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And to Thamud (people,
We sent) their brother Salih
(Saleh).
He said: "O my people! Worship Allah, you have no other Ilah
(God)
but Him. He brought you forth from the earth and settled you therein,
then ask forgiveness of Him and turn to Him in repentance. Certainly,
my Lord is Near (to all by
His Knowledge), Responsive." |
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They said: "O Salih (Saleh)!
You have been among us as a figure of good hope (and
we wished for you to be our chief),
till this [new thing which
you have brought; that we leave our gods and worship your God (Allah)
Alone]! Do you (now)
forbid us the worship of what our fathers have worshipped? But we
are really in grave doubt as to that which you invite us to
(monotheism)." |
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He said: "O my people! Tell me,
if I have a clear proof from my Lord, and there has come to me a Mercy
(Prophethood, etc.)
from Him, who then can help me against Allah, if I were to disobey
Him? Then you increase me not but in loss. |
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"And O my people! This she-camel
of Allah is a sign to you, leave her to feed on Allah's earth, and
touch her not with evil, lest a near torment will seize you." |
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But they killed her. So he said: "Enjoy
yourselves in your homes for three days. This is a promise
(i.e. a threat)
that will not be belied." |
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So when Our Commandment came, We saved
Salih (Saleh)
and those who believed with him by a Mercy from Us, and from the disgrace
of that Day. Verily, your Lord, He is the All-Strong, the All-Mighty. |
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And As-Saihah (torment
- awful cry, etc.) overtook
the wrong-doers, so they lay (dead),
prostrate in their homes, - |
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As if they had never lived there. No
doubt! Verily, Thamud disbelieved in their Lord. So away with Thamud! |
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And verily, there came Our Messengers
to Ibrahim (Abraham)
with glad tidings. They said: Salam (greetings
or peace!) He answered, Salam
(greetings or peace!)
and he hastened to entertain them with a roasted calf. |
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But when he saw their hands went not
towards it (the meal),
he felt some mistrust of them, and conceived a fear of them. They
said: "Fear not, we have been sent against the people of Lout
(Lot)." |
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And his wife was standing (there),
and she laughed [either, because
the Messengers did not eat their food or for being glad for the destruction
of the people of Lout (Lot)].
But We gave her glad tidings of Ishaque (Isaac),
and after him, of Ya'qub (Jacob). |
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She said (in
astonishment): "Woe unto
me! Shall I bear a child while I am an old woman, and here is my husband,
an old man? Verily! This is a strange thing!" |
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They said: "Do you wonder at the
Decree of Allah? The Mercy of Allah and His Blessings be on you, O
the family [of Ibrahim (Abraham)].
Surely, He (Allah)
is All-Praiseworthy, All-Glorious." |
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Then when the fear had gone away from
(the mind of)
Ibrahim (Abraham),
and the glad tidings had reached him, he began to plead with Us
(Our Messengers)
for the people of Lout (Lot). |
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Verily, Ibrahim (Abraham)
was, without doubt, forbearing, used to invoke Allah with humility,
and was repentant (to Allah
all the time, again and again). |
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"O Ibrahim (Abraham)!
Forsake this. Indeed, the Commandment of your Lord has gone forth.
Verily, there will come a torment for them which cannot be turned
back." |
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And when Our Messengers came to Lout
(Lot),
he was grieved on their account and felt himself straitened for them
(lest the town people should
approach them to commit sodomy with them).
He said: "This is a distressful day." |
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And his people came rushing towards
him, and since aforetime they used to commit crimes (sodomy,
etc.), he said: "O my people!
Here are my daughters (i.e.
the daughters of my nation),
they are purer for you (if
you marry them lawfully). So
fear Allah and degrade me not as regards my guests! Is there not among
you a single right-minded man?" |
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They said: "Surely you know that
we have neither any desire nor in need of your daughters, and indeed
you know well what we want!" |
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He said: "Would that I had strength
(men)
to overpower you, or that I could betake myself to some powerful support
(to resist you)." |
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They (Messengers)
said: "O Lout (Lot)!
Verily, we are the Messengers from your Lord! They shall not reach
you! So travel with your family in a part of the night, and let not
any of you look back, but your wife (will
remain behind), verily, the
punishment which will afflict them, will afflict her. Indeed, morning
is their appointed time. Is not the morning near?" |
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So when Our Commandment came, We turned
(the towns of Sodom in Palestine)
upside down, and rained on them stones of baked clay, piled up; |
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Marked from your Lord, and they are
not ever far from the Zalimun (polytheists,
evil-doers, etc.). |
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And to the Madyan (Midian)
people (We sent)
their brother Shu'aib. He said: "O my people! Worship Allah,
you have no other Ilah (God)
but Him, and give not short measure or weight, I see you in prosperity;
and verily I fear for you the torment of a Day encompassing. |
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"And O my people! Give full measure
and weight in justice and reduce not the things that are due to the
people, and do not commit mischief in the land, causing corruption. |
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86. |
"That which is left by Allah for
you (after giving the rights
of the people) is better for
you, if you are believers. And I am not set over you as a guardian. |
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They said: "O Shu'aib! Does your
Salat (prayer) (i.e. the prayers
which you offer has spoiled your mind, so you)
command that we leave off what our fathers used to worship, or that
we leave off doing what we like with our property? Verily, you are
the forbearer, right-minded!" (They
said this sarcastically). |
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He said: "O my people! Tell me,
if I have a clear evidence from my Lord, and He has given me a good
sustenance from Himself (shall
I corrupt it by mixing it with the unlawfully earned money).
I wish not, in contradiction to you, to do that which I forbid you.
I only desire reform so far as I am able, to the best of my power.
And my guidance cannot come except from Allah, in Him I trust and
unto Him I repent. |
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89. |
"And O my people! Let not my Shiqaq
cause you to suffer the fate similar to that of the people of Nuh
(Noah)
or of Hud or of Salih (Saleh),
and the people of Lout (Lot)
are not far off from you! |
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"And ask forgiveness of your Lord
and turn unto Him in repentance. Verily, my Lord is Most Merciful,
Most Loving." |
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