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And to Thamoud We sent their brother Saleh. He said: 'Serve Allah,
my people, for you have no god but Him.Aclear proof has come to you
from your Lord. Here isAllah's she-camel: a sign for you. Leave her to
graze at will in Allah's land and do not molest her, lest you incur a
woeful punishment. Remember that He has made you the successor of
Aad, and provided you with dwellings in this land. You have built
mansions on its plains and hewed out houses in the mountains.
Remember Allah's favours and do not corrupt the earth by making
mischief.'
The haughty chiefs of his people said to the weak who believed: 'Do
you really believe that Saleh is sent forth fromhis Lord?'
They answered: 'We believe in the message with which he has been
sent.'
Those who were haughty said: 'We deny all that you believe in.' They
slaughtered the she-camel and defied the commandment of their Lord,
saying to Saleh: 'Bring down the scourge with which you threaten us if
you truly are one of themessengers.'
Thereupon an earthquake seized them, and they were prostrate in
their dwellings. Saleh left them, saying: 'I conveyed to you, my people,
the message of my Lord and gave you counsel; but you had no love for
those who sought to guide you.'
And (We sent) Lut, who said to his people: 'Will you persist in these
indecent acts which no other nation has committed before you? You
lust after men instead of women. Truly, you are a degenerate people.'
Their only answer was: 'Banish them fromyour town, (himand all his
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