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95. Then We changed their suffering into prosperity, until they grew and multiplied, and
began to say: "Our fathers (too) were touched by suffering and affluence" ... Behold! We
called them to account of a sudden, while they realised not (their pe ril).
96. Walaw anna ahla alqura amanoo wa
i
ttaqaw lafatahna AAalayhim barakatin mina
a
l
ssama-i wa
a
l-ardi walakin kaththaboo faakhathnahum bima kanoo yaksiboon
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96. If the people of the towns had but believed and feared God, We should indeed have
opened out to them (All kinds of) blessings from heaven and earth; but they rejected (the
truth), and We brought them to book for their misdeeds.
97. Afaamina ahlu alqura an ya/tiyahum ba/suna bayatan wahum na-imoon
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97. Did the people of the towns feel secure against the coming of Our wrath by night
while they were asleep?
98. Awa amina ahlu alqura an ya/tiyahum ba/suna duhan wahum yalAAaboon
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98. Or else did they feel secure against its coming in broad daylight while they played
about (care-free)?
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