And admonish them by narrating to them anecdotes from the Days of Allah (Divine History)." Verily in it there are great Signs for everyone who is patient and gives thanks (to Allah).
Then We commanded the angels, "Bow yourselves to Adam. "All bowed but Iblis refused to do so; he waxed proud and joined the deifiers.
Then We said, "O Adam, you and your wife, both dwell in the Garden and eat both of you freely with pleasure and delight of things therein where from you will, but do not go near this tree; otherwise you shall become transgressors " After a time Satan tempted them with that tree to disobey Our Command and brought them out of the state they were in, and We decreed, "Now, go down all of you from here; you are enemies of one another. Henceforth you shall dwell and provide for yourselves on the Earth for a specified period." At that time Adam learnt appropriate words from his Lord and repented, and his Lord accepted his repentance, for He is very Relenting and very Merciful. We said, "Now go down, all of you from here. Henceforth there shall come to you Guidance from Me now and again: whoever will follow it shall have neither fear nor sorrow and whoever will refuse to accept it and defy Our Revelations they shall be doomed to the Fire wherein they shall remain for ever.
And (Allah) said: "Get down, both of you, (that is, man and Satan), and be out of it; each of you shall be an enemy to the other. Henceforth if there comes to you a guidance from Me, then whosoever follows My guidance shall neither go astray nor suffer misery. But whosoever turns away from this Admonition from Me shall have a straitened life; We shall raise him blind on the Day of Resurrection," where-upon he will say: "Lord! Why have You raised me blind when I had sight in the world?" He will say: "Even so it is. Our Signs came to you and you ignored them. So shall you be ignored this Day."
We never destroyed the towns unless its inhabitants were iniquitous.
How many towns did I respite at first though they were steeped in iniquity, and then I seized them! To Me are all destined to return .
Allah sets forth the parable of (the people of) a town who were secure and well content and whose sustenance came in abundance from every quarter. But then the people of the town showed ingratitude towards Allah for His bounties, so Allah afflicted them with hunger and fear in punishment for their evil deeds. Most certainly a Messenger came to them from among them; but they rejected him, calling him a liar. Therefore chastisement seized them while they engaged in wrong-doing.
And these towns - We destroyed them when they committed iniquities. For the destruction of each We had set a definite term.
We never destroyed any habitation but that it had warner's to admonish them. We have never been unjust.
Your Lord would not destroy a town until He had sent to its center a Messenger who would recite to them Our verses. Nor would We destroy any town unless its inhabitants were iniquitous.
And never do We punish any people until We send a Messenger (to make the Truth distinct from falsehood).
We raise Messengers only to give good news and to warn. But the unbelievers resort to falsehood in order to rebut the truth with it, and scoff at My revelations and My warnings.
We never sent a warner to any town but its wealthy ones said: “We disbelieve in the Message you have brought." They always said: “We have more wealth and children than you have, and we shall not be chastised. ”
Nay; they simply claim: “We found our forefathers on a way, and we continue to find guidance in their footsteps." And thus it is: whenever We sent any warner to a city its affluent ones said: “We found our forefathers on a way and we continue to follow in their footsteps." Each Prophet asked them: “Will you do so even if we were to show you a way better than the way of your forefathers?” They answered: “We disbelieve in the religion with which you have been sent." Then We exacted retribution from them. So do consider the end of those who gave the lie (to the Prophets).
(O Prophet), if they reject you, then before them the people of 'Ad and Thamud, also rejected (their Prophets), and so too did the people of Abraham and the people of Lot; and so did the dwellers of Midian, and Moses too was branded a liar. Initially I granted respite to the unbelievers for a while and then seized them. How dreadful was My punishment ! How many towns have We destroyed because their people were steeped in iniquity: so they lie fallen down upon their turrets! How many wells lie deserted; and how many towering palaces lie in ruins! Have they not journeyed in the land that their hearts might understand and their ears might listen? For indeed it is not the eyes that are blinded; it is rather the hearts in the breasts that are rendered blind.
They ask you to hasten the punishment. Allah shall most certainly not fail His promise; but a Day with your Lord is as a thousand years of your reckoning. How many towns did I respite at first though they were steeped in iniquity, and then I seized them! To Me are all destined to return.
Messengers before you have been rejected, and they endured with patience their rejection and persecution until the time when Our help reached them. None has the power to alter the words of Allah. Indeed some news of the Messengers have already reached you.
