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on him from afar and they were not aware. And We had before forbid-
den foster-mothers for him,, so she said, 'Shall I show you to a house-
hold who will feed him for you and be good to him?' That is how We
returned him to his mother so that she might delight her eyes and feel
no grief and so that she would know that Allah's promise is true. But
most of them do not know this. (Surat al-Qasas, 10-13)

THE PROPHET LUT'S (AS) FAMILY AND WIFE
They said, 'We have been sent to a people who are evildoers –with
the exception of the family of Lut, all of whom We will save, except for
his wife. We have decreed her to be one of those who stay behind.'
(Surat al-Hijr, 58-60)
So We rescued him and his family – except for his wife. We ordained
her to be one of those who stayed behind. We rained down a rain upon
them. How evil is the rain of those who are warned! (Surat an-Naml,
57-58)
He said, 'Lut is in it.' They said, 'We know very well who is in it. We
are going to rescue him and his family – except for his wife. She will be
one of those who stay behind.' (Surat al-'Ankabut, 32)

THE PROPHET ADAM'S (AS) TWO SONS
Recite to them the true report of Adam's two sons when they offered a
sacrifice and it was accepted from one of them but not accepted from the
other. The one said, 'I shall kill you.' The other said, 'Allah only accepts
from people who guard against evil. Even if you do raise your hand
against me to kill me, I am not going to raise my hand against you to kill
you. Truly I fear Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. I want you to take on
both my wrongdoing and your wrongdoing and so become one of the
Companions of the Fire. That is the repayment of the wrongdoers.' So his
lower self persuaded him to kill his brother, and he killed him and be-
came one of the lost. Then Allah sent a crow which scratched at the earth
to show him how to conceal his brother's corpse. He said, 'Woe is me!
Can I not even be like this crow and conceal my brother's corpse?' And he
became one of those who suffer bitter remorse. (Surat al-Ma'ida, 27-31)