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Translation of page 522

1. 51:31

   [Abraham] said, "Then what is your business [here], O messengers?"

2. 51:32

   They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals

3. 51:33

   To send down upon them stones of clay,

4. 51:34

   Marked in the presence of your Lord for the transgressors."

5. 51:35

   So We brought out whoever was in them [i.e., the cities] of the believers.

6. 51:36

   And We found not within them other than a [single] house of Muslims.

7. 51:37

   And We left therein a sign for those who fear the painful punishment.

8. 51:38

   And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.

9. 51:39

   But he turned away with his supporters and said, "A magician or a madman."

10. 51:40

    So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.

11. 51:41

    And in ʿAad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.

12. 51:42

    It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.

13. 51:43

    And in Thamūd, when it was said to them, "Enjoy yourselves for a time."

14. 51:44

    But they were insolent toward the command of their Lord, so the thunderbolt seized them while they were looking on.

15. 51:45

    And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.

16. 51:46

    And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.

17. 51:47

    And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.

18. 51:48

    And the earth We have spread out, and excellent is the preparer.

19. 51:49

    And of all things We created two mates [i.e., counterparts]; perhaps you will remember.

20. 51:50

    So flee to Allāh. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.

21. 51:51

    And do not make [as equal] with Allāh another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.