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want to replace what is better with what is inferior? Go back to Egypt,
then you will have what you are asking for.' Abasement and destitu-
tion were stamped upon them. They brought down anger from Allah
upon themselves. That was because they rejected Allah's Signs and
killed the Prophets without any right to do so. That was because they
rebelled and went beyond the limits. (Surat al-Baqara, 61)
And thus We established Yusuf in the land so he could live in any
place he pleased (in Egypt). We grant Our grace to anyone We will and
We do not allow to go to waste the wage of any people who do good.
(Surah Yusuf, 56)
Then when they entered into Yusuf's presence, he drew his parents
close to him and said, 'Enter Egypt safe and sound, if Allah wills.'
(Surah Yusuf, 99)
Pharaoh exalted himself arrogantly in the land (in Egypt) and di-
vided its people into camps, oppressing one group of them by slaugh-
tering their sons and letting their women live. He was one of the
corrupters. (Surat al-Qasas, 4)

IRAM
Iram of the Columns whose like was not created in any land. (Surat
al-Fajr, 7-8)

BABYLON
They follow what the satans recited in the reign of Sulayman. Sulay-
man did not become disbeliver, but the satans did, teaching people
sorcery and what had been sent down to Harut and Marut, the two an-
gels in Babylon, who taught no one without first saying to him, 'We are
merely a trial and temptation, so do not become disbelievers.' People
learned from them how to separate a man and his wife but they cannot
harm anyone by it, except with Allah's permission. They have learned
what will harm them and will not benefit them. They know that any
who deal in it will have no share in the hereafter. What an evil thing
they have sold themselves for if they only knew! (Surat al-Baqara, 102)