Surah As-Saffat 37:73: Look at how it ended for those who were warned.

Look at how it ended for those who were warned.

Judge a path by its end

The pattern

warnedby the Messengers

persisted

destroyedtheir end

Where to look

how it startspower, comfort, crowds

how it endsthe real measure

Ibn Kathir says the nations persisted in opposing their Messengers, so Allah destroyed those who disbelieved and saved the believers. Quraysh are told to look at that history and see themselves in it.

Every shortcut looks good at the start. The loan you cannot afford, the lie that gets you out of trouble, the friend you drop for a better crowd. The verse says: look at the end first.

Right now it is working, so it must be fine.

A path is measured by where it ends, not how it feels at the start.

Try this

Before one choice today, picture how it looks a year from now. Let that decide.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft

And indeed most of the earlier ones went astray before them (71)And indeed We sent among them warners (72)Then see what was the end of those who were warned (73)Except the chosen servants of Allah (74)

Allah tells us that most of the previous nations went astray, worshipping other gods alongside Allah. He states that He sent among them warners to alert them to the anger, wrath and vengeance of Allah towards those who disbelieve in Him and worship others besides Him. He tells us that they persisted in their opposition to their Messengers and their disbelief in them, so He destroyed those who disbelieved in Him and saved the believers and caused them to prevail. Allah says:

فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ - إِلَّا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ الْمُخْلَصِينَ

(Then see what was the end of those who were warned. Except the chosen servants of Allah).