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| 12. So HE completed them in the form of seven heavens in two days, and HE revealed to each heaven its function. And WE adorned the lowest heaven with lamps for light and provided it with the means of protection. That is the decree of the Mighty, the All-Knowing. 13. But if they turn away, then say, `I warn you of a destructive punishment like the punishment which overtook Ad and Thamud.' 14. When their Messengers came to them before them and from behind them, admonishing them, `Worship none but ALLAH,' they said, `If our Lord had so willed, HE would, certainly, have sent down angels. So we do disbelieve in that with which you have been sent.' 15. As for Ad, they behaved arrogantly in the earth without justification and said, `Who is mightier than we in power ?' Do they not see that ALLAH, Who created them, is mightier than they in power ? Still they continued to deny Our Signs. 16. So WE sent upon them a furious wind for several ominous days, that WE might make them taste the punishment of humiliation in this life. And the punishment of the Hereafter will, surely, be more humiliating, and they will not be helped. 17. And as for Thamud, WE guided them, but they preferred blindness to guidance, so the calamity of a humiliating punishment seized them, on account of what they had earned. 18. And WE saved those who believed and acted righteously. 19. And warn them of the day when the enemies of ALLAH will be gathered together and driven to the Fire, and they will be divided into groups; 20. Till when they reach it, their ears and their eyes and their skins will bear witness against them as to what they had been doing. |
