100
PUNISHMENTS
FROM THE
QURAN
The Qur’an contains numerous verses addressing the
consequences of disbelief, wrongdoing, and disobedience.
While compiling an exhaustive list here is challenging,
below are 100 notable verses that highlight themes of
punishment
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1. Surah Al-Baqarah (2:39): “But those who disbelieve and
deny our signs—they will be companions of the Fire; they
will abide therein eternally.”
2. Surah Al-Baqarah (2:85): “So do you believe in part of the
Scripture and disbelieve in part? Then what is the
recompense for those who do that among you except
disgrace in worldly life; and on the Day of Resurrection,
they will be sent back to the severest of punishment.”
3. Surah Al-Baqarah (2:114): “And who are more unjust
than those who prevent the name of Allah from being
mentioned in His mosques and strive toward their
destruction. It is not for them to enter them except in fear.
For them in this world is disgrace, and they will have in the
Hereafter a great punishment.”
4. Surah Al-Baqarah (2:126): “And [mention] when
Abraham said, ‘My Lord, make this a secure city and
provide its people with fruits—whoever of them believes in
Allah and the Last Day.’ Allah said, ‘And whoever
disbelieves—I will grant him enjoyment for a little; then I
will force him to the punishment of the Fire, and wretched
is the destination.’”
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5. Surah Al-Baqarah (2:257): “Allah is the ally of those who
believe. He brings them out from darknesses into the light.
And those who disbelieve—their allies are Taghut. They
take them out of the light into darknesses. Those are the
companions of the Fire; they will abide eternally therein.”
6. Surah Al-Baqarah (2:276): “Allah destroys interest and
gives increase for charities. And Allah does not like every
sinning disbeliever.”
7. Surah Al-Imran (3:4): “Before, as guidance for the people.
And He revealed the Criterion [i.e., the Qur’an]. Indeed,
those who disbelieve in the verses of Allah will have a
severe punishment, and Allah is exalted in Might, the
Owner of Retribution.”
8. Surah Al-Imran (3:56): “And as for those who
disbelieved, I will punish them with a severe punishment
in this world and the Hereafter, and they will have no
helpers.”
9. Surah Al-Imran (3:77): “Indeed, those who exchange the
covenant of Allah and their [own] oaths for a small price
will have no share in the Hereafter, and Allah will not speak
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to them or look at them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will
He purify them; and they will have a painful punishment.”
10. Surah Al-Imran (3:91): “Indeed, those who disbelieve
and die while they are disbelievers—never would the
[whole] capacity of the earth in gold be accepted from one
of them if he would [seek to] ransom himself with it. For
those there will be a painful punishment, and they will
have no helpers.”
11. Surah An-Nisa (4:14): “And whoever disobeys Allah
and His Messenger and transgresses His limits—He will
put him into the Fire to abide eternally therein, and he will
have a humiliating punishment.”
12. Surah An-Nisa (4:56): “Indeed, those who disbelieve in
Our verses—We will drive them into a Fire. Every time
their skins are roasted through, We will replace them with
other skins so they may taste the punishment. Indeed, Allah
is ever Exalted in Might and Wise.”
13. Surah An-Nisa (4:93): “But whoever kills a believer
intentionally—his recompense is Hell, wherein he will
abide eternally, and Allah has become angry with him and
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has cursed him and has prepared for him a great
punishment.”
14. Surah An-Nisa (4:115): “And whoever opposes the
Messenger after guidance has become clear to him and
follows other than the way of the believers—We will give
him what he has taken and drive him into Hell, and evil it
is as a destination.”
15. Surah An-Nisa (4:168-169): “Indeed, those who
disbelieve and commit wrong [or injustice]—never will
Allah forgive them, nor will He guide them to a path,
except the path of Hell; they will abide therein forever. And
that, for Allah, is [always] easy.”
16. Surah Al-Ma’idah (5:10): “But those who disbelieve and
deny Our signs—they are the companions of Hellfire.”
17. Surah Al-Ma’idah (5:33): “Indeed, the penalty for those
who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive
upon earth [to cause] corruption is none but that they be
killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off
from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land.
