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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
- "O my people! I ask of you no reward for this (Message). My reward is from none but Him Who created me: Will ye not then understand?
- "And O my people! ask forgiveness of your Lord ,and turn to Him (in repentance): He will send you the skies pouring abundant rain and add strength to your strength: So turn ye not back in sin!"
- They said: "O Hud! no Clear (Sign) hast thou brought us, and we are not the ones to desert our gods on thy word! Nor do we believe in thee!
- "We say nothing but that (perhaps) some of our gods may have seized thee with imbecility." He said: "I call Allah to witness, and do ye bear witness that I am free from the sin of ascribing to Him,"
- "Other gods as partners! So scheme (your worst) against me all of you and give me no respite".
- "I put my trust in Allah my Lord, and your Lord! There is not a moving creature but He hath grasp of its forelock. Verily it is my Lord that is on a Straight Path."
- "If ye turn away, I (at least) have conveyed the Message with which I was sent to you. My Lord will make another People to succeed you, and you will not harm Him in the least. For my Lord hath care and watch over all things."
- So when Our decree issued, We saved Hud and those who believed with him by (special) Grace from Ourselves: We saved them from a severe Penalty.
- Such were the `Ad people: They rejected the Signs of their Lord and Cherisher; disobeyed His Apostles; and followed the command of every powerful obstinate transgressor.
- And they were pursued by a Curse in this Life, and on the Day of Judgment. Ah! behold! for the `Ad rejected their Lord and Cherisher! Ah! behold! removed (from sight) were `Ad the people of Hud!
- To the Thamud People (We sent) Salih one of their own brethren. He said: "O my people! worship Allah: Ye have no other god but Him. It is He Who hath produced you from the earth and settled you therein: Then ask forgiveness of Him and turn to Him (in repentance): For my Lord in (always) near ready to answer."
- They said: "O Salih! thou hast been of us! a center of our hopes hitherto! Dost thou (now) forbid us the worship of what our fathers worshipped? But we are really in suspicious (disquieting), doubt as to that to which thou invitest us."
- He said: "O my people! Do ye see? if I have a Clear (Sign) from my Lord, and He hath sent Mercy unto me from Himself who then can help me against Allah, if I were to disobey Him? What then would ye add to my (portion) but perdition?
- "And O my people! this she-camel of Allah is a symbol to you: Leave her to feed on Allah's (free) earth, and inflict no harm on her or a swift Penalty will seize you!"
- But they did hamstring her. So he said: "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days: (Then will be your ruin): There is a promise not to be belied!"
- When Our Decree issued, We saved Saleh and those who believed with him by (special) Grace from Ourselves, and from the Ignominy of that Day. For thy Lord, He is the Strong One and Able to enforce His Will.
- The (mighty) Blast overtook the wrongdoers, and they lay prostrate in their homes before the morning.
- As if they had never dwelt and flourished there. Ah! behold! for the Thamud rejected their Lord and Cherisher! Ah! behold! removed (from sight) were the Thamud!
- There came Our Messengers to Abraham with glad tidings. They said "Peace!" He answered "Peace!" and hastened to entertain them with a roasted calf.
- But when he saw their hands went not towards the (meal), he felt some mistrust of them, and conceived a fear of them. They said: "Fear not: We have been sent against the people of Lut."
- And his wife was standing (there) and she laughed: But We gave her glad tidings of Isaac and after him of Jacob.
- She said: "Alas for me! Shall I bear a child, seeing I am an old woman and my husband here is an old man? That would indeed be a wonderful thing!"
- They said: "Dost thou wonder at Allah's decree? The grace of Allah and His blessings on you, O ye people of the house! for He is indeed worthy of all praise full of all glory!"
- When fear had passed from (the mind of) Abraham, and the glad tidings had reached him, he began to plead with Us for Lut's people.
- For Abraham was without doubt forbearing (of faults) compassionate and given to look to Allah.
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