˹Later,˺ Abraham asked, “What is your mission, O messenger-angels?”
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They replied, “We have actually been sent to a wicked people,
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to send upon them stones of ˹baked˺ clay,
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marked by your Lord for the transgressors.”
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Then ˹before the torment˺ We evacuated the believers from the city.
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But We only found one family that had submitted ˹to Allah˺.1
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And We have left a sign there1 ˹as a lesson˺ for those who fear the painful punishment.
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And in ˹the story of˺ Moses ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent him to Pharaoh with compelling proof,
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but Pharaoh was carried away by his power, saying ˹of Moses˺, “A magician or a madman!”
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So We seized him and his soldiers, casting them into the sea while he was blameworthy.1
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And in ˹the story of˺ ’Âd ˹was another lesson,˺ when We sent against them the devastating wind.1
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There was nothing it came upon that it did not reduce to ashes.
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And in ˹the story of˺ Thamûd ˹was another lesson,˺ when they were told, “Enjoy yourselves ˹only˺ for a ˹short˺ while.”1
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Still they persisted in defying the commands of their Lord, so they were overtaken by a ˹mighty˺ blast while they were looking on.
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Then they were not able to rise up, nor were they helped.
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And the people of Noah ˹had also been destroyed˺ earlier. They were truly a rebellious people.
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We built the universe with ˹great˺ might, and We are certainly expanding ˹it˺.
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As for the earth, We spread it out. How superbly did We smooth it out!1
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And We created pairs of all things1 so perhaps you would be mindful.
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So ˹proclaim, O Prophet˺: “Flee to Allah! I am truly sent by Him with a clear warning to you.
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And do not set up another god with Allah. I am truly sent by Him with a clear warning to you.”
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