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He does seize the nations when they cross the limits of
committing wrong-doings.
Allah is only one true God Why?
Allah is the only true God because in His hands is
the life of nations, & their rise and downfall.
}5{And these towns - We destroyed them when they committed
iniquities. For the destruction of each We had set a definite term.
}2}2
(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
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Have they not travelled in the land and seen what
was the end of those who
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 toreturn.
}1{)O Prophet), how many are the towns that had greater power than
your towns that drove you out? We destroyed them and there wasnone to protect them.
4}29{
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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 havecome 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.
9}29{ 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
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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 will not find
any change in the Way of Allah; and you will 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.}4442{
Has it not, then, become clear to those who have inherited the earth
in the wake of the former generations that, if We so will, We can
punish 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 were
not to believe in 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
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Some qualities of those wrong-doers who are seized by Him.
most of them true to their covenants; indeed We found most of
them transgressors.
-}8281{ 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. Thereforechastisement seized them while they were engaged in wrong-doing.
}5{ 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.
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Granting respite before chastisement and
Destroying the iniquitious people Gradually
Your Lord would not destroy a town until He had sent to its
centre a Messenger who would recite to them Our verses. Nor
would We destroy any town unless its inhabitants wereiniquitous. -}{ 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.
}8{ And if Allah were to seize people for their wrong-doing immediately,
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.
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Surely Allah does not wrong people; they rather wrong themselves.
}}21 As for those who reject Our signs as false, We will lead them,
step by step, to their ruin without their even perceiving it.And
(for this purpose) I grant them respite. My plan is
incontrovertible.
}4} Surely Allah does not wrong people; they rather wrong themselves.
}5}4 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.
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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 had visions.
And We destroyed Qarun (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. It was not
Allah who wronged them, but they wronged themselves.-}54{
You are behaving just like those who went before you: they had
more power than you, and possessed greater riches and had morechildren 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:
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Chastising the wrong-doers by setting in ruthless
authorites over them.
Repelling one set of people by means of another to
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 wronged them, but they wronged their own selves.
}{ 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.
}}9492
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There is not a town but
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.}2}4
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.
-}{
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Warnings
It is He Who has the power to send forth
There is not a town but We will destroy it or upon which We will
inflict severe chastisement before the Day of Resurrection. This is
written down in the Eternal Book (of Allah).
9}{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 delay it.
}-8}9It has been ordained against every town that We ever destroyed
that they will not return.
}9{
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
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And your Lord is not such as would wrongfully destroy human
habitations while their inhabitants are trying to reform.
Do the people of the towns feel secure that
Good Tidings for the Righteous
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)."
}5{Do the people of the towns feel secure that Our punishment will not
come to them at night while they are asleep?Or, do the people of
the 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.
}8}8 And your Lord is not such as would wrongfully destroy human
habitations while their inhabitants are righteous (trying to mend).
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The Rewards of Seeking Forgiveness
}}1
Allah would not punish them while they are seeking
forgiveness.
}8}42 I (Noah) said to them: Ask forgiveness from your Lord; surely
He is Most Forgiving. He will shower upon you rain in
abundance from heaven, and will provide you with wealth
and children, and will bestow upon you gardens and rivers.8}{ And that you seek forgiveness of your Lord and turn to Him inrepentance whereupon He will grant you a fair enjoyment of
life until an appointed term, and will bestow favour on
everyone who merits favour. But if you turn away (from the
truth), I fear for you the chastisement of an Awesome Day.
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The Rewards of Believing, being God-fearing & Following
the Divine Revelations for Nations }} Had the people of the 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. }9{ Had the People of the Book only believed and been God-fearing, Weshould surely have effaced from them their evil deeds, and caused
them to enter Gardens of Bliss. Had the People of the Book followed
the laws of 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.
}}9
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Individual Rewards of being a God-fearing & Righteous Believer
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 whodisbelieves 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 is
a true believer, We will surely grant him a pure (good) life; and
will surely grant such persons their reward according to the best
of their deeds.
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Nations and the way of Allah
Verily Allah does not change a people's condition unless they
change their inner selves.
}{9 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.
}}1 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.
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Verily in this Divine History there are great Signs for
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.
Lesson of Monotheism
1}8{
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.
}{
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).
8}4442{
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So, O people! be careful and serve Allah alone Who is
your only God lest you are destroyed and
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.
}-}5 You will find none even to inquire of Us what happened to you?