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6.45 So of the people who did wrong the last remnant was cut off. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds!
6.47 Say: Can ye see yourselves, if the punishment of Allah come upon you unawares or openly ? Would any perish save wrongdoing folk ?
6.131 . This is because thy Lard destroyeth not the townships arbitrarily while their people are unconscious ( of the wrong they do ) .
7.4 . How many a township have We destroyed! As a raid by night , or while they slept at noon , Our terror came unto them .
7.64 . But they denied him , so We saved him and those with him in the ship , and We drowned those who denied Our token Lo! they were blind folk .
7.81 . Lo! ye come with lust unto men instead of women . Nay , but ye , are wanton folk .
7.82 . And the answer of his people was only that they said ( one to another ) : Turn them out of your township . They are folk , forsooth , who keep pure .
7.83 . And We rescued him and his household , save his wife , who was of those who stayed behind .
7.84 . And We rained a rain upon them . See now the nature of the consequence for evil doers!
7.91 . So the earthquake seized them , and morning found them prostrate in their dwelling place .
7.92 . Those who denied Shueyb became as though they had not dwelt there . Those who denied Shueyb , they were the losers .
7.93 . So he turned from them and said : O my people! I delivered my Lord ' s messages unto you and gave you good advice ; then how can I sorrow for a people that rejected ( truth ) ?
7.94 . And We sent no prophet unto any township but We did afflict its folk with tribulation and adversity that haply they might grow humble .
9.70 . Hath not the fame of those before them reached them the folk of Noah , Aad , Thamud , the folk of Abraham , the dwellers of Midian and the disasters ( which befell them ) ? Their messengers ( from Allah ) came unto them with proofs ( of Allah ' s sovereignty ) . So Allah surely wronged them not , but they did wrong themselves .
10.13 . We destroyed the generations before you when they did wrong ; and their messengers ( from Allah ) came unto them with clear proofs ( of His Sovereignty ) but they would not believe . Thus do We reward the guilty folk :
11.82 . So when Our commandment came to pass We overthrew ( that township ) and rained upon it stones of clay , one after another ,
11.101 . We wronged them not , but they did wrong themselves ; and their gods on whom they call beside Allah availed them naught then came thy Lords command ; they added to them naught save ruin .
14.28 . Hast thou not seen those who gave the grace of Allah in exchange for thanklessness and led their people down to the Abode of Loss ,
14.29 . ( Even to ) hell? They are exposed thereto . A hapless end!
14.30 . And they set up rivals to Allah that they may mislead ( men ) from His way . Say : Enjoy life ( while ye may ) for lo! your journey ' s end will be the Fire .
15.13 . They believe not therein , though the example of the men of old hath gone before .
15.58 . They said : We have been sent unto a guilty folk .
15.59 . ( All ) save the family of Lot . Them we shall deliver everyone ,
15.60 . Except his wife , of whom We had decreed that she should be of those who stay behind .
15.61 . And when the messengers came unto the family of Lot ,
15.62 . He said : Lo! ye are folk unknown ( to me ) .
15.63 . They said : Nay , but we bring thee that concerning which they keep disputing ,
15.64 . And bring thee the Truth , and lo! we are truth tellers .
15.65 . So travel with thy household in a portion of the night , and follow thou their backs . Let none of you turn round , but go whither ye are commanded .
15.66 . And We made plain the case to him , that the root of them ( who did wrong ) was to be cut at early morn .
15.67 . And the people of the city came , rejoicing at the news ( of new arrivals ) .
15.68 . He said : Lo! they are my guests . Affront me not!
15.69 . And keep your duty to Allah , and shame me not!
15.70 . They said : Have we not forbidden you from ( entertaining ) anyone?
15.71 . He said : Here are my daughters , if ye must be doing ( so ) .
15.72 . By thy life ( O Muhammad ) they moved blindly in the frenzy of approaching death .
15.73 . Then the ( Awful ) Cry overtook them at the sunrise .
15.74 . And We utterly confounded them , and We rained upon them stones of heated clay .
15.75 . Lo! therein verily are portents for those who read the signs .
15.76 . And lo! it is upon a road still uneffaced .
15.77 . Lo! therein is indeed a portent for believers .
15.78 . And the dwellers in the wood indeed were evil doers .
15.79 . So . We took vengeance on them ; and lo! they both are on a high road plain to see .
15.80 . And the dwellers in Al-Hijr indeed denied ( Our ) messengers .
15.81 . And We gave them Our revelations , but they were averse to them .
15.82 . And they used to hew out dwellings from the hills , ( wherein they dwelt ) secure .
15.83 . But the ( Awful ) Cry overtook them at the morning hour ,
15.84 . And that which they were wont to count as gain availed them not .