That is for them a disgrace in this world; and for them in
the Hereafter is a great punishment.”
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18. Surah Al-Ma’idah (5:38): “As for the thief, the male and
the female, amputate their hands in recompense for what
they committed as a deterrent [punishment] from Allah.
And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.”
19. Surah Al-A’raf (7:50):
“And the companions of the Fire will call to the
companions of Paradise, ‘Pour upon us some water or from
whatever Allah has provided you.’ They will say, ‘Indeed,
Allah has forbidden them both to the disbelievers.’”
20. Surah Al-A’raf (7:97):
“Then did the people of the cities feel secure from Our
punishment coming to them at night while they were
asleep?”
21. Surah Al-A’raf (7:134):
“And when the punishment descended upon them, they
said, ‘O Moses, invoke for us your Lord by what He has
promised you. If you can remove the punishment from us,
we will surely believe you, and we will send with you the
Children of Israel.’”
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22. Surah Al-A’raf (7:165):
“So when they forgot that by which they had been
reminded, We saved those who had forbidden evil and
seized those who wronged with a wretched punishment
because they were defiantly disobeying.”
23. Surah Al-Anfal (8:50):
“And if you could but see when the angels take the souls of
those who disbelieved… They are striking their faces and
their backs and [saying], ‘Taste the punishment of the
Burning Fire.’”
24. Surah At-Tawbah (9:39):
“If you do not go forth, He will punish you with a painful
punishment and will replace you with another people, and
you will not harm Him at all. And Allah is over all things
competent.”
25. Surah At-Tawbah (9:68):
“Allah has promised the hypocrite men and hypocrite
women and the disbelievers the fire of Hell, wherein they
will abide eternally. It is sufficient for them. And Allah has
cursed them, and for them is an enduring punishment.”
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26. Surah At-Tawbah (9:79):
“Those who criticize the contributors among the believers
concerning [their] charities and [criticize] the ones who find
nothing [to spend] except their effort, so they ridicule
them—Allah will ridicule them, and they will have a
painful punishment.”
27. Surah Yunus (10:13):
“And We had already destroyed generations before you
when they wronged, and their messengers had come to
them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe. Thus
do We recompense the criminal people.”
28. Surah Hud (11:102):
“And thus is the seizure of your Lord when He seizes the
cities while they are committing wrong. Indeed, His seizure
is painful and severe.”
29. Surah Hud (11:117):
“And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities
unjustly while their people were reformers.”
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30. Surah Ar-Ra’d (13:34):
“For them will be punishment in the life of this world, and
the punishment of the Hereafter is more severe. And they
will not have from Allah any protector.”
31. Surah Ibrahim (14:16-17):
“Before him is Hell, and he will be given a drink of purulent
water. He will gulp it but will hardly be able to swallow it,
and death will come to him from everywhere, but he is not
to die; and before him is a massive punishment.”
32. Surah Al-Hijr (15:50):
“And that My punishment is the painful punishment.”
33. Surah An-Nahl (16:88):
“Those who disbelieved and averted [others] from the way
of Allah—We will increase them in punishment over [their]
punishment for what corruption they were causing.”
34. Surah Al-Isra (17:10):
“And that those who do not believe in the Hereafter—for
them We have prepared a painful punishment.”
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35. Surah Al-Kahf (18:100-101):
“And We will leave them that day surging over each other,
and [then] the Horn will be blown, and We will assemble
them in [one] assembly. And We will present Hell that Day
to the disbelievers, on display.”
36. Surah Maryam (19:86):
“And drive the criminals to Hell in thirst.”
37. Surah Ta-Ha (20:48):
“Indeed, it has been revealed to us that the punishment will
be upon whoever denies and turns away.”
38. Surah Al-Anbiya (21:11):
“And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered
and produced after it another people.”
39. Surah Al-Hajj (22:9):
“Twisting his neck [in arrogance] to mislead [people] from
the way of Allah. For him in the world is disgrace, and We
will make him taste on the Day of Resurrection the
punishment of the Burning Fire.”
