Interpretation Of Allah'S Rule Of Punishment Or Annihilation?
The two cases are different in this way in the time of the messenger, not only his Inzaar is there, but things come up one by one in such a way that no excuse is left for the addressees but to get convinced that he and his message really are from God. Such kind of completion of Hujjah with EVIDENCES is made now. All our effort is to prove the historicity of the story of the completion of Hujjah which is a different task. To see a thing with naked eyes directly and to hear things are different. However, in matters of ethics, since no prophet is required therefore the Azab of God does come for nations and for individuals when they are ethically wrong and cross a certain limit in the knowledge of God. this is called halakat, not azab. This is what is indicated here (17: 58): وَإِن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا ۚ كَانَ ذَٰلِكَ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَسْطُورًا ‎ However, the punishments of God for theft, murder, and adultery are therefore called azab of God in the Quran for individuals.