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15.90 . Such as We send down for those who make division ,
15.91 . Those who break the Quran into parts .
16.36 . And verily We have raised in every nation a messenger , ( proclaiming ) : Serve Allah and shun false gods . Then some of them ( there were ) whom Allah guided , and some of them ( there were ) upon whom error had just hold . Do but travel in the land and see the nature of the consequence for the deniers!
17.15 . Whosoever goeth right , it is only for ( the good of ) his own soul that he goeth right , and whosoever erreth , erreth only to its hurt . No laden soul can bear another ' s load . We never punish until We have sent a messenger .
17.16 . And when We would destroy a township We send commandment to its folk who live at ease , and afterward they commit abomination therein , and so the Word ( of doom ) hath effect for it , and We annihilate it with complete annihilation .
17.17 . How many generations have we destroyed since Noah! And Allah sufficeth as knower and Beholder of the sins of His slaves .
17.58 . There is not a township but We shall destroy it ere the Day of Resurrection , or punish it with dire punishment . That is set forth in the Book ( of Our decrees ) .
18.59 . And ( all ) those townships! We destroyed them when they did wrong , and We appointed a fixed time for their destruction .
19.74 . How many a generation have We destroyed before them , who were more imposing in respect of gear and outward seeming!
19.98 . And how many a generation before them have We destroyed! Canst thou ( Muhammad ) see a single man of them , or hear from them the slightest sound?
21.6 . Not a township believed of those which We destroyed before them ( though We sent them portents ) : would they then believe?
21.11 . How many a community that dealt unjustly have We shattered , and raised up after them another folk!
21.12 . And , when they felt Our might , behold them fleeing from it!
21.13 . ( But it was said unto them ) : Flee not , but return to that ( existence ) which emasculated you and to your dwellings , that ye may be questioned .
21.14 . They cried : Alas for us! Lo! we were wrongdoers .
21.15 . And this their crying ceased not till We made them as reaped corn , extinct .
22.45 . How many a township have We destroyed while it was sinful , so that it lieth ( to this day ) in , and ( how many ) a deserted well and lofty tower!
23.41 . So the ( Awful ) Cry overtook them rightfully , and We made them like as wreckage ( that a torrent hurleth ) . A far removal for wrongdoing folk!
23.44 . Then We sent our messengers one after another . Whenever its messenger came unto a nation they denied him ; so We caused them to follow one another ( to disaster ) and We made them bywords . A far removal for folk who believe not!
23.48 . So they denied them , and became of those who were destroyed .
25.36 . Then We said : Go together unto the folk who have denied Our revelations . Then We destroyed them , a complete destruction .
25.37 . And Noah ' s folk , when they denied the messengers , We drowned them and made of them a portent for mankind We have prepared a painful doom for evil doers .
25.38 . And ( the tribes of ) Aad and Thamud , and the dwellers in Ar-Rass , and many generations in between .
25.39 . Each ( of them ) We warned by examples , and each ( of them ) We brought to utter ruin .
25.40 . And indeed they have passed by the township whereon was rained the fatal rain . Can it be that they have not seen it? Nay , but they hope for no resurrection .
26.139 . And they [Ad people] denied him ; therefor We destroyed them . Lo! herein is indeed a portent , yet most of them are not believers .
26.160 . The folk of Lot denied the messengers ( of Allah ) ,
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26.170 . So We saved him and his household , every one ,
26.171 . Save an old woman among those who stayed behind .
26.172 . Then afterward We destroyed the others .
26.173 . And We rained on them a rain . And dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned .
26.176 . The dwellers in the wood ( of Midian ) denied the messengers ( of Allah ) ,
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26.189 . But they denied him , so there came on them the retribution of the day of gloom . Lo! it was the retribution of an awful day .
27.51 . Then see the nature of the consequence of their plotting , for lo! We destroyed them and their people , every one
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27.54 . And Lot! when he said unto his folk : will ye commit abomination knowingly?
27.55 . Must ye needs lust after men instead of women? Nay , but ye are folk who act senselessly .
27.56 . But the answer of his folk was naught save that they said : Expel the household of Lot from your township , for they ( forsooth ) are folk who would keep clean!
27.57 . Then we saved him and his household save his wife ; We destined her to be of those who stayed behind .
27.58 . And We rained a rain upon them . Dreadful is the rain of those who have been warned .
28.59 . And never did thy Lord destroy the townships , till He had raised up in their mother ( town ) a messenger reciting unto them Our revelations . And never did We destroy the townships unless the folk thereof were evil doers .
29.14 . And verify We sent Noah ( as Our messenger ) unto his folk , and he continued with them for a thousand years save fifty years ; and the flood engulfed them , for they were wrongdoers .
