11:66 When Our sentence came to pass, We rescued Salih and those who believed with him
from humiliation on that day by Our mercy. Your Lord is strong and mighty. A blast
overtook the wicked, and they were found motionless in their homes in the morning, as
though they had never lived in there. The Thamud disbelieved their Lord, and the Thamud
were utterly cast off.
7:73 And to Thamud’s people [Thamud lay on an old trade route, north of Mecca. It was
abandoned in Mohammed’s day] We sent their brother Salih. He said, “Oh, my people!
Worship Allah. You have no other god than Him, and clear proof has come to you from the
Lord. This she-camel of Allah is a sign to you, so let her graze on Allah’s earth and do not
harm her, or you will be seized with a grievous punishment.
7:74 “Remember how He made you inheritors to the Adites and settled you in the land so
that you build castles on the plains and build houses into the hills? So remember the benefits
of Allah, and refrain from evil and corruption on the earth.”
7:75 The chiefs of his people, who were scornful, said to those whom they thought were
weak, even to those of them who believed, “Do you know for certain that Salih is sent by his
Lord?” They said, “We do believe in the signs that have been sent through him.”
7:76 Those who were scornful said, “We reject the signs in which you believe.”
7:77 So they killed the she-camel and revolted against their Lord’s command and said, “Oh,
Salih, bring about your threats if you are a messenger sent by Allah.” Then the earthquake
seized them, and in the morning they were found dead on their faces in their homes.
7:79 So he turned away from them and said, “Oh, my people! I delivered my Lord’s
message to you,
and I gave you good advice, but you do not love good advice.”
11:94 When our decree came to pass, We saved Shuaib and his companions in faith by Our
mercy, and the mighty blast overtook the wicked. In the morning they were found
motionless in their houses, as if they had never lived in them. Midian [a city on the Red Sea]
was swept off even as Thamud [the people of a ruined Nabatean city near Medina] had been
swept off.
11:96 We sent Moses with Our signs and Authority
to Pharaoh and his nobles, who followed
the commands of Pharaoh, and Pharaoh was not a good guide. He will go to his people on
Judgment Day and lead them into the Fire like cattle to water. It is a wretched place to which
they will descend. They were followed by a curse in this life, and on the Day of the
Resurrection a woeful gift will be given to them.
11:100 These are the stories of some of the cities that We relate to you. Some of them are
standing; others have been ruined. We were not unfair to them, but they were unjust to
themselves and their gods. The ones they called besides Allah did not avail them at all
when your Lord’s command came to pass. They only added to their ruin. Such is the
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Lord’s reach when He seizes the cities that have been wicked. His seizing is painful,
terrible.
14:5 We sent Moses with Our signs saying to him, “Bring your people out from the darkness
into the light, and remind them of the days of Allah’s favors.” There are signs here for every
patient and grateful person.
14:6 Remind them that Moses said to his people, “Remember Allah’s kindness to you when
He freed you from the tyranny of the family of Pharaoh. They afflicted you with severe
torments and slaughtered your male children while they spared your females.” This was a
great trial from your Lord. Remember. Your Lord made it known: “If
you give thanks, then I
will surely give you more and more, but if you are thankless, my chastisement is terrible.”
And Moses said, “If you and all who are on the earth are thankless, still Allah is self-
sufficient and worthy of all praise.”
14:9 Has the story not reached you of those who came before you, the people of Noah, and
Ad [an ancient people of southern Arabia], and Thamud [Thamud was a trade town in ruins
north of Mecca], and of those who lived after them? No one knows them but Allah. Their
messengers came to them with clear proofs of their mission, but they put their hands on their
mouths and said, “We
do not believe in your mission, and we are suspicious about you say.”
14:10 Their messengers said, “Is there any doubt about Allah, maker of the heavens and of
the earth? It is He who invites you so that He may pardon your sins and give you a reprieve
until an appointed time.” They said, “You are just men like us. If you desire to turn us away
from our fathers’ worship, then bring us some clear proof.”
14:11 Their messengers said to them, “Yes, we are only men like you, but Allah gives His
favors to whom He pleases. It is not in our power to bring you any special proof except by
the permission of Allah. Let the believers put their trust in Allah. What reason do we have
for not putting our trust in Allah since He has already guided us in our ways? We will
certainly bear with patience the harm you would do to us. Let the trusting put their trust in
Allah.”
14:13 And those who did not believe said to their messengers, “We will surely drive you
from our land unless you return to the religion of our ancestors.” Then their Lord revealed to
them, “We will certainly destroy the unjust. We will certainly cause you to dwell in the land
after them. This for him who dreads the time he will stand at My judgment-seat and who
dreads My threats!” They sought a decision that moment, and every rebellious unbeliever
perished.
14:16 Hell is before him, and for drink he will have boiling, stinking water. He will drink it
in gulps, but he will not swallow it because he detests it. Death will come at him from every
side, but he cannot die. Before him will be an unrelenting doom.
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