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52 NEVER PLEAD IGNORANCE

But when We removed the plague from them –for a fixed term which they
fulfilled – they broke their word. Then We took revenge on them and
drowned them in the sea because they denied Our Signs and paid no at-
tention to them. (Surat al-A'raf: 135-136)
Exulting in affluence, some societies who led an extravagant life de-
served Allah's wrath. These societies actually prepared the bitter end they
faced with their own hands. Yet, despite all the crimes they committed
against the Will of Allah, they still assumed that the approaching disaster
was good for them.

How many wrongdoing cities We destroyed,
and now all their roofs and walls are fallen in;
how many abandoned wells and stuccoed
palaces! Have they not travelled about the
earth and do they not have hearts to under-
stand with or ears to hear with? It is not their
eyes which are blind but the hearts in their
breasts which are blind. (Surat al-Hajj: 45-46)