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15. Faamma AAadun fa
i
stakbaroo fee al-ardi bighayri alhaqqi waqaloo man ashaddu
minna quwwatan awa lam yaraw anna Allaha allathee khalaqahum huwa ashaddu
minhum quwwatan wakanoo bi-ayatina yajhadoon
a
15. Now the 'Ad behaved arrogantly through the land, against (all) truth and reason, and
said: "Who is superior to us in strength?" What! did they not see that Allah, Who created
them, was superior to them in strength? But they continued to reject Our Signs!
16. Faarsalna AAalayhim reehan sarsaran fee ayyamin nahisatin linutheeqahum
AAathaba alkhizyi fee alhayati a
l
ddunya walaAAathabu al-akhirati akhza wahum la
yunsaroon
a
16. So We sent against them a furious Wind through days of disaster, that We might give
them a taste of a Penalty of humiliation in this life; but the Penalty of a Hereafter will be
more humiliating still: and they will find no help.
17. Waamma thamoodu fahadaynahum fa
i
stahabboo alAAama AAala alhuda faakhathat-
hum saAAiqatu alAAathabi alhooni bima kanoo yaksiboon
a
17. As to the Thamud, We gave them Guidance, but they preferred blindness (of heart) to
Guidance: so the stunning Punishment of humiliation seized them, because of what they
had earned.
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