WHY the people of MECCA were NOT PUNSHED
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Peace All.
WHY THE PEOPLE OF MECCA WERE NOT PUNISHED?
THE DISBELIEVER'S DECLARE, "THEY WILL NOT BELIEVE"
And when there comes to them a sign (from Allah) they say "WE SHALL NOT BELIEVE until we receive the like of that which the Messengers of Allah had received." Allah knows best with whom to place His Message. Humiliation and disgrace from Allah and a severe torment will overtake the criminals (polytheists, sinners, etc.) for that which they used to plot. 6124
And they say " WE SHALL NOT BELIEVE in you (O Muhammad SAW), until you cause a spring to gush forth from the earth for us; 1790
The Unbelievers say "WE SHALL NEITHER BELIEVE in this scripture nor in (any) that (came) before it." Couldst thou but see when the wrong- doers will be made to stand before their Lord throwing back the word (of blame) on one another! Those who had been despised will say to the arrogant ones "Had it not been for you we should certainly have been believers!" 3431
ALLAH DECLARES, "THEY WILL NOT BELIEVE"
Assuredly the word hath been justified against most of them, wherefore THEY SHALL NOT BELIEVE Verily We have placed on their necks shackles which are up to the chins; so that their heads are forced up. And We have put a barrier before them, and a barrier behind them, and We have covered them up, so that they cannot see. It is the same to them whether you warn them or you warn them not, THEY WILL NOT BELIEVE. 367/8/9/10.
Thus is the Word of thy Lord proved true against those who rebel verily THEY WILL NOT BELIEVE. 1033
Not a city before them which We destroyed believed; WILL THEY THEN BELIEVE? 216
THEY WILL NOT BELIEVE UNTIL THEY SEE THE PENALTY
And if We had revealed it (this Qur'an) unto any of the non-Arabs, And he had recited it unto them, they would not have believed in it. Thus have We caused it to enter the hearts of the Sinners. THEY WILL NOT BELIEVE IN IT UNTIL THEY SEE the grievous Penalty; 26198/99/200/201
(Allah has knowledge) of (Prophet Muhammad's) saying "O my Lord! Verily, these are a people who believe not!" But turn away from them and say "Peace!" but SOON THEY SHALL KNOW! 4388/89
"JUST A QUESTION...
How do we know the people of Mecca / whichever city the prophet was from did not ask God for forgiveness thus delaying / forgoing His retribution?"
There is no verse in the Quran, which says that the Meccans DID ASK for forgiveness of their sins and neither there is any verse, which says that they DID NOT ASK for forgiveness.
But if we refer to history we find that the Meccans never ceased to attack the Muslims till the pact of Hudaibiya was signed and this is mentioned in Surah 48 and this verse was revealed precisely in the year 628 AD. (Six years after migration)
The Meccans later broke the peace of treaty in the attack which one of their allied tribes (the Banu Bakr) made on the Muslim Banu Khuza'a (who were in alliance with the prophet), but this led to the conquest of Mecca and the sweeping away of the autocracy.
It is clear that they never repented and neither prayed for their forgiveness but they were bent upon destroying Islam until they were invaded, attacked, and subjugated.
DISBELIEVERS ATTEMPTS TO DRIVE OUT THE PROPHET
And (remember) when the disbelievers plotted against you (O Muhammad SAW) to imprison you, or to kill you, or to GET YOU OUT (from your home, i.e. Makkah); they were plotting and Allah too was planning, and Allah is the Best of the planners. 830
And Verily, they were about to frighten you so much as to DRIVE YOU OUT FROM THE LAND. But in that case THEY WOULD NOT HAVE STAYED (therein) AFTER YOU, except for a LITTLE WHILE. (This was Our) SUNNAH (rule or way) with the Messengers We sent before you (O Muhammad SAW), and YOU WILL NOT FIND AMY ALTERATION IN OUR SUNNAH (rule or way, etc.). 1776/77
This was not the first time that the pagans tried to drive out the prophet from Mecca but they tried many times and finally they succeeded in their mission. The planning of the pagans was round the clock and thus the prophet was forced to leave Mecca and lead to TAIF and then to MADINA as a refugee
THE WAYS (SUNNAH) OF ALLAH
They swore their strongest oaths by Allah that if a warner came to them they would follow his guidance better than any (other) of the Peoples but when a warner came to them it has only increased their flight (from righteousness) On account of their arrogance in the land and their plotting of Evil. But the plotting of Evil will hem in only the authors thereof. Now are they but looking for the (SUNNAH) WAY OF THE ANCIENTS were dealt with? But no change wilt thou find in ALLAH'S WAY (SUNNAH) (of dealing) NO TURNING OFF WILL YOU FIND IN ALLAH'S WAY (SUNNAH) (of dealing). 3542/43
