Surat Al-'Anbyā' (The Prophets) - سورة الأنبياء

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21:12

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And when its inhabitants perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.

21:13

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[Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned."

21:14

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They said, "O woe to us! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."

21:15

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And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].

21:16

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And We did not create the heaven and earth and that between them in play.

21:17

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Had We intended to take a diversion, We could have taken it from [what is] with Us - if [indeed] We were to do so.

21:18

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Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it, and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe.