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watchful eye on them and be steadfast. Inform SAMARITAN
them that the water is to be shared out between He (Allah) said, ‘We tried your people after you
them, each drinking by turn.’ They called on left and the Samaritan has misguided them.’
their companion and he set to it and hamstrung (20:85)
her. How terrible were My punishment and Musa returned to his people in anger and great
warnings! We sent a single Blast against them sorrow. He said, ‘My people, did not your Lord
and they were just like a thatcher’s reeds. (54:23- make you a handsome promise? Did the fulfil-
31) ment of the contract seem too long to you or did
Thamud and ‘Ad denied the Crushing Blow. you want to unleash your Lord’s anger upon
Thamud were destroyed by the Deafening Blast. yourselves, so you broke your promise to me?’
(69:4-5) (20:86)
Has the story reached you of the legions of They said, ‘We did not break our promise to you
Pharaoh and Thamud? (85:17-18) of our own volition. But we were weighed down
Do you not see what your Lord did with with the heavy loads of the people’s jewelry and
‘Ad–Iram of the Columns whose like was not cre- we threw them in, for that is what the Samaritan
ated in any land–and Thamud who carved out did.’ (20:87)
rocks in the valley-side, and Pharaoh of the Then he produced a calf for them, a physical
Stakes, all of whom were tyrants in their lands form which made a lowing sound. So they said,
and caused much corruption in them? (89:6-12) ‘This is your god–and Musa’s god as well, but he
Thamud denied in their excessive tyranny–when forgot.’ (20:88)
the worst of them rushed ahead, and the Could they not see that it did not reply to them
Messenger of Allah had said to them, ‘This is the and that it possessed no power to either harm or
she-camel of Allah, so let her drink!’ But they de- benefit them? (20:89)
nied him and they hamstrung her, so their Lord Harun had earlier said to them, ‘My people! It is
crushed them for their sin and flattened them. just a trial for you. Your Lord is the All-Merciful,
And He does not fear the consequences. (91:11- so follow me and obey my command!’ (20:90)
15) They said, ‘We will not stop devoting ourselves
to it until Musa returns to us.’ (20:91)
SALIHUN (SEE RIGHTEOUS) He (Musa) said, ‘What prevented you following
me, Harun, when you saw that they had gone
SALSABIL astray? Did you too, then, disobey my com-
In it there is a flowing spring called Salsabil. mand?’ (20:92-93)
(76:18) He (Harun) said, ‘Son of my mother! Do not
seize me by the beard or by the hair. I was afraid
SALT that you would say, "You have caused division in
It is He Who has unloosed both seas–the one the tribe of Israel and taken no notice to anything
sweet and refreshing, the other salty and I said."’ (20:94)
bitter–and put a dividing line between them, an He (Musa) said, ‘What do you think you were
uncrossable barrier. (25:53) doing, Samaritan?’ (20:95)
The two seas are not the same: the one is sweet, He (Samaritan) said, ‘I saw what they did not see.
refreshing, delicious to drink, the other salty, bit- So I gathered up a handful from the Messenger’s
ter to the taste. Yet from both of them you eat footprints and threw it in. That is what my inner
fresh flesh and extract ornaments for yourselves self urged me to do.’ (20:96)
to wear; and you see ships on them, cleaving He (Musa) said, ‘Go! In this world you will have
through the waves so that you can seek His to say, "Untouchable!" And you have an appoint-
bounty and so that hopefully you will be thank- ment which you will not fail to keep. Look at
ful. (35:12) your god to which you devoted so much time.
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