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knowwho will be afflicted with punishment that will put him to shame,
andwho is a liar.Wait if youwill; I too amwaiting.'
And when Our judgement was executed We delivered Shu'ayb
through Our mercy, together with those who shared his faith. A
(dreadful) cry rang above the evil-doers, and when morning came they
were prostrate in their dwellings: they might never have prospered
there. Gone are the people ofMadian, just as Thamoud are gone.
We sent forth Musa with Our signs and with illustrious power to
Pharaoh and his nobles. But they followed the behests of Pharaoh; evil
were Pharaoh's behests. He shall stand at the head of his people on the
Day of Resurrection and lead them into the Fire. Dismal is the place to
which they shall be led.
A curse followed them in this (world) and a curse shall follow them
on the Day of Resurrection. Evil is the gift they shall receive.
That, which We have related, is an account of the towns: some have
survived, while others were annihilated. We did not wrong them, but
they wronged themselves. Their false gods which they called upon
besides Allah availed them nothing: when your Lord's decree came to
pass, (those false gods) added to themnothing but ruin.
Such was the scourge which your Lord has visited upon the sinful
towns. His punishment is stern and harrowing.
Surely in this there is a sign for him that dreads the terrors of the life
to come. That is a day on which all men shall be assembled. That shall
be a witnessed day.
We shall not defer it except until an appointed term. On that day no
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