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lower heaven with brilliant lamps have none to help them. As for
[stars] and guarded it. That is the the Thamud We offered them
decree of the Almighty, the All Our guidance, but they preferred
Knowing. blindness to guidance. So the
13 If they turn away, then say, lightning-bolt of the punishment
‘I warn you of a lightning-bolt of humiliation seized them on
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like the one which struck the account of their misdeeds. We
‘Ad and the Thamud: 14 when saved those who had attained to
the messengers came to them from faith and were God-fearing.
before them and behind them, 19 On the Day that the enemies
saying, “Worship none but God!” of God shall be gathered together
They said, “If our Lord had willed, and driven to the Fire, they shall
He would have sent down angels be formed into groups, and
[to us]. Therefore, we shall never 20 when they come close to it,
believe in your message.”’ their ears, eyes and skins will
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As for the tribe of ‘Ad, they testify against them for their
behaved arrogantly in the land misdeeds. 21 And they will ask
without any justification and their skins, ‘Why did you bear
said, ‘Who is mightier than we witness against us?’ and their
in power?’ Did they not see that skins will reply, ‘God, who gives
God, who created them, was speech to all things, has given
mightier than they in power? speech to us [as well]—it was
Still they continued to deny Our He who created you in the first
signs, 16 so We let loose upon instance and to Him you are
them a raging wind over several [now] brought back— 22 you
inauspicious days, so that We could not hide yourselves from
might make them taste the your ears and your eyes and your
torment of humiliation in the life skins to prevent them from
of this world, and surely the testifying against you, and you
torment of the Hereafter will be thought that God would never
more humiliating. They shall know much of what you did,