And nothing prevents men from believing, now when the guidance (the Qur'an) has come to them, and from asking Forgiveness of their Lord, except that the WAYS OF THE ANCIENTS be repeated with them (i.e. their DESTRUCTION decreed by Allah), or the TORMENT be brought to them face to face? 1855
THE NEWS OF DESTRUCTION WILL COME
And never a sign comes to them from the signs of their Lord, but that they have been turning away from it. Indeed, they belied the truth when it came to them, but WILL COME TO THEM THE NEWS of that (the torment) which they used to mock at. 64/5
THE TERM IS DETERMINED
Hath it not served as guidance to them how many a generation We have destroyed before them, amidst whose dwellings they Walk! Verily therein are signs for men of sagacity. And had it not been for a Word that went forth before from your Lord, and a TERM DETERMINED (their punishment) must necessarily have come (in this world). 20128/129
TORMENT WILL CERTAINLY COME AND SUDDENLY
And they ask you to hasten on the torment (for them), and had it not been for a TERM APPOINTED, the TORMENT would CERTAINLY have come to them. And CERTAINLY, IT WILL COME UPON THEM SUDDENLY while they perceive not! 2953
GENERATIONS DESTROYED BEFORE FOR NOT BELIEVING IN MESSENGERS
And indeed, We DESTROYED GENERATIONS before you, when they did wrong while their MESSENGERS came to them with clear proofs, but they were not such as to BELIEVE! Thus do We requite the people who are SINNERS. Then We appointed YOU as SUCCESSORS in the land AFTER THEM, that We might see how ye would work. 1013/14
Like the behaviour of the people of PHARAOH and those before them; THEY BELIED OUR SIGNS, so Allah seized (destroyed) them for their sins. And Allah is Severe in punishment. 311
Then THEY BELIED him (NOAH) there upon We delivered him and those with him in the ARK, and drowned those who BELIED Our signs; verily they were a people blind. 764
Then We delivered him (HUD) and those with him by a mercy from Us, and We utterly cut off those who BELIED Our signs, and would not be believers. 772
Those WHO BELIED SHUAIB became as though they had never dwelt therein; those who belied Shu'aib, it is they who became the losers. 792
And if they belie thee, then surely there have belied before them the people of Nuh and the 'Aad and the Thamud. And the people of Ibrahim and the people of Lut. And the Companions of the Madyan people and Moses was rejected (in the same way). But I granted respite to the Unbelievers and (only) after that did I PUNISH THEM but how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)! 2242/43/44
Before them there have BELIED the people of Nuh and the 'Aad, and Fir'awn the owner of the stakes. And Thamud and the People of Lut and the Companions of the Wood; such were the Confederates. Not one of them but BELIED the Messengers, therefore My TORMENT WAS JUSTIFIED, 3812/13/14
But (there were people) before them who BELIED (the Signs) the People of Noah and the confederates (of Evil) after them; and every People plotted against their prophet to seize him and disputed by means of vanities therewith to condemn the truth; BUT IT WAS I THAT SEIZED THEM! And how (terrible) was My Requital! 405
And before them the people of Nuh BELIED, and so did the dwellers Of Rass and the Thamud. And the A-ad, and Fir'awn. and the brethren of Lut. The companions of the Wood and the people of Tubba; each one (of them) BELIED the apostles and MY WARNING WAS DULY FULFILLED (in them). 5012/13/14
Those before them BELIED, and so the TORMENT CAME ON THEM from directions they perceived not. 3925
SUMMARY
The Meccans declare they will not BELIEVE
Allah declares the Meccans will not BELIEVE
Allah declares the Meccans will not BELIEVE (Quran) until they SEE the PENALTY
And SOON they shall KNOW
The Meccans disbelieve and DRIVE OUT THE PROPHET
The SUNNAH of Allah If they drive out the prophet, then they will STAY ONLY A LITTLE
The SUNNAH never CHANGES
No TURNING off from the SUNNAH
The news of TORMENT is NEAR
The term is DETERMINED
The TORMENT will come CERTAINLY and SUDDENLY
Generations DESTROYED before, for the SAME SIN as of MeccansIn the light of the above verses the SUNNAH OF DESTRUCTION was applicable to MECCA for they disbelieved in everything and drove out the prophet from his home.
Then why Allah did not DESTROY the Meccans?