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40. Surah Al-Hajj (22:25):
“Indeed, those who have disbelieved and avert [people]
from the way of Allah and from al-Masjid al-Haram, which
We made for the people—equal are the resident therein and
one from outside; and [also] whoever intends [a deed]
therein of deviation [in religion] or wrongdoing—We will
make him taste of a painful punishment.”
41. Surah Al-Mu’minun (23:103):
“But those whose scales are light—those are the ones who
have lost their souls, [being] in Hell, abiding eternally.”
42. Surah An-Nur (24:57):
“Never think that the disbelievers are causing failure [to
Allah] upon the earth. Their refuge will be the Fire—and
how wretched the destination.”
43. Surah Al-Furqan (25:11-12):
Surah Al-Furqan, verses 11-12, address the denial of the
Day of Judgment and the consequences prepared for those
who reject it. The verses are as follows:
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Surah Al-Furqan (25:11):
“In fact, they deny the Hour. And for the deniers of the
Hour, We have prepared a blazing Fire.”
Surah Al-Furqan (25:12):
“When it sees them from a distant place, they will hear its
fury and roaring.”
44. Surah An-Nur (24:63):
“Do not make your calling of the Messenger among
yourselves as the call of one of you to another. Already
Allah knows those of you who slip away, concealed by
others. So let those beware who dissent from his order, lest
fitnah strike them or a painful punishment.”
45. Surah Al-Furqan (25:19):
“So they will deny you, in what you say, and you cannot
avert [punishment] or [find] help. And whoever commits
injustice among you – We will make him taste a great
punishment.”
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46. Surah Ash-Shu’ara (26:201):
“They will not believe in it until they see the painful
punishment.”
47. Surah An-Naml (27:5):
“Those are the ones for whom there will be the worst of
punishment, and in the Hereafter they are the greatest
losers.”
48. Surah Al-Qasas (28:61):
“Then is he whom We have promised a good promise
which he will meet [i.e., obtain] like he for whom We
provided enjoyment of worldly life [but] then he is, on the
Day of Resurrection, among those presented [for
punishment in Hell]?”
49. Surah Al-Ankabut (29:23):
“And those who disbelieve in the signs of Allah and the
meeting with Him – those have despaired of My mercy, and
they will have a painful punishment.”
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50. Surah Ar-Rum (30:16):
“But as for those who disbelieved and denied Our verses
and the meeting of the Hereafter, those will be brought into
the punishment [to remain].”
51. Surah Luqman (31:6):
“And of the people is he who buys the amusement of
speech to mislead others from the way of Allah without
knowledge and who takes it in ridicule. Those will have a
humiliating punishment.”
52. Surah As-Sajda (32:20):
“But as for those who defiantly disobeyed, their refuge is
the Fire. Every time they wish to emerge from it, they will
be returned to it while it is said to them, ‘Taste the
punishment of the Fire which you used to deny.’”
53. Surah Al-Ahzab (33:8):
“That He may question the truthful about their truth. And
He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful
punishment.”
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54. Surah Saba (34:5):
“But those who strive against Our verses to cause failure –
for them will be a painful punishment of foul nature.”
55. Surah Fatir (35:36):
“And those who disbelieve will have the fire of Hell. Death
is not decreed for them so they may die, nor will its torment
be lightened for them. Thus do We recompense every
ungrateful one.”
56. Surah Ya-Sin (36:63-64):
“This is Hell, which you were promised. Burn therein today
for what you used to deny.”
57. Surah As-Saffat (37:38):
“Indeed, you [disbelievers] will be tasters of the painful
punishment.”
58. Surah Sad (38:8):
“Has the message been revealed to him out of [all of] us?’
Rather, they are in doubt about My message. Rather, they
have not yet tasted My punishment.”
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59. Surah Az-Zumar (39:24):
“Then is he who will shield with his face the worst of the
punishment on the Day of Resurrection [like one secure
from it]? And it will be said to the wrongdoers, ‘Taste what
you used to earn.’”
60. Surah Ghafir (40:46):
“The Fire, they are exposed to it morning and evening. And
the Day the Hour appears [it will be said], ‘Make the people
of Pharaoh enter the severest punishment.’”