(O Prophet), how many are the cities that had greater power than your city that drove you out? We destroyed them and there was none to protect them.
Surely We will help Our Messengers and the believers in the life of this world and on the Day when witnesses will rise to testify, the Day when the excuses offered by the wrong-doers shall not avail them. They shall be victims of the curse and a woeful abode.
None but the unbelievers dispute regarding the Signs of Allah. So let not their strutting about in the land delude you. Before them the people of Noah also denied, and so did many parties after them. Each nation sallied forth against its Messenger to seize him, and they disputed with false arguments seeking therewith to repudiate the Truth. Then I seized them; and behold, how woeful was My retribution! Thus has the decree of your Lord become due against the unbelievers. They are destined for the Fire.
Were Allah to take people to task for their wrong-doing, He would not have spared even a single living creature on the face of the earth. But He grants them respite until an appointed term. And when that term arrives, they have no power to delay it by a single moment, nor to hasten it.
And when Our clear revelations are recited unto them, those who disbelieve say unto those who believe: Which of the two parties (yours or ours) is better in position, and more imposing as an army? How many a generation have We destroyed before them, who were more imposing in respect of gear and outward seeming ! Say: As for him who is in error, the Beneficent will extend (the rope) to him, until, when they behold that which they were promised, whether it be punishment (in the world), or the Hour (of doom), they will know who is worse in position and who is weaker as an army . Allah increases in right guidance those who walk aright, and the good deeds which endure are better in your Lord´s sight for reward, and better for resort.
As for those who reject Our signs as false, We shall lead them, step by step, to their ruin without their even perceiving it. And (for this purpose) I will grant them respite. My plan is incontrovertible.
Misfortune continues to afflict the unbelievers on account of their misdeeds, or to befall on locations close to their habitation. This will continue until Allah's promise (of chastisement) is fulfilled. Indeed Allah does not go back upon His promise. Surely the Messengers before you were ridiculed, but I always initially granted respite to those who disbelieved, and then I seized them (with chastisement). Then, how awesome was My chastisement!
Let not those who run towards disbelief grieve you; they shall not hurt Allah in the least. Allah will not provide for them any share in the Next Life. A mighty punishment awaits them. Indeed those who have purchased unbelief in exchange for faith shall not hurt Allah in the least. Theirs shall be a painful chastisement . Do not let the, unbelievers imagine that the respite We give them is good for them. We give them respite so that they may grow in wickedness. A humiliating chastisement lies in store for them.
(O Prophet), if they reject you, then before them the people of 'Ad and Thamud, also rejected (their Prophets), and so too did the people of Abraham and the people of Lot; and so did the dwellers of Midian, and Moses too was branded a liar. Initially I granted respite to the unbelievers for a while and then seized them. How dreadful was My punishment ! How many towns have We destroyed because their people were steeped in iniquity: so they lie fallen down upon their turrets! How many wells lie deserted; and how many towering palaces lie in ruins! Have they not journeyed in the land that their hearts might understand and their ears might listen? For indeed it is not the eyes that are blinded; it is rather the hearts in the breasts that are rendered blind. They ask you to hasten the punishment. Allah shall most certainly not fail His promise; but a Day with your Lord is as a thousand years of your reckoning. How many towns did I respite at first though they were steeped in iniquity, and then I seized them! To Me are all destined to return .
Swearing by Allah their strongest oaths they claimed that if there came to them a warner they would be better-guided than any other people. But when a warner came to them, his coming only increased their aversion (to the Truth). They began to wax even more proud on earth and contrived evil plans although the contriving of evil plans only overtakes their authors. Are they waiting, then, for anything except what happened to the nations before them? You shall not find any change in the Way of Allah; and you shall not find anything that can ever alter the Way of Allah. Have they not journeyed in the earth to behold the end of those who went before them though they were stronger than them in might? Nothing in the heavens nor on earth can frustrate Him in the least. He is All-Knowing, All-Powerful. If Allah were to take people to task for their deeds, He would not leave any living creature on earth, but He grants them respite to an appointed time. When their appointed time comes to an end, surely Allah fully observes His servants.
And recall how those who disbelieved schemed against you to take you captive, or kill you, or drive you away. They schemed and Allah did also scheme. Allah is the best of those who scheme.
Thus We have appointed the leaders of the wicked ones in every land to weave their plots; but in truth they plot only to their own harm, without even realizing it.