Because the prophet never migrated from MECCA but from MADYAN (JORDAN)
We did reveal to Moses the Book after We had destroyed the earlier generations (to give) Insight to men and Guidance and Mercy that they might receive admonition. YOU WERE NOT on the WESTERN SIDE when We DECREED THE COMMISSION TO MOSES nor WERE YOU WITNESS (of those events). But We RAISED up (new) generations and long were the ages that PASSED OVER THEM; but YOU WERE NOT A DWELLER among the PEOPLE OF MADYAN RECITING OUR SIGNS TO THEM but it is We Who send apostles (with inspiration). Nor WERE YOU AT THE SIDE OF (the Mountain of) TUR when We called (to Moses) But (art thou sent) as a Mercy from thy Lord to give warning to a people to whom no warner had come before thee in order that THEY MAY receive admonition. And lest, if an affliction had afflicted THEM for that which THEIR hands had sent before, THEY should have said our Lord! wherefore sent not Thou an apostle unto US that WE might have followed Thy revelations and been of the believers! But when the truth is come unto THEM from before Us, THEY say wherefore hast he not been vouchsafed the like of that which was given unto Musa? DISBELIEVED THEY NOT IN THAT WHICH WAS GIVEN UNTO MUSA AFORETIME? They say; TWO MAGICS supporting each other. And they say verily in all such things we are disbelievers. Say "Then bring ye a Book from Allah which is a better Guide than either of them that I may follow it! (Do) if ye are truthful!" 2843/44/45/46/47/48/49
PONDER ON THE ABOVE VERSES, WHICH ARE REVEALED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PEOPLE OF MADYAN, THE CITY OF SHUAIB DESTROYED BY ALLAH AND NEW GENERATIONS WERE RAISED. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO DISBELIEVED IN TORAH AFORETIME.
WHO CAME TO THE FORE FATHERS OF THE PEOPLE OF MECCAH WITH THE TORAH SO THAT THEY DISBELIEVED IN IT?
SUPPLEMENTARY VERSES IN SUPPORT OF THE ABOVE VERSES
And indeed We have DESTROYED what is AROUND YOU of the towns and We DISPLAYED the SIGNS that they might return 4627
And 'Ad and Thamud (people)! And INDEED (their destruction) is clearly APPARENT TO YOU from their (ruined) DWELLINGS. Satan made their deeds seem fair unto them and so debarred them from the Way, though they were keen observers. 2938
Generations before YOU We DESTROYED when they did wrong their Apostles came to them with Clear Signs but they would not believe! Thus do We requite those who sin! Then WE MADE YOU (KHALAA'IF) successors in the land AFTER THEM to see how ye would behave! 1013/14
IS it not GUIDANCE to THOSE who INHERIT the land AFTER its PEOPLE, that had We willed, We would have PUNISHED them for their sins. But We seal up their hearts so that they hear not? 7100
(A- FA- LAM YAHDI LA- -HUM) Is it not GUIDANCE for THEM how many generations We have DESTROYED before THEM, in WHOSE DWELLINGS THEY WALK? Certainly, in this are signs for men who have intelligence. 20128
('A- WA- LAM YAHDI LA- -HUM) Is it not GUIDANCE for THEM, how many generations We have DESTROYED before THEM in WHOSE DWELLINGS THEY WALK? Certainly, therein indeed are signs. Would they not then listen? '(A- WA- LAM YARAW) Have they not seen how We drive water (rain clouds) to the dry land without any vegetation, and therewith bring forth crops providing food for their cattle and themselves? Will they not then see? 3226/27
And warn (O Muhammad SAW) mankind of the Day when the torment will come unto them; then the wrong-doers will say "Our Lord! Respite us for a little while, we will answer Your Call and follow the Messengers!" (It will be said) "Had you not sworn afore time that you would suffer no decline "And YOU DWELL IN THE DWELLINGS OF MEN who WRONGED THEMSELVES, and SHOWN TO YOU clearly how WE HAD DEALT WITH THEM. And We put forth (many) parables for you." 1444/45
THEN SEE how was the end of their plot! Verily! We destroyed them and their nation, all together. THESE ARE THEIR HOUSES in UTTER RUIN, for they did WRONG. Verily IN THIS is indeed an Ayah (a lesson or a sign) for people who know. 2752
So also was Lut among those sent (by us). Behold We delivered him and his adherents all Except an old woman who was among those who lagged behind Then We destroyed the rest. And truly ye CERTAINLY PASS BY (the ruin of) THEM in the MORNING and at NIGHT will you not understand? 37133/134/135/136/137138
And INDEED THEY have PASSED BY THE TOWN on which was rained the evil rain. DID THEY (disbelievers) NOT THEN SEE IT (with their own eyes)? Nay! But they used not to expect for any resurrection. and when THEY see you (O Muhammad SAW), they treat you only as a mockery (saying)"Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a Messenger? 2540
THE UNTRODDEN LAND OF (MECCA)
And He caused you to INHERIT THEIR LANDS, and their HOUSES, and their RICHES, and a LAND, which YOU had NOT TRODDEN it. And Allah is Able to do all things. 3327
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