29.31 . And when Our messengers brought Abraham the good news , they said : Lo! we are about to destroy the people of that township , for its people are wrong doers .
29.36 . And unto Midian We sent Shueyb , their brother . He said O my people! Serve Allah , and look forward to the Last Day , and do not evil , making mischief , in the earth .
29.37 . But they denied him , and the dreadful earthquake took them , and morning found them prostrate in their dwelling place .
29.38 . And ( the tribes of ) Aad and Thamud! ( Their fate ) is manifest unto you from their ( ruined and deserted ) dwellings . Satan made their deeds seem fair unto them and so debarred them from the Way , though they were keen observers .
29.39 . And Korah , Pharaoh and Haman! Moses came unto them with clear proofs ( of Allah ' s sovereignty ) , but they were boastful in the land . And they were not winners ( in the race ) .
29.40 . So We took each one in his sin ; of them was he on whom We sent a hurricane , and of them was he who was overtaken by the ( Awful ) Cry , and of them was he whom We caused the earth to swallow , and of them was he whom We drowned . It was not for Allah to wrong them , but they wronged themselves .
30.9 . Have they not travelled in the land and seen the nature of the consequence for those who were before them? They were stronger than these in power , and they dug the earth and built Upon it more than these have built . Messengers of their own came unto them with clear proofs ( of Allah ' s Sovereignty ) . Surely Allah wronged them not , but they did wrong themselves .
34.16 . But they were froward , so We sent on them the flood of Iram , and in exchange for their two gardens gave them two gardens bearing bitter fruit , the tamarisk and here and there a lote tree .
37.69 . They indeed found their fathers astray ,
37.70 . But they make haste ( to follow ) in their footsteps .
37.71 . And verily most of the men of old went astray before them ,
37.72 . And verily We sent among them warners .
37.73 . Then see the nature of the consequence for those warned ,
37.133 . And lo! Lot verily was of those sent ( to warn ) ,
37.134 . When We saved him and his household , every one ,
37.135 . Save an old woman among those who stayed behind ;
37.136 . Then We destroyed the others .
33.11 . There were the believers sorely tried , and shaken with a mighty shock .
33.12 . And When the hypocrites , and those in whose hearts is a disease , were saying : Allah and His messenger promised us naught but delusion .
33.13 . And when a party of them said : O folk of Yathrib! There is no stand ( possible ) for you , therefor turn back . And certain of them ( even ) sought permission of the Prophet , saying : Our homes lie open ( to the enemy ) . And they lay not open . They but wished to flee .
33.14 . If the enemy had entered from all sides and they had been exhorted to treachery , they would have committed it , and would have hesitated thereupon but little .
40.82 . Have they not travelled in the land to see the nature of the consequence for those before them? They were more numerous than these , and mightier in power and ( in the ) traces ( which they left behind them ) in the earth . But all that they used to earn availed them not .
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40.85 . But their faith could not avail them when they saw Our doom . This is Allah ' s law which hath ever taken course for his Bondsmen . And then the disbelievers will be ruined .
41.13 . But if they turn away , then say : I warn you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt ( which fell of old upon the tribes ) of Aad and Thamud ;
41.14 . When their messengers came unto them from before them and behind them , saying : Worship none but Allah! they said : If our Lord had willed , He surely would have sent down angels ( unto us ) , so lo! we are disbelievers in that wherewith ye have been sent .
41.15 . As for Aad , they were arrogant in the land without right , and they said : Who is mightier than us in power? Could they not see that Allah Who created them , He was mightier than them in power? And they denied Our revelations .
41.16 . Therefor We let loose on them a raging wind in evil days , that We might make them taste the torment of disgrace in the life of the world . And verily the doom of the Hereafter will be more shameful , and they will not be helped .
41.17 . And as for Thamud , We gave them guidance , but they preferred blindness to the guidance , so the bolt of the doom of humiliation overtook them because of what they used to earn .
43.6 . How many a Prophet did We send among the men of old!
43.7 . And never came there unto them a Prophet but they used to mock him .
43.8 . Then we destroyed men mightier than these in prowess ; and the example of the men of old hath gone ( before them ) .
43.24 . ( And the warner ) said : What! Even though I bring you better guidance than that ye found your fathers following? They answered : Lo! in what ye bring we are disbelievers .
43.25 . So We requited them . Then see the nature of the consequence for the rejecters!
44.37 . Are they better , or the folk of Tubba and those before them? We destroyed them , for surely they were guilty .
46.21 . And make mention ( O Muhammad ) of the brother of Aad when he warned his folk among the wind curved sand hills and verily warners came and went before and after him saying : Serve none but Allah . Lo! I fear for you the doom of a tremendous Day .
