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We did aforetime send messengers before thee: of them there are some whose story We have related to thee, and
some whose story We have not related to thee. It was not (possible) for any messenger to bring a sign except by the
leave of Allah: but when the Command of Allah issued, the matter was decided in truth and justice, and there perished,
there and then those who stood on Falsehoods.
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It is Allah Who made cattle for you, that ye may use some for riding and some for food;
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And there are (other) advantages in them for you (besides); that ye may through them attain to any need (there may
be) in your hearts; and on them and on ships ye are carried.
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And He shows you (always) His Signs: then which of the Signs of Allah will ye deny.
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Do they not travel through the earth and see what was the End of those before them. They were more numerous than
these and superior in strength and in the traces (they have left) in the land: Yet all that they accomplished was of no
profit to them.
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For when their messengers came to them with Clear Signs, they exulted in such knowledge (and skill) as they had; but
that very (Wrath) at which they were wont to scoff hemmed them in.
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But when they saw Our Punishment, they said: "We believe in Allah,- the one Allah - and we reject the partners we
used to join with Him."
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But their professing the Faith when they (actually) saw Our Punishment was not going to profit them. (Such has been)
Allah's Way of dealing with His Servants (from the most ancient times). And even thus did the Rejecters of Allah
