He thus mentioned the Resurrection in general terms, and then said:
“Has the story of Moses reached you?—when his Lord called out to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa: ‘Go to Pharaoh; indeed, he has transgressed,’” ⦗Q 79:15-17⦘,
up to His words:
“Surely in that there is a lesson for whoever fears,” ⦗Q 79:26⦘.
He then set forth both the origin of creation and the return in detail, saying:
“Are you harder to create, or the heaven that He built?” ⦗Q 79:27⦘,
until His statement:
“Then, when the Greatest Calamity arrives,” ⦗Q 79:34⦘,
and further:
“As for him who transgressed and preferred the life of this world, Hell will be his abode; but whoever feared standing before his Lord and restrained the soul from its desire, Paradise will be his refuge,” ⦗Q 79:37-41⦘—to the end of the surah.
The same pattern appears in Surah al-Muzzammil, where He says:
“Leave Me with those who deny, those who live in ease, and give them a little respite. We indeed have ready for them shackles and a blazing fire, choking food, and a painful punishment,” ⦗Q 73:11-13⦘,
up to His words:
“Just as We sent to Pharaoh a messenger, but Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure,” ⦗Q 73:15-16⦘.
Likewise, in Surah al-Haqqah He relates the stories of the nations—Thamud, ʿĀd, and Pharaoh—and then says:
“When the Trumpet is blown with a single blast, and the earth and the mountains are lifted up and crushed with one crushing,” ⦗Q 69:13-14⦘,
continuing through all that He mentions concerning Paradise and Hell.
The same occurs in Surah al-Qalam, where He recounts the story of the people of the orchard who withheld the rightful due