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See then what the consequences of their plan were: We ˹utterly˺ destroyed them and their people all together.

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So their homes are there, ˹but completely˺ ruined because of their wrongdoing. Surely in this is a lesson for people of knowledge.

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And We delivered those who were faithful and were mindful ˹of Allah˺.

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And ˹remember˺ Lot, when he rebuked ˹the men of˺ his people, “Do you commit that shameful deed while you can see ˹one another˺?

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Do you really lust after men instead of women? In fact, you are ˹only˺ a people acting ignorantly.”

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But his people’s only response was to say, “Expel Lot’s followers from your land! They are a people who wish to remain chaste!”

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So We delivered him and his family, except his wife. We had destined her to be one of the doomed.

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And We poured upon them a rain ˹of brimstone˺. How evil was the rain of those who had been warned!

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Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Praise be to Allah, and peace be upon the servants He has chosen.” ˹Ask the disbelievers,˺ “Which is better: Allah or whatever ˹gods˺ they associate ˹with Him˺?”

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Or ˹ask them,˺ “Who created the heavens and the earth, and sends down rain for you from the sky, by which We cause delightful gardens to grow? You could never cause their trees to grow. Was it another god besides Allah?” Absolutely not! But they are a people who set up equals ˹to Allah˺!

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