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And rememberwhenHe made yousuccessorsfromafterAadand settled youinthe earthYou takefromits plainspalacesand you carve outthe mountainsﱑﱒ(as) homesSo remember(the) Bounties(of) Allahand (do) notact wickedlyin(the) earthspreading corruption(74)

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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Saidthe chiefs those(who) were arrogantamonghis peopleto those whowere oppressed [to] those whobelievedamong themDo you knowthatSalih(is the) one sentfromﱬﱭhis LordThey saidIndeed, wein whathe has been sentwith [it](are) believers(75)

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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Saidthose whowere arrogantIndeed wein that whichyou believein it(are) disbelievers(76)

The arrogant said, “We surely reject what you believe in.”

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Then they hamstrungﱿthe she-cameland (were) insolenttowards(the) command(of) their Lordand they saidO SalihBring uswhatyou promise usifyou areofthe Messengers(77)

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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So seized themthe earthquakethen they becameintheir homesfallen prone(78)

Then an ˹overwhelming˺ earthquake struck them, and they fell lifeless in their homes.

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So he turned awayfrom themand he saidO my peopleVerilyI have conveyed to you(the) Message(of) my Lordand [I] advised[to] youbutnotyou likethe advisers(79)

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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And Lutwhenhe saidto his peopleDo you commit(such) immoralitynothas preceded youthereinanyoneofthe worlds(80)

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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Indeed, youyou approachthe menlustfullyfrominstead ofﲸﲹthe womenNayyou(are) a people(who) commit excesses(81)

You lust after men instead of women! You are certainly transgressors.”