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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وَلَا تُطِيعُوا أَمْرَ الْمُسْرِفِينَ
"And follow not the bidding of those who are extravagant,-
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152
الَّذِينَ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ
"Who make mischief in the land, and mend not (their ways)."
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قَالُوا إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مِنَ الْمُسَحَّرِينَ
They said: "Thou art only one of those bewitched!
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مَا أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِآيَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ
"Thou art no more than a mortal like us: then bring us a Sign, if thou tellest the truth!"
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قَالَ هَذِهِ نَاقَةٌ لَّهَا شِرْبٌ وَلَكُمْ شِرْبُ يَوْمٍ مَّعْلُومٍ
He said: "Here is a she-camel: she has a right of watering, and ye have a right of watering, (severally) on a day appointed.
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وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
"Touch her not with harm, lest the Penalty of a Great Day seize you."
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فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا نَادِمِينَ
But they ham-strung her: then did they become full of regrets.
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فَأَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
But the Penalty seized them. Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.
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وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.
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كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ
The people of Lut rejected the messengers.