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successors, and will firmly establish for them will not find any changing in the pattern of Allah.
their religion with which He is pleased and give You will not find any alteration in the pattern of
them, in place of their fear, security. ‘They wor- Allah. (35:42-43)
ship Me, not associating anything with Me.’ Any Have they not travelled in the land and seen the
who disbelieve after that, such people are devia- final fate of those before them? They were far
tors. (24:55) greater than them in strength. Allah cannot be
There was a group of nine men in the city caus- withstood in any way, either in the heavens or on
ing corruption in the land and not putting things earth. He is All-Knowing, All-Powerful. (35:44)
right. (27:48) A Sign for them is the dead land which We bring
Pharaoh exalted himself arrogantly in the land to life and from which We bring forth grain of
and divided its people into camps, oppressing which they eat. (36:33)
one group of them by slaughtering their sons and Pharaoh said, ‘Let me kill Musa and let him call
letting their women live. He was one of the cor- upon his Lord! I am afraid that he may change
rupters. (28:4) your religion and bring about corruption in the
We desired to show kindness to those who were land.’ (40:26)
oppressed in the land and to make them leaders (A man among Pharaoh’s people who believed,
and make them inheritors and establish them but kept his faith concealed, said,) ‘My people!
firmly in the land and to show Pharaoh and The kingdom is yours today, as masters in the
Haman and their troops the very thing that they land, but who will help us against Allah’s violent
were fearing from them. (28:5-6) force, if it comes upon us?’ Pharaoh said, ‘I only
But when he was about to grab the man who was show you what I see myself and I only guide you
their common enemy, he said, ‘Musa! Do you to the path of rectitude.’ (40:29)
want to kill me just as you killed a person yester- Have they not travelled in the land and seen the
day? You only want to be a tyrant in the land; you final fate of those before them? They were more
do not want to be a reformer.’ (28:19) numerous than them and greater in strength and
He (Pharaoh) and his troops were arrogant in the left more and deeper traces on earth, but what
land without any right. They thought that they they earned was of no use to them. (40:82)
would not return to Us. (28:39) ‘Ad were arrogant in the land, without any right,
Have they not travelled in the earth and seen the saying, ‘Who has greater strength than us?’ Did
final fate of those before them? They had greater they not see that Allah, Who created them, had
strength than them and cultivated the land and greater strength than them? But they renounced
inhabited it in far greater numbers than they do. Our Signs. (41:15)
Their Messengers also came to them with the Your Lord knows that you stay up nearly two-
Clear Signs. Allah would never have wronged thirds of the night–or half of it, or a third of it–and a
them; but they wronged themselves. (30:9) group of those with you. Allah determines the night
Do they not see how We drive water to barren and day. He knows you will not keep count of it, so
land and bring forth crops by it which their live- He has turned towards you. Recite as much of the
stock and they themselves both eat? So will they Qur’an as is easy for you. He knows that some of
not see? (32:27) you are ill and that others are travelling in the land
They swore by Allah with their most earnest seeking Allah’s bounty, and that others are fighting
oaths that if a warner came to them they would in the Way of Allah. So recite as much of it as is
be better guided than any other community. But easy for you. And perform prayer and give the alms
then when a warner did come to them, it only in- and lend a generous loan to Allah. Whatever good
creased their aversion, shown by their arrogance you send ahead for yourselves you will find it with
in the land and evil plotting. But evil plotting en- Allah as something better and as a greater reward.
velops only those who do it. Do they expect any- And seek forgiveness from Allah. Allah is Ever-
thing but the pattern of previous peoples? You Forgiving, Most Merciful. (73:20)
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