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Whereupon an
earthquake laid hold of them: so that they lay prone in their dwelling. |
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Those who belied
Shu'aib became as though they had never dwelt therein; those who belied
Shu'aib, it is they who became the losers. |
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Then he turned
from them, and said: my people! assuredly I delivered unto you the
messages of my Lord, and counselled you good; how then should I lament
over an unbelieving people? |
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And We sent
not a prophet to any township but We laid hold of the people thereof
with tribulation and distress that haply they may humble themselves. |
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Thereafter We
substituted ease in place of adversity until they abounded and said:
even Thus tribulation and prosperity touched our fathers. Then We
laid hold of them of a sudden, while they perceived not. |
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And had the
people of those townships believed and feared, We would of a surety
have opened up to them blessings from the heavens and the earth;
but they belied, wherefore We laid hold of them for that which they
had been earning. |
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Are the people
of the townships then secure that Our wrath would not come upon them
at night while they are slumbering? |
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Or, are the
people of the township secure that Our wrath would not come upon them
by daylight while they are disporting themselves? |
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Are then they
secure against the contrivance of Allah? And none feeleth secure against
the contrivance of Allah except the people who are losers. |
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Guideth it not
those who inherit the land after the people thereof, that, had We
willed, We would have afflicted them for their sins? And We have put
a seal upon their hearts, so that they hearken not. |
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Those townships!
We recount unto thee some tidings thereof. Assuredly there came unto
them their apostles with evidences, but they were not such as to believe
that which they had erst belied. Thus doth Allah put a seal upon the
hearts of the infidels. |
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And We found
no covenant in most of them; and most of them We found ungodly. |
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Then We sent,
after them, Musa with Our signs unto Fir'awn and his chiefs, but they
wronged them. Behold that wise was the end of the corrupters! |
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And Musa said:
O Fir'awn! I am an apostle from the Lord of the worlds; |
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Incumbent it
is upon me that I speak naught respecting Allah save the truth; surely
I have brought you an evidence from your Lord; wherefore let then
go with me the Children of Isra'il. |
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He said: if
thou hast brought a sign, forth with it then, if thou art of the truth-tellers. |
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Thereupon he
cast down his rod, when, lo it was a serpent manifest. |
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And he drew
forth his hand, when lo: it was white unto the beholders. |
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The chiefs of
the people of Fir'awn said: verily this is a magician knowing. |
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He would drive
you forth from your land; so what is it that ye enjoin? |
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They said: put
him and his bro ther off, and send unto the cities callers. |
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That they may
bring to thee every magician knowing. |
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And the magicians
came unto Fir'awn. They said: surely there is for us a reward if we
are the overcomers. |
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He said: yea!
and verily ye shall be of those brought nigh. |
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They said: O
Musa! either thou cast down, or we shall be the ones to cast down. |
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He said: cast
ye. Then when they cast clown, they enchanted the eyes of the people,
and terrified them and brought mighty magic to bear. |
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And we revealed
unto Musa: cast down thy rod. And lo! it Was swallowing up that which
they had feigned. |
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Thus the truth
prevailed, and that which they had brought vanished. |
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Thus they were
overcome and made to look abiect. |
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And the magicians
flung themselves prostrate. |
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