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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) 25

wills." So a visitation from your Lord came upon it
while they slept and in the morning it was like burnt
land stripped bare. In the morning they called out to
one another, "Leave early for your land if you want to
pick the fruit." So they set off, quietly saying to one
another, "Do not let any poor man into it today while
you are there." They left early, intent on carrying out
their scheme.

But when they saw it, they said, "We must have lost our
way. No, the truth is we are destitute!" The best of them
said, "Did I not say to you, why do you not glorify
Allah?" They said, "Glory be to our Lord! Truly we have
been wrongdoers." They turned to face each other in

mutual accusation. They said, "Woe to us! We were
indeed inordinate. Maybe our Lord will give us some-
thing better than it in exchange. We entreat our Lord."
(Surat al-Qalam: 17-32)
But when the conditions change or they are given a
new opportunity, most people forget the warning, which
is supposed to make them regret, repent and encourage
them to do good deeds. Those who ignore the warnings

and return to their former attitudes will surely be pun-
ished unless they repent in time as was the case with
Thamud, the people of the Prophet Shelah (pbuh). These
people blatantly rejected the warnings of the Prophet
Shelah (pbuh), although they knew that they would