Allah commands, and no one has the power to reverse His Command. He is swift in reckoning. Those who lived before them also devised many a plot, but the master plot rests with Allah. He knows what everyone does. The deniers of the truth will soon come to know whose end is good.
Then they schemed (against the Messiah), and Allah countered their schemes by schemes of His own. Allah is the best of schemers.
Do the people of those towns feel secure that Our punishment will not come to them at night while they are asleep? Or, do the people of those towns feel secure that Our punishment will not come to them by daylight while they are at play? Do they feel secure against the scheme of Allah None can feel secure against the scheme of Allah except the utter losers.
And these towns - We destroyed them when they committed iniquities. For the destruction of each We had set a definite term.
And We did indeed send Messengers to other nations before you and then We seized those nations with misfortune and hardship so that they might humble themselves (before Us). But when misfortune befell them from Us why did they not humble themselves? Their hearts had hardened and Satan had made their deeds seem fair to them. So, when they forgot what they had been reminded of, We opened the gates of all things so that while they rejoiced in what they had been granted We seized them suddenly and they were plunged into utter despair. Thus the last remnant of those wrongdoing people was cut off. All praise is for Allah, the Lord of the entire universe.
As for Ad, they waxed proud in the land without justification and said: “Who is greater than we in strength?” Did they not see that Allah, Who created them, is greater in strength than them? They continued to deny Our Signs, whereupon We sent upon them a fierce wind on inauspicious days that We might make them taste a disgracing torment in the life of this world. And surely the chastisement of the Hereafter is even more disgracing. There will be none to help them there.
As for Thamud, We bestowed guidance upon them, but they preferred to remain blind rather than be guided. At last a humiliating scourge overtook them on account of their misdeeds. Yet We saved those who believed and were God-fearing.
And indeed We sent Moses with Our signs and with a clear authority to Pharaoh and his chiefs. But they obeyed the command of Pharaoh even though Pharaoh's command was not rightly-directed. He will go ahead of his people on the Day of Resurrection, and will lead them into the Fire. What a wretched destination to be led to! They were pursued by a curse in this world and so will they be on the Day of Resurrection. What an evil reward will they receive!
That is an account of some towns which We narrate to you. Of them some are still standing and some have been mown down. We did not wrong them; it is rather they who wronged themselves. And when the command of your Lord came to pass, the gods besides Allah whom they had called upon, did not avail them in the least. They added nothing to them except ruin.
Such is the seizing of your Lord that when He does seize the towns immersed in wrong-doing, His seizing is painful, terrible. Surely in that is a sign for him who fears the chastisement of the Hereafter. That will be a Day when all men shall be mustered together; that will be a Day when whatever happens will be witnessed by all. Nor shall We withhold it except till an appointed term.
Have they not travelled in the land and seen what was the end of those who had gone before them? They were more numerous and greater in strength and left behind more splendid traces in the land. Yet their attainments did not avail them. When their Messengers came to them with Clear Signs, they arrogantly exulted in whatever knowledge they had. They were then encompassed by what they had mocked. When they saw Our chastisement, they said: “We have come to believe in Allah, the Only One, and we reject all what we had associated (with Allah in His Divinity)". But their believing after they had seen Our chastisement did not avail them. That has been Allah's Way concerning His servants. And the unbelievers courted utter loss, then and there.
Allah sets forth the parable of (the people of) a town who were secure and well content and whose sustenance came in abundance from every quarter. But then the people of the town showed ingratitude towards Allah for His bounties, so Allah afflicted them with hunger and fear in punishment for their evil deeds. Most certainly a Messenger came to them from among them; but they rejected him, calling him a liar. Therefore chastisement seized them while they engaged in wrong-doing.
And how many a town have We destroyed whose inhabitants exulted on account of their affluence. These are their dwellings in which very few dwelt after them. Eventually it is We Who inherited them.
Your Lord would not destroy a town until He had sent to its center a Messenger who would recite to them Our verses. Nor would We destroy any town unless its inhabitants were iniquitous.
He who follows the Right Way will do so to his own advantage; and he who strays will incur his own loss. No one will bear another's burden. And never do We punish any people until We send a Messenger (to make the Truth distinct from falsehood).
