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only fleeting enjoyment. It is the hereafter which is the abode of per-
manence. Whoever does an evil act will only be repaid with its equiv-
alent. But whoever acts rightly, male or female, being a believer, such a
person will enter the Garden, provided for in it without any reckoning.
My people! How is it that I call you to salvation while you call me to
the Fire? You call me to reject Allah and to associate something with
Him about which I have no knowledge, while I call you to the
Almighty, the Endlessly Forgiving. There is no question that what you
call me to has no foundation either in this world or the hereafter, that
our return is to Allah, and that the profligate will be Companions of
the Fire. You will remember what I say to you. I consign my affair com-
pletely to Allah. Truly Allah sees His servants.' So Allah safeguarded
him from the evil things they plotted and a most evil torment engulfed
Pharaoh's people. (Surah Ghafir, 28-45)

THE WIVES OF THE PROPHET NUH (AS)
AND THE PROPHET LUT (AS)

Allah has made an example for those who are disbelievers: the wife
of Nuh and the wife of Lut. They were married to two of Our servants
who were righteous but they betrayed them and were not helped at all
against Allah. They were told, 'Enter the Fire along with all who enter
it.' (Surah at-Tahrim, 10)

THREE MESSENGERS SENT TO
THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY
Make an example for them of the inhabitants of the city when the
Messengers came to it. When We sent them two and they denied them
both, so We reinforced them with a third. They said, 'Truly We have been
sent to you as Messengers.' They said, 'You are nothing but human be-
ings like ourselves. The All-Merciful has not sent down anything. You
are simply lying.' They said, 'Our Lord knows we have been sent as
Messengers to you. We are only responsible for clear transmission.'
They said, 'We see an evil omen in you. If you do not stop we will stone
you and you will suffer a painful punishment at our hands.' They said,