Was there none but he to whom the Reminder could be vouchsafed excluding all others? Nay; he is an insolent liar.”1
— Tafheem-ul-Quran - Abul Ala Maududi
(We told Our Messenger): “Tomorrow they shall know who is the insolent liar.
— Tafheem-ul-Quran - Abul Ala Maududi
We shall send the she-camel as a trial for them; so watch their end with patience.
— Tafheem-ul-Quran - Abul Ala Maududi
Let them know that the water should be divided between them and the she-camel, each availing their turn.”1
— Tafheem-ul-Quran - Abul Ala Maududi
Eventually, they summoned their companion, and he undertook the (outrageous) task and hamstrung the she-camel.1
— Tafheem-ul-Quran - Abul Ala Maududi
So how awesome were My chastisement and My warnings!
— Tafheem-ul-Quran - Abul Ala Maududi
Behold, We sent a single Blast against them, and they became like the trampled twigs of a sheep pen-builder.1
— Tafheem-ul-Quran - Abul Ala Maududi
Surely We have made this Qur'an easy as a reminder. Is there, then, any who will take heed?
— Tafheem-ul-Quran - Abul Ala Maududi
Lot's people also gave the lie to the warnings,
— Tafheem-ul-Quran - Abul Ala Maududi
and behold, We let loose upon them a tempest which rained stones upon them, except upon Lot's household whom We rescued in the last hours of the night
— Tafheem-ul-Quran - Abul Ala Maududi
as a favour from Us. Thus do We reward those who give thanks.
— Tafheem-ul-Quran - Abul Ala Maududi