When We decide to destroy a town We command the affluent among them, whereupon they commit sins in it, then the decree (of chastisement) becomes due against them and thereafter We destroy that town utterly. Many a generation has been destroyed by Our command since Noah's time. Your Lord is well aware and fully observant of the sins of His servants.
Never have We sent a Prophet to a place without trying its people with adversity and hardship that they may humble themselves. Then We changed adversity into ease until they throve and said: 'Our forefathers had also seen both adversity and prosperity.' So We suddenly seized them without their even perceiving it. Had the people of those towns believed and been God-fearing, We would certainly have opened up to them blessings from the heavens and the earth; but they rejected [their Prophets] and so We seized them for their deeds. So, do the people of those towns feel secure that Our punishment will not come to them at night while they are asleep? Or, do the people of those towns feel secure that Our punishment will not come to them by daylight while they are at play? Do they feel secure against the Plan of Allah None can feel secure against the Plan of Allah except the people who are the utter losers.
Has it not, then, become plain to those who have inherited the earth in the wake of the former generations that, had We so willed, We could have afflicted them for their sins, (they, however, are heedless to basic facts and so) We seal their hearts so that they hear nothing. To those [earlier] communities - some of whose stories We relate to you - there had indeed come Messengers with clear proofs, but they would not believe what they had once rejected as false. Thus it is that Allah seals the hearts of those who deny the truth. We did not find most of them true to their covenants; indeed We found most of them transgressors.
And on the Day when He will muster them all together, He will say (to the jinn): 'O assembly of the jinn, you have seduced a good many of mankind.' And their companions from among the humans will say: 'Our Lord! We did indeed benefit from one another and now have reached the term which You had set for us.' Thereupon Allah will say: 'The Fire is now your abode, and therein you shall abide.' Only those whom Allah wills shall escape the Fire. Surely your Lord is All-Wise, All-Knowing. In this manner We will make the wrong-doers friends of each other (in the Hereafter) because they earned (evil together in the world). (Then Allah will also ask them): 'O assembly of jinn and men! Did there not come to you Messengers from among yourselves, relating to you My signs, and warning you of the encounter of this your Day (of Judgment)?' They will say: 'Yes, we bear witness against ourselves.' They have been deluded by the life of this world, and they will bear witness against themselves that they had disbelieved. (They will be made to bear this witness to show that) it is not the way of your Lord to destroy cities unjustly while their people were unaware of the Truth.
There is not a town but We shall destroy it or upon which We shall inflict severe chastisement before the Day of Resurrection. This is written down in the Eternal Book (of Allah).
Whenever We destroyed a town, a definite term had previously been decreed for it. No people can outstrip the term for its destruction nor can it delay it.
It has been ordained against every town that We ever destroyed that they will not return.
And your Lord is not such as would wrongfully destroy human habitations while their inhabitants are righteous.
Why were there not, out of the generations that passed away before you, righteous men who would forbid others from committing evil in the land? And if such were there, they were only a few whom We had saved from those generations, or else the wrong-doers kept pursuing the ease and comfort which had been conferred upon them, thus losing themselves in sinfulness. And your Lord is not such as would wrongfully destroy human habitations while their inhabitants are righteous.
Yet We saved those who believed and were God-fearing.
And ask the people of Moses concerning the town situated along the sea how its people profaned the Sabbath when fish came to them breaking the water's surface on Sabbath days, and would not come to them on other than Sabbath-days. Thus did We test them because of their disobedience. And recall when a party of them said: 'Why do you admonish a people whom Allah is about to destroy or punish severely?' They said: 'We admonish them in order to be able to offer an excuse before Your Lord, and in the hope that they will guard against disobedience.' Then, when they forgot what they had been exhorted, We saved those who forbade evil and afflicted the wrong-doers with a grievous chastisement because of their evildoing.
Believers! Respond to Allah, and respond to the Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life. Know well that Allah stands between a man and his heart, and it is to Him that all of you shall be mustered. And guard against the mischief that will not only bring punishment to the wrong-doers among you. Know well that Allah is severe in punishment.
Say: "It is He Who has the power to send forth chastisement upon you from above you, or from beneath your feet, or split you into hostile groups and make some of you taste each others' violence. Behold, how We set forth Our signs in diverse forms, so that maybe they will understand the Truth". Your people have denied it even though it is the Truth. Say: "I am not a guardian over You. Every tiding has its appointed time; you yourselves will soon know (the end)."
