In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
“Nothing is the life of this world but play and amusement, but best is the Home in the Hereafter, for those who are righteous, will you not then understand?” (6:32)

The Holy Quran, Sura Ash-Shuara - الشعراء

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إِلَّا عَجُوزاً فِي الْغَابِرِينَ
Except an old woman who lingered behind.
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172
ثُمَّ دَمَّرْنَا الْآخَرِينَ
But the rest We destroyed utterly.
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173
وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِم مَّطَراً فَسَاء مَطَرُ الْمُنذَرِينَ
We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): and evil was the shower on those who were admonished (but heeded not)!
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174
إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.
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175
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might Most Merciful.
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176
كَذَّبَ أَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
The Companions of the Wood rejected the messengers.
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177
إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ شُعَيْبٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ
Behold, Shu'aib said to them: "Will ye not fear (Allah)?
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178
إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
"I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust.
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179
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
"So fear Allah and obey me.
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وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the Lord of the Worlds.