كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطٍ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٦٠
The people of Lot rejected the messengers
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إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ أَخُوهُمۡ لُوطٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٦١
when their brother Lot said to them, “Will you not fear ˹Allah˺?
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إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٦٢
I am truly a trustworthy messenger to you.
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فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٦٣
So fear Allah, and obey me.
26:163
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦٤
I do not ask you for any reward for this ˹message˺. My reward is only from the Lord of all worlds.
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أَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلذُّكۡرَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦٥
Why do you ˹men˺ lust after fellow men,1
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وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمۡ رَبُّكُم مِّنۡ أَزۡوَٰجِكُمۚ بَلۡ أَنتُمۡ قَوۡمٌ عَادُونَ ١٦٦
leaving the wives that your Lord has created for you? In fact, you are a transgressing people.”
26:166
قَالُواْ لَئِن لَّمۡ تَنتَهِ يَٰلُوطُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡرَجِينَ ١٦٧
They threatened, “If you do not desist, O Lot, you will surely be expelled.”
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قَالَ إِنِّي لِعَمَلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡقَالِينَ ١٦٨
Lot responded, “I am truly one of those who despise your ˹shameful˺ practice.
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رَبِّ نَجِّنِي وَأَهۡلِي مِمَّا يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٦٩
My Lord! Save me and my family from ˹the consequences of˺ what they do.”
26:169
فَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ أَجۡمَعِينَ ١٧٠
So We saved him and all of his family,
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إِلَّا عَجُوزٗا فِي ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ ١٧١
except an old woman,1 who was one of the doomed.
26:171
ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأٓخَرِينَ ١٧٢
Then We utterly destroyed the rest,
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وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم مَّطَرٗاۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ ١٧٣
pouring upon them a rain ˹of brimstone˺. How evil was the rain of those who had been warned!
26:173
إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٧٤
Surely in this is a sign. Yet most of them would not believe.
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ١٧٥
And your Lord is certainly the Almighty, Most Merciful.
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كَذَّبَ أَصۡحَٰبُ لۡـَٔيۡكَةِ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٧٦
The residents of the Forest rejected the messengers
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إِذۡ قَالَ لَهُمۡ شُعَيۡبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ ١٧٧
when Shu’aib said to them,1 “Will you not fear ˹Allah˺?
26:177
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٞ ١٧٨
I am truly a trustworthy messenger to you.
26:178
فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ ١٧٩
So fear Allah, and obey me.
26:179
وَمَآ أَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۡ أَجۡرٍۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٨٠
I do not ask you for any reward for this ˹message˺. My reward is only from the Lord of all worlds.
26:180
۞ أَوۡفُواْ ٱلۡكَيۡلَ وَلَا تَكُونُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡمُخۡسِرِينَ ١٨١
Give full measure, and cause no loss ˹to others˺.
26:181
وَزِنُواْ بِٱلۡقِسۡطَاسِ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمِ ١٨٢
Weigh with an even balance,
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وَلَا تَبۡخَسُواْ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشۡيَآءَهُمۡ وَلَا تَعۡثَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مُفۡسِدِينَ ١٨٣
and do not defraud people of their property. Nor go about spreading corruption in the land.
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