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can reward me except the Lord of the Creation. Will you fornicate
with males and leave your wives, whom Allah has created for you?
Surely you are great transgressors.'
'Lut,' they replied, 'desist or you shall be banished.'
He said: 'I abhor your ways. Lord, preserve me and my kinsfolk
from their evil doings.'
We delivered Lut and all his kinsfolk, save for one old woman who
stayed behind, and the restWe utterly destroyed.We pelted themwith
rain, and evil was the rainwhich fell on those who had beenwarned.
Surely in that there was a sign.Yet most of themdo not believe.
Your Lord is the Mighty One, the Merciful. The dwellers of the
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Forest, too, disbelieved their apostles, Shu'ayb said to them: 'Will
you not have fear ofAllah? I am indeed your true apostle. FearAllah,
then, and obey me . I demand of you no recompense; none can reward
me except the Lord of the Creation. Give just measure and defraud
none. Weigh with even scales and do not cheat others of what is
rightly theirs; nor corrupt the land with evil. Fear Him who created
you and those who have gone before you.'
They replied: 'You are surely one of the bewitched. You are but a
mortal like ourselves. Indeed, we believe that you are lying. Bring
down upon us a part of heaven if what you say be true.'
He said: 'My Lord has full knowledge of all your actions.' They
disbelieved him, and thus the scourge of the Day of Darkness smote
them; it was the punishment of a fateful day.
1. The people of Madian.
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