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PEOPLE OF MADYAN
And to Madyan We sent their brother Shu'ayb who said, 'My people,
worship Allah! You have no other god than Him. A Clear Sign has
come to you from your Lord. Give full measure and full weight. Do
not diminish people's goods. Do not cause corruption in the land after
it has been put right. That is better for you if you are believers. (Surat
al-A'raf, 85)
And to Madyan We sent their brother Shu'ayb, he said, 'My people,
worship Allah and look to the Last Day and do not act unjustly on
earth, corrupting it.' (Surat al-'Ankabut, 36)

THE COMPANIONS OF THE WELL
The same goes for 'Ad and Thamud and the Companions of the Well
and many generations in between. (Surat al-Furqan, 38)

PEOPLE OF A TOWN
So they went on until they reached the inhabitants of a town. They
asked them for food but they refused them hospitality. They found
there a wall about to fall down and he built it up. Musa said, 'If you
had wanted, you could have taken a wage for doing that.' (Surat al-
Kahf, 77)

PEOPLE OF YATHRIB
And a group of them said, 'People of Yathrib, Your position is unten-
able so return!' some of them asked the Prophet to excuse them, say-
ing, 'Our houses are exposed,' when they were not exposed; it was
merely that they wanted to run away. (Surat al-Ahzab, 13)

PEOPLE OF AL-HIJR
The people of al-Hijr denied the Messengers. (Surat al-Hijr, 80)

PEOPLE OF 'AD
And to 'Ad We sent their brother Hud. He said, 'My people! Wor-
ship Allah. You have no god apart from Him. You are merely fabri-