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Particularly, an important group of the "leading people of the society"
are not very different from the peoples who perished as described in the
Qur’an. Most of the members of this group do not hesitate to perform
every kind of perversion.
There are a number of practicing sodomists and homosexuals within
society that remind us of the "People of Lut (as)". In additions there are
currently all kinds of perversions outdoing their counterparts in the past,
Sodom and Gomorrah.
All the societies we have examined have been punished through natu-
ral disasters.It is important that we realise that present-day societies that go
astray and commit similar sins to those of past peoples may well be pun-
ished in a similar manner.
It should not be forgotten that Allah may punish whatever person or na-
tion He wills whenever He wills. Or, He may let whomever He wills lead
an ordinary life in this world, and punish him in the Hereafter. The Qur’an
states:
Each one of them We seized for his crime: of them, against some We sent
a violent tornado (with showers of stones); some were caught by a
(mighty) Blast; some We caused the earth to swallow up; and some We
drowned (in the waters): It was not Allah Who injured (or oppressed)
them. They injured (and oppressed) their own souls. (Surat al-Ankabut: 40)
The Qur’an also tells of a believer, who was from the family of Fir’awn
and lived during the period of Musa (as), but who concealed his belief. He
said to his people:
"O my people! Truly I do fear for you something like the Day (of disaster)
of the Confederates (in sin)! - Something like the fate of the People of Nuh,
the ‘Ad, and the Thamud, and those who came after them: but Allah never
wishes injustice to his Servants.
And O my people! I fear for you a Day when there will be Mutual calling
(and wailing) - "A Day when ye shall turn your backs and flee: No defen-
der shall ye have from Allah: Any whom Allah leaves to stray, there is no-
ne to guide..." (Surat al-Ghafir: 30-33)
All of the prophets warned their people, pointed out to them the Day
of Judgement and attempted to make them fear Allah’s punishment, just as
did this believer who concealed his faith. The lives of all the prophets and

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