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them as they looked. (Surat adh-Dhariyat, 44)
As for Thamud, We guided them, but they preferred blindness to
guidance. So the lightning-bolt of the punishment of humiliation
seized them on account of what they earned. ' (Surah Fussilat, 17)
Heaven Brings Smoke
So be on the watch for a day when heaven brings forth a distinctive
smoke, which enshrouds mankind. 'This is a painful punishment!
(Surat ad-Dukhan, 10-11)
The Wind and The Cloud
When they saw it as a storm cloud advancing on their valleys they
said, 'This is a storm cloud which will give us rain.' No, rather it is
what you desired to hasten – a wind containing painful punishment,
destroying everything at its Lord's command! When morning came
you could see nothing but their dwellings. That is how We repay the
people of the evildoers. (Surat al-Ahqaf, 24-25)
And also in 'Ad when We unleashed against them the barren wind,
which left nothing it touched without turning it to dust. (Surat adh-
Dhariyat, 41-42)
Overturning
And the Overturned City which He turned upside down. (Surat an-
Najm, 53)