And recall when Your Lord proclaimed that 'He would continually set in authority over them (israilites), till the Day of Judgement, those who would ruthless oppress them.' Surely, your Lord is swift in chastising; and yet He is All-Forgiving, All-Merciful.
Accordingly, when they marched forward to fight with Goliath and his armies, they prayed, "Our Lord, bless us with fortitude, make firm our foothold and give us victory over the unbelieving host."
Consequently, by Allah's grace, they routed the unbelievers, and David killed Goliath; and Allah gave him kingship and wisdom and taught him whatever other things He willed.
And if Allah had not been repelling one set of people by means of another, the earth would have been filled with chaos. But Allah is bountiful to the world (and so repels chaos in this way). These are Allah's revelations, which We are conveying to you accurately. And O Muhammad, most surely you are of those who have been sent as Messengers.
If Allah were not to repel some through others, monasteries and churches and synagogues and mosques wherein the name of Allah is much mentioned, would certainly have been pulled down. Allah will most certainly help those who will help Him. Verily Allah is Immensely Strong, Overwhelmingly Mighty.
Surely Allah does not wrong people; they rather wrong themselves.
And We sent to Midian their brother Shuayb. He said: “My people, serve Allah and look forward to the Last Day and do not go about the earth committing mischief .” But they denounced him as a liar. So a mighty earthquake overtook them, and by the morning they lay overturned in their houses.
And We destroyed Ad and Thamud, whose dwellings you have observed. Satan had embellished their deeds for them and had turned them away from the Right Path although they were a people of clear perception. And We destroyed Korah and Pharaoh and Haman. Moses came to them with Clear Signs but they waxed arrogant in the land although they could not have outstripped (Us). So We seized each for their sin. We let loose upon some a violent tornado with showers of stones; some were overtaken by a mighty Cry; some were caused to be swallowed up by the earth, and some We drowned. Allah would not wrong them, but it is they who wronged themselves.
You are behaving just like those who went before you: they had more power than you, and possessed greater riches and had more children than you: they had enjoyed their portion of the good things of the worldly life and you, too, have enjoyed your portion of the good things like them: you are also engaged in idle discussions like the discussions they held. Consequently in the end everything they did, proved vain in this world and shall be vain in the Next World: surely they are the people who are the losers______ Has not the story reached them of those who had gone before them-the people of Noah, tribes of `Ad and Thamud, the people of Abraham and the inhabitants of Midian and of the overturned cities? Their Messengers came to them with clear signs; then it was not Allah Who would wrong them, but they wronged their own selves.
Indeed Allah wrongs none, not even as much as an atom's weight. Whenever a man does good, He multiplies it two-fold, and bestows out of His grace a mighty reward.
These are the messages of Allah which We recite to you in truth, and Allah desires no wrong to the people of the world.
Why were there not, out of the generations that passed away before you, righteous men who would forbid others from committing evil in the earth? And if such were there, they were only a few whom We had saved from those generations, or else the wrong-doers kept pursuing the ease and comfort which had been conferred upon them, thus losing themselves in sinfulness. And your Lord is not such as would wrongfully destroy human habitations while their inhabitants are righteous.
And from among you there must be a party who invite people to all that is good and enjoin the doing of all that is right and forbid the doing of all that is wrong. It is they who will attain true success. Do not be like those who fell into factions and differed among themselves after clear signs had come to them. A mighty chastisement awaits them.
Those of the Children of Israel who took to unbelief have been cursed by the tongue of David and Jesus, son of Mary, for they rebelled and exceeded the bounds of right. They did not forbid each other from committing the abominable deeds they committed. Indeed what they did was evil. And now you can see many of them taking the unbelievers (instead of the believers) for their allies. Indeed they have prepared evil for themselves. Allah is angry with them, and they will abide forever in chastisement .
And who is fairer in speech than he who calls to Allah and acts righteously and says: “I am a Muslim”?
Call people to your Lord and never become one of the unbelievers, and do not invoke any god beside Allah. There is no god but He. All will perish but He. To Him belongs the command. And to Him shall all of you return.
(O Prophet), call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and goodly exhortation, and argue with them in the best manner possible.
Believers! Respond to Allah, and respond to the Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life. Know well that Allah stands between a man and his heart, and it is to Him that all of you shall be mustered. And guard against the mischief that will not only bring punishment to the wrong-doers among you. Know well that Allah is severe in punishment.