61. Surah Fussilat (41:50):
“But if We let him taste mercy from Us after an adversity
which has touched him, he will surely say, ‘This is [due] to
me, and I do not think the Hour will occur. And even if I
should be returned to my Lord, indeed, for me there will be
with Him the best.’ But We will surely inform those who
disbelieved about what they did, and We will surely make
them taste a massive punishment.”
62. Surah Ash-Shura (42:45):
“And you will see them being exposed to it, humbled from
humiliation, looking from [behind] a covert glance. And
those who had believed will say, ‘Indeed, the [true] losers
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are the ones who lost themselves and their families on the
Day of Resurrection.’ Unquestionably, the wrongdoers are
in an enduring punishment.”
63. Surah Az-Zukhruf (43:74):
“Indeed, the criminals will be in the punishment of Hell,
abiding eternally.”
64. Surah Al-Jathiya (45:11):
“This [Qur’an] is guidance. And those who have
disbelieved in the verses of their Lord will have a painful
punishment of foul nature.”
65. Surah Al-Ahqaf (46:20):
“And the Day those who disbelieved are exposed to the Fire
[it will be said], ‘You exhausted your pleasures during your
worldly life and enjoyed them, so this Day you will be
awarded the punishment of [extreme] humiliation because
you were arrogant upon the earth without right and
because you were defiantly disobedient.’”
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66. Surah Muhammad (47:15):
“Is the description of Paradise, which the righteous are
promised, wherein are rivers of water unaltered, rivers of
milk the taste of which never changes, rivers of wine
delicious to those who drink, and rivers of purified honey,
in which they will have from all kinds of
67. Surah Al-Ma’idah (5:33):
“Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah
and His Messenger and spread mischief in the land is
death, crucifixion, cutting off their hands and feet on
opposite sides, or exile from the land. This penalty is a
disgrace for them in this world, and they will suffer a
tremendous punishment in the Hereafter.”
68. Surah Ibrahim (14:42):
“Do not think that Allah is unaware of what the
wrongdoers do. He only delays them until a Day when
their eyes will stare in horror.”
69. Surah At-Tawbah (9:68):
“Allah has promised the hypocrites, both men and women,
and the disbelievers an everlasting stay in the Fire of Hell—
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it is sufficient for them. Allah has condemned them, and
they will suffer a never-ending punishment.”
70. Surah At-Tawbah (9:73):
“O Prophet! Struggle against the disbelievers and the
hypocrites, and be firm with them. Hell will be their home.
What an evil destination!”
71. Surah Al-Ankabut (29:40):
“So each We punished for his sin; of them was he on whom
We sent down a violent storm, and of them was he whom
the rumbling overtook, and of them was he whom We
made to be swallowed up by the earth, and of them was he
whom We drowned; and it did not beseem Allah that He
should be unjust to them, but they were unjust to their own
souls.”
72. Surah Al-Ankabut (29:23):
“And those who disbelieve in the signs of Allah and the
meeting with Him – those have despaired of My mercy, and
they will have a painful punishment.”
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73. Surah Al-Ma’idah (5:33):
“Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah
and His Messenger and spread mischief in the land is
death, crucifixion, cutting off their hands and feet on
opposite sides, or exile from the land. This penalty is a
disgrace for them in this world, and they will suffer a
tremendous punishment in the Hereafter.”
74. Surah Al-A’raf (7:165):
“So when they forgot that by which they had been
reminded, We saved those who had forbidden evil and
seized those who wronged with a wretched punishment
because they were defiantly disobeying.”
75. Surah Al-Anfal (8:50):
“And if you could but see when the angels take the souls of
those who disbelieved… They are striking their faces and
their backs and [saying], ‘Taste the punishment of the
Burning Fire.’”
76. Surah Yunus (10:13):
“And We had already destroyed generations before you
when they wronged, and their messengers had come to
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them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe. Thus
do We recompense the criminal people.”
77. Surah Hud (11:102):
“And thus is the seizure of your Lord when He seizes the
cities while they are committing wrong. Indeed, His seizure
is painful and severe.”
