Or lest ye should say: "Our fathers before us may have taken false gods, but we are (their) descendants after them: wilt
Thou then destroy us because of the deeds of men who were futile."
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Thus do We explain the signs in detail; and perchance they may turn (unto Us).
7:175
Relate to them the story of the man to whom We sent Our signs, but he passed them by: so Satan followed him up,
and he went astray.
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If it had been Our will, We should have elevated him with Our signs; but he inclined to the earth, and followed his own
vain desires. His similitude is that of a dog: if you attack him, he lolls out his tongue, or if you leave him alone, he (still)
lolls out his tongue. That is the similitude of those who reject Our signs; So relate the story; perchance they may reflect.
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Evil as an example are people who reject Our signs and wrong their own souls.
7:178
Whom Allah doth guide,- he is on the right path: whom He rejects from His guidance,- such are the persons who
perish.
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Many are the Jinns and men we have made for Hell: They have hearts wherewith they understand not, eyes wherewith
they see not, and ears wherewith they hear not. They are like cattle,- nay more misguided: for they are heedless (of
warning).
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The most beautiful names belong to Allah: so call on him by them; but shun such men as use profanity in his names: for
what they do, they will soon be requited.
