He said, “O my people! Here are my daughters1 ˹so marry them˺ if you wish to do so.”
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By your life ˹O Prophet˺,1 they certainly wandered blindly, intoxicated ˹by lust˺.
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So the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook them at sunrise.
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And We turned the cities ˹of Sodom and Gomorrah˺ upside down and rained upon them stones of baked clay.
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Surely in this are signs for those who contemplate.
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Their ruins still lie along a known route.
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Surely in this is a sign for those who believe.
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And the residents of the Forest were truly wrongdoers,
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so We inflicted punishment upon them. The ruins of both nations still lie on a well-known road.
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Indeed, the residents of the Stone Valley also denied the messengers.1
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We gave them Our signs, but they turned away from them.
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They carved their homes in the mountains, feeling secure.
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But the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook them in the morning,
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and all they achieved was of no help to them.
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We have not created the heavens and the earth and everything in between except for a purpose. And the Hour is certain to come, so forgive graciously.
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Surely your Lord is the Master Creator, All-Knowing.
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We have certainly granted you the seven often-repeated verses1 and the great Quran.
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Do not let your eyes crave the ˹fleeting˺ pleasures We have provided for some of the disbelievers, nor grieve for them. And be gracious to the believers.
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And say, “I am truly sent with a clear warning”—
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˹a warning˺ similar to what We sent to those who divided ˹the Scriptures˺,
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