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In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
- "So fear Allah and obey me.
- "No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds.
- "Do ye build a landmark on every high place to amuse yourselves?
- "And do ye get for yourselves fine buildings in the hope of living therein (forever)?
- "And when ye exert your strong hand do ye do it like men of absolute power?
- "Now fear Allah and obey me.
- "Yea fear Him Who has bestowed on you freely all that ye know.
- "Freely has He bestowed on you cattle and sons
- And Gardens and Springs.
- "Truly I fear for you the Penalty of a Great Day."
- They said: "It is the same to us whether thou admonish us or be not among (our) Admonishers!
- "This is no other than a customary device of the ancients
- "And we are not the ones to receive Pains and Penalties!"
- So they rejected him and We destroyed them verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.
- And verily thy Lord is He the Exalted in Might Most Merciful.
- The Thamud (people) rejected the apostles.
- Behold their brother Salih said to them: "Will you fear (Allah)?
- "I am to you an apostle worthy of all trust.
- "So fear Allah and obey me.
- "No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds.
- "Will ye be left secure in (the enjoyment of) all that ye have here?- -
- "Gardens and Springs
- "And corn-fields and date-palms with spathes near breaking with the weight of fruit)?
- "And ye carve house out of (rocky) mountains with great skill.
- "But fear Allah and obey me;
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