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Nothing can prevent men from having faith and seeking forgiveness
of their Lord, now that guidance has been revealed to them: unless they
are waiting for the fate of the ancients to overtake them or to see Our
scourge with their own eyes.
We send Our apostles only to proclaim good news and to give
warning. But with false arguments the unbelievers seek to confute the
truth, scoffing at My revelations andMywarnings.
Who is more wicked than the man who, when reminded of his Lord's
revelations, turns away from them and forgets what his hands have
done?We have cast veils over their hearts, lest they should understand
Our words, and made them hard of hearing. Call them as you may to
the right path, they shall never be guided.
Your Lord is Forgiving, Merciful. Had it been His will to scourge
them for what they have earned. He would have hastened their
punishment; but they have an appointed hour, which they shall never
escape.
And all those towns! We destroyed them when they did wrong; yet
We set the time for their destruction.
And (remember) whenMusa said to his servant: 'I will not give up until
I reach the point where the two seas meet, though I maymarch for ages.'
But when at last they came to the point where the two (seas) met,
they forgot their fish, whichmade its way freely into the water.
And when they had journeyed farther on, Musa said to his servant;
'Bring us some food; we are worn out with travelling.’
'Know,' replied the other, 'that I forgot the fish when we were resting
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