but the arrogant leaders said, ‘We reject what you believe in,’
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and then they hamstrung the camel. They defied their Lord’s commandment and said, ‘Salih, bring down the punishment you threaten, if you really are a messenger!’
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An earthquake seized them: by the next morning they were lying dead in their homes
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So he turned away from them, saying, ‘My people, I delivered my Lord’s messages to you and gave you sincere advice, but you did not like those who gave sincere advice.’
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We sent Lot and he said to his people, ‘How can you practise this outrage? No one in the world has outdone you in this
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You lust after men rather than women! You transgress all bounds!’
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The only response his people gave was to say [to one another], ‘Drive them out of your town! These men want to keep themselves chaste!’
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We saved him and his kinsfolk- apart from his wife who stayed behind
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and We showered upon [the rest of] them a rain [of destruction]. See the fate of the evildoers
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To the people of Midian We sent their brother, Shuayb. He said, ‘My people, serve God: you have no god other than Him. A clear sign has come to you from your Lord. Give full measure and weight and do not undervalue people’s goods; do not cause corruption in the land after it has been set in order: this is better for you, if you are believers
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Do not sit in every pathway, threatening and barring those who believe in God from His way, trying to make it crooked. Remember how you used to be few and He made you multiply. Think about the fate of those who used to spread corruption
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If some of you believe the message I bring and others do not, then be patient till God judges between us. He is the best of all judges.’
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His people’s arrogant leaders said, ‘Shuayb, we will expel you and your fellow believers from our town unless you return to our religion.’ He said, ‘What! Even if we detest it
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If we were to return to your religion after God has saved us from it, we would be inventing lies about Him: there is no way we could return to it- unless by the will of God our Lord: in His knowledge He comprehends everything. We put our trust in God. Our Lord, expose the truth [and judge] between us and our people, for You are the best judge.’
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The disbelieving leaders among his people said, ‘You will certainly be losers if you follow Shuayb’
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an earthquake seized them: by the next morning they were lying dead in their homes
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it was as if those who had rejected Shuayb had never lived there; it was those who had rejected Shuayb who were the losers
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so he turned away from them, saying, ‘My people, I delivered my Lord’s messages to you and gave you sincere advice, so why should I grieve for people who refused to believe?’
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Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We afflicted its [disbelieving] people with suffering and hardships, so that they might humble themselves [before God]
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and then We changed their hardship into prosperity, until they multiplied. But then they said, ‘Hardship and affluence also befell our forefathers,’ and so We took them suddenly, unawares
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If the people of those towns had believed and been mindful of God, We would have showered them with blessings from the heavens and earth, but they rejected the truth and so We punished them for their misdeeds
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Do the people of these towns feel secure that Our punishment will not come upon them by night, while they are asleep
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Do the people of these towns feel secure that Our punishment will not come upon them by day, while they are at play
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Do they feel secure against God’s plan? Only the losers feel secure against God’s plan
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Is it not clear to those who inherit the land from former generations that We can punish them too for their sins if We will? And seal up their hearts so that they cannot hear
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