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They said, ‘Shall we believe in you, when it is the riffraff who follow you?’ ﴾111﴿He said, ‘What do I know as to what they used to do? ﴾112﴿Their reckoning is only with my Lord, should you be aware. ﴾113﴿I will not drive away the faithful. ﴾114﴿I am just a manifest warner.’ ﴾115﴿They said, ‘Noah, if you do not desist, you will certainly be stoned [to death].’ ﴾116﴿He said, ‘My Lord! Indeed my people have impugned me. ﴾117﴿So judge conclusively between me and them, and deliver me and the faithful who are with me.’ ﴾118﴿Thereupon We delivered him and those who were with him in the laden ark. ﴾119﴿Then We drowned the rest. ﴾120﴿There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith. ﴾121﴿Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful. ﴾122﴿[The people of] ‘Ad impugned the apostles, ﴾123﴿when Hud, their brother, said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]? ﴾124﴿Indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you. ﴾125﴿So be wary of Allah and obey me. ﴾126﴿I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds. ﴾127﴿Do you build futile a sign on every prominence? ﴾128﴿You set up structures as if you will be immortal, ﴾129﴿and when you seize [someone for punishment], you seize [him] like tyrants. ﴾130﴿So be wary of Allah and obey me. ﴾131﴿Be wary of Him who has provided you with whatever you know, ﴾132﴿and aided you with sons and with cattle, ﴾133﴿gardens and springs. ﴾134﴿Indeed I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous day.’ ﴾135﴿They said, ‘It is the same to us whether you exhort us or not. ﴾136﴿These are nothing but the traditions of the ancients, ﴾137﴿and we will not be punished.’ ﴾138﴿So they impugned him, whereupon We destroyed them. There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith. ﴾139﴿Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful. ﴾140﴿[The people of] Thamud impugned the apostles ﴾141﴿when Salih, their brother, said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]? ﴾142﴿Indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you. ﴾143﴿So be wary of Allah and obey me. ﴾144﴿I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds. ﴾145﴿Will you be left secure in that which is here ﴾146﴿—amid gardens and springs, ﴾147﴿farms and date palms with dainty spathes ﴾148﴿—while you skillfully hew out houses from the mountains? ﴾149﴿So be wary of Allah and obey me, ﴾150﴿and do not obey the dictates of the transgressors, ﴾151﴿who cause corruption in the land and do not bring about reform.’ ﴾152﴿They said, ‘Indeed you are one of the bewitched. ﴾153﴿You are just a human being like us. So bring us a sign, should you be truthful.’ ﴾154﴿He said, ‘This is a she-camel; she shall drink and you shall drink on known days. ﴾155﴿Do not cause her any harm, for then you shall be seized by the punishment of a terrible day.’ ﴾156﴿But they hamstrung her, whereupon they became regretful. ﴾157﴿So the punishment seized them. There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith. ﴾158﴿Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful. ﴾159﴿The people of Lot impugned the apostles ﴾160﴿when Lot, their brother, said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]? ﴾161﴿Indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you. ﴾162﴿So be wary of Allah and obey me. ﴾163﴿I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds. ﴾164﴿What! Of all people do you come to males, ﴾165﴿abandoning your wives your Lord has created for you? Indeed, you are a transgressing lot.’ ﴾166﴿They said, ‘Lot, if you do not desist, you will surely be banished.’ ﴾167﴿He said, ‘Indeed I detest your conduct.’ ﴾168﴿‘My Lord! Deliver me and my family from what they do.’ ﴾169﴿So We delivered him and all his family, ﴾170﴿except an old woman who remained behind. ﴾171﴿Then We destroyed [all] the rest, ﴾172﴿and rained down upon them a rain [of stones]. Evil was the rain of those who were warned! ﴾173﴿There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith. ﴾174﴿Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful. ﴾175﴿The inhabitants of Aykah impugned the apostles, ﴾176﴿when Shu‘ayb said to them, ‘Will you not be wary [of Allah]? ﴾177﴿Indeed I am a trusted apostle [sent] to you. ﴾178﴿So be wary of Allah and obey me. ﴾179﴿I do not ask you any reward for it; my reward lies only with the Lord of all the worlds. ﴾180﴿Observe the full measure, and do not be of those who give short measure. ﴾181﴿Weigh with an even balance, ﴾182﴿and do not cheat the people of their goods. Do not act wickedly on the earth, causing corruption. ﴾183﴿Be wary of Him who created you and the earlier generations.’ ﴾184﴿They said, ‘Indeed you are one of the bewitched. ﴾185﴿You are just a human being like us, and we indeed consider you to be a liar. ﴾186﴿Make a fragment of the sky falls upon us, should you be truthful.’ ﴾187﴿He said, ‘My Lord knows best what you are doing.’ ﴾188﴿So they impugned him, and then they were overtaken by the punishment of the day of the overshadowing cloud. It was indeed the punishment of a terrible day. ﴾189﴿There is indeed a sign in that; but most of them do not have faith. ﴾190﴿Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful. ﴾191﴿This is indeed [a Book] sent down by the Lord of all the worlds, ﴾192﴿brought down by the Trustworthy Spirit ﴾193﴿upon your heart (so that you may be one of the warners), ﴾194﴿in a clear Arabic language. ﴾195﴿It is indeed [foretold] in the scriptures of the ancients. ﴾196﴿Is it not a sign for them that the learned of the Children of Israel recognize it? ﴾197﴿Had We sent it down upon some non-Arab ﴾198﴿and had he recited it to them, they would not have believed in it. ﴾199﴿This is how We let it pass through the hearts of the guilty: ﴾200﴿they do not believe in it until they sight the painful punishment. ﴾201﴿It will overtake them suddenly while they are unaware. ﴾202﴿Thereupon they will say, ‘Shall we be granted any respite?’ ﴾203﴿So do they seek to hasten on Our punishment? ﴾204﴿Tell me, should We let them enjoy for some years, ﴾205﴿then there comes to them what they have been promised, ﴾206﴿of what avail to them will be that which they were given to enjoy? ﴾207﴿We have not destroyed any town without its having warners, ﴾208﴿for the sake of admonition, and We were not unjust. ﴾209﴿It has not been brought down by the devils. ﴾210﴿Neither does it behoove them, nor are they capable [of doing that]. ﴾211﴿Indeed, they are kept at bay [even] from hearing it. ﴾212﴿So do not invoke any god besides Allah, lest you should be among the punished. ﴾213﴿Warn the nearest of your kinsfolk, ﴾214﴿and lower your wing to the faithful who follow you. ﴾215﴿But if they disobey you, say, ‘I am absolved of what you do.’ ﴾216﴿And put your trust in the All-mighty, the All-merciful, ﴾217﴿who sees you when you stand [for prayer], ﴾218﴿and your going about among those who prostrate. ﴾219﴿Indeed He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing. ﴾220﴿Should I inform you on whom the devils descend? ﴾221﴿They descend on every sinful liar. ﴾222﴿They eavesdrop, and most of them are liars. ﴾223﴿As for the poets, [only] the perverse follow them. ﴾224﴿Have you not regarded that they rove in every valley, ﴾225﴿and that they say what they do not do? ﴾226﴿Barring those who have faith, do righteous deeds, and remember Allah much often, and vindicate themselves after they have been wronged. And the wrongdoers will soon know at what goal they will end up. ﴾227﴿
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