5 Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me.
Matthew 20:1-16
NKJV
20:1 "For the kingdom
of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire
laborers for his vineyard. 2 Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a
denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And he went out about the
third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4 and said to
them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.'
So they went. 5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did
likewise. 6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing
idle, and said to them, 'Why have you been standing here idle all day?' 7
"They said to him, 'Because no one hired us.' He said to them, 'You also
go into the vineyard, and whatever is right you will receive.' 8 "So
when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, 'Call
the laborers and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the
first.' 9 "And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour,
they each received a denarius. 10 But when the first came, they supposed that
they would receive more; and they likewise received each a denarius. 11 And
when they had received it, they complained against the landowner, 12 saying,
'These last men have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who
have borne the burden and the heat of the day.' 13 "But he answered one
of them and said, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me
for a denarius? 14 Take what is yours and go your way. I wish to give to this
last man the same as to you. 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish
with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?' 16 "So the last will be first, and the first
last. For many are called, but few chosen."
Matthew 25:1-13
NKJV
25:1 "Then the kingdom
of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went
out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Now five of them were wise, and five were
foolish. 3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them,
4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 But while the
bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight a cry
was heard: 'Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!' 7
"Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish
said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' 9
"But the wise answered, saying, 'No, lest there should not be enough for
us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.' 10
"And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were
ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut. 11 Afterward
the other virgins came also, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' 12 "But
he answered and said, 'Assuredly, I
say to you, I do not know you.' 13 "Watch therefore, for you know
neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
Matthew 25:14-30
NKJV
14 "For the kingdom
of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own
servants and delivered his goods to them. 15 And to one he gave five talents,
to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and
immediately he went on a journey. 16 Then he who had received the five
talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. 17 And
likewise he who had received two gained two more also. 18 But he who had
received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord's money. 19 After a
long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them. 20
So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents,
saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five
more talents besides them.' 21 "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good
and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you
ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.' 22 "He also
who had received two talents came and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two
talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.' 23 "His
lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been
faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter
into the joy of your lord.' 24 "Then he who had received the one talent
came and said, 'Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not
sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25 And I was afraid,
and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is
yours.' 26 "But his lord answered and said to him, 'You wicked and lazy
servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have
not scattered seed. 27 So you ought to have deposited my money with the
bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. 28
Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.
29 For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance;
but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. 30 And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer
darkness. There will be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.'
Matthew 24:45-51
NKJV
45 "Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his
household, to give them food in due season? 46 Blessed is that servant whom
his master, when he comes, will find so doing. 47 Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his
goods. 48 But if that evil servant
says in his heart, 'My master is delaying his coming,' 49 "and begins to
beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, 50 the
master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and
at an hour that he is not aware of, 51 and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites.
There shall be weeping and gnashing of
teeth.
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