ﱁAnd rememberﱂwhenﱃHe made youﱄsuccessorsﱅfromﱆafterﱇAadﱈand settled youﱉinﱊthe earthﱋYou takeﱌfromﱍits plainsﱎpalacesﱏand you carve outﱐthe mountainsﱑﱒ(as) homesﱓSo rememberﱔ(the) Bountiesﱕ(of) Allahﱖand (do) notﱗact wickedlyﱘinﱙ(the) earthﱚspreading corruptionﱛ
Remember when He made you successors after ’Âd and established you in the land—˹and˺ you built palaces on its plains and carved homes into mountains. So remember Allah’s favours, and do not go about spreading corruption in the land.”
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ﱜSaidﱝthe chiefsﱞ thoseﱟ(who) were arrogantﱠamongﱡhis peopleﱢto those whoﱣwere oppressed ﱤ[to] those whoﱥbelievedﱦamong themﱧDo you knowﱨthatﱩSalihﱪ(is the) one sentﱫfromﱬﱭhis LordﱮThey saidﱯIndeed, weﱰin whatﱱhe has been sentﱲwith [it]ﱳ(are) believersﱴ
The arrogant chiefs of his people asked the lowly who believed among them, “Are you certain that Ṣâliḥ has been sent by his Lord?” They replied, “We certainly believe in what he has been sent with.”
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ﱵSaidﱶthose whoﱷwere arrogantﱸIndeed weﱹin that whichﱺyou believeﱻin itﱼ(are) disbelieversﱽ
The arrogant said, “We surely reject what you believe in.”
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ﱾThen they hamstrungﱿthe she-camelﲀand (were) insolentﲁtowardsﲂ(the) commandﲃ(of) their Lordﲄand they saidﲅO SalihﲆBring usﲇwhatﲈyou promise usﲉifﲊyou areﲋofﲌthe Messengersﲍ
Then they killed the she-camel—defying their Lord’s command—and challenged ˹Ṣâliḥ˺, “Bring us what you threaten us with, if you are ˹truly˺ one of the messengers.”
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ﲎSo seized themﲏthe earthquakeﲐthen they becameﲑinﲒtheir homesﲓfallen proneﲔ
Then an ˹overwhelming˺ earthquake struck them, and they fell lifeless in their homes.
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ﲕSo he turned awayﲖfrom themﲗand he saidﲘO my peopleﲙVerilyﲚI have conveyed to youﲛ(the) Messageﲜ(of) my Lordﲝand [I] advisedﲞ[to] youﲟbutﲠnotﲡyou likeﲢthe advisersﲣ
So he turned away from them, saying, “O my people! Surely I conveyed to you my Lord’s message and gave you ˹sincere˺ advice, but you do not like ˹sincere˺ advisors.”
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ﲤAnd Lutﲥwhenﲦhe saidﲧto his peopleﲨDo you commitﲩ(such) immoralityﲪnotﲫhas preceded youﲬthereinﲭanyﲮoneﲯofﲰthe worldsﲱ
And ˹remember˺ when Lot scolded ˹the men of˺ his people, ˹saying,˺ “Do you commit a shameful deed that no man has ever done before?
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ﲲIndeed, youﲳyou approachﲴthe menﲵlustfullyﲶfromﲷinstead ofﲸﲹthe womenﲺNayﲻyouﲼ(are) a peopleﲽ(who) commit excessesﲾ
You lust after men instead of women! You are certainly transgressors.”
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