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The Qur’an is a divine book revealed to guide humanity towards correct belief, morality and life. Prophets are also inviting societies to monotheism and giving them various good news as well as warnings. The warnings given by the messengers are for societies to give up their denial and turn away from their bad behaviors. The warning that a disaster will befall them if they persist in denial and evil is aimed at their reform or repentance. Narratives, which are one of the most effective teaching methods in achieving this purpose, have an important place in the Qur’an. The purpose of Qur’anic stories is not only to provide historical information about past societies, but also to warn current societies through the events that happened to their predecessors and to ensure that they learn from the past. As a guide to guidance, the Qur’an uses different methods to guide people to the most correct path. It uses both information, advice and teaching methods while guiding them to the right path. Giving live examples in teaching creates both a powerful and lasting effect. The Qur’an tells the current addressees about what happened to past societies and warns them that similar disasters will happen to them if they persist in polytheism and denial, and invites them to learn from past events. The verses in which these events are narrated and warnings are given are called Qur’anic narratives. Narratives are generally Qur’anic passages that tell of societies that responded to the messengers sent to them by Allah as inviters and beacons against denial and rebellion. Narratives are events that societies should learn from in order to improve their lives and are one of the most effective teaching methods of the Qur'an. According to the narratives, the messengers warned their people that a disaster would befall them if they persisted in denial and evil. The disbelieving people who did not heed these warnings and even challenged the Prophets to bring upon them the punishment they were threatened with were destroyed by some natural disasters. The Qur’an aims to teach an important lesson to its addressees who resist denial and oppression by telling these events through stories. For this and similar reasons, the subject was deemed important and worthy of study. As it is known, the verses in the Qur’an in which stories are included have a very extensive content. Therefore, the study does not provide detailed information about the content, but rather focuses on the natural disasters that were announced by the Prophets in order to warn the societies and that came as punishment for their resistance to denial. Based on the fact that the claims that the natural disasters and epidemics that have occurred in recent times are punishments for destruction and the views put forward against this have emerged, the reasons and results of such events that were expressed in the Qur’anic stories and happened to the past nations are important in terms of clarifying the discussions in question. The comparison and analysis method was preferred in the study, and an attempt was made to explain what these disasters, which were brought up in the narratives and meant punishment for the past societies, meant for the later societies. In addition, an attempt has been made to find an answer to the question of what natural disasters, which are a kind of divine punishment for societies that are called to believe in God and warned of a disaster that will happen to them if they do not believe, mean for the societies that come after. It is thought that the study will shed light on the discussions on natural disasters and destruction that have been on the agenda and are still ongoing on the subject and will form an opinion on this subject.