46.22 . They said ; Hast come to turn us away from our gods? Then bring upon us that wherewith thou threatenest us , if thou art of the truthful .
46.23 . He said : The knowledge is with Allah only . I convey unto you that wherewith I have been sent , but I see you are a folk that know not .
46.24 . Then when they beheld it a dense cloud coming toward their valleys , they said ; Here is a cloud bringing us rain . Nay , but it is that which ye did seek to hasten , a wind wherein is painful torment ,
46.25 . Destroying all things by commandment of its Lord . And morning found them so that naught could be seen save their dwellings . Thus do We reward the guilty folk .
46.26 . And verily We bad empowered them with that where with We have not empowered you , and had assigned them ears and eyes and hearts ; but their ears and eyes and hearts availed them naught since they denied the revelations of Allah ; and what they used to mock befell them .
50.12 . The folk of Noah denied ( the truth ) before them , and ( so did ) the dwellers at Ar Kass and ( the tribe of ) Thamud ,
50.13 . And ( the tribe of ) Aad , and Pharaoh , and the brethren of Lot ,
50.14 . And the dwellers in the wood , and the folk of Tubba : every one denied their messengers , therefor My threat took effect .
51.41 . And in ( the tribe of ) Aad ( there is a portent ) when We sent the fatal wind against them .
51.42 . It spared naught that it reached , but made it ( all ) as dust .
51.43 . And in ( the tribe of ) Thamud ( there is a portent ) when it was told them : Take your ease awhile .
51.44 . But they rebelled against their Lord ' s decree , and so the thunderbolt overtook them even while they gazed ;
51.45 . And they were unable to rise up , nor could they help themselves .
51.46 . And the folk of Noah aforetime . Lo! they were licentious folk .
53.49 . And that He it is Who is the Lord of Sirius ;
53.50 . And that He destroyed the former ( tribe of ) Aad ,
53.51 . And ( the tribe of ) Thamud He spared not ;
53.52 . And the folk of Noah aforetime , lo! they were more unjust and more rebellious ;
53.53 . And Al Mutafikah He destroyed
53.54 . So that there covered them that which did cover .
54.9 . The folk of Noah denied before them , yea , they denied Our slave and said : A madman ; and he was repulsed .
54.10 . So he cried unto his Lord , saying : I am vanquished , so give help .
54.11 . Then opened We the gates of heaven with pouring water
54.12 . And caused the earth to gush forth springs , so that the waters met for a predestined purpose .
54.13 . And We carried him upon a thing of planks and nails ,
54.14 . That ran ( upon the waters ) in Our sight , as a reward for him who was rejected .
54.15 . And verily We left it as a token ; but is there any that remembereth?
54.16 . Then see how ( dreadful ) was My punishment after My warnings!
54.18 . ( The tribe of ) Aad rejected warnings . Then how dreadful ) was My punishment after My warnings .
54.19 . Lo! We let loose on them a raging wind on a day of constant calamity ,
54.20 . Sweeping men away as though they were uprooted trunks of palm trees .
54.21 . Then see how ( dreadful ) was My punishment after My warnings!
54.41 . And warnings came in truth unto the house of Pharaoh
54.42 . Who denied Our revelations , every one . Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty , the Powerful .
64.5 . Hath not the story reached you of those who disbelieved of old and so did taste the ill effects of their conduct , and theirs will be a painful doom .
65.8 . And how many a community revolted against the ordinance of its Lord and His messenger , and we called it to a stern account and punished it with dire punishment ,
65.9 . So that it tasted the ill effects of its conduct , and the consequence of its conduct was loss .
65.10 . Allah hath prepared for them stern punishment ; so keep your duty to Allah , O men of understanding! O ye who believe! Now Allah hath sent down unto you a reminder ,
69.4 . ( The tribes of ) Thamud and Aad disbelieved in the judgment to come .
69.5 . As for Thamud , they were destroyed by the lightning .
69.6 . And as for Aad , they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind ,
69.7 . Which He imposed on them for seven long nights and eight long days so that thou mightest have seen men lying overthrown , as they were hollow trunks of palm trees .
71.1 . Lo! We sent Noah unto his people ( saying ) : Warn thy people ere the painful doom come unto them .
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71.21 . Noah said : My Lord! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose wealth and children increase him in naught save ruin ;
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71.25 . Because of their sins they were drowned , then made to enter a Fire . And they found they had no helpers in place of Allah .
91.11 . ( The tribe of ) Thamud denied ( the truth ) in their rebellious pride .
91.12 . When the basest of them broke forth
91.13 . And the messenger of Allah said : It is the she camel of Allah , so let her drink!
91.14 . But they denied him , and they hamstrung her , so Allah doomed them for their sin and razed ( their dwellings ) .