Verses about Disobeying Allah and His Messenger

Indeed, We have sent to you a Messenger as a witness upon you just as We sent to Pharaoh a messenger.

So they hamstrung the she-camel and were insolent toward the command of their Lord and said, ‘ O Salih, bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the messengers.’

So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, ‘ Be apes, despised.’

But [I have for you] only notification from Allah, and His messages.’ And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger - then indeed, for him is the fire of Hell; they will abide therein forever.

[Allah] said, ‘ O John, take the Scripture with determination.’ And We gave him judgement [while yet] a boy

O my father, do not worship Satan. Indeed Satan has ever been, to the Most Merciful, disobedient.

And Adam and his wife ate of it, and their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And Adam disobeyed his Lord and erred.

And if they disobey you, then say, ‘ Indeed, I am disassociated from what you are doing.’

And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, ‘ Bring us a Qur’an other than this or change it.’ Say, [O Muhammad], ‘ It is not for me to change it on my own accord. I only follow what is revealed to me. Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day.’

And We took the Children of Israel across the sea, and Pharaoh and his soldiers pursued them in tyranny and enmity until, when drowning overtook him, he said, ‘ I believe that there is no deity except that in whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of the Muslims.’

And that was ‘Aad, who rejected the signs of their Lord and disobeyed His messengers and followed the order of every obstinate tyrant.

He said, ‘ O my people, have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord and He has given me mercy from Himself, who would protect me from Allah if I disobeyed Him? So you would not increase me except in loss.

Say, ‘ Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day.’

Say, ‘ Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day.’

And in Thamud, when it was said to them, ‘ Enjoy yourselves for a time.’

Noah said, ‘ My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.

And [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham said, ‘ My Lord, make this city [Makkah] secure and keep me and my sons away from worshipping idols.

And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.

Has there reached you the story of Moses? -

And [recall] when you said, ‘ O Moses, we can never endure one [kind of] food. So call upon your Lord to bring forth for us from the earth its green herbs and its cucumbers and its garlic and its lentils and its onions.’ [Moses] said, ‘ Would you exchange what is better for what is less? Go into [any] settlement and indeed, you will have what you have asked.’ And they were covered with humiliation and poverty and returned with anger from Allah [upon them]. That was because they [repeatedly] disbelieved in the signs of Allah and killed the prophets without right. That was because they disobeyed and were [habitually] transgressing.

And [recall] when We took your covenant and raised over you the mount, [saying], ‘ Take what We have given you with determination and listen.’ They said [instead], ‘ We hear and disobey.’ And their hearts absorbed [the worship of] the calf because of their disbelief. Say, ‘ How wretched is that which your faith enjoins upon you, if you should be believers.’

That is because they opposed Allah and His Messenger. And whoever opposes Allah and His Messenger - indeed, Allah is severe in penalty.

And Allah had certainly fulfilled His promise to you when you were killing the enemy by His permission until [the time] when you lost courage and fell to disputing about the order [given by the Prophet] and disobeyed after He had shown you that which you love. Among you are some who desire this world, and among you are some who desire the Hereafter. Then he turned you back from them [defeated] that He might test you. And He has already forgiven you, and Allah is the possessor of bounty for the believers.

It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should [thereafter] have any choice about their affair. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly strayed into clear error.

O Prophet, when the believing women come to you pledging to you that they will not associate anything with Allah, nor will they steal, nor will they commit unlawful sexual intercourse, nor will they kill their children, nor will they bring forth a slander they have invented between their arms and legs, nor will they disobey you in what is right - then accept their pledge and ask forgiveness for them of Allah. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

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.

That Day, those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Messenger will wish they could be covered by the earth. And they will not conceal from Allah a [single] statement.

Among the Jews are those who distort words from their [proper] usages and say, ‘ We hear and disobey’ and ‘ Hear but be not heard’ and ‘ Ra’ina,’ twisting their tongues and defaming the religion. And if they had said [instead], ‘ We hear and obey’ and ‘ Wait for us [to understand],’ it would have been better for them and more suitable. But Allah has cursed them for their disbelief, so they believe not, except for a few.

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.

Indeed, those who disbelieved and averted [people] from the path of Allah and opposed the Messenger after guidance had become clear to them - never will they harm Allah at all, and He will render worthless their deeds.

For those who have responded to their Lord is the best [reward], but those who did not respond to Him - if they had all that is in the earth entirely and the like of it with it, they would [attempt to] ransom themselves thereby. Those will have the worst account, and their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.

And how many a city was insolent toward the command of its Lord and His messengers, so We took it to severe account and punished it with a terrible punishment.

That is because they opposed Allah and His Messenger. And whoever opposes Allah - then indeed, Allah is severe in penalty.

Indeed, those who oppose Allah and His Messenger are abased as those before them were abased. And We have certainly sent down verses of clear evidence. And for the disbelievers is a humiliating punishment.

Have you not considered those who were forbidden from private conversation, then they return to that which they were forbidden and converse among themselves about sin and aggression and disobedience to the Messenger? And when they come to you, they greet you with that [word] by which Allah does not greet you and say among themselves, ‘ Why does Allah not punish us for what we say?’ Sufficient for them is Hell, which they will [enter to] burn, and wretched is the destination.

Indeed, the ones who oppose Allah and His Messenger - those will be among the most humbled.

You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having affection for those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they were their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their kindred. Those - He has decreed within their hearts faith and supported them with spirit from Him. And We will admit them to gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they abide eternally. Allah is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him - those are the party of Allah. Unquestionably, the party of Allah - they are the successful.

And know that among you is the Messenger of Allah. If he were to obey you in much of the matter, you would be in difficulty, but Allah has endeared to you the faith and has made it pleasing in your hearts and has made hateful to you disbelief, defiance and disobedience. Those are the [rightly] guided.

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,

Cursed were those who disbelieved among the Children of Israel by the tongue of David and of Jesus, the son of Mary. That was because they disobeyed and [habitually] transgressed.

Do they not know that whoever opposes Allah and His Messenger - that for him is the fire of Hell, wherein he will abide eternally? That is the great disgrace.

And [there are] those [hypocrites] who took for themselves a mosque for causing harm and disbelief and division among the believers and as a station for whoever had warred against Allah and His Messenger before. And they will surely swear, ‘ We intended only the best.’ And Allah testifies that indeed they are liars.