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The leaders of the Unbelievers among his people said: "Ah! we see thou art an imbecile!" and "We think thou art a
liar!"
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He said: "O my people! I am no imbecile, but (I am) a messenger from the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds!
7:68
"I but fulfil towards you the duties of my Lord's mission: I am to you a sincere and trustworthy adviser.
7:69
"Do ye wonder that there hath come to you a message from your Lord through a man of your own people, to warn
you. call in remembrance that He made you inheritors after the people of Noah, and gave you a stature tall among the
nations. Call in remembrance the benefits (ye have received) from Allah: that so ye may prosper."
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They said: "Comest thou to us, that we may worship Allah alone, and give up the cult of our fathers. bring us what
thou threatenest us with, if so be that thou tellest the truth!"
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He said: "Punishment and wrath have already come upon you from your Lord: dispute ye with me over names which
ye have devised - ye and your fathers,- without authority from Allah. then wait: I am amongst you, also waiting."
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We saved him and those who adhered to him. By Our mercy, and We cut off the roots of those who rejected Our
signs and did not believe.
7:73
To the Thamud people (We sent) Salih, one of their own brethren: He said: "O my people! worship Allah: ye have no
other god but Him. Now hath come unto you a clear (Sign) from your Lord! This she-camel of Allah is a Sign unto
you: So leave her to graze in Allah's earth, and let her come to no harm, or ye shall be seized with a grievous
punishment.
