PART 27

[51:31]

(Abraham) said: And (afterward) what is your errand, O ye sent (from Allah) ?

[51:32]

They said: Lo! we are sent unto a guilty folk,

[51:33]

That we may send upon them stones of clay,

[51:34]

Marked by thy Lord for (the destruction of) the wanton.

[51:35]

Then we brought forth such believers as were there.

[51:36]

But We found there but one house of those surrendered (to Allah).

[51:37]

And We left behind therein a portent for those who fear a painful doom.

[51:38]

And in Moses (too, there is a portent) when We sent him unto Pharaoh with clear warrant,

[51:39]

But he withdrew (confiding) in his might, and said: A wizard or a madman.

[51:40]

So We seized him and his hosts and flung them in the sea, for he was reprobate.

[51:41]

And in (the tribe of) A’ad (there is a portent) when we sent the fatal wind against them.

[51:42]

It spared naught that it reached, but made it (all) as dust.

[51:43]

And in (the tribe of) Thamud (there is a portent) when it was told them: Take your ease awhile.

[51:44]

But they rebelled against their Lord’s decree, and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed;

[51:45]

And they were unable to rise up, nor could they help themselves.

[51:46]

And the folk of Noah aforetime. Lo! they were licentious folk.

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We have built the heaven with might, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).

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And the earth have We laid out, how gracious is the Spreader (thereof)!

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And all things We have created by pairs, that haply ye may reflect.

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Therefor flee unto Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from him.

[51:51]

And set not any other god along with Allah; lo! I am a plain warner unto you from Him.