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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
- The arrogant party said: "For our part, we reject what ye believe in."
- Then they ham-strung the she-camel, and insolently defied the order of their Lord, saying: "O Saleh! bring about thy threats, if thou art an apostle (of Allah)!"
- So the earthquake took them unawares, and they lay prostrate in their homes in the morning!
- So Saleh left them saying: "O my people! I did indeed convey to you the message for which I was sent by my Lord: I gave you good counsel, but ye love not good counsellors!"
- We also (sent) Lut: He said to his people: "Do ye commit lewdness such as no people in creation (ever) committed before you?
- "For ye practice your lusts on men in preference to women: Ye are indeed a people transgressing beyond bounds."
- And his people gave no answer but this: They said, "drive them out of your city: These are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!"
- But We saved him and his family, except his wife: She was of those who lagged behind.
- And We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): Then see what was the end of those who indulged in sin and crime!
- To the Madyan people We sent Shu`aib, one of their own brethren: He said: "O my people! worship Allah; Ye have no other god but Him. Now hath come unto you a clear (sign) from your Lord! Give just measure and weight, nor withhold from the people the things that are their due; and do no mischief on the earth after it has been set in order: That will be best for you, if ye have faith.
- "And squat not on every road, breathing threats, hindering from the path of Allah those who believe in Him, and seeking in it something crooked; but remember how ye were little, and He gave you increase. And hold in your mind's eye what was the end of those who did mischief.
- "And if there is a party among you who believes in the message with which I have been sent, and a party which does not believe, hold yourselves in patience until Allah doth decide between us: For He is the best to decide."
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