78. Surah Ar-Ra’d (13:34):
“For them will be punishment in the life of this world, and
the punishment of the Hereafter is more severe. And they
will not have from Allah any protector.”
79. Surah Ibrahim (14:16-17):
“Before him is Hell, and he will be given a drink of purulent
water. He will gulp it but will hardly be able to swallow it,
and death will come to him from everywhere, but he is not
to die; and before him is a massive punishment.”
80. Surah Al-Hijr (15:50):
“And that My punishment is the painful punishment.”
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81. Surah An-Nahl (16:88):
“Those who disbelieved and averted [others] from the way
of Allah—We will increase them in punishment over [their]
punishment for what corruption they were causing.”
82. Surah Al-Isra (17:10):
“And that those who do not believe in the Hereafter—for
them We have prepared a painful punishment.”
83. Surah Al-Kahf (18:100-101):
“And We will leave them that day surging over each other,
and [then] the Horn will be blown, and We will assemble
them in [one] assembly. And We will present Hell that Day
to the disbelievers, on display.”
84. Surah Maryam (19:86):
“And drive the criminals to Hell in thirst.”
85. Surah Ta-Ha (20:48):
“Indeed, it has been revealed to us that the punishment will
be upon whoever denies and turns away.”
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86. Surah Al-Anbiya (21:11):
“And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered
and produced after it another people.”
87. Surah Al-Hajj (22:9):
“Twisting his neck [in arrogance] to mislead [people] from
the way of Allah. For him in the world is disgrace, and We
will make him taste on the Day of Resurrection the
punishment of the Burning Fire.”
88. Surah Al-Mu’minun (23:103):
“But those whose scales are light—those are the ones who
have lost their souls, [being] in Hell, abiding eternally.”
89. Surah An-Nur (24:57):
“Never think that the disbelievers are causing failure [to
Allah] upon the earth. Their refuge
89. Surah Al-Mu’minun (23:103):
“But those whose scales are light—those are the ones who
have lost their souls, [being] in Hell, abiding eternally.”
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90. Surah An-Nur (24:57):
“Never think that the disbelievers are causing failure [to
Allah] upon the earth. Their refuge will be the Fire—and
how wretched the destination.”
91. Surah Al-Furqan (25:34):
“Those who are gathered on their faces to Hell—those are
the worst in position and farthest astray in [their] way.”
92. Surah Ash-Shu’ara (26:213):
“So do not invoke with Allah another deity and [thus] be
among the punished.”
93. Surah An-Naml (27:90):
“And whoever comes with an evil deed—their faces will be
overturned into the Fire, [and it will be said], ‘Are you
recompensed except for what you used to do?’”
94. Surah Al-Qasas (28:42):
“And We made them leaders inviting to the Fire, and on the
Day of Resurrection they will not be helped.”
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95. Surah Al-Ankabut (29:25):
“And [Abraham] said, ‘You have only taken, other than
Allah, idols as [a bond of] affection among you in worldly
life. Then on the Day of Resurrection, you will deny one
another and curse one another, and your refuge will be the
Fire, and you will not have any helpers.’”
96. Surah Ar-Rum (30:16):
“But as for those who disbelieved and denied Our verses
and the meeting of the Hereafter, those will be brought into
the punishment [to remain].”
97. Surah Luqman (31:7):
“And when Our verses are recited to him, he turns away
arrogantly as if he had not heard them, as if there was in his
ears deafness. So give him tidings of a painful
punishment.”
98. Surah As-Sajda (32:20):
“But as for those who defiantly disobeyed, their refuge is
the Fire. Every time they wish to emerge from it, they will
be returned to it while it is said to them, ‘Taste the
punishment of the Fire which you used to deny.’”
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99. Surah Al-Ahzab (33:64):
“Indeed, Allah has cursed the disbelievers and prepared for
them a Blaze.”
100. Surah Saba (34:38):
“But those who strive against Our verses to cause [them]
failure—those will be brought into the punishment [to
remain].”
These verses emphasize the consequences of disbelief and
wrongdoing as outlined in the Qur’an.
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