Allah would not punish them while they are seeking forgiveness.
I (Noah) said to them: “Ask forgiveness from your Lord; surely He is Most Forgiving. He will shower upon you torrents from heaven, and will provide you with wealth and children, and will bestow upon you gardens and rivers.
Alif. Lam. Ra. This is a Divine Command whose contents have been made firm and set forth in detail from One Who is All-Wise, All-Aware that you may worship none but Allah. Verily, I have come to you as a warner and a bearer of good news from Him that you may seek forgiveness of your Lord and turn to Him in repentance whereupon He will grant you a fair enjoyment of life until an appointed term, and will bestow favour on everyone who merits favour. But should you turn away (from the truth), I fear for you the chastisement of an Awesome Day.
Had the people of those towns believed and been God-fearing, We would certainly have opened up to them blessings from the heavens and the earth; but rejected [their Prophets] and so We seized them for their deeds. Do the people of those towns feel secure that Our punishment will not come to them at night while they are asleep? Or, do the people of those towns feel secure that Our punishment will not come to them by daylight while they are at play? Do they feel secure against the scheme of Allah None can feel secure against the scheme of Allah except the utter losers.
Had the People of the Book only believed and been God-fearing, We should surely have effaced from them their evil deeds, and caused them to enter Gardens of Bliss. Had the People of the Book observed the Torah and the Gospel, and all that had been revealed to them from their Lord, sustenance would have been showered over them from above and risen from beneath their feet.
Allah has promised to those among you who believe and do righteous deeds, that He will make them successors (to the present rulers) in the land just as He made those who passed away before them, and that He will establish their religion, which He has approved for them, on strong foundations and will change their (present) state of fear into peace and security. Let them worship Me and associate none with Me; and the one who disbelieves after this," shall be of those who are perverse transgressors. Therefore, establish Prayer, pay the Zakat dues and obey the Messenger; it is expected that you will be shown mercy. Do not think about those who have disbelieved that they will be able to frustrate Allah in the land; their abode is Hell and it is a very evil abode.
Whosoever acts righteously - whether a man or a woman - and embraces belief, We will surely grant him a good life; and will surely grant such persons their reward according to the best of their deeds.
Allah will find a way out for him who fears Allah, and will provide him sustenance from whence he never even imagined. Whoever puts his trust in Allah, He will suffice him. Surely Allah brings about what He decrees; Allah has set a measure for everything.
This happened because Allah is not one to change the favour which He has bestowed upon a people until they have changed their attitude. Surely Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. Their case is like that of the people of Pharaoh and those before them: they rejected the signs of their Lord as false and so We destroyed them for their sins, and caused the people of Pharaoh to drown. For they were wrong-doers all.
Verily Allah does not change a people's condition unless they change their inner selves. And when Allah decides to make a people suffer punishment, no one can avert it. Nor can any be of help to such a people against Allah.
The Messengers whom We sent before you, (O Muhammad), and to whom We sent down revelations, were only human beings, and were from among those living in earthly habitations. Have these people not travelled in the earth that they may observe the end of their predecessors? Certainly the abode of the Hereafter is much better for those (who accepted the call of the Messengers and) acted in a God-fearing manner. Will you still not act with good sense? (It also happened with the earlier Messengers that for long they preached and people paid no heed) until the Messengers despaired of their people, and the people also fancied that they had been told lies (by the Messengers), then suddenly Our help came to the Messengers. And when such an occasion comes We rescue whom We will; as for the guilty, Our chastisement cannot be averted from them. Certainly in the stories of the bygone people there is a lesson for people of understanding. What is being narrated in the Qur'an is no fabrication; it is rather confirmation of the Books that preceded it, and a detailed exposition of everything, and a guidance and mercy for people of faith.
How many towns rebelled against the commandment of their Lord and His Messengers. Then We called them to a stern accounting, and subjected them to a harrowing chastisement. So they tasted the evil fruit of their deeds; and the fruit of their deeds was utter loss. Allah has laid in store for them a grievous chastisement. So fear Allah, O people of understanding who have attained to faith. Allah has sent down to you an Exhortation.
And surely We have explained matters to people in the Qur'an in diverse ways, using all manner of parables. But man is exceedingly contentious. What is it that prevented mankind from believing when the guidance came to them, and from asking forgiveness of their Lord, except that they would like to be treated as the nations of past, or that they would like to see the scourge come upon them face to face?
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