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lessly about the earth. Do not waste grief on this No one believed in Musa except for a few of his
deviant people.’ (5:26) people out of fear that Pharaoh, and the elders,
(Salih said, ‘My people,) remember when He ap- would persecute them. Pharaoh was high and
pointed you successors to ‘Ad and settled you in mighty in the land. He was one of the profligate.
the land. You built palaces on its plains and (10:83)
carved out houses from the mountains. The Egyptian who had bought him told his wife,
Remember Allah’s blessings and do not go about ‘Look after him with honour and respect. It’s pos-
the earth, corrupting it.’ (7:74) sible he will be of use to us or perhaps we might
And to Madyan We sent their brother Shu‘ayb adopt him as a son.’ And thus We established
who said, ‘My people, worship Allah! You have Yusuf in the land to teach him the true meaning
no other god than Him. A Clear Sign has come to of events. Allah is in control of His affair.
you from your Lord. Give full measure and full However, most of mankind do not know. (12:21)
weight. Do not diminish people’s goods. Do not And thus We established Yusuf in the land so he
cause corruption in the land after it has been put could live in any place he pleased. We grant Our
right. That is better for you if you are believers. grace to anyone We will and We do not allow to
(7:85) go to waste the wage of any people who do
The ruling circle of Pharaoh’s people said, ‘This good. (12:56)
is certainly a skilled magician who desires to We sent none before you but men inspired with
expel you from your land, so what do you rec- revelation from among the people of the cities.
ommend?’ (7:109-110) Have they not travelled in the land and seen the
They said, ‘We suffered harm before you came to final fate of those before them? The abode of the
us and after you came to us.’ He (Musa) said, ‘It hereafter is better for those who guard against
may well be that your Lord is going to destroy evil. So will you not use your intellect? (12:109)
your enemy and make you the successors in the Do they not see how We come to the land erod-
land so that He can see how you behave.’ (7:129) ing it at its extremities? Allah judges and there is
When you were few and oppressed in the land, no reversing His judgement. He is swift at reck-
afraid that the people would snatch you away, oning. (13:41)
He gave you refuge and supported you with His Those who disbelieved said to their Messengers,
help and provided you with good things so that ‘We will drive you from our land unless you re-
hopefully you would be thankful. (8:26) turn to our religion.’ Their Lord revealed to them,
It is not fitting for a Prophet to take captives until ‘We will destroy those who do wrong. We will
he has thoroughly subdued the land. You desire leave you the land to live in after them. That is
the goods of this world, whereas Allah desires the reward of those who fear My station and fear
the hereafter. Allah is Almighty, All-Wise. (8:67) My threat.’ (14:13-14)
Those who disbelieve are the friends and protec- We said to the tribe of Israel after that, ‘Inhabit
tors of one another. If you do not act in this way the land and, when the promise of the hereafter
there will be turmoil in the land and great cor- comes, We will produce you as a motley crowd.’
ruption. (8:73) (17:104)
An announcement to those idolaters you have a We will certainly make everything on it a barren
general treaty with that Allah and His Messenger wasteland. (18:8)
are free of them: ‘You may travel about in the land They said, ‘Dhu’l-Qarnayn! Yajuj and Majuj are
for four months and know that you cannot thwart causing corruption in the land. Can we, there-
Allah and that Allah will humiliate the disbeliev- fore, pay tribute to you in return for your con-
ers.’ (9:1-2) structing a barrier between us and them?’ (18:94)
They said, ‘Have you come to us to turn us from Allah has promised those of you who believe and
what we found our fathers doing, and to gain great- do right actions that He will make them succes-
ness in the land? We do not believe you.’ (10:78) sors in the land as He made those before them
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